Football League Division Two
Saturday, March 23, 1974

Swindon Town Sunderland

HT: 0-2 D.Watson (9'), V.Halom (45')
Attendance:  6,178    


1
SPRATLEY
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
MCLAUGHLIN
5
POTTER
6
MUNKS
7
MOSS
8
CLARKE
9
EASTOE
10
BUTLER
11
JENKINS
1
MONTGOMERY
2
MALONE
3
BOLTON
4
LONGHORN
5
WATSON
6
BELFITT
7
KERR
8
HUGHES
9
HALOM
10
PORTERFIELD
11
TOWERS

Lineups
1
Alan SPRATLEY
                 
Jim MONTGOMERY
1
2
Will DIXON
                 
Dick MALONE
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Joe BOLTON
3
4
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
Dennis LONGHORN
4
5
Ron POTTER
               
  Dave WATSON
5
6
David MUNKS
                 
Rod BELFITT
6

7
David MOSS
                 
Bobby KERR
7

8
Ray CLARKE
                 
  Billy HUGHES
8
9
Peter EASTOE
               
Vic HALOM
9
10
Joe BUTLER
                 
Ian PORTERFIELD
10
11
Tom JENKINS
                 
  Tony TOWERS
11
Substitutes
12
David SYRETT
                 
Sub not used
12















Results on Saturday, March 23, 1974: League Table
 
  Aston Villa 4 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Blackpool 3 - 0 Preston North End  
  Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Luton Town  
  Cardiff City 1 - 3 Millwall  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 1 Bristol City  
  Fulham 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Oxford United  
  Notts County 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Orient 0 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Sunderland  

Table as at Saturday, March 23, 1974:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 35 23 10 2 57 23 2.48 56 
2 Luton Town 34 17 9 8 50 39 1.28 43 
3 Blackpool 35 14 12 9 48 34 1.41 40 
4 Orient 34 13 13 8 48 36 1.33 39 
5 Carlisle United 34 15 9 10 49 38 1.29 39 
6 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 12 10 43 39 1.10 38 
7 Nottingham Forest 33 12 13 8 45 31 1.45 37 
8 Notts County 36 14 9 13 51 53 0.96 37 
9 Sunderland 34 14 8 12 44 33 1.33 36 
10 Hull City 36 10 16 10 39 43 0.91 36 
11 Aston Villa 33 11 12 10 36 32 1.13 34 
12 Bolton Wanderers 34 13 8 13 39 35 1.11 34 
13 Millwall 35 12 10 13 45 44 1.02 34 
14 Fulham 34 13 8 13 31 34 0.91 34 
15 Portsmouth 34 12 9 13 39 56 0.70 33 
16 Bristol City 35 11 9 15 40 47 0.85 31 
17 Sheffield Wednesday 35 10 9 16 45 48 0.94 29 
18 Cardiff City 35 9 11 15 39 52 0.75 29 
19 Oxford United 34 7 13 14 31 42 0.74 27 
20 Preston North End 35 8 12 15 34 52 0.65 27 
21 Crystal Palace 34 8 10 16 34 46 0.74 26 
22 Swindon Town 36 5 10 21 31 61 0.51 20 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation