Match Centre

Saturday December 15th, 1973

Football League Division Two

Bolton Wanderers

2 - 0

2

J. Byrom (40'), N. Whatmore (50')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

J. Byrom (40'), N. Whatmore (50')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,846

J.D. Williams
Burnden Park, Bolton

Lineups


1
SIDDALL
2
RITSON
3
McALLISTER
4
RIMMER
5
JONES
6
WALDRON
7
BYROM
8
NICHOLSON
9
GREAVES
10
WHATMORE
11
THOMPSON
1
ALLAN
2
BUTLER
3
TROLLOPE
4
HUBBARD
5
BURROWS
6
PORTER
7
MOSS
8
McGOVERN
9
SYRETT
10
EASTOE
11
JENKINS
Bolton Wanderers
1Barry SIDDALL
2John RITSON
3Don McALLISTER
4Warwick RIMMER
5Paul JONES
6Alan WALDRON
7John BYROM
8Peter NICHOLSON
9Roy GREAVES
10Neil WHATMORE
11Peter THOMPSON
Substitutes
12 UNKNOWN
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy ARMFIELD
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2Joe BUTLER2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Terry HUBBARD4
5Frank BURROWS5
6Chris PORTER6
7David MOSS7
55' 8Mick McGOVERN8 55'
9Dave SYRETT9
10Peter EASTOE10
11Tom JENKINS11
Substitutes
55' 12Ron POTTER12 55'
Manager/Head Coach
Les ALLEN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Two results on Saturday December 15th, 1973:

Bolton Wanderers Bolton 2-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Cardiff City Cardiff City 0-1 Bristol City Bristol City
Luton Town Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa Aston Villa
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 1-0 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest
Millwall Millwall 2-1 Sunderland Sunderland
Notts County Notts County 3-2 Hull City Hull City
Orient Orient 0-1 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Oxford United Oxford United 2-2 Blackpool Blackpool
Preston North End Preston North End 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Fulham Fulham
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Portsmouth Portsmouth

Table


Football League Division Two table after matches on Saturday December 15th, 1973:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 21 8 2 1 16 5 5 5 0 13 7 13 7 1 29 12 2.42 33
2 Luton Town Luton Town 20 7 2 1 22 11 4 3 3 11 13 11 5 4 33 24 1.38 27
3 Orient Orient 21 5 3 3 15 9 4 5 1 18 12 9 8 4 33 21 1.57 26
4 Notts County Notts County 20 5 4 2 20 18 4 2 3 14 12 9 6 5 34 30 1.13 24
5 Blackpool Blackpool 21 5 2 3 15 8 4 3 4 13 14 9 5 7 28 22 1.27 23
6 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 21 5 4 2 14 10 3 3 4 9 12 8 7 6 23 22 1.05 23
7 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 20 6 2 1 18 4 1 6 4 8 11 7 8 5 26 15 1.73 22
8 Sunderland Sunderland 20 4 4 1 14 5 4 2 5 12 11 8 6 6 26 16 1.63 22
9 Bristol City Bristol City 21 5 2 3 13 9 4 2 5 11 12 9 4 8 24 21 1.14 22
10 Carlisle United Carlisle United 20 6 2 2 19 9 3 2 5 9 16 9 4 7 28 25 1.12 22
11 Hull City Hull City 21 6 4 0 14 3 1 4 6 9 19 7 8 6 23 22 1.05 22
12 Aston Villa Aston Villa 20 5 4 0 18 7 2 3 6 5 12 7 7 6 23 19 1.21 21
13 Preston North End Preston North End 21 5 5 1 18 13 1 4 5 8 17 6 9 6 26 30 0.87 21
14 Fulham Fulham 21 5 3 2 8 6 2 4 5 8 14 7 7 7 16 20 0.80 21
15 Portsmouth Portsmouth 19 5 2 3 14 11 3 2 4 12 19 8 4 7 26 30 0.87 20
16 Millwall Millwall 20 5 1 5 15 10 2 2 5 10 16 7 3 10 25 26 0.96 17
17 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 20 6 1 3 12 8 1 1 8 4 14 7 2 11 16 22 0.73 16
18 Cardiff City Cardiff City 21 3 4 4 10 8 1 4 5 11 23 4 8 9 21 31 0.68 16
19 Oxford United Oxford United 20 3 5 2 12 11 1 2 7 4 15 4 7 9 16 26 0.62 15
20 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 20 4 3 4 15 13 1 0 8 5 16 5 3 12 20 29 0.69 13
21 Swindon Town Swindon 21 4 3 3 10 9 0 2 9 6 23 4 5 12 16 32 0.50 13
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 21 1 3 6 13 19 1 4 6 6 17 2 7 12 19 36 0.53 11

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