Football League Division Two
Saturday, February 19, 1972

Middlesbrough Swindon Town
D.Downing (21'), D.Mills (41')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  18,205   Referee:  D. Laing



Lineups
1
Jim PLATT  
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
John CRAGGS
                 
Joe BUTLER
2
3
Gordon JONES
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Willie MADDREN
                 
David DANGERFIELD
4
5
Stuart BOAM
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Bill GATES
                 
  Dave MACKAY
6

7
Nobby STILES  
                 
Terry HUBBARD
7

8
Eric MCMORDIE  
                 
Roger SMART
8
9
David MILLS
              71'
Arthur HORSFIELD
9
10
John HICKTON
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Derrick DOWNING
               
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
71' 
David MOSS
12















Results on Saturday, February 19, 1972: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 2 - 0 Burnley  
  Blackpool 2 - 1 Fulham  
  Bristol City 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Cardiff City 0 - 0 Norwich City  
  Hull City 3 - 2 Preston North End  
  Luton Town 1 - 2 Sunderland  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Millwall 2 - 1 Orient  
  Oxford United 3 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Portsmouth 1 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Watford  

Table as at Saturday, February 19, 1972:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 29 15 11 3 42 23 1.83 41 
2 Millwall 29 13 13 3 48 35 1.37 39 
3 Queens Park Rangers 29 13 9 7 42 24 1.75 35 
4 Birmingham City 29 11 13 5 43 26 1.65 35 
5 Sunderland 29 12 11 6 45 41 1.10 35 
6 Middlesbrough 29 15 4 10 38 34 1.12 34 
7 Blackpool 29 13 5 11 43 33 1.30 31 
8 Carlisle United 29 12 7 10 41 36 1.14 31 
9 Burnley 29 12 5 12 44 38 1.16 29 
10 Preston North End 29 10 9 10 39 34 1.15 29 
11 Oxford United 29 10 9 10 32 34 0.94 29 
12 Portsmouth 29 9 10 10 44 44 1.00 28 
13 Sheffield Wednesday 29 9 10 10 37 37 1.00 28 
14 Luton Town 30 7 14 9 33 36 0.92 28 
15 Swindon Town 29 10 8 11 26 31 0.84 28 
16 Bristol City 29 10 7 12 38 36 1.06 27 
17 Orient 29 10 6 13 38 46 0.83 26 
18 Charlton Athletic 29 10 6 13 41 51 0.80 26 
19 Hull City 29 9 6 14 34 39 0.87 24 
20 Fulham 29 9 4 16 34 56 0.61 22 
21 Cardiff City 28 6 8 14 37 50 0.74 20 
22 Watford 29 4 5 20 19 54 0.35 13 

Key: Promotion Relegation