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Saturday March 23rd, 1968

Football League Division Three

Peterborough United

1 - 1

1

S. Brace (86')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Trollope (52')
S. Brace (86')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 4,667

J. Trollope (52')
H.G. New
London Road, Peterborough

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 23rd, 1968:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 23rd, 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 Torquay United Torquay United 35 12 4 1 30 11 6 5 7 19 28 18 9 8 49 39 1.26 45
2 Bury Bury 36 14 3 1 52 20 4 5 9 24 33 18 8 10 76 53 1.43 44
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 10 5 3 33 16 5 7 6 18 27 15 12 9 51 43 1.19 42
4 Swindon Town Swindon 36 12 4 2 42 10 2 8 8 18 26 14 12 10 60 36 1.67 40
5 Reading Reading 36 11 5 1 32 14 5 3 11 21 37 16 8 12 53 51 1.04 40
6 Oxford United Oxford United 35 13 2 2 41 19 1 9 8 12 24 14 11 10 53 43 1.23 39
7 Walsall Walsall 35 9 5 2 35 14 6 4 9 21 33 15 9 11 56 47 1.19 39
8 Watford Watford 36 11 3 5 47 18 5 3 9 12 22 16 6 14 59 40 1.48 38
9 Barrow Barrow 35 9 6 3 33 12 7 0 10 20 30 16 6 13 53 42 1.26 38
10 Stockport County Stockport County 36 12 5 1 37 14 3 3 12 16 37 15 8 13 53 51 1.04 38
11 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 36 9 7 2 24 9 3 7 8 18 32 12 14 10 42 41 1.02 38
12 Gillingham Gillingham 36 9 5 3 27 16 4 6 9 20 34 13 11 12 47 50 0.94 37
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 36 10 6 2 27 13 2 6 10 12 28 12 12 12 39 41 0.95 36
14 Southport Southport 34 10 4 3 28 18 4 3 10 24 33 14 7 13 52 51 1.02 35
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 35 11 3 4 34 19 2 4 11 21 39 13 7 15 55 58 0.95 33
16 Northampton Town Northampton Town 36 8 6 4 31 20 3 5 10 15 33 11 11 14 46 53 0.87 33
17 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 36 9 2 7 27 22 4 3 11 20 32 13 5 18 47 54 0.87 31
18 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 36 8 4 7 29 25 3 4 10 14 28 11 8 17 43 53 0.81 30
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 34 7 5 4 32 25 3 4 11 20 38 10 9 15 52 63 0.83 29
20 Orient Orient 32 8 3 5 22 16 1 8 7 15 31 9 11 12 37 47 0.79 29
21 Colchester United Colchester United 35 6 5 6 22 26 3 5 10 18 39 9 10 16 40 65 0.62 28
22 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 36 6 9 5 30 30 2 2 12 14 35 8 11 17 44 65 0.68 27
23 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 35 7 6 4 25 15 1 1 16 11 43 8 7 20 36 58 0.62 23
24 Peterborough United Peterborough United 35 11 3 5 36 22 3 5 8 21 34 14 8 13 57 56 1.02 17*

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