Football League Division Two
Saturday, April 1, 1972

Portsmouth Swindon Town
G.Ley (54')
HT: 0-0 P.Noble (73', 88')
Attendance:  12,157   Referee:  B.H. Daniels



Lineups
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John MILKINS
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Fred SMITH
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
John COLLINS
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Billy WILSON
                59'
Ray BUNKELL
4
5
Eoin HAND  
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
David MUNKS view STFC profile
                 
Joe BUTLER
6

7
Norman PIPER
                 
Terry HUBBARD
7

8
Dick REYNOLDS
                 
Roger SMART
8
9
Mike TREBILCOCK
                 
Arthur HORSFIELD
9
10
George LEY
             
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Ray HIRON
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
59' 
  Dave MACKAY
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Results on Saturday, April 1, 1972: League Table

 
  Blackpool 4 - 2 Burnley  
  Bristol City 4 - 1 Preston North End  
  Cardiff City 0 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Charlton Athletic 0 - 2 Norwich City  
  Fulham 1 - 0 Millwall  
  Luton Town 3 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Oxford United 0 - 0 Watford  
  Portsmouth 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Orient  
  Sunderland 0 - 1 Hull City  

Table as at Saturday, April 1, 1972:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 35 18 12 5 53 31 1.71 48 
2 Millwall 36 16 16 4 55 39 1.41 48 
3 Birmingham City 35 14 16 5 51 28 1.82 44 
4 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 11 8 47 27 1.74 43 
5 Sunderland 34 13 14 7 51 47 1.09 40 
6 Middlesbrough 35 17 6 12 43 41 1.05 40 
7 Bristol City 36 15 8 13 49 40 1.23 38 
8 Carlisle United 35 15 8 12 51 43 1.19 38 
9 Blackpool 35 15 7 13 50 43 1.16 37 
10 Burnley 35 14 6 15 55 49 1.12 34 
11 Luton Town 36 9 16 11 37 40 0.93 34 
12 Swindon Town 35 12 10 13 36 39 0.92 34 
13 Oxford United 37 11 12 14 38 47 0.81 34 
14 Preston North End 35 11 11 13 47 45 1.04 33 
15 Portsmouth 36 11 10 15 51 57 0.89 32 
16 Hull City 35 11 9 15 43 45 0.96 31 
17 Sheffield Wednesday 35 10 11 14 44 52 0.85 31 
18 Orient 34 12 7 15 43 51 0.84 31 
19 Charlton Athletic 35 12 7 16 50 60 0.83 31 
20 Fulham 36 12 6 18 42 62 0.68 30 
21 Cardiff City 34 8 12 14 47 56 0.84 28 
22 Watford 35 4 7 24 20 61 0.33 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation