Match Centre

Saturday December 29th, 1973

Football League Division Two

West Bromwich Albion

2 - 0

2

A. Merrick (13'), W. Johnston (54')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

A. Merrick (13'), W. Johnston (54')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 14,555

M. Sinclair
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Lineups


1
LATCHFORD
2
NISBET
3
WILSON
4
CANTELLO
5
WILE
6
ROBERTSON
7
JOHNSTON
8
BROWN
9
SHAW
10
MERRICK
11
GLOVER
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MUNKS
5
BURROWS
6
BUTLER
7
JENKINS
8
HUBBARD
9
SYRETT
10
EASTOE
11
PORTER
West Bromwich Albion
1Peter LATCHFORD
2Gordon NISBET
3Ray WILSON
4Len CANTELLO
5John WILE
6Ally ROBERTSON
7Willie JOHNSTON
8Tony BROWN
9David SHAW
10Alan MERRICK
11Allan GLOVER
Substitutes
12 UNKNOWN
Manager/Head Coach
Don HOWE
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Dave MUNKS4
5Frank BURROWS5
6Joe BUTLER6
7Tom JENKINS7
8Terry HUBBARD8
9Dave SYRETT9
10Peter EASTOE10
81' 11Chris PORTER11 81'
Substitutes
81' 12Ken STROUD12 81'
Manager/Head Coach
Les ALLEN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Two results on Saturday December 29th, 1973:

Bolton Wanderers Bolton 4-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Cardiff City Cardiff City 4-1 Sunderland Sunderland
Luton Town Luton Town 1-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 2-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Millwall Millwall 2-2 Blackpool Blackpool
Notts County Notts County 0-3 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Orient Orient 1-0 Fulham Fulham
Oxford United Oxford United 2-1 Aston Villa Aston Villa
Preston North End Preston North End 2-0 Hull City Hull City
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Two table after matches on Saturday December 29th, 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 24 10 2 1 20 6 5 6 0 14 8 15 8 1 34 14 2.43 38
2 Orient Orient 24 7 3 3 19 9 4 6 1 20 14 11 9 4 39 23 1.70 31
3 Luton Town Luton Town 23 8 3 1 24 12 4 3 4 11 16 12 6 5 35 28 1.25 30
4 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 24 7 4 2 18 10 3 4 4 10 13 10 8 6 28 23 1.22 28
5 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 23 7 2 1 21 6 2 7 4 10 12 9 9 5 31 18 1.72 27
6 Blackpool Blackpool 24 6 2 3 18 8 4 5 4 16 17 10 7 7 34 25 1.36 27
7 Carlisle United Carlisle United 23 6 3 2 20 10 5 2 5 13 16 11 5 7 33 26 1.27 27
8 Notts County Notts County 23 5 4 4 20 22 4 3 3 15 13 9 7 7 35 35 1 25
9 Hull City Hull City 24 6 5 0 15 4 1 5 7 10 22 7 10 7 25 26 0.96 24
10 Fulham Fulham 24 6 3 2 11 7 2 5 6 9 16 8 8 8 20 23 0.87 24
11 Sunderland Sunderland 23 4 5 1 15 6 4 2 7 14 17 8 7 8 29 23 1.26 23
12 Bristol City Bristol City 24 5 3 3 14 10 4 2 7 11 18 9 5 10 25 28 0.89 23
13 Portsmouth Portsmouth 22 6 2 3 17 11 3 3 5 13 24 9 5 8 30 35 0.86 23
14 Aston Villa Aston Villa 23 5 5 0 19 8 2 3 8 6 16 7 8 8 25 24 1.04 22
15 Preston North End Preston North End 24 6 5 2 20 14 1 4 6 8 20 7 9 8 28 34 0.82 22*
16 Cardiff City Cardiff City 24 5 4 4 16 10 1 5 5 12 24 6 9 9 28 34 0.82 21
17 Millwall Millwall 23 5 3 5 18 13 2 3 5 11 17 7 6 10 29 30 0.97 20
18 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 23 7 2 3 17 9 1 1 9 6 17 8 3 12 23 26 0.88 19
19 Oxford United Oxford United 23 5 5 2 19 12 1 2 8 5 18 6 7 10 24 30 0.80 19
20 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 23 4 5 4 17 15 1 1 8 5 16 5 6 12 22 31 0.71 16
21 Swindon Town Swindon 24 4 4 3 12 11 0 2 11 7 27 4 6 14 19 38 0.50 14
22 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 24 1 4 6 13 19 1 4 8 6 22 2 8 14 19 41 0.46 12

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