Match Centre

Saturday February 23rd, 1974

Football League Division Two

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

2

J. Hickton (9'), A. Foggon (46')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

R. Compton (80')
J. Hickton (9'), A. Foggon (46')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 25,194

R. Compton (80')
I. Smith
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough

Lineups


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
Middlesbrough
1Jim PLATT
2John CRAGGS
3Frank SPRAGGON
4Graeme SOUNESS
5Stuart BOAM
6Willie MADDREN
7Bobby MURDOCH65'
8Alan FOGGON
9David MILLS
10John HICKTON12'
11David ARMSTRONG
Substitutes
12Peter BRINE65'
Manager/Head Coach
Jack CHARLTON
Swindon Town
1Alan SPRATLEY1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3John TROLLOPE3
10' 4Ken STROUD4 10'
5Ron POTTER5
6Joe BUTLER6
7David MOSS7
8Dave SYRETT8
9Roy COMPTON9
10Will DIXON10
11Tom JENKINS11
Substitutes
10' 12Ray CLARKE12 10'
Manager/Head Coach
Les ALLEN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Two results on Saturday February 23rd, 1974:

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

Table


Football League Division Two table after matches on Saturday February 23rd, 1974:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 30 12 3 1 25 7 6 7 1 19 15 18 10 2 44 22 2 46
2 Orient Orient 29 8 4 3 22 11 5 7 2 23 18 13 11 5 45 29 1.55 37
3 Blackpool Blackpool 31 8 4 3 23 10 5 7 4 20 18 13 11 7 43 28 1.54 37
4 Luton Town Luton Town 29 9 5 1 29 16 5 4 5 12 18 14 9 6 41 34 1.21 37
5 Carlisle United Carlisle United 28 8 4 2 27 12 5 3 6 15 20 13 7 8 42 32 1.31 33
6 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 29 7 6 2 21 13 4 5 5 15 16 11 11 7 36 29 1.24 33
7 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 29 8 3 2 28 12 2 9 5 13 16 10 12 7 41 28 1.46 32
8 Notts County Notts County 32 6 4 6 25 28 6 4 6 22 20 12 8 12 47 48 0.98 32
9 Hull City Hull City 31 7 7 1 18 8 1 8 7 13 25 8 15 8 31 33 0.94 31
10 Sunderland Sunderland 29 6 6 2 22 9 5 2 8 16 19 11 8 10 38 28 1.36 30
11 Fulham Fulham 29 8 3 3 17 9 3 5 7 10 17 11 8 10 27 26 1.04 30
12 Millwall Millwall 30 7 4 5 22 13 3 5 6 15 22 10 9 11 37 35 1.06 29
13 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 29 10 2 3 25 12 1 4 9 8 19 11 6 12 33 31 1.06 28
14 Portsmouth Portsmouth 29 7 5 3 20 13 3 3 8 13 34 10 8 11 33 47 0.70 28
15 Aston Villa Aston Villa 28 5 7 1 20 10 3 4 8 7 16 8 11 9 27 26 1.04 27
16 Bristol City Bristol City 30 6 4 4 17 14 4 3 9 15 25 10 7 13 32 39 0.82 27
17 Cardiff City Cardiff City 31 6 5 5 19 13 2 5 8 16 30 8 10 13 35 43 0.81 26
18 Preston North End Preston North End 31 7 6 3 22 16 1 5 9 10 27 8 11 12 32 43 0.74 26*
19 Oxford United Oxford United 30 6 6 3 23 16 1 4 10 6 23 7 10 13 29 39 0.74 24
20 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 31 6 5 5 22 18 1 4 10 11 27 7 9 15 33 45 0.73 23
21 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 30 4 5 6 18 19 2 4 9 10 25 6 9 15 28 44 0.64 21
22 Swindon Town Swindon 31 5 6 4 19 19 0 2 14 9 34 5 8 18 28 53 0.53 18

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