Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 21, 1968

Torquay United Swindon Town

HT: 0-0 J.Smith (65')
Attendance:  8,327    



Lineups
1
Andy DONNELLY
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
John BOND
                 
Owen DAWSON
2
3
Bobby BAXTER
                 
  Rod THOMAS
3
4
John BENSON
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Bill KITCHENER
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Jimmy DUNNE  
                 
Stan HARLAND
6

7
Robin STUBBS
                 
Willie PENMAN
7

8
Ken SANDERCOCK
                 
Roger SMART
8
9
Micky CAVE
               
John SMITH
9
10
Pat MORRISSEY
                66'
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Tony SCOTT
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
66' 
Don HEATH
12













Results on Saturday, December 21, 1968: League Table
 
  Barnsley 2 - 1 Hartlepool  
  Barrow 1 - 4 Watford  
  Gillingham 0 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Luton Town 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Mansfield Town 2 - 1 Crewe Alexandra  
  Rotherham United 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Torquay United 0 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 21, 1968:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Watford 22 12 6 4 30 13 2.31 30 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 21 13 3 5 36 16 2.25 29 
3 Swindon Town 20 13 3 4 32 15 2.13 29 
4 Stockport County 21 11 6 4 39 25 1.56 28 
5 Tranmere Rovers 22 12 3 7 34 29 1.17 27 
6 Luton Town 21 11 3 7 34 20 1.70 25 
7 Barrow 21 11 3 7 33 30 1.10 25 
8 Torquay United 23 10 4 9 30 24 1.25 24 
9 Reading 22 9 5 8 34 26 1.31 23 
10 Northampton Town 22 8 7 7 28 26 1.08 23 
11 Plymouth Argyle 23 9 5 9 24 26 0.92 23 
12 Rotherham United 22 7 8 7 24 25 0.96 22 
13 Walsall 23 6 9 8 26 24 1.08 21 
14 Southport 22 9 3 10 39 37 1.05 21 
15 Bristol Rovers 22 8 5 9 35 38 0.92 21 
16 Barnsley 23 6 8 9 26 35 0.74 20 
17 Mansfield Town 22 7 5 10 29 30 0.97 19 
18 Hartlepool 22 5 9 8 19 35 0.54 19 
19 Orient 21 5 8 8 25 33 0.76 18 
20 Gillingham 22 7 3 12 29 37 0.78 17 
21 Crewe Alexandra 21 6 5 10 28 37 0.76 17 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 6 5 12 28 39 0.72 17 
23 Shrewsbury Town 22 6 5 11 18 31 0.58 17 
24 Oldham Athletic 21 3 3 15 14 43 0.33 9 

Key: Promotion Relegation