Match Centre

Saturday March 9th, 1974

Football League Division Two

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

J. McLaughlin (83')

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

2

A. McCann (18'), P. Marinello (23')
J. McLaughlin (83')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 5,364

A. McCann (18'), P. Marinello (23')
K.L. Baker
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
SPRATLEY
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
BUTLER
5
POTTER
6
MUNKS
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
COMPTON
10
SYRETT
11
JENKINS
1
BEST
2
ROBERTS
3
COLLINS
4
PIPER
5
HAND
6
LEWIS
7
MARINELLO
8
McCANN
9
DAVIES
10
WILSON
11
MELLOWS
Swindon Town
1Alan SPRATLEY
2John McLAUGHLIN
3John TROLLOPE
4Joe BUTLER
5Ron POTTER
6Dave MUNKS
7David MOSS
8Will DIXON
9Roy COMPTON58'
10Dave SYRETT
11Tom JENKINS
Substitutes
12Richard LEGG58'
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS
Portsmouth
1David BEST1
2Phil ROBERTS2
3John COLLINS3
4Norman PIPER4
5Eoin HAND5
6Brian LEWIS6
7Peter MARINELLO7
8Albert McCANN8
9Ron DAVIES9
10Billy WILSON10
81' 11Mick MELLOWS11 81'
Substitutes
81' 12Paul SMITH12 81'
Manager/Head Coach
John MORTIMORE

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Two results on Saturday March 9th, 1974:

Bolton Wanderers Bolton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-0 Preston North End Preston North End
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3-0 Sunderland Sunderland
Fulham Fulham 0-2 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Hull City Hull City 1-3 Luton Town Luton Town
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 2-1 Millwall Millwall
Notts County Notts County 1-5 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Swindon Town Swindon 1-2 Portsmouth Portsmouth

Table


Football League Division Two table after matches on Saturday March 9th, 1974:

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 32 13 3 1 27 8 7 7 1 21 15 20 10 2 48 23 2.09 50
2 Luton Town Luton Town 32 9 5 1 29 16 7 4 6 18 21 16 9 7 47 37 1.27 41
3 Orient Orient 31 8 4 3 22 11 5 8 3 24 20 13 12 6 46 31 1.48 38
4 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 32 7 6 2 21 13 6 6 5 20 18 13 12 7 41 31 1.32 38
5 Blackpool Blackpool 32 8 4 4 23 12 5 7 4 20 18 13 11 8 43 30 1.43 37
6 Carlisle United Carlisle United 31 8 5 3 29 15 6 3 6 17 20 14 8 9 46 35 1.31 36
7 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 31 9 4 2 30 13 2 9 5 13 16 11 13 7 43 29 1.48 35
8 Hull City Hull City 33 8 7 2 21 12 1 8 7 13 25 9 15 9 34 37 0.92 33
9 Notts County Notts County 34 6 4 7 26 33 6 5 6 22 20 12 9 13 48 53 0.91 33
10 Sunderland Sunderland 32 7 6 3 25 11 5 2 9 16 22 12 8 12 41 33 1.24 32
11 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 32 10 3 3 26 13 2 5 9 11 20 12 8 12 37 33 1.12 32
12 Fulham Fulham 31 9 3 4 19 12 3 5 7 10 17 12 8 11 29 29 1 32
13 Portsmouth Portsmouth 32 7 6 3 20 13 4 3 9 15 38 11 9 12 35 51 0.69 31
14 Millwall Millwall 33 7 4 5 22 13 3 6 8 18 29 10 10 13 40 42 0.95 30
15 Bristol City Bristol City 32 7 5 4 22 16 4 3 9 15 25 11 8 13 37 41 0.90 30
16 Cardiff City Cardiff City 33 7 5 5 21 13 2 6 8 17 31 9 11 13 38 44 0.86 29
17 Aston Villa Aston Villa 30 5 8 2 22 14 3 4 8 7 16 8 12 10 29 30 0.97 28
18 Preston North End Preston North End 33 7 6 3 22 16 1 6 10 12 31 8 12 13 34 47 0.72 27*
19 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 33 6 5 5 22 18 2 4 11 17 30 8 9 16 39 48 0.81 25
20 Oxford United Oxford United 31 6 6 3 23 16 1 5 10 6 23 7 11 13 29 39 0.74 25
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 32 5 6 6 21 19 2 4 9 10 25 7 10 15 31 44 0.70 24
22 Swindon Town Swindon 34 5 7 6 21 24 0 2 14 9 34 5 9 20 30 58 0.52 19

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