Football League Division Three
Saturday, January 20, 1968

Northampton Town Swindon Town
D.Martin (4'), J.Kiernan (32')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  10,339    



Lineups
1
Bryan HARVEY
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Brian FAULKES
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Clive WALKER
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Graham CARR
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
John ROBERTS  
                 
  Mel NURSE
5
6
Ron FLOWERS  
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Eric WEAVER view STFC profile
                 
Don HEATH
7

8
John BYRNE
                46'
Owen DAWSON
8
9
Don MARTIN
               
Pat TERRY
9
10
Joe KIERNAN
               
Roger SMART
10
11
Tommy KNOX
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
46' 
Willie PENMAN
12















Results on Saturday, January 20, 1968: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, January 20, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Walsall 27 13 7 7 49 36 1.36 33 
2 Torquay United 26 13 7 6 38 33 1.15 33 
3 Bury 27 12 7 8 58 41 1.41 31 
4 Swindon Town 26 10 9 7 41 26 1.58 29 
5 Oxford United 26 10 9 7 45 37 1.22 29 
6 Shrewsbury Town 26 10 9 7 39 37 1.05 29 
7 Stockport County 26 12 5 9 34 33 1.03 29 
8 Reading 26 12 4 10 39 41 0.95 28 
9 Watford 27 11 5 11 44 29 1.52 27 
10 Barrow 27 11 5 11 36 32 1.13 27 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 26 9 9 8 31 30 1.03 27 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 27 10 7 10 30 32 0.94 27 
13 Gillingham 26 9 9 8 32 35 0.91 27 
14 Oldham Athletic 27 12 2 13 39 39 1.00 26 
15 Southport 26 10 5 11 41 42 0.98 25 
16 Northampton Town 26 9 7 10 34 38 0.89 25 
17 Tranmere Rovers 26 9 6 11 43 46 0.93 24 
18 Bristol Rovers 25 9 6 10 35 39 0.90 24 
19 Colchester United 26 8 8 10 33 45 0.73 24 
20 Orient 24 7 7 10 27 34 0.79 21 
21 Mansfield Town 26 7 6 13 32 41 0.78 20 
22 Scunthorpe United 26 5 8 13 30 50 0.60 18 
23 Grimsby Town 26 6 5 15 28 43 0.65 17 
24 Peterborough United 27 12 4 11 44 43 1.02

* Peterborough United deducted 19 points for making illegal payments to players on Monday, January 1, 1968.

Key: Promotion Relegation