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      DIVISION 4    1973/74
      For full league and cup results  click on by club required.
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  Leading League goalscorer:
Brian Yeo 
(Gillingham)
 31  goals

Scunthorpe v Exeter City in Division 4  made Football League history as the only fixture never to have been played - a record the clubs were to hold for 45 years -
postponed matches

  Results 1 Peterborough United 46 27 11 8 75 38 65 Promoted
    2 Gillingham 46 25 12 9 90 49 62 Promoted
    3 Colchester United 46 24 12 10 73 36 60 Promoted
    4 Bury 46 24 11 11 81 49 59 Promoted
    Results 5 Northampton Town 46 20 13 13 63 48 53
    6 Reading 46 16 19 11 58 37 51
    7 Chester 46 17 15 14 54 55 49
    8 Bradford City 46 17 14 15 58 52 48
    9 Newport County 46 16 14 16 56 65 45

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    Results 10 Exeter City 45 18 8 19 58 55 44

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    11 Hartlepool 46 16 12 18 48 47 44
    12 Lincoln City 46 16 12 18 63 67 44
    13 Barnsley 46 17 10 19 58 64 44
    14 Swansea City 46 16 11 19 45 46 43
      15 Rotherham United 46 15 13 18 56 58 43
      16 Torquay United 46 13 17 16 52 57 43
      17 Mansfield Town 46 13 17 16 62 69 43
      Results 18 Scunthorpe United 45 14 12 19 47 64 42 **
      Results 19 Brentford 46 12 16 18 48 50 40
      20 Darlington 46 13 13 20 40 62 39
      21 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 10 22 43 71 38 Re-election position
      22 Doncaster Rovers 46 12 11 23 47 80 35 Re-election position
      23 Workington 46 11 13 22 43 74 35 Re-election position
      24 Stockport County 46 7 20 19 44 69 34 Re-election position
     
      *  Newport County one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player - full details.
      ** Exeter had nine players suffering from illness and injury and failed to fulfil their scheduled fixture at Scunthorpe on April 2nd. The match was never played, Exeter were fined and the match was awarded to Scunthorpe - full details.
     
     

R The four League sides seeking re-election joined with seven non-league sides in the vote for League membership. Voting -

46 votes Doncaster Rovers Re-elected to the League
38 Stockport County Re-elected to the League
37 Crewe Alexandra Re-elected to the League
21 Workington Re-elected to the League
16 Kettering Town Not elected to the League
14 Yeovil Town Not elected to the League
10 Wigan Athletic Not elected to the League
8 Chelmsford City Not elected to the League
1 Nuneaton Borough Not elected to the League
1 Telford United Not elected to the League
0 Cambridge City Not elected to the League
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

Question:
When the President of China, Xi Jinping,  made a state visit to Britain in October 2015 you just knew that there would be photos of him and PM David Cameron in a pub and at a football ground! Both happened - but which footballer took a selfie with the political duo?

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