Third Division 1968-1969
# Third Division 1968-1969

La Third Division 1968-1969 è stato il 42º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Barrow | Barrow-in-Furness | Holker Street | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Brighton | Goldstone Ground | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Bristol Rovers | Bristol | Eastville Stadium | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Crewe Alexandra | Crewe | Gresty Road | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Hartlepool United | Hartlepool | Victoria Park | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Leyton Orient | Londra (Leyton) | Brisbane Road | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Luton Town | Luton | Kenilworth Road | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Northampton Town | Northampton | County Ground | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham | Boundary Park | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Rotherham United | Rotherham | Millmoor | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 3º posto in Third Division |
| Southport | Southport | Haigh Avenue | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Stockport County | Stockport | Edgeley Park | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Torquay United | Torquay | Plainmoor | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 6º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Watford | 64 | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 74 | 34 | 2.176 |
| 2 | Swindon Town | 64 | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 71 | 35 | 2.029 |
| 3 | Luton Town | 61 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 1.947 |
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 51 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 45 | 1.333 |
| 5 | Plymouth | 49 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 53 | 49 | 1.082 |
| 6 | Torquay Utd | 48 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 46 | 1.174 |
| 7 | Tranmere | 47 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 |
| 8 | Southport | 47 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 71 | 64 | 1.109 |
| 9 | Stockport County | 46 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 68 | 0.985 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 46 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 63 | 0.921 |
| 11 | Rotherham Utd | 45 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 50 | 1.120 |
| 12 | Brighton | 45 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 |
| 13 | Walsall | 44 | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 50 | 49 | 1.020 |
| 14 | Reading | 43 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 67 | 66 | 1.015 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 62 | 0.935 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 43 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 63 | 71 | 0.887 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 43 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 67 | 0.761 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 |
| 19 | Barrow | 42 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 56 | 75 | 0.747 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 41 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 54 | 63 | 0.857 |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 40 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 61 | 0.885 |
| 22 | Hartlepool Utd | 39 | 46 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 40 | 70 | 0.571 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 52 | 76 | 0.684 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 83 | 0.602 |

Legenda:

    Promosso in Second Division 1969-1970.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1969-1970.

Regolamento:

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

Note:

    Watford campione della Third Division 1968-1969 per miglior quoziente reti rispetto all'ex aequo Swindon Town.

## Risultati

### Tabellone

| | BSL | BAR | BOU | BHA | BRR | CRE | GIL | HPL | LUT | MFT | NHT | OLD | ORI | PLY | REA | ROT | SHR | SOP | STC | SWI | TOR | TRA | WAL | WAT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | | 2-3 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| Barrow | 0-1 | | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-4 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 3-0 | 1-0 | | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 1-3 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 4-2 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | | 1-0 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 6-1 | | 4-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-3 |
| Gillingham | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-5 |
| Hartlepool United | 2-1 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Luton Town | 5-1 | 5-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | | 4-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Mansfield Town | 0-0 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | | 0-2 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 |
| Northampton Town | 3-1 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-3 |
| Orient | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | | 1-2 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 |
| Reading | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 7-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | | 1-0 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Rotherham United | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 4-1 | | 1-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 1-0 | | 5-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Southport | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | | 5-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Stockport County | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 3-0 | | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| Swindon Town | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0:0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 |
| Torquay United | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | | 2-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 3-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-5 | 0-1 | | 2-1 | 0-3 |
| Walsall | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | | 0-0 |
| Watford | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | |
