Third Division 1968-1969

Third Division 1968-1969
Competizione	Third Division
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	42ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 10 agosto 1968; al 9 maggio 1969
Luogo	Inghilterra; Galles
Partecipanti	24
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Watford; (1º titolo)
Altre promozioni	Swindon Town
Retrocessioni	Crewe Alexandra; Hartlepool United; Northampton Town; Oldham Athletic
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	Don Rogers (22)
Incontri disputati	552
Gol segnati	1 426 (2,58 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
	1967-1968 1969-1970
	Manuale

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