Football League Third Division 1967/68

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Football League Third Division 1967/68
Football League logo until 1988
master Oxford United
Climbers Oxford United
Bury FC
Relegated Grimsby Town
Colchester United
Scunthorpe United
Peterborough United
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,531  (ø 2.77 per game)
Top scorer Don Rogers ( Swindon Town ) / Bobby Owen ( Bury FC )
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The Football League Third Division 1967/68 was the 41st season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champions were Oxford United and also the second-placed FC Bury rose to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1968/69, the two second division clubs Rotherham United and Plymouth Argyle, ranked in the table below, took the places. Grimsby Town , Colchester United , Scunthorpe United and Peterborough United had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions Luton Town and behind them FC Barnsley , Hartlepools United and Crewe Alexandra took the free positions in the following season 1968/69 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Oxford United  46  22nd  13  11 069:470 1.47 57:35
 2. Bury FC (A)  46  24  8th  14th 091:660 1.38 56:36
 3. Shrewsbury Town  46  20th  15th  11 061:490 1.24 55:37
 4th Torquay United  46  21st  11  14th 060:560 1.07 53:39
 5. Reading FC  46  21st  9  16 070:600 1.17 51:41
 6th Watford FC  46  21st  8th  17th 074:500 1.48 50:42
 7th Walsall FC  46  19th  12  15th 074:610 1.21 50:42
 8th. AFC Barrow (N)  46  21st  8th  17th 065:540 1.20 50:42
 9. Swindon Town  46  16  17th  13 074:510 1.45 49:43
10. Brighton & Hove Albion  46  16  16  14th 057:550 1.04 48:44
11. Gillingham FC  46  18th  12  16 059:630 0.94 48:44
12. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic  46  16  15th  15th 056:510 1.10 47:45
13. Stockport County (N)  46  19th  9  18th 070:750 0.93 47:45
14th Southport FC (N)  46  17th  12  17th 065:650 1.00 46:46
15th Bristol Rovers  46  17th  9  20th 072:780 0.92 43:49
16. Oldham Athletic  46  18th  7th  21st 060:650 0.92 43:49
17th Northampton Town (A)  46  14th  13  19th 058:720 0.81 41:51
18th FC Orient  46  12  17th  17th 046:620 0.74 41:51
19th Tranmere Rovers (N)  46  14th  12  20th 062:740 0.84 40:52
20th Mansfield Town  46  12  13  21st 051:670 0.76 37:55
21st Grimsby Town  46  14th  9  23 052:690 0.75 37:55
22nd Colchester United  46  9  15th  22nd 050:870 0.57 33:59
23. Scunthorpe United  46  10  12  24 056:870 0.64 32:60
24. Peterborough United  46  20th  10  16 079:670 1.18 31:61
  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1968/69
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1968/69
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1968/69
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1966/67
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1966/67

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BAR BOU BHA BRR BUY COL GIL GRI MFT NHT OLD ORI OXF PET REA SCU SHR SOP STC SWI GOAL TRA WHALE WAT
    AFC Barrow 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 5-0 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 4-0 4: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3-0 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 1: 2 4-0 1-0 3-0 0: 2 0-0 0-0 2: 1 3: 3 2-0 1-0 1: 1 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 0: 1
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 0-0 3-0 3: 1 3-0 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 0: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0
    Bristol Rovers 1-0 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 2-0 2-0 4: 3 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 4-0 4: 1 1: 3 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 3: 1 2: 3 0: 2
    Bury FC 1: 2 4-0 4-0 4: 2 2-0 3: 2 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 4-0 2-0 4: 3 2-0 3: 2 5: 3 1: 1 5: 1 3: 3 2: 1 2-0
    Colchester United 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 3 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 5 2: 5 1-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 5 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1
    Gillingham FC 3-0 0-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 3 2: 1 3: 2 3-0 3: 1 0: 1 1: 4 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0
    Grimsby Town 0: 1 2: 1 4: 2 3: 2 3: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0-0 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 1: 1 3-0 3-0 0: 1
    Mansfield Town 1: 2 1: 1 1: 3 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 3 2: 2 3-0 0: 1 4: 2 1-0 2: 2 2-0 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2
    Northampton Town 3-0 1-0 2: 2 4: 5 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 1 3-0 1: 1
    Oldham Athletic 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 3: 5 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 2 3: 1 0: 2 1: 3 3: 4 0-0 2-0 4: 1 0: 2 0: 1 2: 1 0: 3 2-0
    FC Orient 4: 2 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 4 1-0 0-0 1: 3 0: 2 1-0 3-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 0: 1 2-0 0: 1
    Oxford United 3: 1 3: 2 2-0 0: 2 5: 4 3: 1 3-0 2: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 1 2-0 3: 1 2-0 2: 3 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 0-0 2-0 1-0 4-0 1-0
    Peterborough United 0: 1 2-0 2: 3 4: 1 0: 2 3: 1 3-0 3: 2 2-0 4-0 2: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 5: 1
    Reading FC 3-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 4 1-0 3: 1 3-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 4: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 4-0 3-0 2: 2 2-0
    Scunthorpe United 2: 4 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1 3: 1 5: 1 2: 1 0: 3 3: 3 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 5 1: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 4-0 1: 2 3: 2 2: 1 2-0 4: 2 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 4-0 3: 2 0-0 0: 1 5-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1
    Southport FC 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 3 4: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1: 3 1-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 3 1: 1 0: 2 2-0 2-0 2-0
    Stockport County 1-0 3: 1 2-0 3: 1 4: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 4-0 0: 2 2-0 0: 4 2: 2 3-0 4: 1 4: 2 4: 3 2-0 0-0 5: 2 0-0 2-0
    Swindon Town 0: 1 4-0 2: 1 4: 1 2: 3 1: 1 2: 2 5-0 1: 1 4-0 0-0 4-0 1: 1 0-0 5: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 3 2-0 1-0 3: 1 3-0 2-0
    Torquay United 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 3-0 3-0 2: 1 1-0 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 3-0 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0
    Tranmere Rovers 0-0 0-0 2: 2 3: 3 2-0 4: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 3-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 2-0 4: 1 0: 2 2: 1 3: 2 2: 3 2-0 1: 2
    Walsall FC 4-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 2-0 2: 1 4-0 3: 1 5-0 0: 1 3: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1 5: 1 1: 1
    Watford FC 3: 2 0: 2 4-0 4-0 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 7: 1 1: 2 5: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 4: 1 3-0 4-0 2-0 0: 1 5-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 2 1: 2

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Don Rogers Swindon Town 25th
    = EnglandEngland Bobby Owen Bury FC =
    3 EnglandEngland Jim Fryatt Torquay United / Stockport County 24
    = ScotlandScotland Kit Napier Brighton & Hove Albion =
    5 ScotlandScotland George Yardley Tranmere Rovers 23

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 425.
    3. ↑ A total of 19 points were deducted from Peterborough United for illegal payments to players.