Football League Division Two
Saturday, December 23, 1972

Swindon Town Fulham
R.Treacy (32'), R.Thomas (75')
HT: 1-1 S.Earle (44'), R.Potter (??' o.g.)
Attendance:  9,489    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Peter MELLOR
1
2
Rod THOMAS  
               
John CUTBUSH
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                65'
Fred CALLAGHAN
3
4
Ray BUNKELL
                 
  Alan MULLERY
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
John LACY
5
6
Ron POTTER
                 
  Jimmy DUNNE
6

7
Steve PEPLOW
 62'
              
  Jim CONWAY
7

8
Ron HOWELL
               
Steve EARLE
8
9
Ray TREACY  
               
John MITCHELL
9
10
Peter NOBLE
                 
Barry LLOYD
10
11
Joe BUTLER
                 
Les BARRETT
11
Substitutes
12
Tom JENKINS

62' 
           
65' 
Mike PENTECOST
12















Results on Saturday, December 23, 1972: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Burnley 1 - 1 Oxford United  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 3 Hull City  
  Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Luton Town  
  Millwall 1 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Nottingham Forest 4 - 0 Blackpool  
  Orient 0 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Preston North End 3 - 3 Bristol City  
  Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 2 Aston Villa  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Fulham  

Table as at Saturday, December 23, 1972:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Burnley 22 11 10 1 36 20 1.80 32 
2 Queens Park Rangers 22 10 9 3 39 27 1.44 29 
3 Blackpool 23 10 7 6 36 27 1.33 27 
4 Aston Villa 22 10 7 5 24 20 1.20 27 
5 Luton Town 22 10 6 6 31 25 1.24 26 
6 Oxford United 23 10 5 8 28 23 1.22 25 
7 Preston North End 23 9 7 7 23 21 1.10 25 
8 Sheffield Wednesday 24 9 6 9 40 37 1.08 24 
9 Middlesbrough 23 8 8 7 20 24 0.83 24 
10 Fulham 22 7 9 6 31 27 1.15 23 
11 Nottingham Forest 23 8 7 8 27 29 0.93 23 
12 Hull City 23 7 8 8 32 29 1.10 22 
13 Bristol City 23 7 8 8 28 30 0.93 22 
14 Carlisle United 22 8 5 9 32 28 1.14 21 
15 Millwall 23 8 5 10 30 28 1.07 21 
16 Swindon Town 23 6 9 8 31 34 0.91 21 
17 Huddersfield Town 22 5 9 8 20 27 0.74 19 
18 Sunderland 21 5 8 8 26 32 0.81 18 
19 Cardiff City 21 7 4 10 27 34 0.79 18 
20 Portsmouth 23 6 6 11 23 31 0.74 18 
21 Orient 23 5 8 10 20 28 0.71 18 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 2 9 12 25 48 0.52 13 

Key: Promotion Relegation