Football League Division Three
Friday, May 2, 1969

Rotherham United Swindon Town
J.Storrie (51')
HT: 0-0 C.Jones (89')
Attendance:  9,584    



Lineups
1
Jim FURNELL
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Barry MEALAND
                 
Owen DAWSON
2
3
Dennis LEIGH
                 
  Rod THOMAS
3
4
Johnny QUINN
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Trevor SWIFT
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Neil HAGUE
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Billy GRIFFIN
 65'
             65'
Don HEATH
7

8
Jim STORRIE
               
Willie PENMAN
8
9
Trevor WOMBLE
                 
John SMITH
9
10
David BENTLEY
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Jimmy MULLEN
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Steve DOWNES

65' 
         
65' 
Chris JONES
12













Chris Jones slots home the goal that seals promotion at Rotherham
Jones scores the goal that seals promotion



Results on Friday, May 2, 1969: League Table

 
  Rotherham United 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 5 - 1 Southport  

Table as at Friday, May 2, 1969:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Watford 45 27 10 8 74 31 2.39 64 
2 Swindon Town 45 26 10 9 69 35 1.97 62 
3 Luton Town 46 25 11 10 74 38 1.95 61 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 46 21 9 16 60 45 1.33 51 
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 17 15 14 53 49 1.08 49 
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 19 10 17 70 68 1.03 48 
7 Torquay United 45 18 11 16 52 44 1.18 47 
8 Southport 45 17 12 16 69 62 1.11 46 
9 Stockport County 46 16 14 16 67 68 0.99 46 
10 Barnsley 46 16 14 16 58 63 0.92 46 
11 Rotherham United 46 16 13 17 56 50 1.12 45 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 46 16 13 17 72 65 1.11 45 
13 Walsall 46 14 16 16 50 49 1.02 44 
14 Reading 46 15 13 18 67 66 1.02 43 
15 Bristol Rovers 46 16 11 19 63 71 0.89 43 
16 Orient 46 14 14 18 51 58 0.88 42 
17 Barrow 45 17 8 20 56 73 0.77 42 
18 Mansfield Town 44 15 11 18 54 60 0.90 41 
19 Northampton Town 46 14 12 20 54 61 0.89 40 
20 Gillingham 45 13 14 18 53 62 0.85 40 
21 Shrewsbury Town 44 15 10 19 48 65 0.74 40 
22 Hartlepool 45 10 18 17 40 70 0.57 38 
23 Oldham Athletic 46 13 9 24 50 83 0.60 35 
24 Crewe Alexandra 45 13 8 24 52 76 0.68 34 

Key: Promotion Relegation