Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 2, 1968

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Swindon Town
R.Thomas (55' o.g.), R.Norton (60')
HT: 0-0 P.Terry (88')
Attendance:  7,469   Referee:  A.E. Dimond



Lineups
1
Roger JONES
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
John HILL
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Jimmy WHITE
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Tommy NAYLOR
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
David STOCKS
                 
  Mel NURSE
5
6
Ray BUMSTEAD
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Kevin WHITE
                76'
Willie PENMAN
7

8
Eddie ROWLES
                 
Peter NOBLE
8
9
Keith EAST view STFC profile
               
Pat TERRY
9
10
Rod ADAMS
                 
Roger SMART
10
11
Ralph NORTON
               
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
76' 
Don HEATH
12















Results on Saturday, March 2, 1968: League Table

 
  Barrow 2 - 0 Grimsby Town  
  Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Gillingham  
  Bury 2 - 0 Reading  
  Colchester United 0 - 3 Shrewsbury Town  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 0 Stockport County  
  Oldham Athletic 0 - 3 Walsall  
  Oxford United 2 - 0 Torquay United  
  Peterborough United 2 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Northampton Town  

Table as at Saturday, March 2, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Bury 33 17 8 8 73 47 1.55 42 
2 Torquay United 32 16 8 8 42 38 1.11 40 
3 Shrewsbury Town 31 14 9 8 48 40 1.20 37 
4 Walsall 32 14 8 10 53 42 1.26 36 
5 Stockport County 32 14 8 10 47 40 1.18 36 
6 Barrow 32 15 5 12 49 38 1.29 35 
7 Oxford United 32 12 11 9 49 40 1.23 35 
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 32 11 13 8 38 35 1.09 35 
9 Watford 32 14 6 12 52 35 1.49 34 
10 Gillingham 32 12 10 10 41 43 0.95 34 
11 Swindon Town 31 12 9 10 53 34 1.56 33 
12 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 32 12 9 11 37 38 0.97 33 
13 Reading 32 13 7 12 45 48 0.94 33 
14 Southport 31 12 7 12 46 47 0.98 31 
15 Bristol Rovers 31 11 7 13 49 52 0.94 29 
16 Northampton Town 32 9 11 12 38 48 0.79 29 
17 Tranmere Rovers 30 10 7 13 50 56 0.89 27 
18 Colchester United 32 9 9 14 36 54 0.67 27 
19 Oldham Athletic 32 12 2 18 42 50 0.84 26 
20 Mansfield Town 31 9 8 14 37 46 0.80 26 
21 Orient 28 7 10 11 30 38 0.79 24 
22 Scunthorpe United 33 7 10 16 37 61 0.61 24 
23 Grimsby Town 31 7 6 18 32 54 0.59 20 
24 Peterborough United 32 13 6 13 54 54 1.00 13 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation