Newspaper Reports

Results

Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 16th, 1967:

Barrow Barrow	1-1	Bury Bury
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	0-0	Swindon Town Swindon
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	2-0	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth
Northampton Town Northampton Town	1-1	Gillingham Gillingham
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	2-1	Colchester United Colchester United
Orient Orient	1-0	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Oxford United Oxford United	2-2	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Southport Southport	3-1	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Walsall Walsall	1-1	Watford Watford

Table

Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 16th, 1967:

Pos.	Team	P	Home					Away					TOTAL
			W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Walsall Walsall	22	8	3	0	30	8	4	2	5	15	21	12	5	5	45	29	1.55	29
2	Torquay United Torquay United	22	7	3	0	16	6	5	2	5	16	23	12	5	5	32	29	1.10	29
3	Stockport County Stockport County	22	9	2	1	24	10	2	2	6	9	20	11	4	7	33	30	1.10	26
4	Oxford United Oxford United	22	9	2	1	30	15	0	5	5	8	16	9	7	6	38	31	1.23	25
5	Gillingham Gillingham	22	6	3	1	16	9	3	4	5	14	20	9	7	6	30	29	1.03	25
6	Swindon Town Swindon	22	7	2	1	24	6	1	6	5	13	17	8	8	6	37	23	1.61	24
7	Watford Watford	22	8	2	1	34	6	1	3	7	6	18	9	5	8	40	24	1.67	23
8	Bury Bury	21	7	2	1	31	14	2	3	6	15	21	9	5	7	46	35	1.31	23
9	Barrow Barrow	22	5	5	2	20	8	4	0	6	10	16	9	5	8	30	24	1.25	23
10	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	22	7	2	1	24	9	1	5	6	10	25	8	7	7	34	34	1	23
11	Reading Reading	22	6	3	1	21	11	4	0	8	11	26	10	3	9	32	37	0.86	23
12	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	21	6	3	2	15	7	2	3	5	10	16	8	6	7	25	23	1.09	22
13	Southport Southport	22	7	2	3	19	12	2	2	6	17	23	9	4	9	36	35	1.03	22
14	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	21	6	2	3	19	12	2	4	4	14	21	8	6	7	33	33	1	22
15	Colchester United Colchester United	22	4	5	1	15	13	3	3	6	14	26	7	8	7	29	39	0.74	22
16	Northampton Town Northampton Town	22	5	4	2	18	13	3	1	7	12	22	8	5	9	30	35	0.86	21
17	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	22	7	2	3	27	18	1	2	7	11	21	8	4	10	38	39	0.97	20
18	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	22	7	0	5	19	14	2	2	6	11	17	9	2	11	30	31	0.97	20
19	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	22	6	3	1	16	7	0	4	8	7	24	6	7	9	23	31	0.74	19
20	Orient Orient	21	6	1	4	14	11	0	5	5	7	19	6	6	9	21	30	0.70	18
21	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	22	3	6	3	16	18	1	1	8	10	23	4	7	11	26	41	0.63	15
22	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	22	5	3	2	17	9	0	1	11	6	30	5	4	13	23	39	0.59	14
23	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	22	3	3	5	17	20	0	3	8	7	19	3	6	13	24	39	0.62	12
24	Peterborough United Peterborough United	22	7	2	2	24	11	3	2	6	14	22	10	4	8	38	33	1.15	5*