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      DIVISION 2    1973/74
     
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  Leading League goalscorer:
Duncan McKenzie (Nottingham Forest)
 26  goals

The first Football League match to be played on a Sunday kicked off at 11.30am on Sunday 20th January 1974 when Millwall played Fulham at The Den. Millwall's Brian Clark became the first player to score a League goal on a Sunday, the only goal of the match. The Sunday experiment.

Other than that Millwall had an average sort of a season - Played 42, won 14, drawn 14, lost 14, goals for 51, against 51, points 42.

  1 Middlesbrough 42 27 11 4 77 30 65 Promoted
    2 Luton Town 42 19 12 11 64 51 50 Promoted
    3 Carlisle United 42 20 9 13 61 48 49 Promoted
    4 Orient 42 15 18 9 55 42 48
    5 Blackpool 42 17 13 12 57 40 47
    Results 6 Sunderland 42 19 9 14 58 44 47
    Results 7 Nottingham Forest 42 15 15 12 57 43 45
    Results 8 West Bromwich Albion 42 14 16 12 48 45 44
    9 Hull City 42 13 17 12 46 47 43
    10 Notts County 42 15 13 14 55 60 43
    11 Bolton Wanderers 42 15 12 15 44 40 42
    12 Millwall 42 14 14 14 51 51 42
    Results 13 Fulham 42 16 10 16 39 43 42
    Results 14 Aston Villa 42 13 15 14 48 45 41
    15 Portsmouth 42 14 12 16 45 62 40
    16 Bristol City 42 14 10 18 47 54 38
    17 Cardiff City 42 10 16 16 49 62 36
    18 Oxford United 42 10 16 16 35 46 36
    Results 19 Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 11 19 51 63 35
    Results 20 Crystal Palace 42 11 12 19 43 56 34 Relegated
    21 Preston North End 42 9 14 19 40 62 31

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Relegated
    22 Swindon Town 42 7 11 24 36 72 25 Relegated
   
   

* Preston one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player - details.

   
   
   

 

Question:
On a Saturday in September 2011 this club had a 3-1 home League 1 victory over Bournemouth. They then jetted off to Turin to provide the opposition on Thursday to Juventus in the first match at that clubs' new ground, drawing 1-1 with the Italian giants. Two days after that match they were back on their own ground, beating Walsall 2-1 in another League 1 fixture.
Name the club.


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