Match Centre

Saturday March 2nd, 1968

Football League Division Three

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic

2 - 1

2

R. Thomas (55' o.g.), R. Norton (60')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

P. Terry (88')
R. Thomas (55' o.g.), R. Norton (60')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 7,469

P. Terry (88')
A.E. Dimond

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 2nd, 1968:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 2nd, 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 Bury Bury 33 13 3 1 50 20 4 5 7 23 27 17 8 8 73 47 1.55 42
2 Torquay United Torquay United 32 10 4 1 24 11 6 4 7 18 27 16 8 8 42 38 1.11 40
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 31 10 3 2 31 13 4 6 6 17 27 14 9 8 48 40 1.20 37
4 Walsall Walsall 32 8 5 2 33 13 6 3 8 20 29 14 8 10 53 42 1.26 36
5 Stockport County Stockport County 32 11 5 1 35 14 3 3 9 12 26 14 8 10 47 40 1.18 36
6 Barrow Barrow 32 8 5 3 29 11 7 0 9 20 27 15 5 12 49 38 1.29 35
7 Oxford United Oxford United 32 12 2 2 38 19 0 9 7 11 21 12 11 9 49 40 1.23 35
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 32 8 6 2 20 8 3 7 6 18 27 11 13 8 38 35 1.09 35
9 Watford Watford 32 10 3 4 42 16 4 3 8 10 19 14 6 12 52 35 1.49 34
10 Gillingham Gillingham 32 8 5 2 22 13 4 5 8 19 30 12 10 10 41 43 0.95 34
11 Swindon Town Swindon 31 11 2 2 37 9 1 7 8 16 25 12 9 10 53 34 1.56 33
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 32 10 4 2 26 12 2 5 9 11 26 12 9 11 37 38 0.97 33
13 Reading Reading 32 9 5 1 30 14 4 2 11 15 34 13 7 12 45 48 0.94 33
14 Southport Southport 31 9 4 3 24 15 3 3 9 22 32 12 7 12 46 47 0.98 31
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 31 9 3 4 29 18 2 4 9 20 34 11 7 13 49 52 0.94 29
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 32 6 6 3 23 17 3 5 9 15 31 9 11 12 38 48 0.79 29
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 30 7 5 3 32 23 3 2 10 18 33 10 7 13 50 56 0.89 27
18 Colchester United Colchester United 32 6 5 5 20 21 3 4 9 16 33 9 9 14 36 54 0.67 27
19 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 32 9 0 7 24 19 3 2 11 18 31 12 2 18 42 50 0.84 26
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 31 7 4 5 25 22 2 4 9 12 24 9 8 14 37 46 0.80 26
21 Orient Orient 28 7 3 5 20 15 0 7 6 10 23 7 10 11 30 38 0.79 24
22 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 33 5 8 5 24 28 2 2 11 13 33 7 10 16 37 61 0.61 24
23 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 31 6 5 3 21 13 1 1 15 11 41 7 6 18 32 54 0.59 20
24 Peterborough United Peterborough United 32 10 2 5 34 21 3 4 8 20 33 13 6 13 54 54 1 13*