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Saturday April 22nd, 1972

Football League Division Two

Norwich City

1 - 0

1

D. Forbes (42')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

D. Forbes (42')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 31,736

B.J. Homewood
Carrow Road, Norwich

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Duncan Forbes' precise header puts the Canaries on the verge of promotion to Division One.

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Results


Football League Division Two results on Saturday April 22nd, 1972:

Birmingham City Birmingham 1-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Burnley Burnley 2-0 Millwall Millwall
Carlisle United Carlisle United 3-1 Fulham Fulham
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 1-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Hull City Hull City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Luton Town Luton Town 0-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Norwich City Norwich City 1-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Orient Orient 1-0 Watford Watford
Oxford United Oxford United 1-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Preston North End Preston North End 1-4 Blackpool Blackpool
Sunderland Sunderland 0-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.

Table


Football League Division Two table after matches on Saturday April 22nd, 1972:

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 40 13 8 0 40 16 7 6 6 17 18 20 14 6 57 34 1.68 54
2 Millwall Millwall 40 13 7 0 36 17 4 10 6 24 29 17 17 6 60 46 1.30 51
3 Birmingham City Birmingham 39 14 6 0 44 14 2 12 5 11 16 16 18 5 55 30 1.83 50
4 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 39 14 3 1 33 9 4 10 7 18 19 18 13 8 51 28 1.82 49
5 Sunderland Sunderland 40 11 7 3 42 24 5 8 6 23 32 16 15 9 65 56 1.16 47
6 Blackpool Blackpool 40 11 6 2 37 14 8 1 12 27 34 19 7 14 64 48 1.33 45
7 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 40 15 4 1 28 11 3 4 13 19 36 18 8 14 47 47 1 44
8 Carlisle United Carlisle United 40 12 6 2 37 20 5 3 12 23 32 17 9 14 60 52 1.15 43
9 Burnley Burnley 40 12 4 4 42 22 6 2 12 25 32 18 6 16 67 54 1.24 42
10 Bristol City Bristol City 40 13 3 4 39 20 3 7 10 15 25 16 10 14 54 45 1.20 42
11 Hull City Hull City 40 10 6 5 33 21 4 4 11 16 27 14 10 16 49 48 1.02 38
12 Swindon Town Swindon 39 9 5 5 25 14 5 5 10 16 29 14 10 15 41 43 0.95 38
13 Oxford United Oxford United 41 10 8 3 28 17 2 6 12 13 34 12 14 15 41 51 0.80 38
14 Luton Town Luton Town 41 7 8 6 25 24 3 9 8 17 23 10 17 14 42 47 0.89 37
15 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 40 10 7 2 31 20 2 5 14 18 36 12 12 16 49 56 0.88 36
16 Orient Orient 39 12 4 3 31 16 2 4 14 16 40 14 8 17 47 56 0.84 36
17 Preston North End Preston North End 39 11 3 6 30 19 1 8 10 20 34 12 11 16 50 53 0.94 35
18 Portsmouth Portsmouth 40 9 7 4 30 24 2 6 12 26 41 11 13 16 56 65 0.86 35
19 Cardiff City Cardiff City 39 9 6 4 34 21 1 7 12 19 41 10 13 16 53 62 0.85 33
20 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 40 9 7 4 33 23 3 2 15 22 47 12 9 19 55 70 0.79 33
21 Fulham Fulham 40 10 6 4 29 20 2 2 16 16 48 12 8 20 45 68 0.66 32
22 Watford Watford 40 5 4 11 14 24 0 4 16 9 48 5 8 27 23 72 0.32 18

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