Match Centre

Saturday December 22nd, 1973

Football League Division Two

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

D. Syrett (28'), D. Moss (86')

Orient

Orient

2

M. Bullock (35'), B. Fairbrother (64')
D. Syrett (28'), D. Moss (86')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 5,718

M. Bullock (35'), B. Fairbrother (64')
R. Crabb
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MUNKS
5
BURROWS
6
POTTER
7
HUBBARD
8
SYRETT
9
EASTOE
10
BUTLER
11
JENKINS
1
JACKSON
2
BOYLE
3
ROFFEY
4
ALLEN
5
HOADLEY
6
WALLEY
7
FAIRBROTHER
8
BRISLEY
9
BULLOCK
10
HEPPOLETTE
11
DOWNING
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN
2John McLAUGHLIN
3John TROLLOPE
4Dave MUNKS
5Frank BURROWS
6Ron POTTER
7Terry HUBBARD
8Dave SYRETT
9Peter EASTOE
10Joe BUTLER
11Tom JENKINS73'
Substitutes
12David MOSS73'
Manager/Head Coach
Les ALLEN
Orient
1John JACKSON1
2John BOYLE2
3Bill ROFFEY3
4Peter ALLEN4
5Phil HOADLEY5
6Tom WALLEY6
7Barrie FAIRBROTHER7
8Terry BRISLEY8
9Mickey BULLOCK9
10Ricky HEPPOLETTE10
11Derrick DOWNING11
Substitutes
12 UNKNOWN12
Manager/Head Coach
George PETCHEY

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Two results on Saturday December 22nd, 1973:

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

Table


Football League Division Two table after matches on Saturday December 22nd, 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 22 8 2 1 16 5 5 6 0 14 8 13 8 1 30 13 2.31 34
2 Orient Orient 22 5 3 3 15 9 4 6 1 20 14 9 9 4 35 23 1.52 27
3 Luton Town Luton Town 21 7 2 1 22 11 4 3 4 11 16 11 5 5 33 27 1.22 27
4 Blackpool Blackpool 22 6 2 3 18 8 4 3 4 13 14 10 5 7 31 22 1.41 25
5 Notts County Notts County 21 5 4 2 20 18 4 3 3 15 13 9 7 5 35 31 1.13 25
6 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 21 7 2 1 21 6 1 6 4 8 11 8 8 5 29 17 1.71 24
7 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 22 5 4 2 14 10 3 4 4 10 13 8 8 6 24 23 1.04 24
8 Sunderland Sunderland 21 4 5 1 15 6 4 2 5 12 11 8 7 6 27 17 1.59 23
9 Bristol City Bristol City 22 5 3 3 14 10 4 2 5 11 12 9 5 8 25 22 1.14 23
10 Carlisle United Carlisle United 21 6 3 2 20 10 3 2 5 9 16 9 5 7 29 26 1.12 23
11 Hull City Hull City 22 6 5 0 15 4 1 4 6 9 19 7 9 6 24 23 1.04 23
12 Fulham Fulham 22 6 3 2 11 7 2 4 5 8 14 8 7 7 19 21 0.90 23
13 Aston Villa Aston Villa 21 5 5 0 19 8 2 3 6 5 12 7 8 6 24 20 1.20 22
14 Portsmouth Portsmouth 20 6 2 3 17 11 3 2 4 12 19 9 4 7 29 30 0.97 22
15 Preston North End Preston North End 22 5 5 1 18 13 1 4 6 8 20 6 9 7 26 33 0.79 20*
16 Millwall Millwall 21 5 1 5 15 10 2 3 5 11 17 7 4 10 26 27 0.96 18
17 Cardiff City Cardiff City 22 3 4 4 10 8 1 5 5 12 24 4 9 9 22 32 0.69 17
18 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 21 6 1 3 12 8 1 1 9 6 17 7 2 12 18 25 0.72 16
19 Oxford United Oxford United 21 3 5 2 12 11 1 2 8 5 18 4 7 10 17 29 0.59 15
20 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 21 4 3 4 15 13 1 1 8 5 16 5 4 12 20 29 0.69 14
21 Swindon Town Swindon 22 4 4 3 12 11 0 2 9 6 23 4 6 12 18 34 0.53 14
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 1 4 6 13 19 1 4 6 6 17 2 8 12 19 36 0.53 12

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