Football League Division Three
Thursday, December 26, 1968

Orient Swindon Town
P.Allen (11')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  7,101   Referee:  R. Spittle



Lineups
1
Ray GODDARD
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Mick JONES
                 
Owen DAWSON
2
3
Dennis ROFE
                 
  Rod THOMAS
3
4
Peter ALLEN
               
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Terry MANCINI  
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Tommy TAYLOR
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Malcolm SLATER
                ~67'
Willie PENMAN
7

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David HARPER view STFC profile
                 
Roger SMART
8
9
Mickey BULLOCK
                 
John SMITH
9
10
Barry DYSON
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Jimmy BLOOMFIELD
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
~67' 
Don HEATH
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Results on Thursday, December 26, 1968: League Table

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

Table as at Thursday, December 26, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Watford 22 12 6 4 30 13 2.31 30 
2 Swindon Town 21 13 3 5 32 16 2.00 29 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 22 13 3 6 37 20 1.85 29 
4 Stockport County 22 11 7 4 42 28 1.50 29 
5 Tranmere Rovers 23 12 3 8 34 30 1.13 27 
6 Barrow 22 11 4 7 36 33 1.09 26 
7 Luton Town 21 11 3 7 34 20 1.70 25 
8 Reading 23 9 6 8 36 28 1.29 24 
9 Torquay United 23 10 4 9 30 24 1.25 24 
10 Southport 23 10 3 10 41 38 1.08 23 
11 Northampton Town 22 8 7 7 28 26 1.08 23 
12 Plymouth Argyle 23 9 5 9 24 26 0.92 23 
13 Rotherham United 22 7 8 7 24 25 0.96 22 
14 Barnsley 24 7 8 9 27 35 0.77 22 
15 Walsall 24 6 9 9 27 26 1.04 21 
16 Mansfield Town 23 8 5 10 31 30 1.03 21 
17 Bristol Rovers 23 8 5 10 36 40 0.90 21 
18 Orient 22 6 8 8 26 33 0.79 20 
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 24 7 5 12 32 40 0.80 19 
20 Crewe Alexandra 22 7 5 10 29 37 0.78 19 
21 Hartlepool 23 5 9 9 19 37 0.51 19 
22 Gillingham 23 7 4 12 31 39 0.79 18 
23 Shrewsbury Town 23 6 5 12 18 32 0.56 17 
24 Oldham Athletic 22 4 3 15 16 44 0.36 11 

Key: Promotion Relegation