Football League Division Two
Saturday, April 21, 1973

Orient Swindon Town
G.Queen (56')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  6,386    



Lineups
1
Ray GODDARD
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Phil HOADLEY
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Derrick DOWNING
                 
Joe BUTLER
3
4
Malcolm LINTON
                 
Ray BUNKELL
4
5
Paul HARRIS
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Peter ALLEN
                 
Chris PORTER
6

7
Barrie FAIRBROTHER
                60'
Ron HOWELL
7

8
Terry BRISLEY
 60'
              
Terry HUBBARD
8
9
Ian BOWYER
                 
  Ray TREACY
9
10
Gerry QUEEN
               
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Ricky HEPPOLETTE
                 
Tom JENKINS
11
Substitutes
12
Mickey BULLOCK
             
60' 
Richard LEGG
12















Results on Saturday, April 21, 1973: League Table

 
  Bristol City 3 - 0 Blackpool  
  Burnley 3 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Cardiff City 4 - 1 Huddersfield Town  
  Hull City 0 - 2 Sunderland  
  Luton Town 0 - 0 Aston Villa  
  Middlesbrough 3 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Millwall 0 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Orient 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Oxford United 1 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Portsmouth 1 - 2 Fulham  
  Preston North End 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest  

Table as at Saturday, April 21, 1973:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Burnley 40 23 13 4 68 34 2.00 59 
2 Queens Park Rangers 39 21 13 5 74 37 2.00 55 
3 Aston Villa 39 17 12 10 46 43 1.07 46 
4 Fulham 40 16 12 12 56 44 1.27 44 
5 Blackpool 40 17 10 13 54 50 1.08 44 
6 Sheffield Wednesday 40 17 9 14 58 53 1.09 43 
7 Middlesbrough 40 15 13 12 42 41 1.02 43 
8 Bristol City 40 15 12 13 59 49 1.20 42 
9 Oxford United 40 17 7 16 49 42 1.17 41 
10 Luton Town 39 15 11 13 43 47 0.91 41 
11 Sunderland 36 15 10 11 54 42 1.29 40 
12 Millwall 39 15 8 16 52 45 1.16 38 
13 Hull City 38 13 11 14 60 55 1.09 37 
14 Nottingham Forest 39 13 11 15 44 48 0.92 37 
15 Swindon Town 41 9 16 16 44 59 0.75 34 
16 Portsmouth 40 12 10 18 41 56 0.73 34 
17 Orient 39 11 11 17 43 47 0.91 33 
18 Preston North End 39 11 11 17 35 60 0.58 33 
19 Carlisle United 39 11 10 18 48 49 0.98 32 
20 Cardiff City 38 11 9 18 40 52 0.77 31 
21 Huddersfield Town 40 7 16 17 34 56 0.61 30 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 39 8 11 20 43 78 0.55 27 

Key: Promotion Relegation