Match Centre

Saturday February 24th, 1968

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 3

2

P. Noble (55', 63')

Bury

Bury

3

A. Lindsay (22'), G. Farrell (42' pen), B. Owen (50')
P. Noble (55', 63')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 14,464

A. Lindsay (22'), G. Farrell (42' pen), B. Owen (50')
K.E. Walker
County Ground, Swindon

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 24th, 1968:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 24th, 1968:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Torquay United Torquay United 31 10 4 1 24 11 6 4 6 18 25 16 8 7 42 36 1.17 40
2 Bury Bury 31 11 3 1 44 18 4 5 7 23 27 15 8 8 67 45 1.49 38
3 Stockport County Stockport County 31 11 5 1 35 14 3 3 8 12 25 14 8 9 47 39 1.21 36
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 30 10 3 2 31 13 3 6 6 14 27 13 9 8 45 40 1.13 35
5 Walsall Walsall 30 8 5 2 33 13 5 3 7 17 28 13 8 9 50 41 1.22 34
6 Barrow Barrow 31 7 5 3 27 11 7 0 9 20 27 14 5 12 47 38 1.24 33
7 Oxford United Oxford United 31 11 2 2 36 19 0 9 7 11 21 11 11 9 47 40 1.18 33
8 Reading Reading 31 9 5 1 30 14 4 2 10 15 32 13 7 11 45 46 0.98 33
9 Gillingham Gillingham 31 8 5 2 22 13 4 4 8 18 29 12 9 10 40 42 0.95 33
10 Watford Watford 31 9 3 4 39 14 4 3 8 10 19 13 6 12 49 33 1.48 32
11 Swindon Town Swindon 29 10 2 2 32 9 1 7 7 15 23 11 9 9 47 32 1.47 31
12 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 30 7 6 2 19 8 2 7 6 15 25 9 13 8 34 33 1.03 31
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 31 9 4 2 24 11 2 5 9 11 26 11 9 11 35 37 0.95 31
14 Southport Southport 30 9 3 3 24 15 3 3 9 22 32 12 6 12 46 47 0.98 30
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 29 9 2 4 28 17 2 4 8 18 30 11 6 12 46 47 0.98 28
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 6 6 3 23 17 3 4 9 14 30 9 10 12 37 47 0.79 28
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 29 7 5 3 32 23 3 2 9 16 30 10 7 12 48 53 0.91 27
18 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 31 9 0 6 24 16 3 2 11 18 31 12 2 17 42 47 0.89 26
19 Colchester United Colchester United 30 5 5 4 19 18 3 4 9 16 33 8 9 13 35 51 0.69 25
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 6 4 5 24 22 2 4 9 12 24 8 8 14 36 46 0.78 24
21 Orient Orient 27 7 3 5 20 15 0 6 6 10 23 7 9 11 30 38 0.79 23
22 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 31 5 7 5 23 27 2 2 10 13 32 7 9 15 36 59 0.61 23
23 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 29 6 5 3 21 13 1 1 13 11 34 7 6 16 32 47 0.68 20
24 Peterborough United Peterborough United 31 10 2 4 32 18 3 4 8 20 33 13 6 12 52 51 1.02 13*

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