Football League Division Two
Saturday, March 9, 1974

Swindon Town Portsmouth
J.McLaughlin (83')
 HT: 0-2 A.McCann (18'), P.Marinello (23')
Attendance:  5,364    


1
SPRATLEY
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
BUTLER
5
POTTER
6
MUNKS
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
COMPTON
10
SYRETT
11
JENKINS
1
BEST
2
ROBERTS
3
COLLINS
4
PIPER
5
HAND
6
LEWIS
7
MARINELLO
8
MCCANN
9
DAVIES
10
WILSON
11
MELLOWS

Lineups
1
Alan SPRATLEY
                 
David BEST
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
               
  Phil ROBERTS
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
John COLLINS
3
4
Joe BUTLER
                 
Norman PIPER
4
5
Ron POTTER
                 
  Eoin HAND
5
6
David MUNKS
                 
Brian LEWIS
6

7
David MOSS
               
Peter MARINELLO
7

8
Will DIXON
               
Albert MCCANN
8
9
Roy COMPTON
 58'
               
  Ron DAVIES
9
10
David SYRETT
                 
Billy WILSON
10
11
Tom JENKINS
                81'
Mick MELLOWS
11
Substitutes
12
Richard LEGG

58' 		            
81' 
Paul SMITH
12















Results on Saturday, March 9, 1974: League Table
 
  Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Cardiff City 2 - 0 Preston North End  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 0 Sunderland  
  Fulham 0 - 2 Carlisle United  
  Hull City 1 - 3 Luton Town  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Notts County 1 - 5 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Portsmouth  

Table as at Saturday, March 9, 1974:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 32 20 10 2 48 23 2.09 50 
2 Luton Town 32 16 9 7 47 37 1.27 41 
3 Orient 31 13 12 6 46 31 1.48 38 
4 West Bromwich Albion 32 13 12 7 41 31 1.32 38 
5 Blackpool 32 13 11 8 43 30 1.43 37 
6 Carlisle United 31 14 8 9 46 35 1.31 36 
7 Nottingham Forest 31 11 13 7 43 29 1.48 35 
8 Hull City 33 9 15 9 34 37 0.92 33 
9 Notts County 34 12 9 13 48 53 0.91 33 
10 Sunderland 32 12 8 12 41 33 1.24 32 
11 Bolton Wanderers 32 12 8 12 37 33 1.12 32 
12 Fulham 31 12 8 11 29 29 1.00 32 
13 Portsmouth 32 11 9 12 35 51 0.69 31 
14 Millwall 33 10 10 13 40 42 0.95 30 
15 Bristol City 32 11 8 13 37 41 0.90 30 
16 Cardiff City 33 9 11 13 38 44 0.86 29 
17 Aston Villa 30 8 12 10 29 30 0.97 28 
18 Preston North End 33 8 12 13 34 47 0.72 27 
19 Sheffield Wednesday 33 8 9 16 39 48 0.81 25 
20 Oxford United 31 7 11 13 29 39 0.74 25 
21 Crystal Palace 32 7 10 15 31 44 0.70 24 
22 Swindon Town 34 5 9 20 30 58 0.52 19 

* Preston North End deducted 1 points for fielding an ineligible player on Tuesday, January 1, 1974.

Key: Promotion Relegation