Match Centre

Saturday November 27th, 1971

Football League Division Two

Burnley

1 - 2

1

M. Dobson (66')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

C. Jones (41'), P. Noble (44')
M. Dobson (66')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 12,224

C. Jones (41'), P. Noble (44')
V. James
Turf Moor, Burnley

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Though the Town are struggling at the wrong end of the Second Division, they pull off a surprise at Turf Moor - after netting twice in the last five minutes of the first half, they concede only once during a second half onslaught from the hosts.

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Results


Football League Division Two results on Saturday November 27th, 1971:

Birmingham City Birmingham 3-1 Fulham Fulham
Burnley Burnley 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Carlisle United Carlisle United 2-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Hull City Hull City 0-0 Millwall Millwall
Luton Town Luton Town 3-2 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Norwich City Norwich City 2-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Orient Orient 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Oxford United Oxford United 3-1 Blackpool Blackpool
Preston North End Preston North End 2-0 Watford Watford
Sunderland Sunderland 1-1 Bristol City Bristol City

Table


Football League Division Two table after matches on Saturday November 27th, 1971:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Norwich City Norwich City 19 7 3 0 19 7 4 4 1 11 7 11 7 1 30 14 2.14 29
2 Millwall Millwall 19 7 3 0 20 10 3 5 1 13 10 10 8 1 33 20 1.65 28
3 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 19 7 2 0 17 4 1 5 4 8 10 8 7 4 25 14 1.79 23
4 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 19 9 0 1 15 6 2 1 6 10 18 11 1 7 25 24 1.04 23
5 Sunderland Sunderland 19 4 5 1 16 12 2 5 2 10 13 6 10 3 26 25 1.04 22
6 Burnley Burnley 19 5 2 2 20 9 4 1 5 15 15 9 3 7 35 24 1.46 21
7 Birmingham City Birmingham 19 6 3 0 20 8 0 6 4 6 12 6 9 4 26 20 1.30 21
8 Preston North End Preston North End 19 7 0 3 16 9 1 5 3 12 14 8 5 6 28 23 1.22 21
9 Bristol City Bristol City 19 6 1 3 24 15 2 3 4 10 13 8 4 7 34 28 1.21 20
10 Carlisle United Carlisle United 19 6 2 1 14 8 3 0 7 14 16 9 2 8 28 24 1.17 20
11 Portsmouth Portsmouth 18 5 4 1 20 14 1 2 5 9 13 6 6 6 29 27 1.07 18
12 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 19 5 3 1 15 9 1 3 6 10 15 6 6 7 25 24 1.04 18
13 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 19 6 2 1 16 7 2 0 8 14 28 8 2 9 30 35 0.86 18
14 Fulham Fulham 19 6 2 2 14 11 2 0 7 8 25 8 2 9 22 36 0.61 18
15 Oxford United Oxford United 19 5 4 1 15 8 0 3 6 5 14 5 7 7 20 22 0.91 17
16 Luton Town Luton Town 19 3 4 2 11 10 1 5 4 9 13 4 9 6 20 23 0.87 17
17 Swindon Town Swindon 19 3 3 3 9 7 2 4 4 5 10 5 7 7 14 17 0.82 17
18 Blackpool Blackpool 19 5 2 2 17 7 1 1 8 5 15 6 3 10 22 22 1 15
19 Orient Orient 19 5 3 1 16 12 0 2 8 9 26 5 5 9 25 38 0.66 15
20 Hull City Hull City 19 4 2 4 10 10 1 1 7 6 16 5 3 11 16 26 0.62 13
21 Watford Watford 19 4 4 2 12 10 0 0 9 5 23 4 4 11 17 33 0.52 12
22 Cardiff City Cardiff City 18 2 3 3 14 11 1 1 8 10 24 3 4 11 24 35 0.69 10

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