Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 21, 1968

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
W.Jones (48'), R.Graydon (80')
HT: 0-0 S.Taylor (83' o.g.)
Attendance:  10,364   Referee:  K.A. Wynn



Lineups
1
Ray WHITE
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Lindsay PARSONS
                 
Owen DAWSON
2
3
Ray MABBUTT
                 
  Rod THOMAS
3
4
Stuart TAYLOR
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Larry LLOYD  
                 
Mick BLICK
5
6
Frankie PRINCE
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Ray GRAYDON
               
Don HEATH
7

8
Vic BARNEY
                60'
Roger SMART
8
9
Bobby JONES view STFC profile
                 
John SMITH
9
10
Wayne JONES  
               
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Harold JARMAN
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Ken RONALDSON
              
60' 
Chris JONES
12















Results on Saturday, September 21, 1968: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Luton Town  
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 1 Rotherham United  
  Northampton Town 0 - 0 Hartlepool  
  Orient 3 - 0 Oldham Athletic  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 3 Reading  
  Torquay United 3 - 1 Barnsley  
  Watford 1 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, September 21, 1968:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Luton Town 9 6 2 1 22 7 3.14 14 
2 Barrow 9 5 2 2 14 8 1.75 12 
3 Rotherham United 9 4 4 1 13 9 1.44 12 
4 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 9 5 1 3 15 7 2.14 11 
5 Torquay United 9 5 1 3 15 9 1.67 11 
6 Plymouth Argyle 8 5 1 2 13 10 1.30 11 
7 Reading 9 3 4 2 18 12 1.50 10 
8 Orient 8 2 6 0 13 9 1.44 10 
9 Swindon Town 8 3 3 2 6 4 1.50
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 8 3 3 2 15 13 1.15
11 Mansfield Town 9 4 1 4 14 13 1.08
12 Stockport County 9 3 3 3 14 14 1.00
13 Watford 9 3 3 3 6 6 1.00
14 Bristol Rovers 9 3 3 3 15 20 0.75
15 Crewe Alexandra 9 2 4 3 15 15 1.00
16 Northampton Town 8 2 4 2 9 9 1.00
17 Tranmere Rovers 9 3 2 4 9 13 0.69
18 Walsall 9 1 5 3 8 10 0.80
19 Southport 9 3 1 5 12 16 0.75
20 Shrewsbury Town 9 2 3 4 10 14 0.71
21 Hartlepool 8 1 4 3 4 12 0.33
22 Gillingham 9 2 1 6 12 16 0.75
23 Barnsley 9 1 3 5 10 19 0.53
24 Oldham Athletic 9 1 2 6 4 21 0.19

Key: Promotion Relegation