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LUTON TOWN 1 - 1 FOREST - Fri May 13, 1988 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Fri May 13, 1988 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 1987-88
Referee:: Mike Reed
Sponsor:: Shipstones
Attendance:: 9,108
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 1)
Luton Town:: May 15, 1988

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3415 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1828 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3877 (of 5674)
Total:: 5374 (of 7443)

Notes:: Played on Luton's artificial pitch

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Evening Herald (Dublin) - Saturday 14 May 1988
: Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 14 May 1988

Review:
Due to previous cancellations and fixture backlogs, this was the first time we played Luton this season and the return fixture was played in two days time on Sunday May 15th. In between both games was the FA Cup Final and, as you can see from the tables below, everyone else had already finished their seasons!

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WLDDWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Lee Glover (46)

LUTON TOWN
Manager: Ray Harford
Prior form: WDWLDD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Mal Donaghy (5)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Steve Sutton
2	D	Gary Fleming
3	D	Brett Williams off for Colin Foster (52)
4	D	Des Walker
5	D	Steve Chettle
6	F	Terry Wilson
7	F	Franz Carr
8	M	Neil Webb
9	F	Nigel Clough
10	F	Lee Glover (46)
11	F	Gary Crosby
Subs
12	D	Colin Foster on for Brett Williams (52)
13	F	Garry Parker

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Andy Dibble
2	D	Robert Johnson
3	D	Steve Foster
4	D	Mal Donaghy (73)
5	D	Tim Breacker
6	M	Kingsley Black
7	M	Danny Wilson
8	M	David Preece
9	M	Ashley Grimes
10	F	David Oldfield
11	F	Mick Harford
Subs
12		Marvin Johnson (73)
13		Allinson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Fri May 13, 1988)

Home	Score	Away
Luton Town	1-1	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
1	Liverpool	40	26	12	2	87	24	15	5	0	49	9	11	7	2	38	15	63	90	DWDDWD
2	Manchester United	40	23	12	5	71	38	14	5	1	41	17	9	7	4	30	21	33	81	DWWWWW
3	Nottingham Forest	38	20	11	7	65	37	11	6	2	39	16	9	5	5	26	21	28	71	WLDDWW
4	Everton	40	19	13	8	53	27	14	4	2	34	11	5	9	6	19	16	26	70	WWDDDL
5	Queens Park Rangers	40	19	10	11	48	38	12	4	4	30	14	7	6	7	18	24	10	67	DWLDLD
6	Arsenal	40	18	12	10	58	39	11	4	5	35	16	7	8	5	23	23	19	66	LWLDDW
7	Wimbledon	40	14	15	11	58	47	8	9	3	32	20	6	6	8	26	27	11	57	DDDDWL
8	Newcastle United	40	14	14	12	55	53	9	6	5	32	23	5	8	7	23	30	2	56	WDLWWW
9	Coventry City	40	13	14	13	46	53	6	8	6	23	25	7	6	7	23	28	-7	53	DLDWDD
10	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	8	17	52	66	10	2	8	27	30	5	6	9	25	36	-14	53	DWDDDL
11	Luton Town	38	14	9	15	55	56	11	5	3	39	20	3	4	12	16	36	-1	51	WDWLDD
12	Southampton	40	12	14	14	49	53	6	8	6	27	26	6	6	8	22	27	-4	50	DWLWDD
13	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	11	17	38	48	9	5	6	26	23	3	6	11	12	25	-10	47	DLLLDW
14	Norwich City	40	12	9	19	40	52	7	5	8	26	26	5	4	11	14	26	-12	45	LDDDLL
15	Derby County	40	10	13	17	35	45	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	-10	43	WLLWDD
16	West Ham United	40	9	15	16	40	52	6	9	5	23	21	3	6	11	17	31	-12	42	LDDLWL
17	Charlton Athletic	40	9	15	16	38	52	7	7	6	23	21	2	8	10	15	31	-14	42	WDWDDD
18	Chelsea	40	9	15	16	50	68	7	11	2	24	17	2	4	14	26	51	-18	42	DWDDLD
19	Portsmouth	40	7	14	19	36	66	4	8	8	21	27	3	6	11	15	39	-30	35	LDDLLL
20	Watford	40	7	11	22	27	51	4	5	11	15	24	3	6	11	12	27	-24	32	WLWDDL
21	Oxford United	40	6	13	21	44	80	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	13	20	46	-36	31	LLDLLL

Table after:

FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	Liverpool	40	26	12	2	87	24	15	5	0	49	9	11	7	2	38	15	63	90	DWDDWD
2	Manchester United	40	23	12	5	71	38	14	5	1	41	17	9	7	4	30	21	33	81	DWWWWW
3	Nottingham Forest	39	20	12	7	66	38	11	6	2	39	16	9	6	5	27	22	28	72	LDDWWD	1-1
4	Everton	40	19	13	8	53	27	14	4	2	34	11	5	9	6	19	16	26	70	WWDDDL
5	Queens Park Rangers	40	19	10	11	48	38	12	4	4	30	14	7	6	7	18	24	10	67	DWLDLD
6	Arsenal	40	18	12	10	58	39	11	4	5	35	16	7	8	5	23	23	19	66	LWLDDW
7	Wimbledon	40	14	15	11	58	47	8	9	3	32	20	6	6	8	26	27	11	57	DDDDWL
8	Newcastle United	40	14	14	12	55	53	9	6	5	32	23	5	8	7	23	30	2	56	WDLWWW
9	Coventry City	40	13	14	13	46	53	6	8	6	23	25	7	6	7	23	28	-7	53	DLDWDD
10	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	8	17	52	66	10	2	8	27	30	5	6	9	25	36	-14	53	DWDDDL
11	Luton Town	39	14	10	15	56	57	11	6	3	40	21	3	4	12	16	36	-1	52	DWLDDD	1-1
12	Southampton	40	12	14	14	49	53	6	8	6	27	26	6	6	8	22	27	-4	50	DWLWDD
13	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	11	17	38	48	9	5	6	26	23	3	6	11	12	25	-10	47	DLLLDW
14	Norwich City	40	12	9	19	40	52	7	5	8	26	26	5	4	11	14	26	-12	45	LDDDLL
15	Derby County	40	10	13	17	35	45	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	-10	43	WLLWDD
16	West Ham United	40	9	15	16	40	52	6	9	5	23	21	3	6	11	17	31	-12	42	LDDLWL
17	Charlton Athletic	40	9	15	16	38	52	7	7	6	23	21	2	8	10	15	31	-14	42	WDWDDD
18	Chelsea	40	9	15	16	50	68	7	11	2	24	17	2	4	14	26	51	-18	42	DWDDLD
19	Portsmouth	40	7	14	19	36	66	4	8	8	21	27	3	6	11	15	39	-30	35	LDDLLL
20	Watford	40	7	11	22	27	51	4	5	11	15	24	3	6	11	12	27	-24	32	WLWDDL
21	Oxford United	40	6	13	21	44	80	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	13	20	46	-36	31	LLDLLL