Match Centre

Saturday May 4th, 1968

Football League Division Three

Bristol Rovers

1 - 2

1

S. Taylor (31')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

R. Smart (27'), D. Rogers (77')
S. Taylor (31')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 8,928

R. Smart (27'), D. Rogers (77')
K.A. Wynn
Eastville, Bristol

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday May 4th, 1968:

Barrow Barrow 3-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 3-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Bury Bury 5-3 Stockport County Stockport County
Colchester United Colchester United 1-1 Orient Orient
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 0-3 Walsall Walsall
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 1-3 Reading Reading
Oxford United Oxford United 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Peterborough United Peterborough United 4-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Watford Watford 3-0 Gillingham Gillingham

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday May 4th, 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 Oxford United Oxford United 45 17 3 2 48 20 4 10 9 20 27 21 13 11 68 47 1.45 55
2 Bury Bury 45 18 3 1 62 24 5 5 13 27 42 23 8 14 89 66 1.35 54
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 45 14 6 3 42 17 5 9 8 18 32 19 15 11 60 49 1.22 53
4 Torquay United Torquay United 45 15 6 2 40 17 6 5 11 20 35 21 11 13 60 52 1.15 53
5 Watford Watford 45 15 3 5 59 20 6 5 11 15 28 21 8 16 74 48 1.54 50
6 Walsall Walsall 45 12 7 3 46 20 7 5 11 27 39 19 12 14 73 59 1.24 50
7 Swindon Town Swindon 45 13 8 2 51 16 3 9 10 21 32 16 17 12 72 48 1.50 49
8 Reading Reading 45 14 5 3 39 17 6 4 13 27 43 20 9 16 66 60 1.10 49
9 Barrow Barrow 45 13 6 3 41 12 7 2 14 22 41 20 8 17 63 53 1.19 48
10 Stockport County Stockport County 46 16 5 2 49 22 3 4 16 21 53 19 9 18 70 75 0.93 47
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 45 11 8 4 31 14 4 8 10 24 40 15 16 14 55 54 1.02 46
12 Gillingham Gillingham 44 13 6 3 35 18 4 6 12 20 44 17 12 15 55 62 0.89 46
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 45 12 7 3 36 17 3 8 12 17 34 15 15 15 53 51 1.04 45
14 Southport Southport 44 13 5 4 34 21 4 6 12 30 42 17 11 16 64 63 1.02 45
15 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 45 11 3 8 34 27 7 4 12 23 33 18 7 20 57 60 0.95 43
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 45 14 3 6 42 25 2 6 14 25 50 16 9 20 67 75 0.89 41
17 Orient Orient 44 10 6 5 27 19 2 11 10 19 38 12 17 15 46 57 0.81 41
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 10 8 5 40 25 4 5 14 18 47 14 13 19 58 72 0.81 41
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 45 10 7 6 39 28 3 5 14 22 46 13 12 20 61 74 0.82 38
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 45 8 7 8 32 31 4 6 12 19 33 12 13 20 51 64 0.80 37
21 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 45 9 7 6 30 19 4 2 17 19 48 13 9 23 49 67 0.73 35
22 Colchester United Colchester United 45 6 8 8 28 35 3 7 13 21 47 9 15 21 49 82 0.60 33
23 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 44 8 9 6 36 34 2 2 17 18 50 10 11 23 54 84 0.64 31
24 Peterborough United Peterborough United 45 14 4 5 46 23 5 6 11 28 43 19 10 16 74 66 1.12 29*

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