The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 2 - 2 FOREST - Mon Apr 18, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 18, 1938 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: Capt. Hamilton-Jones
Attendance:: 13,561
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 21
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Luton Town:: Dec 26, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1597 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 860 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1772 (of 5828)
Total:: 2643 (of 7633)
Played:: 88 years, 4 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Roy Brown (44')
Gibson McNaughton (85')

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Vinall (7')
John Finlayson (65')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Alan Todd
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	M	24	Robert Davies
5	D	33	Tommy Graham
6	M	20	William Baxter
7	F	20	Arthur Betts
8	F	26	Gibson McNaughton (85')
9	F	26	Meynell Burgin
10	F	26	Jack Surtees
11	F	20	Roy Brown (44')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Dolman
2	D	Tom King
3	D	Tom Smith
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 (Mon Apr 18, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Bradford Park Avenue	3-2	Chesterfield
Luton Town	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Manchester United	4-0	Burnley
Norwich City	1-1	Newcastle United
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	West Ham United
Sheffield United	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton	4-0	Fulham
Stockport County	0-1	Bury
Swansea Town	2-1	Aston Villa

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	37	21	7	9	61	32	14	2	2	42	12	7	5	7	19	20	29	49	WWWLDW	Safe
	2	Sheffield United	39	20	9	10	68	53	13	4	2	42	18	7	5	8	26	35	15	49	LDLDWD	Safe
	3	Coventry City	37	19	10	8	62	39	11	5	3	30	14	8	5	5	32	25	23	48	LWDLWW	Safe
	4	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	73	48	12	3	3	41	17	7	6	7	32	31	25	47	DWLDLD	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	6	14	69	49	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	11	29	35	20	42	LWWWLL	Safe
	6	Burnley	39	16	10	13	50	47	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	11	18	37	3	42	LDWWWL	Safe
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	37	15	9	13	61	47	11	4	3	44	18	4	5	10	17	29	14	39	LLWLWW
	8	West Ham United	38	12	14	12	49	47	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	9	16	31	2	38	WDLLLW
	9	Bury	38	16	5	17	60	54	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	11	19	28	6	37	LWLWLL
	10	Fulham	38	13	11	14	53	52	8	7	4	37	22	5	4	10	16	30	1	37	WDWWWW
	11	Chesterfield	37	14	9	14	57	56	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	8	21	33	1	37	WLWDLW
	12	Norwich City	38	14	9	15	55	68	11	4	4	34	23	3	5	11	21	45	-13	37	WLWDWD
	13	Southampton	38	13	9	16	49	67	10	6	3	36	25	3	3	13	13	42	-18	35	WLDLLL
	14	Plymouth Argyle	38	11	12	15	48	62	7	7	4	31	28	4	5	11	17	34	-14	34	DWWDWD
	15	Newcastle United	37	13	7	17	46	48	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	12	11	31	-2	33	LWLLLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	9	16	65	72	11	6	2	48	29	1	3	14	17	43	-7	33	DDLWLW
	17	Luton Town	38	12	9	17	74	82	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	12	32	50	-8	33	DDLDLL
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	37	12	9	16	44	50	9	4	6	24	19	3	5	10	20	31	-6	33	LLDWWW
	19	Barnsley	38	11	11	16	47	60	7	8	3	27	17	4	3	13	20	43	-13	33	DWDLDD
	20	Nottingham Forest	38	13	6	19	42	55	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	13	14	34	-13	32	LWLLWL
	21	Swansea Town	37	10	12	15	39	63	10	6	3	27	20	0	6	12	12	43	-24	32	LWDWLD
	22	Stockport County	38	11	8	19	40	61	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	14	18	42	-21	30	LLLWWL

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	1	Sheffield United	40	21	9	10	69	53	14	4	2	43	18	7	5	8	26	35	16	51	DLDWDW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Aston Villa	38	21	7	10	62	34	14	2	2	42	12	7	5	8	20	22	28	49	WWLDWL	Safe	1-2
1	3	Manchester United	39	20	9	10	77	48	13	3	3	45	17	7	6	7	32	31	29	49	WLDLDW	Safe	4-0
1	4	Coventry City	38	19	11	8	63	40	11	5	3	30	14	8	6	5	33	26	23	49	WDLWWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	39	18	6	15	69	50	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	12	29	36	19	42	WWWLLL	Safe	0-1
	6	Burnley	40	16	10	14	50	51	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	12	18	41	-1	42	DWWWLL	Safe	0-4
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	38	16	9	13	64	49	12	4	3	47	20	4	5	10	17	29	15	41	LWLWWW	Safe	3-2
1	8	Bury	39	17	5	17	61	54	11	3	6	41	26	6	2	11	20	28	7	39	WLWLLW		1-0
1	9	West Ham United	39	12	14	13	50	49	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	10	17	33	1	38	DLLLWL		1-2
2	10	Norwich City	39	14	10	15	56	69	11	5	4	35	24	3	5	11	21	45	-13	38	LWDWDD		1-1
	11	Chesterfield	38	14	9	15	59	59	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	9	23	36	0	37	LWDLWL		2-3
2	12	Fulham	39	13	11	15	53	56	8	7	4	37	22	5	4	11	16	34	-3	37	DWWWWL		0-4
	13	Southampton	39	14	9	16	53	67	11	6	3	40	25	3	3	13	13	42	-14	37	LDLLLW		4-0
	14	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	12	15	50	63	8	7	4	33	29	4	5	11	17	34	-13	36	WWDWDW		2-1
1	15	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	9	16	66	72	12	6	2	49	29	1	3	14	17	43	-6	35	DLWLWW		1-0
1	16	Newcastle United	38	13	8	17	47	49	11	4	5	35	17	2	4	12	12	32	-2	34	WLLLLD		1-1
	17	Luton Town	39	12	10	17	76	84	8	6	5	44	34	4	4	12	32	50	-8	34	DLDLLD		2-2
1	18	Barnsley	39	11	12	16	48	61	7	9	3	28	18	4	3	13	20	43	-13	34	WDLDDD		1-1
2	19	Swansea Town	38	11	12	15	41	64	11	6	3	29	21	0	6	12	12	43	-23	34	WDWLDW		2-1
2	20	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	9	17	44	51	9	4	6	24	19	3	5	11	20	32	-7	33	LDWWWL		0-1
1	21	Nottingham Forest	39	13	7	19	44	57	11	3	6	28	21	2	4	13	16	36	-13	33	WLLWLD		2-2
	22	Stockport County	39	11	8	20	40	62	8	5	6	22	20	3	3	14	18	42	-22	30	LLWWLL		0-1