Newspaper Reports

Results

Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 14th, 1968:

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	2-1	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	2-1	Torquay United Torquay United
Hartlepool Hartlepool	1-0	Luton Town Luton Town
Northampton Town Northampton Town	4-1	Orient Orient
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	0-4	Southport Southport
Reading Reading	2-0	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	1-0	Barrow Barrow
Swindon Town Swindon	1-0	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Walsall Walsall	3-0	Barnsley Barnsley
Watford Watford	2-0	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic

Table

Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 14th, 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	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	20	11	0	1	24	3	2	3	3	11	11	13	3	4	35	14	2.50	29
2	Watford Watford	21	6	3	2	13	4	5	3	2	13	8	11	6	4	26	12	2.17	28
3	Stockport County Stockport County	21	9	2	1	35	16	2	4	3	4	9	11	6	4	39	25	1.56	28
4	Swindon Town Swindon	19	8	1	0	17	2	4	2	4	14	13	12	3	4	31	15	2.07	27
5	Barrow Barrow	20	7	3	0	17	6	4	0	6	15	20	11	3	6	32	26	1.23	25
6	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	21	7	1	3	17	11	4	2	4	15	17	11	3	7	32	28	1.14	25
7	Torquay United Torquay United	22	8	1	1	21	6	2	3	7	9	17	10	4	8	30	23	1.30	24
8	Luton Town Luton Town	20	9	1	0	28	7	1	2	7	4	13	10	3	7	32	20	1.60	23
9	Reading Reading	21	8	0	3	22	8	1	5	4	12	16	9	5	7	34	24	1.42	23
10	Northampton Town Northampton Town	21	5	4	3	19	17	3	3	3	8	7	8	7	6	27	24	1.13	23
11	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	22	7	3	3	19	13	2	2	5	5	11	9	5	8	24	24	1	23
12	Walsall Walsall	22	5	5	1	19	7	1	4	6	7	16	6	9	7	26	23	1.13	21
13	Rotherham United Rotherham United	21	5	3	1	14	8	1	5	6	9	17	6	8	7	23	25	0.92	20
14	Southport Southport	21	6	2	1	24	10	2	1	9	13	26	8	3	10	37	36	1.03	19
15	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	21	7	2	2	22	14	0	3	7	11	24	7	5	9	33	38	0.87	19
16	Hartlepool Hartlepool	21	3	7	2	13	15	2	2	5	5	18	5	9	7	18	33	0.55	19
17	Orient Orient	21	4	5	1	13	8	1	3	7	12	25	5	8	8	25	33	0.76	18
18	Barnsley Barnsley	22	4	4	2	16	10	1	4	7	8	24	5	8	9	24	34	0.71	18
19	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	21	5	2	2	15	7	1	3	8	12	22	6	5	10	27	29	0.93	17
20	Gillingham Gillingham	21	5	3	1	20	7	2	0	10	9	28	7	3	11	29	35	0.83	17
21	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	20	6	1	4	20	15	0	4	5	7	20	6	5	9	27	35	0.77	17
22	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	21	5	4	2	10	7	1	1	8	8	23	6	5	10	18	30	0.60	17
23	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	22	3	3	3	16	11	2	2	9	10	28	5	5	12	26	39	0.67	15
24	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	20	1	2	6	8	14	1	1	9	5	29	2	3	15	13	43	0.30	7