The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LUTON TOWN - Fri Apr 15, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 15, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: Capt. Hamilton-Jones
Attendance:: 17,644
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 17
Opp Before/After:: 14 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
Luton Town:: Apr 18, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1595 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 858 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1770 (of 5824)
Total:: 2641 (of 7629)
Played:: 88 years, 4 months, 6 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: WWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Surtees (5')

LUTON TOWN
Manager: None
Prior form: DLDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	M	22	Bob McCall
5	D	33	Tommy Graham
6	M	20	William Baxter
7	M		Jimmy Dyson
8	M	18	Grenville Roberts	Debut
9	F	24	Boy Martin
10	F	26	Jack Surtees (5')
11	F	20	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Coen
2	D	Jim Strathie
3	D	Bertie Lutterloch
4	D	John Finlayson
5	D	Jack Nelson
6	M	Billy Fellowes
7	M	Charlie Ferguson
8	M	Eddie Connelly
9	M	Jack Vinall
10	F	Fred Roberts
11	F	George Stephenson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 15, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-0	Manchester United
Bury	1-3	Stockport County
Chesterfield	0-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Fulham	1-0	Southampton
Newcastle United	0-1	Norwich City
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Luton Town
Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Sheffield United
West Ham United	0-1	Plymouth Argyle

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	Aston Villa	36	20	7	9	59	32	13	2	2	40	12	7	5	7	19	20	27	47	LWWWLD	Safe
	2	Manchester United	36	19	8	9	71	45	12	3	3	41	17	7	5	6	30	28	26	46	WWDWLD	Safe
	3	Coventry City	36	18	10	8	58	39	11	5	3	30	14	7	5	5	28	25	19	46	WLWDLW	Safe
	4	Sheffield United	37	19	8	10	64	50	13	4	2	42	18	6	4	8	22	32	14	46	DDLDLD	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	36	18	6	12	68	45	13	3	2	39	12	5	3	10	29	33	23	42	DWLWWW
	6	Burnley	37	15	10	12	48	44	13	4	2	31	10	2	6	10	17	34	4	40	WWLDWW
	7	Bury	36	16	5	15	58	48	11	3	5	40	23	5	2	10	18	25	10	37	LWLWLW
	8	West Ham United	36	11	14	11	46	45	11	5	2	30	14	0	9	9	16	31	1	36	DDWDLL
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	35	13	9	13	55	46	10	4	3	41	17	3	5	10	14	29	9	35	WLLLWL
	10	Chesterfield	35	13	9	13	56	53	9	2	5	35	20	4	7	8	21	33	3	35	LLWLWD
	11	Southampton	36	13	9	14	49	62	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	12	13	41	-13	35	WWWLDL
	12	Norwich City	36	13	8	15	52	66	11	3	4	32	21	2	5	11	20	45	-14	34	LLWLWD
	13	Newcastle United	35	13	7	15	46	44	11	4	4	35	16	2	3	11	11	28	2	33	LDLWLL
	14	Luton Town	36	12	9	15	73	77	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	10	31	45	-4	33	DLDDLD
	15	Fulham	36	11	11	14	48	51	6	7	4	32	21	5	4	10	16	30	-3	33	DLWDWW
	16	Barnsley	37	11	10	16	45	58	7	8	3	27	17	4	2	13	18	41	-13	32	LDWDLD
	17	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	9	16	60	71	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	14	17	43	-11	31	WDDLWL
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	36	11	9	16	41	50	8	4	6	21	19	3	5	10	20	31	-9	31	LLLDWW
	19	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	11	15	45	60	7	6	4	29	26	3	5	11	16	34	-15	31	DDDWWD
	20	Swansea Town	36	10	11	15	37	61	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	12	12	43	-24	31	WLWDWL
	21	Nottingham Forest	36	12	6	18	40	50	10	3	6	27	21	2	3	12	13	29	-10	30	WWLWLL
	22	Stockport County	36	10	8	18	37	59	8	5	5	22	19	2	3	13	15	40	-22	28	LWLLLW

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)
3	1	Sheffield United	38	20	8	10	66	51	13	4	2	42	18	7	4	8	24	33	15	48	DLDLDW	Safe	2-1
1	2	Aston Villa	36	20	7	9	59	32	13	2	2	40	12	7	5	7	19	20	27	47	LWWWLD	Safe
1	3	Manchester United	37	19	8	10	71	46	12	3	3	41	17	7	5	7	30	29	25	46	WDWLDL	Safe	0-1
1	4	Coventry City	36	18	10	8	58	39	11	5	3	30	14	7	5	5	28	25	19	46	WLWDLW	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	18	6	13	69	47	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	10	29	33	22	42	WLWWWL		1-2
	6	Burnley	38	16	10	12	49	44	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	10	17	34	5	42	WLDWWW		1-0
2	7	Bradford Park Avenue	36	14	9	13	58	46	10	4	3	41	17	4	5	10	17	29	12	37	LLLWLW		3-0
1	8	Bury	37	16	5	16	59	51	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	10	18	25	8	37	WLWLWL		1-3
1	9	West Ham United	37	11	14	12	46	46	11	5	3	30	15	0	9	9	16	31	0	36	DWDLLL		0-1
2	10	Norwich City	37	14	8	15	53	66	11	3	4	32	21	3	5	11	21	45	-13	36	LWLWDW		1-0
1	11	Chesterfield	36	13	9	14	56	56	9	2	6	35	23	4	7	8	21	33	0	35	LWLWDL		0-3
3	12	Fulham	37	12	11	14	49	51	7	7	4	33	21	5	4	10	16	30	-2	35	LWDWWW		1-0
2	13	Southampton	37	13	9	15	49	63	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	13	13	42	-14	35	WWLDLL		0-1
1	14	Newcastle United	36	13	7	16	46	45	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	11	11	28	1	33	DLWLLL		0-1
1	15	Luton Town	37	12	9	16	73	78	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	11	31	46	-5	33	LDDLDL		0-1
3	16	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	11	15	46	60	7	6	4	29	26	4	5	11	17	34	-14	33	DDWWDW		1-0
4	17	Nottingham Forest	37	13	6	18	41	50	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	12	13	29	-9	32	WLWLLW		1-0
2	18	Barnsley	37	11	10	16	45	58	7	8	3	27	17	4	2	13	18	41	-13	32	LDWDLD
2	19	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	9	16	60	71	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	14	17	43	-11	31	WDDLWL
2	20	Sheffield Wednesday	36	11	9	16	41	50	8	4	6	21	19	3	5	10	20	31	-9	31	LLLDWW
1	21	Swansea Town	36	10	11	15	37	61	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	12	12	43	-24	31	WLWDWL
	22	Stockport County	37	11	8	18	40	60	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	13	18	41	-20	30	WLLLWW		3-1