Football League Division Two
Saturday, December 29, 1973

West Bromwich Albion Swindon Town
A.Merrick (13'), W.Johnston (54')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  14,555    


1
LATCHFORD
2
NISBET
3
WILSON
4
CANTELLO
5
WILE
6
ROBERTSON
7
JOHNSTON
8
BROWN
9
SHAW
10
MERRICK
11
GLOVER
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
MUNKS
5
BURROWS
6
BUTLER
7
JENKINS
8
HUBBARD
9
SYRETT
10
EASTOE
11
PORTER

Lineups
1
Peter LATCHFORD
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Gordon NISBET
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Ray WILSON
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Len CANTELLO
                 
David MUNKS
4
5
John WILE
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Ally ROBERTSON
                 
Joe BUTLER
6

7
Willie JOHNSTON  
               
Tom JENKINS
7

8
Tony BROWN  
                 
Terry HUBBARD
8
9
David SHAW
                 
David SYRETT
9
10
Alan MERRICK
               
Peter EASTOE
10
11
Allan GLOVER
                81'
Chris PORTER
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
81' 
Ken STROUD
12















Results on Saturday, December 29, 1973: League Table
 
  Bolton Wanderers 4 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Cardiff City 4 - 1 Sunderland  
  Luton Town 1 - 0 Bristol City  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Millwall 2 - 2 Blackpool  
  Notts County 0 - 3 Carlisle United  
  Orient 1 - 0 Fulham  
  Oxford United 2 - 1 Aston Villa  
  Preston North End 2 - 0 Hull City  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest  
  West Bromwich Albion 2 - 0 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 29, 1973:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 24 15 8 1 34 14 2.43 38 
2 Orient 24 11 9 4 39 23 1.70 31 
3 Luton Town 23 12 6 5 35 28 1.25 30 
4 West Bromwich Albion 24 10 8 6 28 23 1.22 28 
5 Nottingham Forest 23 9 9 5 31 18 1.72 27 
6 Blackpool 24 10 7 7 34 25 1.36 27 
7 Carlisle United 23 11 5 7 33 26 1.27 27 
8 Notts County 23 9 7 7 35 35 1.00 25 
9 Hull City 24 7 10 7 25 26 0.96 24 
10 Fulham 24 8 8 8 20 23 0.87 24 
11 Sunderland 23 8 7 8 29 23 1.26 23 
12 Bristol City 24 9 5 10 25 28 0.89 23 
13 Portsmouth 22 9 5 8 30 35 0.86 23 
14 Preston North End 24 7 9 8 28 34 0.82 23 
15 Aston Villa 23 7 8 8 25 24 1.04 22 
16 Cardiff City 24 6 9 9 28 34 0.82 21 
17 Millwall 23 7 6 10 29 30 0.97 20 
18 Bolton Wanderers 23 8 3 12 23 26 0.88 19 
19 Oxford United 23 6 7 10 24 30 0.80 19 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 23 5 6 12 22 31 0.71 16 
21 Swindon Town 24 4 6 14 19 38 0.50 14 
22 Crystal Palace 24 2 8 14 19 41 0.46 12 

Key: Promotion Relegation