Football League Division Two
Monday, December 27, 1971

Swindon Town Portsmouth
R.Bunkell (8'), D.Rogers (46', 64')
 HT: 1-0 N.Piper (84')
Attendance:  20,494   Referee:  W.J. Gow



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
John MILKINS
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Fred SMITH
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
George LEY
3
4
Joe BUTLER
               
Norman PIPER
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
  Eoin HAND
5
6
Dave MACKAY  
                 
Colin BLANT
6

7
David DANGERFIELD
                 
Nicky JENNINGS
7

8
Ray BUNKELL
               
Dick REYNOLDS
8
9
Arthur HORSFIELD
                 
Mike TREBILCOCK
9
10
Peter NOBLE
                 
Albert MCCANN
10
11
Don ROGERS
               
Ray HIRON
11
Substitutes
12
Steve PEPLOW
                 
Sub not used
12













Results on Monday, December 27, 1971: League Table
 
  Birmingham City 3 - 0 Cardiff City  
  Burnley 2 - 1 Blackpool  
  Hull City 2 - 3 Sunderland  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Carlisle United  
  Millwall 4 - 1 Fulham  
  Norwich City 3 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Orient 2 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Preston North End 1 - 0 Bristol City  
  Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 2 Luton Town  
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Watford 0 - 1 Oxford United  

Table as at Monday, December 27, 1971:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 23 13 8 2 35 18 1.94 34 
2 Millwall 23 11 10 2 41 29 1.41 32 
3 Queens Park Rangers 23 11 7 5 34 18 1.89 29 
4 Sunderland 23 8 11 4 35 33 1.06 27 
5 Birmingham City 23 7 12 4 30 21 1.43 26 
6 Burnley 23 11 4 8 41 29 1.41 26 
7 Preston North End 23 10 6 7 34 26 1.31 26 
8 Middlesbrough 23 11 4 8 32 32 1.00 26 
9 Carlisle United 23 11 3 9 35 30 1.17 25 
10 Sheffield Wednesday 23 8 8 7 31 28 1.11 24 
11 Bristol City 23 8 6 9 34 31 1.10 22 
12 Oxford United 22 7 8 7 23 22 1.05 22 
13 Luton Town 23 5 12 6 26 27 0.96 22 
14 Portsmouth 23 7 7 9 36 36 1.00 21 
15 Swindon Town 23 7 7 9 18 22 0.82 21 
16 Charlton Athletic 23 8 4 11 33 42 0.79 20 
17 Blackpool 23 7 5 11 28 28 1.00 19 
18 Orient 23 7 5 11 28 41 0.68 19 
19 Fulham 23 8 3 12 26 45 0.58 19 
20 Hull City 23 6 4 13 24 35 0.69 16 
21 Cardiff City 22 5 5 12 31 42 0.74 15 
22 Watford 23 4 5 14 18 38 0.47 13 

Key: Promotion Relegation