Football League Division Two
Saturday, February 23, 1974

Middlesbrough Swindon Town
J.Hickton (9'), A.Foggon (46')
HT: 1-0 R.Compton (80')
Attendance:  25,194    


1
PLATT
2
CRAGGS
3
SPRAGGON
4
SOUNESS
5
BOAM
6
MADDREN
7
MURDOCH
8
FOGGON
9
MILLS
10
HICKTON
11
ARMSTRONG
1
SPRATLEY
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
POTTER
6
BUTLER
7
MOSS
8
SYRETT
9
COMPTON
10
DIXON
11
JENKINS

Lineups
1
Jim PLATT  
                 
Alan SPRATLEY
1
2
John CRAGGS
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Frank SPRAGGON
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Graeme SOUNESS  
                10'
Ken STROUD
4
5
Stuart BOAM
                 
Ron POTTER
5
6
Willie MADDREN
                 
Joe BUTLER
6

7
Bobby MURDOCH  
 65'
              
David MOSS
7

8
Alan FOGGON
               
David SYRETT
8
9
David MILLS
               
Roy COMPTON
9
10
John HICKTON
   12'           
Will DIXON
10
11
David ARMSTRONG  
                 
Tom JENKINS
11
Substitutes
12
Peter BRINE

65' 
           
10' 
Ray CLARKE
12















Results on Saturday, February 23, 1974: League Table

 
  Bolton Wanderers 2 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Cardiff City 0 - 1 Aston Villa  
  Luton Town 2 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Millwall 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest  
  Notts County 0 - 3 Blackpool  
  Orient 1 - 1 Hull City  
  Oxford United 3 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Preston North End 0 - 1 Fulham  
  Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 1 Sunderland  
  West Bromwich Albion 2 - 2 Bristol City  

Table as at Saturday, February 23, 1974:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 30 18 10 2 44 22 2.00 46 
2 Orient 29 13 11 5 45 29 1.55 37 
3 Blackpool 31 13 11 7 43 28 1.54 37 
4 Luton Town 29 14 9 6 41 34 1.21 37 
5 Carlisle United 28 13 7 8 42 32 1.31 33 
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 11 11 7 36 29 1.24 33 
7 Nottingham Forest 29 10 12 7 41 28 1.46 32 
8 Notts County 32 12 8 12 47 48 0.98 32 
9 Hull City 31 8 15 8 31 33 0.94 31 
10 Sunderland 29 11 8 10 38 28 1.36 30 
11 Fulham 29 11 8 10 27 26 1.04 30 
12 Millwall 30 10 9 11 37 35 1.06 29 
13 Bolton Wanderers 29 11 6 12 33 31 1.06 28 
14 Portsmouth 29 10 8 11 33 47 0.70 28 
15 Aston Villa 28 8 11 9 27 26 1.04 27 
16 Bristol City 30 10 7 13 32 39 0.82 27 
17 Cardiff City 31 8 10 13 35 43 0.81 26 
18 Preston North End 31 8 11 12 32 43 0.74 26 
19 Oxford United 30 7 10 13 29 39 0.74 24 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 31 7 9 15 33 45 0.73 23 
21 Crystal Palace 30 6 9 15 28 44 0.64 21 
22 Swindon Town 31 5 8 18 28 53 0.53 18 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation