title: 1967–68 Blackpool F.C. season
text: # 1967–68 Blackpool F.C. season
  
  The 1967–68 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 60th season (57th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third on goal-average.
  
  Blackpool made it past the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in nine seasons. They had entered the competition at the third-round stage for each of those seasons.
  
  Alan Skirton was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals (seventeen in the league and one in the FA Cup). He and Gerry Ingram shared the accolade in the league, with seventeen goals apiece.
  
  ## Table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Manchester City (C) | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 86 | 43 | 2.000 | 58 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 89 | 55 | 1.618 | 56 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
  | 3 | Liverpool | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 71 | 40 | 1.775 | 55 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
  | 4 | Leeds United | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 71 | 41 | 1.732 | 53 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
  | 5 | Everton | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 67 | 40 | 1.675 | 52 | |
  | 6 | Chelsea | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 48 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
  | 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 70 | 59 | 1.186 | 47 | |
  | 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 75 | 62 | 1.210 | 46 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 9 | Arsenal | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 56 | 1.071 | 44 | |
  | 10 | Newcastle United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 67 | 0.806 | 41 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
  | 11 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | 39 | |
  | 12 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 73 | 69 | 1.058 | 38 | |
  | 13 | Leicester City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 64 | 69 | 0.928 | 38 | |
  | 14 | Burnley | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 | 38 | |
  | 15 | Sunderland | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | 37 | |
  | 16 | Southampton | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 66 | 83 | 0.795 | 37 | |
  | 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 66 | 75 | 0.880 | 36 | |
  | 18 | Stoke City | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 50 | 73 | 0.685 | 35 | |
  | 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 34 | |
  | 20 | Coventry City | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 51 | 71 | 0.718 | 33 | |
  | 21 | Sheffield United (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 0.700 | 32 | Relegation to the Second Division |
  | 22 | Fulham (R) | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 56 | 98 | 0.571 | 27 | Relegation to the Second Division |
  
  * ↑ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup as the 1967–68 European Cup winners.
  * ↑ Everton were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Liverpool had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Chelsea took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
  * ↑ West Bromwich Albion qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1967-68 FA Cup winners.
  * ↑ Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Chelsea had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Newcastle United took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ipswich Town (C, P) | 42 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 79 | 44 | 1.795 | 59 | Promotion to the First Division |
  | 2 | Queens Park Rangers (P) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 67 | 36 | 1.861 | 58 | Promotion to the First Division |
  | 3 | Blackpool | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 43 | 1.651 | 58 | |
  | 4 | Birmingham City | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 83 | 51 | 1.627 | 52 | |
  | 5 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 68 | 55 | 1.236 | 49 | |
  