Football League Division Two
Saturday, March 2, 1974

Swindon Town Cardiff City
R.Compton (65')
HT: 0-1 D.Powell (23')
Attendance:  5,126    


1
SPRATLEY
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
BUTLER
5
POTTER
6
MUNKS
7
MOSS
8
MCGOVERN
9
COMPTON
10
SYRETT
11
JENKINS
1
IRWIN
2
DWYER
3
PETHARD
4
IMPEY
5
MURRAY
6
POWELL
7
FARRINGTON
8
PHILLIPS
9
MCCULLOCH
10
WHITHAM
11
REECE

Lineups
1
Alan SPRATLEY
                 
Billy IRWIN
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
  Phil DWYER
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Freddie PETHARD
3
4
Joe BUTLER
                 
John IMPEY
4
5
Ron POTTER
                 
Don MURRAY
5
6
David MUNKS
               
  David POWELL
6

7
David MOSS
                63'
John FARRINGTON
7

8
Mick MCGOVERN
           61'     
  Leighton PHILLIPS
8
9
Roy COMPTON
               
Andy MCCULLOCH
9
10
David SYRETT
 60'
              
Jack WHITHAM
10
11
Tom JENKINS
                 
  Gil REECE
11
Substitutes
12
Richard LEGG

60' 
           
63' 
Willie ANDERSON
12















Results on Saturday, March 2, 1974: League Table

 
  Aston Villa 1 - 3 West Bromwich Albion  
  Blackpool 0 - 2 Bolton Wanderers  
  Bristol City 0 - 0 Oxford United  
  Carlisle United 2 - 2 Preston North End  
  Hull City 2 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Portsmouth 0 - 0 Millwall  
  Sunderland 0 - 2 Middlesbrough  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Cardiff City  

Table as at Saturday, March 2, 1974:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 31 19 10 2 46 22 2.09 48 
2 Luton Town 30 15 9 6 43 34 1.26 39 
3 Orient 30 13 11 6 46 31 1.48 37 
4 Blackpool 32 13 11 8 43 30 1.43 37 
5 West Bromwich Albion 31 13 11 7 40 30 1.33 37 
6 Nottingham Forest 30 11 12 7 43 29 1.48 34 
7 Carlisle United 30 13 8 9 44 35 1.26 34 
8 Hull City 32 9 15 8 33 34 0.97 33 
9 Notts County 32 12 8 12 47 48 0.98 32 
10 Bolton Wanderers 31 12 7 12 36 32 1.13 31 
11 Sunderland 30 11 8 11 38 30 1.27 30 
12 Fulham 29 11 8 10 27 26 1.04 30 
13 Millwall 32 10 10 12 39 40 0.98 30 
14 Bristol City 32 11 8 13 37 41 0.90 30 
15 Portsmouth 30 10 9 11 33 47 0.70 29 
16 Aston Villa 30 8 12 10 29 30 0.97 28 
17 Cardiff City 32 8 11 13 36 44 0.82 27 
18 Preston North End 32 8 12 12 34 45 0.76 27 
19 Oxford United 31 7 11 13 29 39 0.74 25 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 32 7 9 16 34 47 0.72 23 
21 Crystal Palace 30 6 9 15 28 44 0.64 21 
22 Swindon Town 33 5 9 19 29 56 0.52 19 

* Preston North End deducted 1 points for fielding an ineligible player on Tuesday, January 1, 1974.

Key: Promotion Relegation