Football League Division Three
Tuesday, April 16, 1968

Swindon Town Oxford United
D.Rogers (78')
HT: 0-0 G.Atkinson (47')
Attendance:  16,418   Referee:  C.H. Nicholls



Lineups
1
Roy JONES
                 
view STFC profileJim BARRON
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Rodney SMITHSON
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
John LLOYD
3
4
Joe BUTLER
                 
Ron ATKINSON
4
5
Owen DAWSON
                 
Maurice KYLE
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
Colin CLARKE
6

7
Peter NOBLE
 68'
              
  David SLOAN
7

8
Willie PENMAN
                 
view STFC profileKen SKEEN
8
9
Pat TERRY
                82'
Mickey BULLOCK
9
10
Roger SMART
               
Graham ATKINSON
10
11
Don ROGERS
               
Colin HARRINGTON
11
Substitutes
12
John BAILEY

68' 
           
82' 
John SHUKER
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Results on Tuesday, April 16, 1968: League Table

 
  Mansfield Town 0 - 0 Orient  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Watford  
  Oldham Athletic 2 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Oxford United  
  Walsall 1 - 1 Southport  

Table as at Tuesday, April 16, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 41 21 8 12 81 57 1.42 50 
2 Torquay United 41 20 10 11 55 45 1.22 50 
3 Oxford United 42 18 13 11 61 47 1.30 49 
4 Shrewsbury Town 41 18 13 10 59 46 1.28 49 
5 Stockport County 41 18 9 14 63 58 1.09 45 
6 Reading 41 18 9 14 60 55 1.09 45 
7 Swindon Town 41 14 16 11 65 43 1.51 44 
8 Watford 41 18 7 16 68 47 1.45 43 
9 Walsall 41 16 11 14 63 54 1.17 43 
10 Barrow 41 18 7 16 56 51 1.10 43 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 41 14 15 12 50 48 1.04 43 
12 Gillingham 40 16 11 13 53 55 0.96 43 
13 Southport 40 16 10 14 60 57 1.05 42 
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 41 14 14 13 50 48 1.04 42 
15 Oldham Athletic 41 17 5 19 55 57 0.96 39 
16 Bristol Rovers 40 15 8 17 62 66 0.94 38 
17 Mansfield Town 41 12 12 17 48 56 0.86 36 
18 Northampton Town 42 12 12 18 51 65 0.78 36 
19 Tranmere Rovers 40 12 11 17 58 68 0.85 35 
20 Orient 39 10 15 14 41 54 0.76 35 
21 Colchester United 41 9 11 21 43 76 0.57 29 
22 Grimsby Town 40 10 8 22 43 64 0.67 28 
23 Scunthorpe United 40 8 11 21 47 79 0.59 27 
24 Peterborough United 41 17 10 14 64 60 1.07 25 

* Peterborough United deducted 19 points for making illegal payments to players on Monday, January 1, 1968.

Key: Promotion Relegation