Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 5, 1969

Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town
A.Wood (78')
HT: 0-1 S.Harland (17')
Attendance:  7,387   Referee:  C. Thomas



Lineups
1
Bob TOOZE
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Tony GREGORY
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Geoff FELLOWS
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
John MOORE
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Alf WOOD
               
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Peter DOLBY
               
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Dave ROBERTS
                 
Don HEATH
7

8
Dennis HAWKINS
                 
Owen DAWSON
8
9
Terry HARKIN  
                 
John SMITH
9
10
Graham CLAPHAM
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
George BOARDMAN
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                 
Chris JONES
12















Results on Saturday, April 5, 1969: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 1 Barnsley  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 3 Reading  
  Mansfield Town 2 - 0 Gillingham  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Orient 1 - 2 Barrow  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Southport 0 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Stockport County 1 - 0 Hartlepool  
  Tranmere Rovers 6 - 2 Oldham Athletic  
  Walsall 0 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Watford 4 - 0 Crewe Alexandra  

Table as at Saturday, April 5, 1969:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Watford 38 23 9 6 64 24 2.67 55 
2 Swindon Town 39 22 8 9 59 32 1.84 52 
3 Luton Town 39 21 9 9 62 34 1.82 51 
4 Plymouth Argyle 40 17 12 11 48 41 1.17 46 
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 39 18 8 13 56 38 1.47 44 
6 Brighton and Hove Albion 43 16 12 15 70 58 1.21 44 
7 Stockport County 38 15 13 10 62 54 1.15 43 
8 Tranmere Rovers 40 17 9 14 62 60 1.03 43 
9 Torquay United 38 16 10 12 48 36 1.33 42 
10 Walsall 41 13 15 13 46 42 1.10 41 
11 Reading 41 14 13 14 62 58 1.07 41 
12 Northampton Town 40 14 11 15 49 49 1.00 39 
13 Rotherham United 40 13 12 15 45 45 1.00 38 
14 Bristol Rovers 40 14 9 17 57 62 0.92 37 
15 Southport 37 14 8 15 57 52 1.10 36 
16 Barrow 38 14 8 16 48 63 0.76 36 
17 Orient 39 12 11 16 44 53 0.83 35 
18 Barnsley 38 11 12 15 47 58 0.81 34 
19 Gillingham 39 10 12 17 45 58 0.78 32 
20 Hartlepool 39 8 15 16 34 67 0.51 31 
21 Mansfield Town 35 10 10 15 45 51 0.88 30 
22 Oldham Athletic 41 11 8 22 43 75 0.57 30 
23 Crewe Alexandra 38 11 7 20 43 63 0.68 29 
24 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 9 18 30 53 0.57 27 

Key: Promotion Relegation