Football League Division Two
Saturday, April 6, 1974

Aston Villa Swindon Town
B.Little (49')
HT: 0-0 P.Eastoe (65')
Attendance:  20,709    


1
CUMBES
2
GIDMAN
3
AITKEN
4
ROSS
5
STARK
6
TURNBULL
7
LITTLE
8
MCMAHON
9
MORGAN
10
HAMILTON
11
LEONARD
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
HUBBARD
5
POTTER
6
MUNKS
7
MOSS
8
SYRETT
9
EASTOE
10
BUTLER
11
JENKINS

Lineups
1
Jim CUMBES
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
John GIDMAN  
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Charlie AITKEN
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Ian ROSS
                 
Terry HUBBARD
4
5
Roy STARK
                 
Ron POTTER
5
6
Fred TURNBULL
                 
David MUNKS
6

7
Brian LITTLE  
               
David MOSS
7

8
Pat MCMAHON
                 
David SYRETT
8
9
Sammy MORGAN  
         50'     
Peter EASTOE
9
10
Ian HAMILTON
                 
Joe BUTLER
10
11
Keith LEONARD
                 
Tom JENKINS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                 
Will DIXON
12















Results on Saturday, April 6, 1974: League Table

 
  Aston Villa 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Blackpool 1 - 2 Hull City  
  Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Bristol City 2 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Fulham 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Luton Town 4 - 2 Preston North End  
  Middlesbrough 4 - 0 Notts County  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Sunderland  
  Orient 1 - 1 Millwall  
  Oxford United 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  

Table as at Saturday, April 6, 1974:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 37 25 10 2 62 23 2.70 60 
2 Luton Town 36 18 9 9 54 42 1.29 45 
3 Orient 36 14 14 8 50 37 1.35 42 
4 Blackpool 37 14 13 10 49 36 1.36 41 
5 Carlisle United 36 16 9 11 54 41 1.32 41 
6 Nottingham Forest 36 13 14 9 50 35 1.43 40 
7 West Bromwich Albion 37 13 14 10 45 41 1.10 40 
8 Sunderland 36 15 9 12 47 35 1.34 39 
9 Bolton Wanderers 37 14 10 13 42 36 1.17 38 
10 Fulham 37 14 10 13 32 34 0.94 38 
11 Hull City 38 11 16 11 41 45 0.91 38 
12 Notts County 38 14 10 14 51 57 0.89 38 
13 Aston Villa 35 12 13 10 41 35 1.17 37 
14 Millwall 37 12 12 13 46 45 1.02 36 
15 Portsmouth 37 12 11 14 39 58 0.67 35 
16 Bristol City 37 12 9 16 42 48 0.88 33 
17 Cardiff City 37 9 13 15 42 55 0.76 31 
18 Sheffield Wednesday 37 10 9 18 47 53 0.89 29 
19 Crystal Palace 36 9 11 16 36 47 0.77 29 
20 Oxford United 36 8 13 15 32 44 0.73 29 
21 Preston North End 37 8 12 17 36 57 0.63 27 
22 Swindon Town 38 5 11 22 33 67 0.49 21 

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

Key: Promotion Relegation