



| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Peter DOWNSBOROUGH | |
| 2Rod THOMAS | |
| 3Joe BUTLER | |
| 4Roger SMART | |
| 5Frank BURROWS | |
| 6Stan HARLAND | |
| 7Don HEATH | |
| 8Peter NOBLE | |
| 9Chris JONES | |
| 10John SMITH | |
| 11Don ROGERS | |
| Substitutes | |
| 12Owen DAWSON | |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Danny WILLIAMS |
| Reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Roy BROWN1 | ||
| 2Dave BACUZZI2 | ||
| 3Ray DEAN3 | ||
| 4Rod THORNHILL4 | ||
| 5Colin MELDRUM5 | ||
| 6Ernie YARD6 | ||
| 7Dennis ALLEN7 | ||
| 8John CHAPMAN8 | ||
| 9John COLLINS9 | ||
| 10John SAINTY10 | ||
| 11George HARRIS11 | ||
| Substitutes | ||
| 12Peter SILVESTER12 | ||
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Roy BENTLEY |
Football League Division Three results on Tuesday August 27th, 1968:
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
1-2 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
1-1 |
Stockport County
Stockport County
|
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic
|
0-1 |
Barrow
Barrow
|
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
|
1-0 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
0-0 |
Reading
Reading
|
Watford
Watford
|
0-0 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
Football League Division Three table after matches on Tuesday August 27th, 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 |
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1.75 | 6 |
| 2 |
Luton Town
Luton Town
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| 3 |
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1.29 | 5 |
| 5 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1.25 | 5 |
| 6 |
Barrow
Barrow
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |
Watford
Watford
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2.50 | 4 |
| 9 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2.33 | 4 |
| 10 |
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1.33 | 4 |
| 11 |
Orient
Orient
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1.20 | 4 |
| 12 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 |
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 |
Reading
Reading
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.80 | 4 |
| 15 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 |
Stockport County
Stockport County
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.83 | 3 |
| 17 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 3 |
| 18 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 3 |
| 19 |
Hartlepool
Hartlepool
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 |
| 20 |
Barnsley
Barnsley
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 1 |
| 21 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 1 |
| 22 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 |
| 23 |
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 1 |
| 24 |
Southport
Southport
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0.30 | 0 |