Match Centre

Saturday April 13th, 1968

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

3 - 3

3

D. Rogers (12', 90'), R. Smart (48')

Southport

Southport

3

E. Redrobe (23'), T. Harkin (58'), G. Andrews (73')
D. Rogers (12', 90'), R. Smart (48')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 10,929

E. Redrobe (23'), T. Harkin (58'), G. Andrews (73')
K.A. Wynn
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


STFC's first ever appearance on Match of the Day - and despite the draw effectively ending the Town's promotion chances, the crowd celebrate the last minute equaliser as though the cup had been won!
STFC's first ever appearance on Match of the Day - and despite the draw effectively ending the Town's promotion chances, the crowd celebrate the last minute equaliser as though the cup had been won!

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 13th, 1968:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 13th, 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 40 16 3 1 56 21 5 5 10 25 35 21 8 11 81 56 1.45 50
2 Oxford United Oxford United 41 15 3 2 45 20 3 9 9 15 26 18 12 11 60 46 1.30 48
3 Torquay United Torquay United 40 13 5 2 34 14 6 5 9 19 31 19 10 11 53 45 1.18 48
4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 12 5 3 40 17 5 8 7 18 29 17 13 10 58 46 1.26 47
5 Reading Reading 40 13 5 2 37 15 5 4 11 23 39 18 9 13 60 54 1.11 45
6 Swindon Town Swindon 40 12 6 2 46 14 2 9 9 18 28 14 15 11 64 42 1.52 43
7 Stockport County Stockport County 40 14 5 1 44 16 3 4 13 18 42 17 9 14 62 58 1.07 43
8 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 40 10 7 3 25 10 4 8 8 23 35 14 15 11 48 45 1.07 43
9 Watford Watford 40 13 3 5 54 19 5 3 11 13 27 18 6 16 67 46 1.46 42
10 Walsall Walsall 39 10 6 3 40 16 6 4 10 22 35 16 10 13 62 51 1.22 42
11 Barrow Barrow 40 10 6 3 34 12 7 1 13 21 39 17 7 16 55 51 1.08 41
12 Gillingham Gillingham 39 11 5 3 30 16 4 6 10 20 38 15 11 13 50 54 0.93 41
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 40 11 7 2 33 15 2 7 11 14 31 13 14 13 47 46 1.02 40
14 Southport Southport 38 11 5 3 30 19 4 4 11 27 37 15 9 14 57 56 1.02 39
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 39 13 3 4 38 20 2 5 12 24 44 15 8 16 62 64 0.97 38
16 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 40 10 2 7 31 23 6 3 12 22 33 16 5 19 53 56 0.95 37
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 41 9 6 5 34 21 3 5 13 16 43 12 11 18 50 64 0.78 35
18 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 39 8 5 7 31 27 4 5 10 17 29 12 10 17 48 56 0.86 34
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 39 9 6 5 36 26 3 4 12 21 41 12 10 17 57 67 0.85 34
20 Orient Orient 37 9 4 5 25 18 1 9 9 16 36 10 13 14 41 54 0.76 33
21 Colchester United Colchester United 40 6 6 8 25 32 3 5 12 18 43 9 11 20 43 75 0.57 29
22 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 39 8 7 5 28 18 2 1 16 14 44 10 8 21 42 62 0.68 28
23 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 39 6 9 6 31 33 2 2 14 15 43 8 11 20 46 76 0.61 27
24 Peterborough United Peterborough United 40 12 3 5 38 22 5 6 9 25 37 17 9 14 63 59 1.07 24*

Match Programme

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