NUFC 1967/68 - Season Review

NUFC Squad 1967/68

Div 1	10th
FA Cup	R3
League Cup	R2
Attendance	37,239
Chairman	L Westwood
Manager	J Harvey
Coach	R Lewin
Captain	B Moncur
Top Scorer	W Davies (12)

United made great strides particularly at home where they were unbeaten before losing their last two games. Their away form remained poor with only a single victory.

The Magpies reached 5th by mid-January and stayed there for a couple of months before a disappointing finish saw them slide down to 10th.

They fell at the first hurdle in both Cups: losing at home to Carlisle (FA Cup) and away to Fourth Division Lincoln (League Cup).

Despite the mid-table finish a series of fortunate events saw United qualify for the Fairs Cup.

Newcastle recorded a couple of excellent friendly victories over European Champions Celtic but the Glaswegian supporters who travelled to Newcastle caused lots of damage in the city-centre.

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Competitions

League Division 1

United became a much harder side to beat and lost 7 less games than in 1966/67. It was their home form which improved most markedly and they were unbeaten at St. James' before losing the last two games.

After a slow start United's form gradually began to improve and they gradually climbed the table. At the end of February, they were in 5th having lost only 2 of their last 17 games.

Unfortunately the goals dried up in the last 12 games and they hit a bad patch (won 1, drew 4, lost 7) which ended with them losing their last 5 games.

19/8	H	Southampton	W	3-0
23/8	A	Chelsea	D	1-1
26/8	A	Liverpool	L	0-6
30/8	H	Chelsea	W	5-1	6
02/9	H	Stoke	D	1-1	7
06/9	A	Man City	L	0-2	10
09/9	A	Nottm F	L	0-4	13
16/9	H	Coventry	W	3-2	13
23/9	A	Sheff Utd	L	1-2	13
30/9	H	Arsenal	W	2-1	13
07/10	A	Wolves	D	2-2	13
14/10	H	Fulham	W	2-1	10
25/10	A	Leeds Utd	L	0-2	11
28/10	H	Everton	W	1-0	11
04/11	A	Leicester	D	2-2	11
11/11	H	WHU	W	1-0	9
18/11	A	Burnley	L	0-2	12
25/11	H	Sheff Wed	W	4-0	9
02/12	A	Tottenham	D	1-1	8
09/12	H	Man Utd	D	2-2	8
16/12	A	Southampton	D	0-0	6
23/12	H	Liverpool	D	1-1	6	H
26/12	H	Sunderland	W	2-1	6
30/12	A	Sunderland	D	3-3	6
06/1	A	Stoke	L	1-2	7
13/1	H	Nottm F	D	0-0	6
20/1	A	Coventry	W	4-1	5
03/2	H	Sheff Utd	W	1-0	5
10/2	A	Arsenal	D	0- 0	5
24/2	H	Wolves	W	2-0	5
02/3	A	Sheff Wed	D	1-1	5
16/3	H	Leeds Utd	D	1-1	5
23/3	A	Everton	L	0-1	5
03/4	H	Leicester	D	0-0	6
06/4	A	WHU	L	0-5	7
12/4	H	WBA	D	2-2	7
13/4	H	Burnley	W	1-0	7
15/4	A	WBA	L	0-2	8
20/4	A	Fulham	L	0-2	9
27/4	H	Tottenham	L	1-3	10
04/5	A	Man Utd	L	0-6	10
11/5	H	Man City	L	3-4	10	H H

		W	D	L	F	A	Pts
01	Man City	26	6	10	86	43	58
02	Man Utd	24	8	10	89	55	56
03	Liverpool	22	11	9	71	40	55
04	Leeds	22	9	11	71	41	53
05	Everton	23	6	13	67	40	52
06	Chelsea	18	12	12	62	68	48
07	Tottenham	19	9	14	70	59	47
08	West Brom	17	12	13	75	62	46
09	Arsenal	17	10	15	60	56	44
10	Newcastle	13	15	14	54	67	41
11	Nottm Forest	14	11	17	52	64	39
12	West Ham	14	10	18	73	69	38
13	Leicester	13	12	17	64	69	38
14	Burnley	14	10	18	64	71	38
15	Sunderland	13	11	18	51	61	37
16	Southampton	13	11	18	66	83	37
17	Wolves	14	8	20	66	75	36
18	Stoke	14	7	21	50	73	35
19	Sheff Wed	11	12	19	51	63	34
20	Coventry	9	15	18	51	71	33
21	Sheff Utd	11	10	21	49	70	32
22	Fulham	10	7	25	56	98	27

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FA Cup

R3	27/1	H	Carlisle Utd (D2 - 10th)	L	0 - 1

R3 - Burton had his penalty saved as an uninspiring United slipped out of the Cup at the first hurdle.

League Cup

R2	13/9	A	Lincoln (D4 - 4th)	L	1 - 2

R2 - Another disgraceful Cup performance against lower league opponents and Lincoln coach Bert Loxley slammed United. “I was surprised how easy we overran Newcastle. They showed nothing and we paralysed them”.

Squad and Team

Player	A	S	G
Bennett, A	28	0	10
Burton, O	37	3	3
Clark, F	37	0
Craig, D	11	1
Davies, W	43	0	12
Elliott, D	42	0	3
Foggon, A	1	0
Guthrie, R	4	1
Hilley, D	9	0
Iley, J	39	1	4
Marshall, G	39	0
McFaul, I	5	0
McGrath, J	10	1
McNamee, J	32	0	2
Moncur, B	35	0
Noble, P	1	0
Robson, B	12	1	4
Robson, T	40	1	11
Ross, E	2	0
Scott, J	37	1	3
Sinclair, J	17	0	3
Winstanley, G	3	0

Total number of games: 44

Total number of players used: 23

Figure in brackets indicates number of players who played in that position/shirt in total.

01: (2) Marshall

02: (2) Burton

03: (3) Clark

04: (4) Elliott

05: (3) McNamee

06: (2) Moncur

07: (4) Scott > Sinclair

08: (5) Bennett > Scott

09: (2) Davies

10:(4) Hilley > lley

11: (2) Robson T

Player Moves

Toon In

Name	Date	From	Fee
Ross Eric	8 / 1967	Glentoran	£5,250
Scott Jim	8 / 1967	Hibernians	£35,000
Foggon Alan	11 / 1967	Professional
Sinclair Jackie	12 / 1967	Leicester	£67,500

Toon Out

Name	Date	To	Fee
Alderson Stuart	6 / 1967	York City
Dalton George	6 / 1967	Brighton
Thompson W	6 / 1967	Rotherham	£25,000
Hilley Dave	12 / 1967	Nottm F	£25,000
Noble Peter	1 / 1968	Swindon	£8,000
Mcgrath John	2 / 1968	Southampton	£30,000

1960s Seasons

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