Football League Division Three
Wednesday, March 5, 1969

Gillingham Swindon Town
G.Riddick (12'), C.Gilbert (58')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  6,104   Referee:  D. Corbett



Lineups
1
John SIMPSON
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Tony WESTON
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Mike GREEN
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Terry SIMPSON
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Bill WILLIAMS
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
David QUIRKE
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Derek WOODLEY
                 
Don HEATH
7

8
Gordon RIDDICK
               
Roger SMART
8
9
Carl GILBERT
              62'
Chris JONES
9
10
Andy SMILLIE
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
John MEREDITH
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
62' 
Willie PENMAN
12













Results on Wednesday, March 5, 1969: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Gillingham 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Luton Town 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  

Table as at Wednesday, March 5, 1969:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swindon Town 33 20 7 6 52 25 2.08 47 
2 Watford 31 18 8 5 49 18 2.72 44 
3 Luton Town 31 18 4 9 47 27 1.74 40 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 31 17 4 10 51 30 1.70 38 
5 Plymouth Argyle 33 15 8 10 38 32 1.19 38 
6 Torquay United 32 15 6 11 42 30 1.40 36 
7 Stockport County 30 12 10 8 52 44 1.18 34 
8 Tranmere Rovers 32 15 4 13 46 47 0.98 34 
9 Reading 31 12 8 11 50 44 1.14 32 
10 Northampton Town 32 11 10 11 37 35 1.06 32 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 35 11 10 14 52 51 1.02 32 
12 Barnsley 31 11 9 11 42 46 0.91 31 
13 Rotherham United 32 11 8 13 39 38 1.03 30 
14 Walsall 32 9 11 12 33 33 1.00 29 
15 Bristol Rovers 30 11 6 13 46 50 0.92 28 
16 Orient 30 9 10 11 35 42 0.83 28 
17 Barrow 31 11 6 14 40 53 0.75 28 
18 Southport 28 11 5 12 46 44 1.05 27 
19 Mansfield Town 28 9 8 11 36 35 1.03 26 
20 Crewe Alexandra 31 10 6 15 38 53 0.72 26 
21 Gillingham 31 9 7 15 40 51 0.78 25 
22 Hartlepool 33 6 12 15 28 63 0.44 24 
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 7 19 32 61 0.52 21 
24 Shrewsbury Town 29 7 6 16 24 43 0.56 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation