Football League Division Two
Saturday, August 29, 1970

Swindon Town Sunderland
A.Horsfield (13'), T.Gough (39')
 HT: 2-0
Attendance:  17,060   Referee:  H. Davey



 
Goals from Arthur Horsfield and Tony Gough see off Sunderland - but the main talking point is a delay in the game, due to the goalposts collapsing!


Lineups
1
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
                 
Jim MONTGOMERY
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Cec IRWIN
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
  Martin HARVEY
3
4
Joe BUTLER
                 
  view STFC profileColin TODD
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
Richie PITT
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
Mick MCGIVEN
6

7
Chris JONES
                 
Bobby PARK
7

8
Tony GOUGH
               
Bobby KERR
8
9
Arthur HORSFIELD
               
  Joe BAKER
9
10
Peter NOBLE
                 
Ian PORTERFIELD
10
11
Don ROGERS
                 
  Billy HUGHES
11
Substitutes
12
Roger SMART
                 
Sub not used
12















Results on Saturday, August 29, 1970: League Table
 
  Birmingham City 1 - 1 Luton Town  
  Bolton Wanderers 2 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Bristol City 1 - 0 Cardiff City  
  Leicester City 2 - 2 Carlisle United  
  Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Oxford United  
  Millwall 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Sheffield United  
  Orient 0 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Sunderland  
  Watford 1 - 2 Hull City  

Table as at Saturday, August 29, 1970:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Birmingham City 3 2 1 0 6 2 3.00 5 
2 Oxford United 3 2 1 0 5 2 2.50 5 
3 Hull City 3 2 1 0 4 2 2.00 5 
4 Bristol City 3 2 1 0 6 4 1.50 5 
5 Cardiff City 4 2 1 1 5 4 1.25 5 
6 Bolton Wanderers 4 2 1 1 8 9 0.89 5 
7 Portsmouth 3 1 2 0 5 1 5.00 4 
8 Orient 3 1 2 0 3 1 3.00 4 
9 Norwich City 3 1 2 0 2 1 2.00 4 
10 Sheffield Wednesday 5 1 2 2 5 6 0.83 4 
11 Swindon Town 3 1 1 1 4 3 1.33 3 
12 Leicester City 3 1 1 1 5 4 1.25 3 
13 Watford 3 1 1 1 6 6 1.00 3 
14 Millwall 3 0 2 1 3 4 0.75 2 
15 Blackburn Rovers 3 0 2 1 2 3 0.67 2 
16 Sheffield United 3 1 0 2 3 5 0.60 2 
17 Luton Town 3 0 2 1 3 5 0.60 2 
18 Middlesbrough 3 1 0 2 2 4 0.50 2 
19 Charlton Athletic 3 0 2 1 1 2 0.50 2 
20 Sunderland 3 0 1 2 6 9 0.67 1 
21 Queens Park Rangers 3 0 1 2 4 7 0.57 1 
22 Carlisle United 3 0 1 2 3 7 0.43 1 

Key: Promotion Relegation