Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 9, 1968

Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town

HT: 0-0 S.Harland (47')
Attendance:  7,810    



Lineups
1
Alan BOSWELL
                 
Roy JONES
1
2
Tony GREGORY
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Geoff FELLOWS
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Ted HEMSLEY
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Alf WOOD
                 
  Mel NURSE
5
6
Peter DOLBY
               
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Dave ROBERTS
                 
Don HEATH
7

8
George BOARDMAN
                 
Owen DAWSON
8
9
Barry STOBART
                 
Pat TERRY
9
10
Dave POUNTNEY
                 
Roger SMART
10
11
Jimmy MCLAUGHLIN  
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                
Peter NOBLE
12













Results on Saturday, March 9, 1968: League Table
 
  Barrow 3 - 0 Oxford United  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 - 0 Oldham Athletic  
  Bristol Rovers 3 - 1 Bury  
  Gillingham 2 - 3 Orient  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 2 Watford  
  Northampton Town 3 - 0 Walsall  
  Peterborough United 1 - 0 Southport  
  Reading 1 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Scunthorpe United 5 - 1 Colchester United  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Torquay United 3 - 0 Stockport County  

Table as at Saturday, March 9, 1968:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 34 17 8 9 74 50 1.48 42 
2 Torquay United 33 17 8 8 45 38 1.18 42 
3 Shrewsbury Town 33 14 10 9 49 42 1.17 38 
4 Barrow 33 16 5 12 52 38 1.37 37 
5 Watford 33 15 6 12 54 36 1.50 36 
6 Walsall 33 14 8 11 53 45 1.18 36 
7 Stockport County 33 14 8 11 47 43 1.09 36 
8 Swindon Town 32 13 9 10 54 34 1.59 35 
9 Oxford United 33 12 11 10 49 43 1.14 35 
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 33 11 13 9 38 36 1.06 35 
11 Reading 33 14 7 12 46 48 0.96 35 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 33 12 10 11 37 38 0.97 34 
13 Gillingham 33 12 10 11 43 46 0.93 34 
14 Bristol Rovers 32 12 7 13 52 53 0.98 31 
15 Southport 32 12 7 13 46 48 0.96 31 
16 Northampton Town 33 10 11 12 41 48 0.85 31 
17 Tranmere Rovers 31 10 8 13 51 57 0.89 28 
18 Oldham Athletic 33 12 3 18 42 50 0.84 27 
19 Colchester United 33 9 9 15 37 59 0.63 27 
20 Orient 29 8 10 11 33 40 0.83 26 
21 Mansfield Town 32 9 8 15 38 48 0.79 26 
22 Scunthorpe United 34 8 10 16 42 62 0.68 26 
23 Grimsby Town 31 7 6 18 32 54 0.59 20 
24 Peterborough United 33 14 6 13 55 54 1.02 15 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation