Division Four Sat 19 Aug CHESTER L 1-2 6 599 - Marshall Sat 26 chesterfield L 0-4 5 932 24 Sat 2 Sep EXETER CITY W 1-0 3 741 18 J Smith Wed 6 PORT VALE D 0-0 4 338 18 Sat 9 darlington D 2-2 4 642 16 Marshall,K Smith Sat 16 ALDERSHOT L 0-1 4 451 20 Sat 23 workington L 1-5 2 109 21 Marshall Mon 25 port vale L 1-4 4 021 23 K Smith Sat 30 LINCOLN CITY D 0-0 6 239 23 Wed 4 Oct CREWE ALEXANDRA W 1-0 5 550 20 D Watson Sat 7 BRADFORD PARK AVENUE D 0-0 7 355 20 Sat 14 brentford L 1-2 7 443 22 Elliot Sat 21 ROCHDALE W 2-0 5 832 18 Bradd,Elliot Wed 25 crewe alexandra L 0-4 6 308 20 Sat 28 york city L 2-4 4 982 21 Bates 2 Sat 4 Nov NEWPORT COUNTY W 3-1 4 456 20 Weaver,Bradd,Collins(og) Fri 10 hartlepools united L 1-3 4 141 20 Weaver Wed 15 exeter city D 3-3 4 009 20 Gibson,Weaver,Farmer Sat 18 SWANSEA TOWN W 3-2 5 180 19 Weaver,J Smith,Thompson Sat 25 barnsley L 1-3 8 361 19 Marshall Sat 2 Dec WREXHAM D 1-1 4 878 20 Elliot Sat 16 chester W 3-1 3 567 18 Bradd 2,Farmer(pen) Sat 23 CHESTERFIELD W 1-0 9 990 16 John Murphy Tue 26 bradford city L 1-5 11 013 17 Farmer Sat 30 BRADFORD CITY W 1-0 7 404 16 Bates Sat 13 Jan DARLINGTON D 0-0 4 426 14 Sat 20 aldershot D 0-0 4 345 15 Sat 3 Feb WORKINGTON W 2-1 5 259 14 Bradd 2 Sat 10 lincoln city W 3-1 6 554 12 Farmer,K Smith(pen),Marshall Sat 17 HALIFAX TOWN L 1-3 5 880 14 K Smith(pen) Sat 24 swansea town L 0-2 12 483 15 Sat 2 Mar BRENTFORD W 2-1 4 486 15 Jim Murphy,Farmer Fri 8 doncaster rovers L 1-3 9 765 15 Pring Sat 16 rochdale D 0-0 1 895 15 Sat 23 YORK CITY D 1-1 4 174 15 Bradd Sat 30 newport county L 0-1 2 023 17 Sat 6 Apr HARTLEPOOLS UNITED L 0-3 4 976 18 Fri 12 luton town L 0-2 16 631 20 Sat 13 bradford park avenue W 4-1 2 165 19 Jim Murphy,John Murphy,Bates,Burgin(og) Mon 15 LUTON TOWN D 2-2 7 920 17 Bates,Jim Murphy(pen) Sat 20 BARNSLEY L 1-4 8 674 18 Elliot Mon 22 southend united W 1-0 9 673 17 Bradd Sat 27 wrexham L 0-2 3 933 17 Wed 1 May DONCASTER ROVERS L 0-2 4 070 17 Sat 4 SOUTHEND UNITED W 4-3 3 848 17 Bradd 2,Elliot,J Smith Fri 10 halifax town W 1-0 1 802 17 Pring F.A CUP Sat 9 Dec runcorn (round 1) L 0-1 6 246 LEAGUE CUP Wed 23 Aug ROTHERHAM UNITED (R1) L 0-1 4 492
Final League Table W D L GA Pts 1. Luton Town 27 12 7 1.98 66 2. Barnsley 24 13 9 1.48 61 3. Hartlepools United 25 10 11 1.30 60 4. Crewe Alexandra 20 18 8 1.51 58 5. Bradford City 23 11 12 1.41 57 6. Southend United 20 14 12 1.33 54 7. Chesterfield 21 11 14 1.42 53 8. Wrexham 20 13 13 1.36 53 9. Aldershot 18 17 11 1.27 53 10. Doncaster Rovers 18 15 13 1.18 51 11. Halifax Town 15 16 15 1.06 46 12. Newport County 16 13 17 0.92 45 13. Lincoln City 17 9 20 1.04 43 14. Brentford 18 7 21 0.95 43 15. Swansea Town 16 10 20 0.82 42 16. Darlington 12 17 17 0.89 41 17. Notts County 15 11 20 0.67 41 18. Port Vale 12 15 19 0.85 39 19. Rochdale 12 14 20 0.71 38 20. Exeter City 11 16 19 0.69 38 21. York City 11 14 21 0.96 36 22. Chester 9 14 23 0.73 32 23. Workington 10 11 25 0.62 31 24. Bradford Park Avenue 4 15 27 0.37 23
Management duo Billy Gray & Andy Beattie Goalkeepers Age League Apps. Mike Rose 24 34 Mick Gadsby 20 11 Joined from Ashbourne, left for York City Charles Watson 18 1 Joined from Newark junior club, Left for ? Defenders Keith Smith 27 45 Joined from Orient in the summer Alex Gibson 28 36 (3) David Needham 18 31 Geoff Ball 23 28 Joined from Nottingham Forest in November Dave Watson 21 20 Left for Rotherham United in December Len Chalmers 31 16 Left for Dunstable Town Mick Cartwright 21 14 (1) Joined from Coventry City in the summer Terry Thompson 21 13 Left for Ilkeston Town Tim Crispin 19 2 Left for Lincoln City Kelvin Yeomans 20 1 Joined from Beeston, Left for Ilkeston Town Midfield John Elliot 21 39 (1) Joined from Ashington in the summer Ron Farmer 31 30 Joined from Coventry City (in October?) Dennis Oakes 21 25 Joined from Coventry City in the summer Brian Bates 23 16 (3) Keith Pring 24 16 (1) Joined from Rotherham United in December Eric Weaver 24 16 (1) Joined from Swindon Town in the summer, Left for Northampton Town (in December?) Brian Rushton 24 2 (1) Joined from Birmingham City, Left for ? Pat McGovern 19 1 (2) Joined from Royston B.C, Left for ? Forwards Jack Smith 31 32 (1) Les Bradd 20 27 (1) Joined from Rotherham United in October Stan Marshall 21 19 (5) Left for Dunstable Town John Murphy 18 16 (2) Joined from Edingburgh junior club Jim Murphy 25 16 Joined from Raith Rovers in Februaryplayers ages correct as of 31st December 1967.
Notts pictured at the City Ground,
on Monday May 14th 1968, before a County Cup tie.
Back row; Needham, Cartwright,
Oakes, Watson, Farmer, Keith Smith, Jim Murphy
Front row; Jack Smith, Elliot,
Gibson, Bradd, Pring
Home colours
A new set of black & white striped shirts
were introduced with plain white collars
and cuffs, but the older shirts were evidently
in concurrent use for a period.
Change colours
Probably all gold with black trim.
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