Third Division 1967-1968
# Third Division 1967-1968

La Third Division 1967-1968 è stato il 41º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| - | - | - | - |
| Barrow | Barrow-in-Furness | Holker Street | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Brighton | Goldstone Ground | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Bristol Rovers | Bristol | Eastville Stadium | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Colchester United | Colchester | Layer Road | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby | Blundell Park | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Leyton Orient | Londra (Leyton) | Brisbane Road | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Northampton Town | Northampton | County Ground | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham | Boundary Park | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Oxford United | Oxford | Manor Ground | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Peterborough United | Peterborough | London Road | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe | Old Showground | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Southport | Southport | Haigh Avenue | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Stockport County | Stockport | Edgeley Park | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Torquay United | Torquay | Plainmoor | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 3º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oxford Utd | 57 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 69 | 47 | 1.468 |
| 2 | Bury | 56 | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 91 | 66 | 1.379 |
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 55 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 61 | 49 | 1.245 |
| 4 | Torquay Utd | 53 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 60 | 56 | 1.071 |
| 5 | Reading | 51 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 60 | 1.167 |
| 6 | Watford | 50 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 74 | 50 | 1.480 |
| 7 | Walsall | 50 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 74 | 61 | 1.213 |
| 8 | Barrow | 50 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 65 | 54 | 1.204 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 49 | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 74 | 51 | 1.451 |
| 10 | Brighton | 48 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 |
| 11 | Gillingham | 48 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 |
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 47 | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 51 | 1.098 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 47 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 |
| 14 | Southport | 46 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 43 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 72 | 78 | 0.923 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 43 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 60 | 65 | 0.923 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 41 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 41 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 |
| 19 | Tranmere | 40 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 62 | 74 | 0.838 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 37 | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 0.761 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 52 | 69 | 0.754 |
| 22 | Colchester Utd | 33 | 46 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 87 | 0.575 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe Utd | 32 | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 56 | 87 | 0.644 |
| 24 | Peterborough Utd (-19) | 31 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 79 | 67 | 1.179 |

Legenda:

    Promosso in Second Division 1968-1969.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1968-1969.

Regolamento:

    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

Note:

    Grimsby Town retrocesso in Fourth Division per peggior quoziente reti rispetto all'ex aequo Mansfield Town.
    Il Peterborough United è stato sanzionato con 19 punti di penalizzazione per irregolarità nei pagamenti dei propri calciatori.

## Risultati

### Tabellone

| | BAR | BOU | BHA | BRR | BUY | COL | GIL | GRI | MFT | NHT | OLD | ORI | OXF | PET | REA | SCU | SHR | SOP | STC | SWI | TOR | TRA | WAL | WAT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
