Football League Division Two
Saturday, March 27, 1971

Swindon Town Blackburn Rovers
J.Butler (18'), T.Gough (70'), C.Jones (71')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  11,299   Referee:  W.S. Castle



Lineups
1
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
                 
Roger JONES
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Derek FAZACKERLEY
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Mick WOOD
3
4
Joe BUTLER
               
  Allan HUNTER
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                38'
Dick MULVANEY
5
6
Stan HARLAND
                 
Jeff WHALLEY
6

7
Steve PEPLOW
                 
Terry ECCLES
7

8
Tony GOUGH
               
Don MARTIN
8
9
Arthur HORSFIELD
 65'
              
  Fred PICKERING
9
10
Peter NOBLE
                 
  Eamonn ROGERS
10
11
Don ROGERS
                 
Billy WILSON
11
Substitutes
12
Chris JONES

65' 
         
38' 
Freddie GOODWIN
12















Results on Saturday, March 27, 1971: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 27, 1971:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Leicester City 33 17 10 6 47 27 1.74 44 
2 Sheffield United 34 17 10 7 59 37 1.59 44 
3 Cardiff City 33 16 11 6 55 28 1.96 43 
4 Carlisle United 34 15 12 7 50 36 1.39 42 
5 Hull City 34 15 11 8 44 32 1.38 41 
6 Luton Town 32 15 10 7 46 24 1.92 40 
7 Middlesbrough 34 17 6 11 51 34 1.50 40 
8 Birmingham City 34 16 8 10 53 39 1.36 40 
9 Norwich City 35 14 12 9 46 42 1.10 40 
10 Swindon Town 34 13 8 13 49 37 1.32 34 
11 Millwall 34 13 8 13 43 38 1.13 34 
12 Oxford United 34 11 10 13 32 41 0.78 32 
13 Orient 33 9 14 10 25 37 0.68 32 
14 Sunderland 34 11 9 14 38 46 0.83 31 
15 Sheffield Wednesday 34 11 9 14 42 56 0.75 31 
16 Portsmouth 33 10 10 13 41 47 0.87 30 
17 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 42 47 0.89 29 
18 Watford 34 8 11 15 32 50 0.64 27 
19 Bristol City 34 8 9 17 39 56 0.70 25 
20 Bolton Wanderers 35 7 8 20 31 57 0.54 22 
21 Blackburn Rovers 34 5 11 18 29 57 0.51 21 
22 Charlton Athletic 33 5 10 18 29 55 0.53 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation