Football League Division Three
Saturday, November 2, 1968

Swindon Town Southport
D.Rogers (22', 32', 82' pen, 90'), J.Smith (48')
HT: 2-0 G.Andrews (67')
Attendance:  18,913   Referee:  W.J. Gow



Lineups
1
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
                 
John ARMSTRONG
1
2
Owen DAWSON
                 
Dave PEARSON
2
3
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Ambrose CLARKE
3
4
Willie PENMAN
 26'
              
Arthur PEAT
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
Malcolm RUSSELL
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
Colin ALTY
6

7
Don HEATH
                 
Stuart SHAW
7

8
Roger SMART
               
George ANDREWS
8
9
John SMITH
               
Eric REDROBE
9
10
Peter NOBLE
                 
  Terry HARKIN
10
11
Don ROGERS
               
Paul CROSSLEY
11
Substitutes
12
Chris JONES

26' 
             
Tony FIELD
12















Results on Saturday, November 2, 1968: League Table

 
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 - 0 Barnsley  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Torquay United  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Reading 2 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Orient  
  Swindon Town 5 - 1 Southport  
  Walsall 0 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Watford 2 - 1 Gillingham  

Table as at Saturday, November 2, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swindon Town 15 10 3 2 24 9 2.67 23 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 16 10 2 4 27 12 2.25 22 
3 Watford 16 9 4 3 20 9 2.22 22 
4 Barrow 16 10 2 4 28 20 1.40 22 
5 Torquay United 17 9 3 5 28 17 1.65 21 
6 Luton Town 15 9 2 4 29 14 2.07 20 
7 Tranmere Rovers 17 9 2 6 24 22 1.09 20 
8 Stockport County 16 7 5 4 27 23 1.17 19 
9 Reading 16 7 4 5 27 20 1.35 18 
10 Rotherham United 16 6 6 4 20 17 1.18 18 
11 Plymouth Argyle 17 7 4 6 21 18 1.17 18 
12 Northampton Town 14 5 5 4 15 14 1.07 15 
13 Mansfield Town 16 5 4 7 23 23 1.00 14 
14 Walsall 17 3 8 6 16 18 0.89 14 
15 Bristol Rovers 16 5 4 7 24 29 0.83 14 
16 Barnsley 17 4 6 7 19 25 0.76 14 
17 Shrewsbury Town 16 5 4 7 14 21 0.67 14 
18 Southport 16 6 1 9 25 31 0.81 13 
19 Hartlepool 16 3 7 6 10 25 0.40 13 
20 Orient 15 3 6 6 19 25 0.76 12 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 17 4 4 9 22 31 0.71 12 
22 Gillingham 16 4 3 9 20 27 0.74 11 
23 Crewe Alexandra 15 3 4 8 21 28 0.75 10 
24 Oldham Athletic 16 1 3 12 10 35 0.29

Key: Promotion Relegation