Newspaper Reports

Results

Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 2nd, 1968:

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

Table

Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 2nd, 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	Bury Bury	33	13	3	1	50	20	4	5	7	23	27	17	8	8	73	47	1.55	42
2	Torquay United Torquay United	32	10	4	1	24	11	6	4	7	18	27	16	8	8	42	38	1.11	40
3	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	31	10	3	2	31	13	4	6	6	17	27	14	9	8	48	40	1.20	37
4	Walsall Walsall	32	8	5	2	33	13	6	3	8	20	29	14	8	10	53	42	1.26	36
5	Stockport County Stockport County	32	11	5	1	35	14	3	3	9	12	26	14	8	10	47	40	1.18	36
6	Barrow Barrow	32	8	5	3	29	11	7	0	9	20	27	15	5	12	49	38	1.29	35
7	Oxford United Oxford United	32	12	2	2	38	19	0	9	7	11	21	12	11	9	49	40	1.23	35
8	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	32	8	6	2	20	8	3	7	6	18	27	11	13	8	38	35	1.09	35
9	Watford Watford	32	10	3	4	42	16	4	3	8	10	19	14	6	12	52	35	1.49	34
10	Gillingham Gillingham	32	8	5	2	22	13	4	5	8	19	30	12	10	10	41	43	0.95	34
11	Swindon Town Swindon	31	11	2	2	37	9	1	7	8	16	25	12	9	10	53	34	1.56	33
12	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	32	10	4	2	26	12	2	5	9	11	26	12	9	11	37	38	0.97	33
13	Reading Reading	32	9	5	1	30	14	4	2	11	15	34	13	7	12	45	48	0.94	33
14	Southport Southport	31	9	4	3	24	15	3	3	9	22	32	12	7	12	46	47	0.98	31
15	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	31	9	3	4	29	18	2	4	9	20	34	11	7	13	49	52	0.94	29
16	Northampton Town Northampton Town	32	6	6	3	23	17	3	5	9	15	31	9	11	12	38	48	0.79	29
17	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	30	7	5	3	32	23	3	2	10	18	33	10	7	13	50	56	0.89	27
18	Colchester United Colchester United	32	6	5	5	20	21	3	4	9	16	33	9	9	14	36	54	0.67	27
19	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	32	9	0	7	24	19	3	2	11	18	31	12	2	18	42	50	0.84	26
20	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	31	7	4	5	25	22	2	4	9	12	24	9	8	14	37	46	0.80	26
21	Orient Orient	28	7	3	5	20	15	0	7	6	10	23	7	10	11	30	38	0.79	24
22	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	33	5	8	5	24	28	2	2	11	13	33	7	10	16	37	61	0.61	24
23	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	31	6	5	3	21	13	1	1	15	11	41	7	6	18	32	54	0.59	20
24	Peterborough United Peterborough United	32	10	2	5	34	21	3	4	8	20	33	13	6	13	54	54	1	13*