Football League Division Three
Tuesday, March 19, 1968

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  14,541    



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

7
Don HEATH
                 
Trevor MEREDITH
7

8
Peter NOBLE
                 
Dave POUNTNEY
8
9
Jimmy GILES
                 
Eric BRODIE
9
10
Joe BUTLER
                 
Graham CLAPHAM
10
11
Don ROGERS
                 
  Jimmy MCLAUGHLIN
11
Substitutes
12
Willie PENMAN
                 
Sub not used
12













Results on Tuesday, March 19, 1968: League Table

 
  Northampton Town 4 - 1 Stockport County  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Watford 1 - 2 Mansfield Town  

Table as at Tuesday, March 19, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Torquay United 34 18 8 8 48 38 1.26 44 
2 Bury 35 17 8 10 74 53 1.40 42 
3 Shrewsbury Town 35 14 12 9 50 43 1.16 40 
4 Swindon Town 35 14 11 10 59 35 1.69 39 
5 Walsall 34 15 8 11 55 46 1.20 38 
6 Stockport County 35 15 8 12 50 47 1.06 38 
7 Barrow 34 16 5 13 52 41 1.27 37 
8 Oxford United 34 13 11 10 50 43 1.16 37 
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 34 12 13 9 41 36 1.14 37 
10 Gillingham 35 13 11 11 47 47 1.00 37 
11 Reading 34 15 7 12 47 48 0.98 37 
12 Watford 35 15 6 14 55 40 1.38 36 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 35 12 11 12 38 40 0.95 35 
14 Southport 33 13 7 13 48 48 1.00 33 
15 Northampton Town 35 11 11 13 46 51 0.90 33 
16 Bristol Rovers 34 12 7 15 53 58 0.91 31 
17 Oldham Athletic 35 13 4 18 45 52 0.87 30 
18 Mansfield Town 35 11 8 16 43 52 0.83 30 
19 Tranmere Rovers 32 10 8 14 51 59 0.86 28 
20 Orient 31 9 10 12 35 45 0.78 28 
21 Colchester United 34 9 10 15 38 60 0.63 28 
22 Scunthorpe United 35 8 10 17 43 64 0.67 26 
23 Grimsby Town 33 7 7 19 33 56 0.59 21 
24 Peterborough United 34 14 7 13 56 55 1.02 16 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation