Football League Division Two
Saturday, December 15, 1973

Bolton Wanderers Swindon Town
J.Byrom (40'), N.Whatmore (50')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  8,846    


1
SIDDALL
2
RITSON
3
MCALLISTER
4
RIMMER
5
JONES
6
WALDRON
7
BYROM
8
NICHOLSON
9
GREAVES
10
WHATMORE
11
THOMPSON
1
ALLAN
2
BUTLER
3
TROLLOPE
4
HUBBARD
5
BURROWS
6
PORTER
7
MOSS
8
MCGOVERN
9
SYRETT
10
EASTOE
11
JENKINS

Lineups
1
Barry SIDDALL
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
John RITSON
                 
Joe BUTLER
2
3
Don MCALLISTER
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Warwick RIMMER
                 
Terry HUBBARD
4
5
Paul JONES
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Alan WALDRON
                 
Chris PORTER
6

7
John BYROM
               
David MOSS
7

8
Peter NICHOLSON
                55'
Mick MCGOVERN
8
9
Roy GREAVES
                 
David SYRETT
9
10
Neil WHATMORE
               
Peter EASTOE
10
11
Peter THOMPSON  
                 
Tom JENKINS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
55' 
Ron POTTER
12















Results on Saturday, December 15, 1973: League Table
 
  Bolton Wanderers 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Cardiff City 0 - 1 Bristol City  
  Luton Town 1 - 0 Aston Villa  
  Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest  
  Millwall 2 - 1 Sunderland  
  Notts County 3 - 2 Hull City  
  Orient 0 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Oxford United 2 - 2 Blackpool  
  Preston North End 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 3 Fulham  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 2 Portsmouth  

Table as at Saturday, December 15, 1973:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 21 13 7 1 29 12 2.42 33 
2 Luton Town 20 11 5 4 33 24 1.38 27 
3 Orient 21 9 8 4 33 21 1.57 26 
4 Notts County 20 9 6 5 34 30 1.13 24 
5 Blackpool 21 9 5 7 28 22 1.27 23 
6 West Bromwich Albion 21 8 7 6 23 22 1.05 23 
7 Nottingham Forest 20 7 8 5 26 15 1.73 22 
8 Sunderland 20 8 6 6 26 16 1.63 22 
9 Bristol City 21 9 4 8 24 21 1.14 22 
10 Carlisle United 20 9 4 7 28 25 1.12 22 
11 Hull City 21 7 8 6 23 22 1.05 22 
12 Aston Villa 20 7 7 6 23 19 1.21 21 
13 Preston North End 21 6 9 6 26 30 0.87 21 
14 Fulham 21 7 7 7 16 20 0.80 21 
15 Portsmouth 19 8 4 7 26 30 0.87 20 
16 Millwall 20 7 3 10 25 26 0.96 17 
17 Bolton Wanderers 20 7 2 11 16 22 0.73 16 
18 Cardiff City 21 4 8 9 21 31 0.68 16 
19 Oxford United 20 4 7 9 16 26 0.62 15 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 20 5 3 12 20 29 0.69 13 
21 Swindon Town 21 4 5 12 16 32 0.50 13 
22 Crystal Palace 21 2 7 12 19 36 0.53 11 

Key: Promotion Relegation