Match Centre

Saturday December 31st, 1966

Football League Division Three

Darlington

2 - 1

2

L. O'Neill (11'), D. Ratcliffe (45' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

M. Nurse (86')
L. O'Neill (11'), D. Ratcliffe (45' pen)
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 5,060

M. Nurse (86')
D.N.H. Payne
Feethams, Darlington

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 31st, 1966:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 31st, 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. 24 11 1 1 44 11 4 6 1 24 13 15 7 2 68 24 2.83 37
2 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 25 8 2 3 31 24 6 3 3 23 19 14 5 6 54 43 1.26 33
3 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 27 9 4 1 31 18 4 3 6 18 24 13 7 7 49 42 1.17 33
4 Watford Watford 24 9 1 2 18 5 3 5 4 15 16 12 6 6 33 21 1.57 30
5 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 25 9 2 1 36 9 3 3 7 18 26 12 5 8 54 35 1.54 29
6 Gillingham Gillingham 25 6 5 1 19 8 3 4 6 14 25 9 9 7 33 33 1 27
7 Walsall Walsall 23 10 2 1 24 7 2 1 7 12 30 12 3 8 36 37 0.97 27
8 Reading Reading 25 7 4 2 26 12 4 0 8 14 22 11 4 10 40 34 1.18 26
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 25 8 3 2 26 16 2 3 7 16 23 10 6 9 42 39 1.08 26
10 Torquay United Torquay United 26 8 3 1 29 9 2 2 10 11 24 10 5 11 40 33 1.21 25
11 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 24 7 1 3 25 10 3 4 6 23 31 10 5 9 48 41 1.17 25
12 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 24 9 2 1 30 9 2 1 9 9 28 11 3 10 39 37 1.05 25
13 Colchester United Colchester United 24 8 1 3 30 18 2 4 6 15 25 10 5 9 45 43 1.05 25
14 Peterborough United Peterborough United 24 5 4 3 24 18 2 5 5 17 22 7 9 8 41 40 1.03 23
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 24 5 3 4 14 17 3 4 5 9 16 8 7 9 23 33 0.70 23
16 Swindon Town Swindon 23 6 3 2 31 12 2 3 7 13 22 8 6 9 44 34 1.29 22
17 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 24 6 4 3 22 15 2 2 7 9 18 8 6 10 31 33 0.94 22
18 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 24 8 2 2 27 22 1 2 9 9 39 9 4 11 36 61 0.59 22
19 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 25 5 3 4 15 14 3 2 8 12 29 8 5 12 27 43 0.63 21
20 Darlington Darlington 26 5 2 6 13 18 3 1 9 10 33 8 3 15 23 51 0.45 19
21 Oxford United Oxford United 24 3 5 4 20 17 2 3 7 7 15 5 8 11 27 32 0.84 18
22 Swansea Town Swansea Town 25 3 6 3 23 17 1 3 9 21 41 4 9 12 44 58 0.76 17
23 Orient Orient 23 3 5 3 15 15 1 4 7 13 26 4 9 10 28 41 0.68 17
24 Workington Workington 23 4 2 5 22 19 1 2 9 8 28 5 4 14 30 47 0.64 14

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