Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 6, 1968

Watford Swindon Town
B.Dyson (5'), K.Eddy (80' pen)
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  7,569   Referee:  R.A. Paine



Lineups
1
Bert SLATER
                 
Roy JONES
1
2
Duncan WELBOURNE
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Johnny WILLIAMS
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Dixie HALE
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Brian GARVEY
                 
  Mel NURSE
5
6
Tom WALLEY  
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Stewart SCULLION
                 
Peter NOBLE
7

8
Barry DYSON
               
Owen DAWSON
8
9
Terry GARBETT
                46'
Pat TERRY
9
10
Keith EDDY
               
Roger SMART
10
11
Bernie LEWIS
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
46' 
Willie PENMAN
12















Results on Saturday, April 6, 1968: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 6, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Torquay United 38 19 10 9 53 42 1.26 48 
2 Oxford United 39 18 11 10 60 45 1.33 47 
3 Bury 38 19 8 11 78 56 1.39 46 
4 Shrewsbury Town 38 16 13 9 54 44 1.23 45 
5 Brighton and Hove Albion 38 14 14 10 46 42 1.10 42 
6 Swindon Town 38 14 13 11 61 39 1.56 41 
7 Walsall 38 16 9 13 61 50 1.22 41 
8 Reading 38 16 9 13 55 54 1.02 41 
9 Watford 38 17 6 15 62 43 1.44 40 
10 Barrow 38 17 6 15 55 48 1.15 40 
11 Stockport County 38 16 8 14 58 56 1.04 40 
12 Gillingham 38 14 11 13 49 54 0.91 39 
13 Southport 37 15 8 14 54 53 1.02 38 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 38 13 12 13 44 43 1.02 38 
15 Bristol Rovers 37 14 8 15 60 61 0.98 36 
16 Northampton Town 39 12 11 16 49 58 0.84 35 
17 Oldham Athletic 38 14 5 19 51 56 0.91 33 
18 Tranmere Rovers 37 12 9 16 57 66 0.86 33 
19 Mansfield Town 38 11 10 17 46 56 0.82 32 
20 Orient 36 9 13 14 40 54 0.74 31 
21 Colchester United 38 9 10 19 42 73 0.58 28 
22 Grimsby Town 37 10 7 20 41 60 0.68 27 
23 Scunthorpe United 38 8 11 19 46 72 0.64 27 
24 Peterborough United 38 16 8 14 61 58 1.05 21 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation