Match Centre

Saturday March 16th, 1968

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

D. Rogers (34')

Colchester United

Colchester United

1

J. Martin (40')
D. Rogers (34')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 13,515

J. Martin (40')
J.E. Carr
County Ground, Swindon

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 16th, 1968:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 16th, 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 34 12 4 1 30 11 6 4 7 18 27 18 8 8 48 38 1.26 44
2 Bury Bury 35 13 3 1 50 20 4 5 9 24 33 17 8 10 74 53 1.40 42
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 34 10 5 3 33 16 4 6 6 17 27 14 11 9 50 43 1.16 39
4 Swindon Town Swindon 34 12 3 2 42 10 2 7 8 17 25 14 10 10 59 35 1.69 38
5 Walsall Walsall 34 9 5 2 35 14 6 3 9 20 32 15 8 11 55 46 1.20 38
6 Stockport County Stockport County 34 12 5 1 37 14 3 3 10 12 29 15 8 11 49 43 1.14 38
7 Barrow Barrow 34 9 5 3 32 11 7 0 10 20 30 16 5 13 52 41 1.27 37
8 Oxford United Oxford United 34 12 2 2 38 19 1 9 8 12 24 13 11 10 50 43 1.16 37
9 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 34 9 6 2 23 8 3 7 7 18 28 12 13 9 41 36 1.14 37
10 Gillingham Gillingham 35 9 5 3 27 16 4 6 8 20 31 13 11 11 47 47 1 37
11 Reading Reading 34 11 5 1 32 14 4 2 11 15 34 15 7 12 47 48 0.98 37
12 Watford Watford 34 10 3 4 42 16 5 3 9 12 22 15 6 13 54 38 1.42 36
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 35 10 5 2 26 12 2 6 10 12 28 12 11 12 38 40 0.95 35
14 Southport Southport 33 9 4 3 24 15 4 3 10 24 33 13 7 13 48 48 1 33
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 34 10 3 4 32 19 2 4 11 21 39 12 7 15 53 58 0.91 31
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 34 7 6 4 27 19 3 5 9 15 31 10 11 13 42 50 0.84 31
17 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 35 9 1 7 25 20 4 3 11 20 32 13 4 18 45 52 0.87 30
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 32 7 5 4 32 25 3 3 10 19 34 10 8 14 51 59 0.86 28
19 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 34 8 4 6 29 24 2 4 10 12 27 10 8 16 41 51 0.80 28
20 Orient Orient 31 8 3 5 22 16 1 7 7 13 29 9 10 12 35 45 0.78 28
21 Colchester United Colchester United 34 6 5 5 20 21 3 5 10 18 39 9 10 15 38 60 0.63 28
22 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 35 6 8 5 29 29 2 2 12 14 35 8 10 17 43 64 0.67 26
23 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 33 6 6 4 22 15 1 1 15 11 41 7 7 19 33 56 0.59 21
24 Peterborough United Peterborough United 34 11 2 5 35 21 3 5 8 21 34 14 7 13 56 55 1.02 16*

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