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Friday, 14 March, 1969

1968/69, Game No. 42
League Division Three
SouthportSouthport
Alex Russell 2
2 - 2
Tranmere RoversTranmere Rovers
Beamish
Rowland

League Table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Watford
Watford
34 20 9 5 56 20 +36 49
2
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
34 20 7 7 53 27 +26 47
3
Luton Town
Luton Town
32 18 5 9 48 28 +20 41
4
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
36 16 9 11 42 36 +6 41
5
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
32 17 5 10 52 31 +21 39
6
Torquay United
Torquay United
33 15 7 11 43 31 +12 37
7
Stockport County
Stockport County
32 13 11 8 55 46 +9 37
8
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion
37 13 10 14 58 52 +6 36
9
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
35 13 10 12 42 40 +2 36
10
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
35 15 6 14 49 52 -3 36
11
Reading
Reading
34 12 9 13 54 51 +3 33
12
Walsall
Walsall
34 11 11 12 36 34 +2 33
13
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
34 12 9 13 41 39 +2 33
14
Barnsley
Barnsley
33 11 10 12 43 48 -5 32
15
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
32 11 7 14 47 52 -5 29
16
Orient
Orient
32 9 11 12 37 45 -8 29
17
Southport
Southport
31 11 6 14 48 51 -3 28
18
Gillingham
Gillingham
34 9 10 15 43 54 -11 28
19
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra
33 11 6 16 41 54 -13 28
20
Barrow
Barrow
31 11 6 14 40 53 -13 28
21
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
29 9 9 11 37 36 +1 27
22
Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United
34 6 13 15 29 64 -35 25
23
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
32 8 7 17 27 46 -19 23
24
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic
35 8 7 20 33 64 -31 23
Blue line: automatic promotionOrange line: relegation zone