They finished in 21st position with 35 points, the same as 20th placed Aston Villa, who survived due to a superior goal average.
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February to April saw Town mount a recovery mainly through the goals of Jimmy Glazzard, Dave Hickson and Vic Metcalfe.
They did manage to achieve this, but an inferior goal average meant that Town went down, while Aston Villa survived.
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