Football League Division Two
Saturday, February 24, 1973

Swindon Town Oxford United
M.McGovern (64')
 HT: 0-1 D.Roberts (38'), N.Cassidy (55'), H.Curran (90')
Attendance:  11,712    



Lineups
1
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
                 
Roy BURTON
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Dick LUCAS
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
John SHUKER
3
4
Joe BUTLER
               
  David ROBERTS
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
Colin CLARKE
5
6
Ron POTTER
                 
John EVANSON
6

7
David MOSS
                 
  David SLOAN
7

8
Mick MCGOVERN
               
John FLEMING
8
9
Ray TREACY  
               
  Hugh CURRAN
9
10
Peter NOBLE
               
Nigel CASSIDY
10
11
Tom JENKINS
 62'
               
Steve AYLOTT
11
Substitutes
12
Roger SMART

62' 		               
Nick LOWE
12















Results on Saturday, February 24, 1973: League Table
 
  Burnley 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Middlesbrough 3 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Fulham  
  Orient 4 - 0 Aston Villa  
  Swindon Town 1 - 3 Oxford United  

Table as at Saturday, February 24, 1973:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Burnley 30 15 13 2 51 29 1.76 43 
2 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 11 4 56 32 1.75 41 
3 Aston Villa 30 13 10 7 36 33 1.09 36 
4 Oxford United 31 15 5 11 40 31 1.29 35 
5 Fulham 30 12 10 8 46 34 1.35 34 
6 Middlesbrough 32 12 10 10 31 35 0.89 34 
7 Blackpool 30 12 9 9 43 36 1.19 33 
8 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 36 32 1.13 33 
9 Sheffield Wednesday 30 11 8 11 45 41 1.10 30 
10 Bristol City 30 10 10 10 39 39 1.00 30 
11 Millwall 30 11 7 12 40 34 1.18 29 
12 Nottingham Forest 30 10 9 11 33 37 0.89 29 
13 Hull City 29 9 10 10 43 39 1.10 28 
14 Portsmouth 30 10 8 12 35 36 0.97 28 
15 Preston North End 30 10 8 12 29 45 0.64 28 
16 Carlisle United 28 9 8 11 41 34 1.21 26 
17 Sunderland 26 8 9 9 37 34 1.09 25 
18 Orient 30 7 11 12 31 36 0.86 25 
19 Huddersfield Town 30 6 12 12 26 38 0.68 24 
20 Cardiff City 27 9 5 13 31 40 0.78 23 
21 Swindon Town 30 6 11 13 35 52 0.67 23 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 30 3 9 18 31 68 0.46 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation