Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 19, 1968

Swindon Town Torquay United
D.Rogers (45'), P.Noble (70')
HT: 1-0 A.Welsh (86')
Attendance:  15,159   Referee:  M.U. Sinclair



Lineups
1
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
                 
Andy DONNELLY
1
2
Owen DAWSON
 55'
              
John BOND
2
3
Rod THOMAS  
           67'     
Bill KITCHENER
3
4
Joe BUTLER
                 
Alan SMITH
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
  Ken BROWN
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
Frank MATTHEWS
6

7
Don HEATH
               
Alan WELSH
7

8
Roger SMART
                 
  Jimmy DUNNE
8
9
John SMITH
   21'            ~88'
Pat MORRISSEY
9
10
Peter NOBLE
               
Robin STUBBS
10
11
Don ROGERS
               
John BENSON
11
Substitutes
12
Willie PENMAN

55' 
           
~88' 
Ken SANDERCOCK
12















Results on Saturday, October 19, 1968: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 1 Southport  
  Bristol Rovers 5 - 1 Gillingham  
  Northampton Town 2 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Luton Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Torquay United  
  Walsall 2 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Watford 4 - 0 Barrow  

Table as at Saturday, October 19, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swindon Town 13 8 3 2 16 6 2.67 19 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 9 1 4 23 11 2.09 19 
3 Watford 14 7 4 3 17 8 2.13 18 
4 Luton Town 14 8 2 4 27 13 2.08 18 
5 Torquay United 15 8 2 5 25 16 1.56 18 
6 Barrow 14 8 2 4 22 19 1.16 18 
7 Stockport County 14 6 5 3 24 17 1.41 17 
8 Plymouth Argyle 15 7 3 5 20 16 1.25 17 
9 Reading 14 6 4 4 25 18 1.39 16 
10 Rotherham United 14 6 4 4 19 16 1.19 16 
11 Tranmere Rovers 15 7 2 6 20 21 0.95 16 
12 Northampton Town 12 5 4 3 13 11 1.18 14 
13 Mansfield Town 14 5 3 6 22 21 1.05 13 
14 Walsall 15 3 7 5 15 16 0.94 13 
15 Bristol Rovers 14 5 3 6 24 27 0.89 13 
16 Barnsley 15 3 6 6 18 22 0.82 12 
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 14 4 4 6 19 24 0.79 12 
18 Shrewsbury Town 14 4 4 6 13 19 0.68 12 
19 Southport 14 5 1 8 19 26 0.73 11 
20 Hartlepool 14 2 7 5 8 21 0.38 11 
21 Crewe Alexandra 14 3 4 7 21 26 0.81 10 
22 Orient 12 2 6 4 16 21 0.76 10 
23 Gillingham 14 3 3 8 18 25 0.72
24 Oldham Athletic 14 1 2 11 7 31 0.23

Key: Promotion Relegation