Newspaper Reports

Results

Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 17th, 1966:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	0-0	Oxford United Oxford United
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	3-1	Peterborough United Peterborough United
Gillingham Gillingham	0-1	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	4-1	Workington Workington
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	4-1	Walsall Walsall
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	4-0	Colchester United Colchester United
Orient Orient	2-2	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic
Reading Reading	2-1	Torquay United Torquay United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	0-0	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Swansea Town Swansea Town	2-2	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town Swindon	1-1	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Watford Watford	2-0	Darlington Darlington

Table

Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 17th, 1966:

Pos.	Team	P	Home					Away					TOTAL
			W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	21	9	1	1	37	10	4	5	1	22	11	13	6	2	59	21	2.81	32
2	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	22	7	2	3	28	23	6	3	1	21	14	13	5	4	49	37	1.32	31
3	Watford Watford	22	8	1	2	16	4	3	5	3	14	12	11	6	5	30	16	1.88	28
4	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	24	8	3	1	28	16	3	3	6	16	24	11	6	7	44	40	1.10	28
5	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	22	8	1	1	32	8	3	2	7	17	25	11	3	8	49	33	1.48	25
6	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	22	8	2	2	24	14	2	3	5	13	15	10	5	7	37	29	1.28	25
7	Torquay United Torquay United	24	7	3	1	25	9	2	2	9	10	22	9	5	10	35	31	1.13	23
8	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	21	8	2	1	26	8	2	1	7	7	24	10	3	8	33	32	1.03	23
9	Walsall Walsall	20	8	2	1	20	6	2	1	6	11	27	10	3	7	31	33	0.94	23
10	Reading Reading	22	6	4	2	23	11	3	0	7	12	19	9	4	9	35	30	1.17	22
11	Gillingham Gillingham	22	5	5	1	16	7	2	3	6	10	23	7	8	7	26	30	0.87	22
12	Peterborough United Peterborough United	21	4	4	2	20	15	2	5	4	16	18	6	9	6	36	33	1.09	21
13	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	21	6	3	2	20	12	2	2	6	9	15	8	5	8	29	27	1.07	21
14	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	21	5	2	4	13	16	3	3	4	8	13	8	5	8	21	29	0.72	21
15	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	21	6	1	3	21	10	2	3	6	18	29	8	4	9	39	39	1	20
16	Colchester United Colchester United	21	6	1	3	25	17	2	3	6	14	24	8	4	9	39	41	0.95	20
17	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	21	7	2	2	24	20	1	2	7	8	31	8	4	9	32	51	0.63	20
18	Swindon Town Swindon	20	5	3	2	27	11	1	3	6	10	19	6	6	8	37	30	1.23	18
19	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	22	4	2	4	11	11	3	2	7	11	26	7	4	11	22	37	0.59	18
20	Oxford United Oxford United	21	3	4	3	17	13	2	3	6	6	12	5	7	9	23	25	0.92	17
21	Darlington Darlington	23	4	2	5	11	14	3	1	8	10	29	7	3	13	21	43	0.49	17
22	Orient Orient	20	3	5	2	15	13	1	3	6	11	23	4	8	8	26	36	0.72	16
23	Workington Workington	20	4	1	4	20	15	1	2	8	8	25	5	3	12	28	40	0.70	13
24	Swansea Town Swansea Town	22	2	6	3	18	15	0	2	9	16	37	2	8	12	34	52	0.65	12