Football League Division Two
Saturday, February 17, 1973

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town
G.Francis (5'), S.Bowles (43', 59', 68'), D.Givens (88')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  13,472    



Lineups
1
Phil PARKES  
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Dave CLEMENT  
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Ian WATSON
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Terry VENABLES  
                 
Joe BUTLER
4
5
Terry MANCINI  
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Tony HAZELL
                 
Ron POTTER
6

7
Dave THOMAS  
                 
David MOSS
7

8
Gerry FRANCIS  
               
Mick MCGOVERN
8
9
Mick LEACH
                 
  Ray TREACY
9
10
Stan BOWLES  
               
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Don GIVENS  
              79'
Chris PORTER
11
Substitutes
12
John DELVE
              
79' 
Ron HOWELL
12















Results on Saturday, February 17, 1973: League Table

 
  Aston Villa 1 - 1 Preston North End  
  Blackpool 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town  
  Bristol City 3 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Carlisle United 1 - 1 Burnley  
  Fulham 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Hull City 0 - 2 Millwall  
  Luton Town 1 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Oxford United 2 - 1 Orient  
  Portsmouth 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest  
  Queens Park Rangers 5 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Sunderland 4 - 0 Middlesbrough  

Table as at Saturday, February 17, 1973:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Burnley 29 15 12 2 50 28 1.79 42 
2 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 11 4 56 32 1.75 41 
3 Aston Villa 29 13 10 6 36 29 1.24 36 
4 Fulham 29 12 10 7 45 32 1.41 34 
5 Oxford United 30 14 5 11 37 30 1.23 33 
6 Blackpool 30 12 9 9 43 36 1.19 33 
7 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 36 32 1.13 33 
8 Middlesbrough 31 11 10 10 28 35 0.80 32 
9 Sheffield Wednesday 30 11 8 11 45 41 1.10 30 
10 Millwall 30 11 7 12 40 34 1.18 29 
11 Bristol City 29 10 9 10 38 38 1.00 29 
12 Hull City 29 9 10 10 43 39 1.10 28 
13 Portsmouth 29 10 8 11 35 33 1.06 28 
14 Preston North End 30 10 8 12 29 45 0.64 28 
15 Nottingham Forest 29 9 9 11 31 36 0.86 27 
16 Carlisle United 28 9 8 11 41 34 1.21 26 
17 Sunderland 26 8 9 9 37 34 1.09 25 
18 Huddersfield Town 30 6 12 12 26 38 0.68 24 
19 Cardiff City 27 9 5 13 31 40 0.78 23 
20 Orient 29 6 11 12 27 36 0.75 23 
21 Swindon Town 29 6 11 12 34 49 0.69 23 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 30 3 9 18 31 68 0.46 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation