Match Centre

Saturday October 19th, 1968

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

D. Rogers (45'), P. Noble (70')

Torquay United

Torquay United

1

A. Welsh (86')
D. Rogers (45'), P. Noble (70')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 15,159

A. Welsh (86')
M.U. Sinclair
County Ground, Swindon

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 19th, 1968:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-1 Southport Southport
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 5-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Luton Town Luton Town
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Walsall Walsall 2-1 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic
Watford Watford 4-0 Barrow Barrow

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 19th, 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 Swindon Town Swindon 13 6 1 0 11 1 2 2 2 5 5 8 3 2 16 6 2.67 19
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 14 7 0 1 14 2 2 1 3 9 9 9 1 4 23 11 2.09 19
3 Watford Watford 14 4 2 1 8 1 3 2 2 9 7 7 4 3 17 8 2.13 18
4 Luton Town Luton Town 14 7 0 0 23 5 1 2 4 4 8 8 2 4 27 13 2.08 18
5 Torquay United Torquay United 15 6 1 0 18 5 2 1 5 7 11 8 2 5 25 16 1.56 18
6 Barrow Barrow 14 5 2 0 13 5 3 0 4 9 14 8 2 4 22 19 1.16 18
7 Stockport County Stockport County 14 5 2 1 22 14 1 3 2 2 3 6 5 3 24 17 1.41 17
8 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 15 5 2 2 15 7 2 1 3 5 9 7 3 5 20 16 1.25 17
9 Reading Reading 14 5 0 2 14 5 1 4 2 11 13 6 4 4 25 18 1.39 16
10 Rotherham United Rotherham United 14 5 1 0 12 4 1 3 4 7 12 6 4 4 19 16 1.19 16
11 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 15 5 0 3 11 8 2 2 3 9 13 7 2 6 20 21 0.95 16
12 Northampton Town Northampton Town 12 3 3 1 9 7 2 1 2 4 4 5 4 3 13 11 1.18 14
13 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 14 4 1 1 13 5 1 2 5 9 16 5 3 6 22 21 1.05 13
14 Walsall Walsall 15 2 4 1 10 7 1 3 4 5 9 3 7 5 15 16 0.94 13
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 14 5 1 1 15 8 0 2 5 9 19 5 3 6 24 27 0.89 13
16 Barnsley Barnsley 15 3 2 2 13 8 0 4 4 5 14 3 6 6 18 22 0.82 12
17 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 14 2 2 2 12 8 2 2 4 7 16 4 4 6 19 24 0.79 12
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 14 3 3 1 7 5 1 1 5 6 14 4 4 6 13 19 0.68 12
19 Southport Southport 14 4 1 1 14 9 1 0 7 5 17 5 1 8 19 26 0.73 11
20 Hartlepool Hartlepool 14 2 6 0 7 5 0 1 5 1 16 2 7 5 8 21 0.38 11
21 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 14 3 1 4 16 14 0 3 3 5 12 3 4 7 21 26 0.81 10
22 Orient Orient 12 2 3 0 7 3 0 3 4 9 18 2 6 4 16 21 0.76 10
23 Gillingham Gillingham 14 2 3 1 11 6 1 0 7 7 19 3 3 8 18 25 0.72 9
24 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 14 1 2 4 5 9 0 0 7 2 22 1 2 11 7 31 0.23 4

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