Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 30, 1968

Swindon Town Mansfield Town
J.Butler (43')
HT: 1-0 D.Jones (87')
Attendance:  10,248   Referee:  B.J. Homewood



Lineups
1
Roy JONES
                 
  Dave HOLLINS
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Sandy PATE
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Tom STANTON
3
4
Joe BUTLER
               
John COLEMAN
4
5
Mel NURSE  
                 
Stuart BOAM
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
Phil WALLER
6

7
Don HEATH
                 
Malcolm PARTRIDGE
7

8
Willie PENMAN
                 
Nick SHARKEY
8
9
Pat TERRY
               
Dai JONES
9
10
Roger SMART
                 
Terry MELLING
10
11
Don ROGERS
                 
Jimmy GOODFELLOW
11
Substitutes
12
Peter NOBLE
                 
Sub not used
12















Results on Saturday, March 30, 1968: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Southport  
  Gillingham 2 - 0 Bury  
  Grimsby Town 2 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Northampton Town 3 - 0 Barrow  
  Orient 2 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Reading 0 - 1 Peterborough United  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 1 Watford  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Torquay United 3 - 0 Colchester United  

Table as at Saturday, March 30, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Torquay United 36 19 9 8 52 39 1.33 47 
2 Bury 37 18 8 11 76 55 1.38 44 
3 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 12 9 54 44 1.23 44 
4 Oxford United 37 16 11 10 56 44 1.27 43 
5 Swindon Town 37 14 13 10 61 37 1.65 41 
6 Stockport County 37 16 8 13 57 52 1.10 40 
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 37 13 14 10 43 41 1.05 40 
8 Reading 37 16 8 13 53 52 1.02 40 
9 Walsall 36 15 9 12 56 48 1.17 39 
10 Gillingham 37 14 11 12 49 50 0.98 39 
11 Watford 37 16 6 15 60 43 1.40 38 
12 Barrow 36 16 6 14 53 45 1.18 38 
13 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 37 12 12 13 40 43 0.93 36 
14 Southport 35 14 7 14 52 52 1.00 35 
15 Northampton Town 37 12 11 14 49 53 0.92 35 
16 Bristol Rovers 36 13 8 15 57 60 0.95 34 
17 Tranmere Rovers 36 12 9 15 56 63 0.89 33 
18 Oldham Athletic 37 13 5 19 47 55 0.85 31 
19 Mansfield Town 37 11 9 17 44 54 0.81 31 
20 Orient 34 9 12 13 39 52 0.75 30 
21 Colchester United 37 9 10 18 41 70 0.59 28 
22 Scunthorpe United 37 8 11 18 45 69 0.65 27 
23 Grimsby Town 36 9 7 20 38 59 0.64 25 
24 Peterborough United 36 15 8 13 58 56 1.04 19 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation