Football League Division Three
Saturday, January 18, 1969

Swindon Town Luton Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  18,909   Referee:  R.B. Kirkpatrick



 
The second visit of the Match of the Day cameras to the County Ground - the game goalless on a virtually unplayable, boggy pitch.




Lineups
1
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
                 
Sandy DAVIE
1
2
Owen DAWSON
                 
Max DOUGAN
2
3
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Jack BANNISTER
3
4
Roger SMART
                 
Alan SLOUGH
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
Terry BRANSTON
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
John MOORE
6

7
Don HEATH
                 
John RYAN
7

8
Peter NOBLE
                 
Brian LEWIS
8
9
Chris JONES
                 
Keith ALLEN
9
10
Willie PENMAN
 71'
              
  Bruce RIOCH
10
11
Don ROGERS
                 
Mike HARRISON
11
Substitutes
12
John TROLLOPE

71' 
              
Billy MCDERMENT
12















Results on Saturday, January 18, 1969: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, January 18, 1969:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Watford 25 14 7 4 36 13 2.77 35 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 26 15 3 8 44 26 1.69 33 
3 Stockport County 26 12 9 5 47 31 1.52 33 
4 Swindon Town 23 13 5 5 33 17 1.94 31 
5 Tranmere Rovers 26 14 3 9 40 35 1.14 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 Barnsley 26 9 8 9 32 36 0.89 26 
12 Rotherham United 25 8 8 9 27 27 1.00 24 
13 Southport 26 10 4 12 42 43 0.98 24 
14 Bristol Rovers 25 9 6 10 39 42 0.93 24 
15 Northampton Town 25 8 8 9 28 30 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 26 6 10 10 23 43 0.53 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