Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 10, 1968

Gillingham Swindon Town
G.Riddick (36'), M.Machin (60' pen), T.Thear (80')
HT: 1-0 R.Smart (85')
Attendance:  5,116   Referee:  D.A. Corbett



Lineups
1
John SIMPSON
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Ralph MILLER
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Dennis HUNT
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Gordon RIDDICK
               
Joe BUTLER
4
5
John ARNOTT
                 
  Mel NURSE
5
6
Mel MACHIN
               
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Derek WOODLEY
                 
Don HEATH
7

8
Brian GIBBS
                ~65'
Willie PENMAN
8
9
Brian YEO
                 
Pat TERRY
9
10
Tony THEAR
             
Roger SMART
10
11
Bob MOFFATT
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
~65' 
Peter NOBLE
12















Results on Saturday, February 10, 1968: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, February 10, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Torquay United 29 15 8 6 40 33 1.21 38 
2 Bury 29 14 7 8 63 42 1.50 35 
3 Walsall 29 13 7 9 50 41 1.22 33 
4 Shrewsbury Town 28 12 9 7 43 38 1.13 33 
5 Stockport County 29 13 7 9 41 37 1.11 33 
6 Oxford United 29 11 10 8 46 38 1.21 32 
7 Swindon Town 28 11 9 8 45 29 1.55 31 
8 Reading 28 13 5 10 43 43 1.00 31 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 29 9 12 8 34 33 1.03 30 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 29 11 8 10 34 35 0.97 30 
11 Watford 29 12 5 12 47 32 1.47 29 
12 Barrow 29 12 5 12 41 36 1.14 29 
13 Gillingham 29 10 9 10 37 41 0.90 29 
14 Southport 28 11 5 12 44 46 0.96 27 
15 Bristol Rovers 27 10 6 11 40 41 0.98 26 
16 Oldham Athletic 29 12 2 15 39 42 0.93 26 
17 Tranmere Rovers 28 10 6 12 47 52 0.90 26 
18 Northampton Town 28 9 8 11 36 42 0.86 26 
19 Colchester United 28 8 8 12 34 48 0.71 24 
20 Orient 26 7 9 10 30 37 0.81 23 
21 Mansfield Town 28 8 6 14 34 44 0.77 22 
22 Scunthorpe United 29 7 8 14 34 55 0.62 22 
23 Grimsby Town 28 6 6 16 29 45 0.64 18 
24 Peterborough United 29 12 5 12 47 48 0.98 10 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation