Football League Division Three
Saturday, August 31, 1974

Swindon Town Blackburn Rovers
W.Dixon (37'), P.Eastoe (41')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  4,951    


1
BARRON
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
HUBBARD
5
POTTER
6
BUTLER
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
EASTOE
10
MACLEAN
11
JENKINS
1
JONES
2
WILKINSON
3
HEATON
4
METCALFE
5
HAWKINS
6
WADDINGTON
7
BEAMISH
8
OATES
9
MARTIN
10
PARKES
11
HILTON

Lineups
1
Jim BARRON
                 
Roger JONES
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
Neil WILKINSON
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Mick HEATON
3
4
Terry HUBBARD
                 
Stuart METCALFE
4
5
Ron POTTER
                 
Graham HAWKINS
5
6
Joe BUTLER
                 
John WADDINGTON
6

7
David MOSS
                 
view STFC profileKen BEAMISH
7

8
Will DIXON
              69'
Graham OATES
8
9
Peter EASTOE
               
Don MARTIN
9
10
Hugh MACLEAN
                 
Tony PARKES
10
11
Tom JENKINS
                 
Pat HILTON
11
Substitutes
12
David SYRETT
              
69' 
Barry ENDEAN
12















Results on Saturday, August 31, 1974: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Colchester United 1 - 0 AFC Bournemouth   
  Gillingham 0 - 1 Charlton Athletic  
  Grimsby Town 3 - 0 Port Vale  
  Halifax Town 3 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Hereford United 2 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Watford  
  Preston North End 3 - 2 Walsall  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 0 Aldershot  
  Wrexham 3 - 1 Bury  

Table as at Saturday, August 31, 1974:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southend United 3 3 0 0 5 2 2.50
2 Charlton Athletic 3 2 1 0 5 2 2.50
3 AFC Bournemouth 3 2 0 1 3 1 3.00
4 Hereford United 3 2 0 1 4 2 2.00
5 Halifax Town 3 1 2 0 6 4 1.50
6 Peterborough United 3 2 0 1 4 3 1.33
7 Preston North End 3 2 0 1 6 5 1.20
8 Blackburn Rovers 3 2 0 1 5 5 1.00
9 Brighton and Hove Albion 3 2 0 1 3 3 1.00
10 Wrexham 3 1 1 1 6 6 1.00
11 Colchester United 3 1 1 1 4 4 1.00
12 Swindon Town 3 1 1 1 4 4 1.00
13 Watford 3 1 1 1 5 6 0.83
14 Grimsby Town 3 1 0 2 5 4 1.25
15 Chesterfield 3 1 0 2 5 5 1.00
16 Huddersfield Town 3 1 0 2 4 4 1.00
17 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 0 2 3 3 1.00
18 Walsall 3 0 2 1 5 6 0.83
19 Bury 3 1 0 2 3 4 0.75
20 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 0 2 3 4 0.75
21 Crystal Palace 3 1 0 2 3 5 0.60
22 Port Vale 3 0 2 1 4 7 0.57
23 Aldershot 3 1 0 2 1 4 0.25
24 Gillingham 3 0 1 2 2 5 0.40

Key: Promotion Relegation