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LUTON TOWN 5 - 1 FOREST - Thu Apr 09, 1959 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Apr 09, 1959 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-5 (Lost)

Attendance:: 22,352
Position Before:: 12
Position After:: 12
Referee:
Season:: 1958-59

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 1:: Everton

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2190 (of 4788)
League Tier 1: 815 (of 2183)
Competitive:: 2409 (of 5478)
Total:: 3569 (of 7212)

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

Forest Goals:
Johnny Quigley

Luton Town Goals:

Forest:
Manager: Billy Walker

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Willie Fraser	Last game
2	M	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	Jeff Whitefoot
5	D	Bob McKinlay
6	F	Calvin Palmer
7	F	Billy Gray
8	F	Johnny Quigley
9	F	Tommy Wilson
10	F	Jim Barrett
11	F	Stewart Imlach

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Thu Apr 09, 1959)

Home	F	A	Away
Luton Town	5	1	Nottingham Forest

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	24	4	9	98	47	13	3	3	60	19	11	1	6	38	28	51	52
	2	Manchester United	39	23	6	10	101	64	13	4	3	57	27	10	2	7	44	37	37	52
	3	Burnley	38	18	8	12	77	66	10	3	5	37	25	8	5	7	40	41	11	44
	4	Arsenal	37	18	7	12	77	59	12	2	4	45	25	6	5	8	32	34	18	43
	5	West Ham United	37	20	3	14	78	66	14	1	3	53	27	6	2	11	25	39	12	43
	6	Bolton Wanderers	37	17	9	11	72	61	13	2	4	51	27	4	7	7	21	34	11	43
	7	Blackpool	37	16	10	11	60	45	11	7	0	36	10	5	3	11	24	35	15	42
	8	West Bromwich Albion	36	15	11	10	79	60	6	5	6	34	30	9	6	4	45	30	19	41
	9	Blackburn Rovers	37	15	10	12	69	60	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	6	26	34	9	40
	10	Birmingham City	34	16	5	13	66	59	10	1	6	38	32	6	4	7	28	27	7	37
	11	Preston North End	39	16	5	18	63	72	8	2	9	34	35	8	3	9	29	37	-9	37
	12	Nottingham Forest	35	15	6	14	63	56	8	4	5	33	22	7	2	9	30	34	7	36
	13	Everton	38	16	4	18	66	78	11	3	5	38	34	5	1	13	28	44	-12	36
	14	Newcastle United	37	16	3	18	71	73	10	1	7	35	26	6	2	11	36	47	-2	35
	15	Chelsea	37	16	3	18	69	89	12	2	5	49	34	4	1	13	20	55	-20	35
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	39	12	9	18	77	88	9	3	8	51	42	3	6	10	26	46	-11	33
	17	Leeds United	38	12	8	18	49	71	6	7	6	25	26	6	1	12	24	45	-22	32
	18	Luton Town	34	10	10	14	58	58	9	4	4	41	23	1	6	10	17	35	0	30
	19	Manchester City	37	10	8	19	59	85	7	6	5	37	29	3	2	14	22	56	-26	28
	20	Aston Villa	37	11	5	21	55	80	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	13	24	47	-25	27
	21	Leicester City	37	9	9	19	59	89	6	5	8	31	34	3	4	11	28	55	-30	27
	22	Portsmouth	37	6	9	22	58	98	5	4	10	36	43	1	5	12	22	55	-40	21

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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	24	4	9	98	47	13	3	3	60	19	11	1	6	38	28	51	52
	2	Manchester United	39	23	6	10	101	64	13	4	3	57	27	10	2	7	44	37	37	52
	3	Burnley	38	18	8	12	77	66	10	3	5	37	25	8	5	7	40	41	11	44
	4	Arsenal	37	18	7	12	77	59	12	2	4	45	25	6	5	8	32	34	18	43
	5	West Ham United	37	20	3	14	78	66	14	1	3	53	27	6	2	11	25	39	12	43
	6	Bolton Wanderers	37	17	9	11	72	61	13	2	4	51	27	4	7	7	21	34	11	43
	7	Blackpool	37	16	10	11	60	45	11	7	0	36	10	5	3	11	24	35	15	42
	8	West Bromwich Albion	36	15	11	10	79	60	6	5	6	34	30	9	6	4	45	30	19	41
	9	Blackburn Rovers	37	15	10	12	69	60	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	6	26	34	9	40
	10	Birmingham City	34	16	5	13	66	59	10	1	6	38	32	6	4	7	28	27	7	37
	11	Preston North End	39	16	5	18	63	72	8	2	9	34	35	8	3	9	29	37	-9	37
	12	Nottingham Forest	36	15	6	15	64	61	8	4	5	33	22	7	2	10	31	39	3	36
	13	Everton	38	16	4	18	66	78	11	3	5	38	34	5	1	13	28	44	-12	36
	14	Newcastle United	37	16	3	18	71	73	10	1	7	35	26	6	2	11	36	47	-2	35
	15	Chelsea	37	16	3	18	69	89	12	2	5	49	34	4	1	13	20	55	-20	35
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	39	12	9	18	77	88	9	3	8	51	42	3	6	10	26	46	-11	33
⇧	17	Luton Town	35	11	10	14	63	59	10	4	4	46	24	1	6	10	17	35	4	32
⇩	18	Leeds United	38	12	8	18	49	71	6	7	6	25	26	6	1	12	24	45	-22	32
	19	Manchester City	37	10	8	19	59	85	7	6	5	37	29	3	2	14	22	56	-26	28
	20	Aston Villa	37	11	5	21	55	80	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	13	24	47	-25	27
	21	Leicester City	37	9	9	19	59	89	6	5	8	31	34	3	4	11	28	55	-30	27
	22	Portsmouth	37	6	9	22	58	98	5	4	10	36	43	1	5	12	22	55	-40	21