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

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

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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