Football League Division Two
Saturday, November 18, 1972

Swindon Town Orient
P.Noble, S.Peplow 2
 T.Brisley
Attendance:  7,953    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Ray GODDARD
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
                 
Bobby ARBER
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Ray FULTON
3
4
Roger SMART
                 
Peter BENNETT
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
Phil HOADLEY
5
6
Ron POTTER
                 
Peter ALLEN
6

7
Steve PEPLOW
               
Barrie FAIRBROTHER
7

8
Ron HOWELL
               
Terry BRISLEY
8
9
Ray TREACY  
                 
Gerry QUEEN
9
10
Peter NOBLE
               
Mickey BULLOCK
10
11
Joe BUTLER
                 
Derrick DOWNING
11
Substitutes
Sub not used
                
Ian BOWYER
12













Results on Saturday, November 18, 1972: League Table
 
  Aston Villa 0 - 2 Luton Town  
  Blackpool 3 - 0 Bristol City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 1 Burnley  
  Carlisle United 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Fulham 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Preston North End  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 3 Millwall  
  Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Sunderland 1 - 1 Hull City  
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Leyton Orient  

Table as at Saturday, November 18, 1972:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Burnley 18 8 9 1 32 19 1.68 25 
2 Queens Park Rangers 18 8 7 3 34 24 1.42 23 
3 Luton Town 18 9 4 5 26 20 1.30 22 
4 Aston Villa 18 8 6 4 19 16 1.19 22 
5 Blackpool 18 7 7 4 27 19 1.42 21 
6 Sheffield Wednesday 19 8 4 7 31 25 1.24 20 
7 Preston North End 18 8 4 6 16 15 1.07 20 
8 Middlesbrough 18 7 6 5 18 21 0.86 20 
9 Fulham 18 6 7 5 25 21 1.19 19 
10 Hull City 18 6 6 6 26 22 1.18 18 
11 Oxford United 18 8 2 8 24 22 1.09 18 
12 Nottingham Forest 18 6 6 6 20 24 0.83 18 
13 Huddersfield Town 19 5 8 6 19 23 0.83 18 
14 Bristol City 19 5 7 7 22 25 0.88 17 
15 Swindon Town 19 5 7 7 26 30 0.87 17 
16 Carlisle United 17 6 4 7 24 23 1.04 16 
17 Sunderland 17 4 7 6 23 28 0.82 15 
18 Portsmouth 18 5 5 8 19 24 0.79 15 
19 Millwall 18 6 2 10 23 23 1.00 14 
20 Leyton Orient 18 3 8 7 15 22 0.68 14 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 18 2 9 7 23 34 0.68 13 
22 Cardiff City 18 5 3 10 19 31 0.61 13 

Key: Promotion places Relegation