Football League Division Three
Friday, January 24, 1969

Tranmere Rovers Swindon Town
J.Pritchard (11'), G.Casey (68'), R.Sinclair (87')
HT: 1-3 C.Jones (33', 38'), D.Rogers (45'), R.Smart (73'), P.Noble (78')
Attendance:  8,353   Referee:  A. Green



Lineups
1
Jim CUMBES
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Stan STORTON
                 
Owen DAWSON
2
3
Frank GILL
                 
  Rod THOMAS
3
4
Alan KING
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Derek SMITH
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Gerry CASEY
               
Stan HARLAND
6

7
John MACNAMEE
                 
Don HEATH
7

8
George SCOTT
               
Roger SMART
8
9
George HUDSON
               
Chris JONES
9
10
Joe PRITCHARD
             
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Roy SINCLAIR
             
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                 
Willie PENMAN
12















Results on Friday, January 24, 1969: League Table

 
  Southport 3 - 0 Hartlepool  
  Tranmere Rovers 3 - 5 Swindon Town  

Table as at Friday, January 24, 1969:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Watford 25 14 7 4 36 13 2.77 35 
2 Swindon Town 24 14 5 5 38 20 1.90 33 
3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 15 3 8 44 26 1.69 33 
4 Stockport County 26 12 9 5 47 31 1.52 33 
5 Tranmere Rovers 27 14 3 10 43 40 1.08 31 
6 Torquay United 26 12 5 9 36 27 1.33 29 
7 Plymouth Argyle 27 11 7 9 32 29 1.10 29 
8 Luton Town 24 12 4 8 37 23 1.61 28 
9 Reading 25 10 7 8 38 29 1.31 27 
10 Barrow 25 11 5 9 39 40 0.98 27 
11 Southport 27 11 4 12 45 43 1.05 26 
12 Northampton Town 26 9 8 9 29 30 0.97 26 
13 Barnsley 26 9 8 9 32 36 0.89 26 
14 Rotherham United 26 8 8 10 27 28 0.96 24 
15 Bristol Rovers 25 9 6 10 39 42 0.93 24 
16 Walsall 25 7 9 9 28 26 1.08 23 
17 Mansfield Town 25 8 7 10 32 31 1.03 23 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 28 7 8 13 35 44 0.80 22 
19 Crewe Alexandra 25 8 6 11 33 42 0.79 22 
20 Hartlepool 27 6 10 11 23 46 0.50 22 
21 Orient 24 6 9 9 26 35 0.74 21 
22 Gillingham 25 7 5 13 32 45 0.71 19 
23 Shrewsbury Town 25 7 5 13 21 34 0.62 19 
24 Oldham Athletic 25 4 4 17 17 49 0.35 12 

Key: Promotion Relegation