Football League Division Two
Wednesday, December 26, 1973

Cardiff City Swindon Town
J.Farrington, D.Murray
 D.Syrett
Attendance:  10,071    



Lineups
1
Billy IRWIN
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Phil DWYER  
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Gary BELL
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
David POWELL  
                 
David MUNKS
4
5
Don MURRAY
               
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Tony VILLARS  
                 
Ron POTTER
6

7
John FARRINGTON
               
David MOSS
7

8
Andy MCCULLOCH
                 
Terry HUBBARD
8
9
Leighton PHILLIPS  
                 
Peter EASTOE
9
10
Willie CARLIN
                 
Joe BUTLER
10
11
Willie ANDERSON
                 
Tom JENKINS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
David SYRETT
12













Results on Wednesday, December 26, 1973: League Table
 
  Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Blackpool  
  Cardiff City 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Leyton Orient 3 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Luton Town 1 - 1 Fulham  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Sunderland  
  Millwall 1 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Notts County 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest  
  Oxford United 5 - 0 Bristol City  
  Preston North End 0 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 1 Hull City  
  West Bromwich Albion 2 - 0 Aston Villa  

Table as at Wednesday, December 26, 1973:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 23 14 8 1 32 14 2.29 36 
2 Leyton Orient 23 10 9 4 38 23 1.65 29 
3 Luton Town 22 11 6 5 34 28 1.21 28 
4 Nottingham Forest 22 9 8 5 30 17 1.76 26 
5 Blackpool 23 10 6 7 32 23 1.39 26 
6 West Bromwich Albion 23 9 8 6 26 23 1.13 26 
7 Carlisle United 22 10 5 7 30 26 1.15 25 
8 Notts County 22 9 7 6 35 32 1.09 25 
9 Hull City 23 7 10 6 25 24 1.04 24 
10 Fulham 23 8 8 7 20 22 0.91 24 
11 Sunderland 22 8 7 7 28 19 1.47 23 
12 Portsmouth 21 9 5 7 30 31 0.97 23 
13 Bristol City 23 9 5 9 25 27 0.93 23 
14 Aston Villa 22 7 8 7 24 22 1.09 22 
15 Preston North End 23 6 9 8 26 34 0.76 21 
16 Millwall 22 7 5 10 27 28 0.96 19 
17 Cardiff City 23 5 9 9 24 33 0.73 19 
18 Oxford United 22 5 7 10 22 29 0.76 17 
19 Bolton Wanderers 22 7 3 12 19 26 0.73 17 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 22 5 5 12 21 30 0.70 15 
21 Swindon Town 23 4 6 13 19 36 0.53 14 
22 Crystal Palace 23 2 8 13 19 39 0.49 12 

Key: Promotion places Relegation