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LUTON TOWN 4 - 3 FOREST - Sat Feb 26, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 26, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-4 (Lost)

Attendance:: 17,777
Position Before:: 21
Position After:: 21
Referee:
Season:: 1948-49

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Chesterfield

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1760 (of 4764)
League Tier 2: 1023 (of 2347)
Competitive:: 1947 (of 5452)
Total:: 3076 (of 7185)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

Forest Goals:
George Wilkins
Gordon Kaile - Gordon Kaile first goal
Gordon Kaile

Luton Town Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Robert McCall
4	M	Jack Burkitt
5	D	Horace Gager
6	F	Sid Ottewell
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	John Love	Debut
9	M	Bill Hullett	Guest (Manchester United)
10	F	George Wilkins
11	F	Gordon Kaile
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Games on this day (Sat Feb 26, 1949)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur
Bradford Park Avenue	0	1	Grimsby Town
Cardiff City	1	0	Plymouth Argyle
Chesterfield	0	0	Coventry City
Lincoln City	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday
Luton Town	4	3	Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Fulham
Southampton	3	0	Barnsley

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Southampton	29	17	6	6	54	26	13	2	0	40	7	4	4	6	14	19	28	40
	2	West Bromwich Albion	28	16	5	7	45	28	11	2	1	32	11	5	3	6	13	17	17	37
	3	Fulham	28	15	6	7	53	28	11	3	1	40	10	4	3	6	13	18	25	36
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	29	13	10	6	51	29	11	3	1	40	12	2	7	5	11	17	22	36
	5	Chesterfield	29	10	11	8	40	37	6	4	4	19	14	4	7	4	21	23	3	31
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	28	12	6	10	49	40	10	2	2	30	12	2	4	8	19	28	9	30
	7	Luton Town	28	10	10	8	35	35	7	6	1	17	7	3	4	7	18	28	0	30
	8	West Ham United	29	11	8	10	38	39	8	4	2	23	14	3	4	8	15	25	-1	30
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	28	11	7	10	48	47	6	4	2	24	13	5	3	8	24	34	1	29
	10	Bury	29	12	5	12	46	53	8	4	2	27	14	4	1	10	19	39	-7	29
	11	Cardiff City	28	10	9	9	37	39	8	2	3	28	16	2	7	6	9	23	-2	29
	11	Plymouth Argyle	29	11	7	11	37	43	10	2	3	26	13	1	5	8	11	30	-6	29
	13	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	6	12	41	44	9	3	2	33	15	2	3	10	8	29	-3	28
	14	Barnsley	29	9	9	11	46	43	6	6	3	27	12	3	3	8	19	31	3	27
	15	Brentford	28	9	9	10	32	32	5	6	3	22	14	4	3	7	10	18	0	27
	16	Leeds United	30	8	11	11	42	46	7	5	4	26	18	1	6	7	16	28	-4	27
	17	Coventry City	29	11	3	15	42	47	9	1	5	26	15	2	2	10	16	32	-5	25
	18	Leicester City	27	7	10	10	44	51	5	7	2	34	25	2	3	8	10	26	-7	24
	19	Queens Park Rangers	29	9	6	14	28	49	7	2	5	21	20	2	4	9	7	29	-21	24
	20	Grimsby Town	28	7	8	13	47	56	4	5	5	28	25	3	3	8	19	31	-9	22
	21	Nottingham Forest	29	8	5	16	26	38	5	4	6	11	10	3	1	10	15	28	-12	21
	22	Lincoln City	30	5	9	16	40	71	4	6	5	23	27	1	3	11	17	44	-31	19

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
	1	Southampton	30	18	6	6	57	26	8	2	0	43	7	4	4	6	14	19	31	42
⇧	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	11	6	52	30	12	3	1	40	12	2	8	5	12	18	22	37
⇩	3	West Bromwich Albion	28	16	5	7	45	28	11	2	1	32	11	5	3	6	13	17	17	37
⇩	4	Fulham	29	15	6	8	53	29	10	3	1	40	10	4	3	7	13	19	24	36
	5	Chesterfield	30	10	12	8	40	37	14	5	4	19	14	4	7	4	21	23	3	32
⇧	6	Luton Town	29	11	10	8	39	38	8	6	1	21	10	3	4	7	18	28	1	32
⇧	7	Cardiff City	29	11	9	9	38	39	17	2	3	29	16	2	7	6	9	23	-1	31
⇩	8	Sheffield Wednesday	29	12	6	11	50	43	12	2	2	30	12	2	4	9	20	31	7	30
⇩	9	West Ham United	29	11	8	10	38	39	14	4	2	23	14	3	4	8	15	25	-1	30
⇩	10	Bradford Park Avenue	29	11	7	11	48	48	13	4	3	24	14	5	3	8	24	34	0	29
⇩	11	Bury	29	12	5	12	46	53	14	4	2	27	14	4	1	10	19	39	-7	29
⇧	12	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	7	12	42	45	15	4	2	34	16	2	3	10	8	29	-3	29
⇩	13	Plymouth Argyle	30	11	7	12	37	44	13	2	3	26	13	1	5	9	11	31	-7	29
	14	Barnsley	30	9	9	12	46	46	12	6	3	27	12	3	3	9	19	34	0	27
	15	Brentford	28	9	9	10	32	32	14	6	3	22	14	4	3	7	10	18	0	27
	16	Leeds United	30	8	11	11	42	46	18	5	4	26	18	1	6	7	16	28	-4	27
	17	Coventry City	30	11	4	15	42	47	15	1	5	26	15	2	3	10	16	32	-5	26
⇧	18	Queens Park Rangers	30	10	6	14	29	49	21	2	5	22	20	2	4	9	7	29	-20	26
⇧	19	Grimsby Town	29	8	8	13	48	56	25	5	5	28	25	4	3	8	20	31	-8	24
⇩	20	Leicester City	27	7	10	10	44	51	25	7	2	34	25	2	3	8	10	26	-7	24
⇧	21	Lincoln City	31	6	9	16	43	72	28	6	5	26	28	1	3	11	17	44	-29	21
⇩	22	Nottingham Forest	30	8	5	17	29	42	10	4	6	11	10	3	1	11	18	32	-13	21