Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 8, 1966

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town
W.Penman (27', 66')
 HT: 1-0 F.Clarke (51'), P.Dolby (79')
Attendance:  7,985    



Lineups
1
Tony HICKS
                46'
Alan BOSWELL
1
2
Owen DAWSON
                 
Pat WRIGHT
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Geoff FELLOWS
3
4
Keith MORGAN
                 
Ted HEMSLEY
4
5
Mel NURSE  
                 
Alf WOOD
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
Eric BRODIE
6

7
Willie PENMAN
               
Trevor MEREDITH
7

8
Dennis BROWN
               
Frank CLARKE
8
9
Jimmy LAWTON
               
Peter DOLBY
9
10
Roger SMART
                 
George BOARDMAN
10
11
Don ROGERS
                 
Lewis THOM
11
Substitutes
12
Joe BUTLER
              
46' 
Tony GREGORY
12













Results on Saturday, October 8, 1966: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Orient  
  Darlington 1 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Oldham Athletic  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Oxford United  
  Peterborough United 3 - 0 Workington  
  Queens Park Rangers 4 - 2 Swansea Town  
  Reading 2 - 3 Colchester United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Torquay United 4 - 1 Gillingham  
  Walsall 2 - 0 Scunthorpe United  
  Watford 2 - 0 Middlesbrough  

Table as at Saturday, October 8, 1966:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 10 7 2 1 13 6 2.17 16 
2 Queens Park Rangers 10 6 3 1 35 12 2.92 15 
3 Bristol Rovers 11 7 1 3 21 16 1.31 15 
4 Grimsby Town 10 6 1 3 21 12 1.75 13 
5 Oldham Athletic 11 6 1 4 23 14 1.64 13 
6 Watford 10 5 2 3 9 6 1.50 12 
7 Colchester United 10 5 2 3 19 17 1.12 12 
8 Mansfield Town 10 4 4 2 12 16 0.75 12 
9 Workington 9 5 1 3 20 14 1.43 11 
10 Peterborough United 10 3 5 2 16 14 1.14 11 
11 Gillingham 10 3 5 2 13 12 1.08 11 
12 Shrewsbury Town 10 4 3 3 16 17 0.94 11 
13 Doncaster Rovers 10 4 3 3 12 23 0.52 11 
14 Torquay United 11 4 2 5 18 13 1.38 10 
15 Reading 11 4 2 5 14 16 0.88 10 
16 Walsall 10 4 2 4 12 16 0.75 10 
17 Oxford United 10 2 4 4 14 13 1.08 8 
18 Darlington 12 3 2 7 10 18 0.56 8 
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 10 2 3 5 12 16 0.75 7 
20 Orient 10 2 3 5 8 12 0.67 7 
21 Scunthorpe United 10 3 1 6 13 22 0.59 7 
22 Middlesbrough 10 2 2 6 13 25 0.52 6 
23 Swindon Town 10 1 3 6 13 18 0.72 5 
24 Swansea Town 11 1 3 7 14 23 0.61 5 

Key: Promotion Relegation