Football League Division Two
Saturday, April 22, 1972

Norwich City Swindon Town
D.Forbes (42')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  31,736   Referee:  B.J. Homewood



 
Duncan Forbes' precise header puts the Canaries on the verge of promotion to Division One.




Lineups
1
Kevin KEELAN
                 
Peter DOWNSBOROUGH
1
2
Clive PAYNE
                 
  Rod THOMAS
2
3
Alan BLACK
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Dave STRINGER
                 
Ray BUNKELL
4
5
Duncan FORBES
               
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Max BRIGGS
                 
Joe BUTLER
6

7
Doug LIVERMORE
                80'
Terry HUBBARD
7

8
Jim BONE  
                 
Roger SMART
8
9
David CROSS
                 
Arthur HORSFIELD
9
10
Graham PADDON
                 
Peter NOBLE
10
11
Ken FOGGO
                 
Don ROGERS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
              
80' 
Ken STROUD
12















Results on Saturday, April 22, 1972: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 1 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Burnley 2 - 0 Millwall  
  Carlisle United 3 - 1 Fulham  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Hull City 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Luton Town 0 - 0 Bristol City  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Orient 1 - 0 Watford  
  Oxford United 1 - 0 Cardiff City  
  Preston North End 1 - 4 Blackpool  
  Sunderland 0 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  

Table as at Saturday, April 22, 1972:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Norwich City 40 20 14 6 57 34 1.68 54 
2 Millwall 40 17 17 6 60 46 1.30 51 
3 Birmingham City 39 16 18 5 55 30 1.83 50 
4 Queens Park Rangers 39 18 13 8 51 28 1.82 49 
5 Sunderland 40 16 15 9 65 56 1.16 47 
6 Blackpool 40 19 7 14 64 48 1.33 45 
7 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 47 47 1.00 44 
8 Carlisle United 40 17 9 14 60 52 1.15 43 
9 Burnley 40 18 6 16 67 54 1.24 42 
10 Bristol City 40 16 10 14 54 45 1.20 42 
11 Hull City 40 14 10 16 49 48 1.02 38 
12 Swindon Town 39 14 10 15 41 43 0.95 38 
13 Oxford United 41 12 14 15 41 51 0.80 38 
14 Luton Town 41 10 17 14 42 47 0.89 37 
15 Sheffield Wednesday 40 12 12 16 49 56 0.88 36 
16 Orient 39 14 8 17 47 56 0.84 36 
17 Preston North End 39 12 11 16 50 53 0.94 35 
18 Portsmouth 40 11 13 16 56 65 0.86 35 
19 Cardiff City 39 10 13 16 53 62 0.85 33 
20 Charlton Athletic 40 12 9 19 55 70 0.79 33 
21 Fulham 40 12 8 20 45 68 0.66 32 
22 Watford 40 5 8 27 23 72 0.32 18 

Key: Promotion Relegation