Football League Division Two
Saturday, December 19, 1970

Swindon Town Sheffield United
G.Reece (4' o.g.), D.Rogers (68' pen), A.Horsfield (87')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  14,505   Referee:  N.A. Paget



Lineups
1
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
                 
  Alan HODGKINSON
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Len BADGER
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Ted HEMSLEY
3
4
Joe BUTLER
                 
  David POWELL
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
  Gil REECE
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
John TUDOR
6

7
Chris PORTER
                 
Alan WOODWARD
7

8
Tony GOUGH
 15'
              
John BARNWELL
8
9
Arthur HORSFIELD
               
Billy DEARDEN
9
10
Peter NOBLE
                 
  Tony CURRIE
10
11
Don ROGERS
               
Geoff SALMONS
11
Substitutes
12
Roger SMART

15' 
              
Sub not used
12















Results on Saturday, December 19, 1970: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 1 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Bristol City 2 - 2 Charlton Athletic  
  Leicester City 0 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Hull City  
  Millwall 2 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Norwich City 1 - 1 Luton Town  
  Orient 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 1 Oxford United  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Sheffield United  
  Watford 1 - 1 Sunderland  

Table as at Saturday, December 19, 1970:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leicester City 22 13 6 3 37 18 2.06 32 
2 Luton Town 22 12 7 3 38 16 2.38 31 
3 Hull City 22 12 5 5 30 20 1.50 29 
4 Cardiff City 22 10 7 5 34 21 1.62 27 
5 Sheffield United 22 9 9 4 38 27 1.41 27 
6 Norwich City 22 8 10 4 25 20 1.25 26 
7 Carlisle United 22 8 9 5 33 25 1.32 25 
8 Middlesbrough 22 10 5 7 32 27 1.19 25 
9 Oxford United 22 9 6 7 26 27 0.96 24 
10 Swindon Town 22 9 5 8 30 20 1.50 23 
11 Sunderland 22 9 5 8 30 25 1.20 23 
12 Millwall 22 9 4 9 27 24 1.13 22 
13 Sheffield Wednesday 23 8 6 9 27 35 0.77 22 
14 Portsmouth 22 7 6 9 31 34 0.91 20 
15 Birmingham City 22 7 5 10 22 28 0.79 19 
16 Queens Park Rangers 22 6 6 10 31 36 0.86 18 
17 Bolton Wanderers 23 6 5 12 24 34 0.71 17 
18 Watford 22 4 9 9 22 34 0.65 17 
19 Orient 22 3 11 8 15 31 0.48 17 
20 Bristol City 22 5 6 11 26 39 0.67 16 
21 Blackburn Rovers 22 3 7 12 19 36 0.53 13 
22 Charlton Athletic 22 3 7 12 22 42 0.52 13 

Key: Promotion Relegation