Match Centre

Saturday May 11th, 1968

Football League Division Three

Grimsby Town

3 - 2

3

D. Wilson (27', 80'), S. Housley (36')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

D. Rogers (25'), S. Harland (70')
D. Wilson (27', 80'), S. Housley (36')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 4,593

D. Rogers (25'), S. Harland (70')
F.M. Nicholson
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday May 11th, 1968:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday May 11th, 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 Oxford United Oxford United 46 18 3 2 49 20 4 10 9 20 27 22 13 11 69 47 1.47 57
2 Bury Bury 46 19 3 1 64 24 5 5 13 27 42 24 8 14 91 66 1.38 56
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 46 14 6 3 42 17 6 9 8 19 32 20 15 11 61 49 1.24 55
4 Torquay United Torquay United 46 15 6 2 40 17 6 5 12 20 39 21 11 14 60 56 1.07 53
5 Reading Reading 46 15 5 3 43 17 6 4 13 27 43 21 9 16 70 60 1.17 51
6 Watford Watford 46 15 3 5 59 20 6 5 12 15 30 21 8 17 74 50 1.48 50
7 Walsall Walsall 46 12 7 4 47 22 7 5 11 27 39 19 12 15 74 61 1.21 50
8 Barrow Barrow 46 14 6 3 43 13 7 2 14 22 41 21 8 17 65 54 1.20 50
9 Swindon Town Swindon 46 13 8 2 51 16 3 9 11 23 35 16 17 13 74 51 1.45 49
10 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 46 11 8 4 31 14 5 8 10 26 41 16 16 14 57 55 1.04 48
11 Gillingham Gillingham 46 13 6 4 35 19 5 6 12 24 44 18 12 16 59 63 0.94 48
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 46 13 7 3 39 17 3 8 12 17 34 16 15 15 56 51 1.10 47
13 Stockport County Stockport County 46 16 5 2 49 22 3 4 16 21 53 19 9 18 70 75 0.93 47
14 Southport Southport 46 13 6 4 35 22 4 6 13 30 43 17 12 17 65 65 1 46
15 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 46 14 3 6 42 25 3 6 14 30 53 17 9 20 72 78 0.92 43
16 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 46 11 3 9 37 32 7 4 12 23 33 18 7 21 60 65 0.92 43
17 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 10 8 5 40 25 4 5 14 18 47 14 13 19 58 72 0.81 41
18 Orient Orient 46 10 6 7 27 24 2 11 10 19 38 12 17 17 46 62 0.74 41
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 46 10 7 6 39 28 4 5 14 23 46 14 12 20 62 74 0.84 40
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 46 8 7 8 32 31 4 6 13 19 36 12 13 21 51 67 0.76 37
21 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 46 10 7 6 33 21 4 2 17 19 48 14 9 23 52 69 0.75 37
22 Colchester United Colchester United 46 6 8 9 29 40 3 7 13 21 47 9 15 22 50 87 0.57 33
23 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 46 8 9 6 36 34 2 3 18 20 53 10 12 24 56 87 0.64 32
24 Peterborough United Peterborough United 46 14 4 5 46 23 6 6 11 33 44 20 10 16 79 67 1.18 31*

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