The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 27, 1973 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 27, 1973 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 January 1973

Season:: 1972-73
Referee:: D Nippard
Attendance:: 10,083
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (FA Cup)
League:: Queens Park Rangers
Luton Town:: Aug 25, 1973

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2772 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 1315 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3065 (of 5827)
Total:: 4329 (of 7632)
Played:: 53 years, 7 months, 7 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Dave Mackay
Prior form: DLWDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

LUTON TOWN
Manager: Harry Haslam
Prior form: DWDLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alan Slough (66')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Jim Barron
2	D	28	Peter Hindley	400th appearance
3	D	29	John Winfield
4	F	26	Sammy Chapman
5	M	20	David Serella off for George Lyall (78')
6	M	31	Doug Fraser
7	F	22	Jim McIntosh
8	F	20	John Robertson
9	F	32	Neil Martin
10	F	28	John Galley
11	F	22	Duncan McKenzie
Subs
12	M	25	George Lyall on for David Serella (78')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Barber
2	D	Shanks
3	D	Thomson
4	D	Alan Slough
5	D	Garner
6	M	Moore
7	M	Jimmy Ryan
8	M	John Ryan
9	M	Butlin
10	F	Hindson
11	F	Aston
Subs
12		Hales

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 27, 1973)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Cardiff City
Blackpool	2-0	Swindon Town
Bristol City	2-2	Leyton Orient
Carlisle United	1-1	Middlesbrough
Fulham	5-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Hull City	6-2	Preston North End
Luton Town	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Oxford United	2-0	Huddersfield Town
Portsmouth	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Burnley
Sunderland	2-0	Millwall

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Status
	1	Burnley	25	13	11	1	43	23	6	5	1	23	13	7	6	0	20	10	20	37	WWDWDW
	2	Queens Park Rangers	26	12	10	4	46	31	7	4	1	28	12	5	6	3	18	19	15	34	DWWLWD
	3	Aston Villa	26	11	9	6	30	27	7	4	3	15	11	4	5	3	15	16	3	31	WDDDLW
	4	Fulham	26	10	10	6	39	30	7	4	2	21	11	3	6	4	18	19	9	30	WDWDWW
	5	Blackpool	26	11	8	7	40	31	6	4	3	22	12	5	4	4	18	19	9	30	WLLLWD
	6	Luton Town	26	11	8	7	34	29	3	7	4	19	18	8	1	3	15	11	5	30	DWDLDW
	7	Oxford United	27	12	5	10	32	26	9	1	3	22	10	3	4	7	10	16	6	29	WDWLWL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	27	10	8	9	44	39	8	2	3	28	16	2	6	6	16	23	5	28	LWDDWD
	9	Middlesbrough	27	9	9	9	23	29	6	4	3	12	10	3	5	6	11	19	-6	27	DLLWLD
	10	Preston North End	27	10	7	10	26	33	5	4	4	14	13	5	3	6	12	20	-7	27	DDLWLL
	11	Hull City	26	8	10	8	36	31	6	6	2	26	14	2	4	6	10	17	5	26	DDWWDD
	12	Bristol City	26	9	8	9	32	33	3	5	4	12	11	6	3	5	20	22	-1	26	WLDWLW
	13	Nottingham Forest	26	9	8	9	31	33	7	4	2	20	12	2	4	7	11	21	-2	26	DLWDLW
	14	Millwall	27	9	7	11	35	31	7	3	3	18	10	2	4	8	17	21	4	25	DWLWDD
	15	Carlisle United	25	9	6	10	39	31	8	2	3	32	15	1	4	7	7	16	8	24	DWLWDL
	16	Swindon Town	26	6	11	9	33	39	4	7	1	18	15	2	4	8	15	24	-6	23	DLDDLD
	17	Portsmouth	26	7	8	11	27	33	3	4	7	13	18	4	4	4	14	15	-6	22	LDWDWD
	18	Sunderland	23	6	9	8	31	33	4	5	2	16	10	2	4	6	15	23	-2	21	LLWDWD
	19	Huddersfield Town	25	5	11	9	22	30	4	6	4	13	14	1	5	5	9	16	-8	21	LDLDDL
	20	Cardiff City	24	8	4	12	29	37	8	1	4	22	14	0	3	8	7	23	-8	20	WWDLLW
	21	Leyton Orient	26	5	10	11	22	32	4	5	4	13	13	1	5	7	9	19	-10	20	WLLLDD
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	27	2	9	16	27	60	1	6	6	17	25	1	3	10	10	35	-33	13	LLLLLL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Burnley	26	13	11	2	43	25	6	5	1	23	13	7	6	1	20	12	18	37	WDWDWL		0-2
	2	Queens Park Rangers	27	13	10	4	48	31	8	4	1	30	12	5	6	3	18	19	17	36	WWLWDW		2-0
	3	Aston Villa	27	12	9	6	32	27	8	4	3	17	11	4	5	3	15	16	5	33	DDDLWW		2-0
	4	Fulham	27	11	10	6	44	31	8	4	2	26	12	3	6	4	18	19	13	32	DWDWWW		5-1
	5	Blackpool	27	12	8	7	42	31	7	4	3	24	12	5	4	4	18	19	11	32	LLLWDW		2-0
	6	Luton Town	27	12	8	7	35	29	4	7	4	20	18	8	1	3	15	11	6	32	WDLDWW		1-0
	7	Oxford United	28	13	5	10	34	26	10	1	3	24	10	3	4	7	10	16	8	31	DWLWLW		2-0
3	8	Hull City	27	9	10	8	42	33	7	6	2	32	16	2	4	6	10	17	9	28	DWWDDW		6-2
1	9	Sheffield Wednesday	28	10	8	10	44	40	8	2	3	28	16	2	6	7	16	24	4	28	WDDWDL		0-1
1	10	Middlesbrough	28	9	10	9	24	30	6	4	3	12	10	3	6	6	12	20	-6	28	LLWLDD		1-1
1	11	Bristol City	27	9	9	9	34	35	3	6	4	14	13	6	3	5	20	22	-1	27	LDWLWD		2-2
2	12	Preston North End	28	10	7	11	28	39	5	4	4	14	13	5	3	7	14	26	-11	27	DLWLLL		2-6
	13	Nottingham Forest	27	9	8	10	31	34	7	4	2	20	12	2	4	8	11	22	-3	26	LWDLWL		0-1
1	14	Carlisle United	26	9	7	10	40	32	8	3	3	33	16	1	4	7	7	16	8	25	WLWDLD		1-1
1	15	Millwall	28	9	7	12	35	33	7	3	3	18	10	2	4	9	17	23	2	25	WLWDDL		0-2
1	16	Portsmouth	27	8	8	11	28	33	4	4	7	14	18	4	4	4	14	15	-5	24	DWDWDW		1-0
1	17	Sunderland	24	7	9	8	33	33	5	5	2	18	10	2	4	6	15	23	0	23	LWDWDW		2-0
2	18	Swindon Town	27	6	11	10	33	41	4	7	1	18	15	2	4	9	15	26	-8	23	LDDLDL		0-2
2	19	Leyton Orient	27	5	11	11	24	34	4	5	4	13	13	1	6	7	11	21	-10	21	LLLDDD		2-2
1	20	Huddersfield Town	26	5	11	10	22	32	4	6	4	13	14	1	5	6	9	18	-10	21	DLDDLL		0-2
1	21	Cardiff City	25	8	4	13	29	39	8	1	4	22	14	0	3	9	7	25	-10	20	WDLLWL		0-2
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	28	2	9	17	28	65	1	6	6	17	25	1	3	11	11	40	-37	13	LLLLLL		1-5