Football League Division Three
Wednesday, October 9, 1968

Reading Swindon Town

HT: 0-1 R.Smart (19')
Attendance:  17,629    



Lineups
1
Roy BROWN
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Dave BACUZZI
                 
Owen DAWSON
2
3
Dick SPIERS
                 
  Rod THOMAS
3
4
Rod THORNHILL
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Colin MELDRUM
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Ernie YARD
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
John CHAPMAN
                74'
Don HEATH
7

8
John COLLINS
               
Roger SMART
8
9
John SAINTY
 46'
               
John SMITH
9
10
Peter SILVESTER
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
George HARRIS
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Ray DEAN

46' 		            
74' 
Chris JONES
12













Results on Wednesday, October 9, 1968: League Table
 
  Gillingham 2 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 0 Hartlepool  
  Reading 0 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Wednesday, October 9, 1968:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 12 8 1 3 20 7 2.86 17 
2 Luton Town 12 7 2 3 24 11 2.18 16 
3 Torquay United 13 7 2 4 22 14 1.57 16 
4 Barrow 12 7 2 3 20 14 1.43 16 
5 Swindon Town 11 6 3 2 11 4 2.75 15 
6 Reading 12 5 4 3 23 16 1.44 14 
7 Plymouth Argyle 12 6 2 4 17 13 1.31 14 
8 Stockport County 12 5 4 3 19 15 1.27 14 
9 Watford 12 5 4 3 10 8 1.25 14 
10 Rotherham United 12 5 4 3 16 13 1.23 14 
11 Tranmere Rovers 12 6 2 4 17 16 1.06 14 
12 Northampton Town 11 4 4 3 11 10 1.10 12 
13 Mansfield Town 12 4 3 5 18 18 1.00 11 
14 Barnsley 13 3 5 5 17 20 0.85 11 
15 Bristol Rovers 12 4 3 5 17 23 0.74 11 
16 Orient 11 2 6 3 14 16 0.88 10 
17 Walsall 13 2 6 5 13 15 0.87 10 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 11 3 4 4 16 20 0.80 10 
19 Shrewsbury Town 12 3 4 5 11 17 0.65 10 
20 Southport 12 4 1 7 16 24 0.67 9 
21 Gillingham 12 3 2 7 17 20 0.85 8 
22 Crewe Alexandra 12 2 4 6 19 23 0.83 8 
23 Hartlepool 11 1 6 4 5 16 0.31 8 
24 Oldham Athletic 12 1 2 9 6 26 0.23 4 

Key: Promotion Relegation