The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 1 - 0 FOREST - Tue Dec 27, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 27, 1938 (2:30 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
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: G Dutton
Attendance:: 17,125
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 10 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 2)
Luton Town:: Aug 30, 1941

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1622 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 885 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1797 (of 5824)
Total:: 2671 (of 7629)
Played:: 87 years, 7 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

LUTON TOWN
Manager: Neil McBain
Prior form: LLWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Redfern (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Alan Todd
2	M	22	Bob McCall
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	25	Thomas Clark
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	23	George Pritty
7	M		Jimmy Dyson
8	F	27	Gibson McNaughton
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw
10	F	26	Tom Peacock
11	F	23	Len Beaumont

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Coen
2	D	Tom King
3	D	Tom Dunsmore
4	D	John Finlayson
5	D	Gordon Dreyer
6	M	Fred Roberts
7	M	Charlie Clark
8	M	Billy Redfern
9	M	Hugh Billington
10	F	Eddie Connelly
11	F	George Stephenson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Dec 27, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	2-4	Blackburn Rovers
Chesterfield	2-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Luton Town	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Manchester City	5-2	Tranmere Rovers
Newcastle United	4-0	Norwich City
Plymouth Argyle	0-2	Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday	5-1	Fulham
Southampton	2-2	Sheffield United
Swansea Town	3-2	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Burnley
West Ham United	0-0	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	Blackburn Rovers	22	13	3	6	50	28	8	1	2	31	11	5	2	4	19	17	22	29	LWWWDW
	2	Sheffield United	21	11	6	4	38	22	5	4	2	18	7	6	2	2	20	15	16	28	WDWWLW
	3	Newcastle United	21	12	3	6	40	25	9	1	0	31	8	3	2	6	9	17	15	27	LDLWWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	21	12	2	7	55	42	9	0	1	32	14	3	2	6	23	28	13	26	LWWWDL
	5	Fulham	21	9	6	6	34	25	6	3	1	20	9	3	3	5	14	16	9	24	WDWLLL
	6	Coventry City	21	10	4	7	30	27	7	2	1	17	6	3	2	6	13	21	3	24	WWWWLL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	20	9	5	6	48	35	6	2	2	25	9	3	3	4	23	26	13	23	WWLDWW
	8	Manchester City	21	10	3	8	54	44	6	0	4	28	21	4	3	4	26	23	10	23	WWDWLW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	7	6	35	30	6	5	0	24	13	2	2	6	11	17	5	23	DWWLDL
	10	Luton Town	21	10	3	8	41	37	5	3	2	19	13	5	0	6	22	24	4	23	LLWLWW
	11	Chesterfield	21	9	4	8	35	31	8	0	2	28	11	1	4	6	7	20	4	22	DWLWWD
	12	Burnley	22	8	6	8	28	33	8	2	2	19	13	0	4	6	9	20	-5	22	WLDLWW
	13	West Ham United	21	9	3	9	40	32	7	1	3	26	13	2	2	6	14	19	8	21	WLWLLW
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	21	7	7	7	36	38	5	5	2	25	19	2	2	5	11	19	-2	21	LLLDWD
	15	Millwall	20	8	4	8	36	30	6	2	2	22	11	2	2	6	14	19	6	20	WDLLWL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	21	8	4	9	25	27	5	3	2	13	5	3	1	7	12	22	-2	20	LWDLLW
	17	Bury	21	6	6	9	29	40	4	3	4	23	22	2	3	5	6	18	-11	18	WDLWLL
	18	Southampton	21	7	3	11	32	45	5	1	3	20	16	2	2	8	12	29	-13	17	WLLWDL
	19	Nottingham Forest	21	5	5	11	27	48	3	2	5	16	19	2	3	6	11	29	-21	15	LWDLWL
	20	Swansea Town	20	2	9	9	22	42	1	5	4	14	17	1	4	5	8	25	-20	13	DLLDLW
	21	Norwich City	20	6	1	13	25	49	6	1	3	22	14	0	0	10	3	35	-24	13	LDLWLL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	21	3	2	16	23	53	3	2	7	16	23	0	0	9	7	30	-30	8	LLLLDL

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	Blackburn Rovers	23	14	3	6	54	30	8	1	2	31	11	6	2	4	23	19	24	31	WWWDWW		4-2
1	2	Newcastle United	22	13	3	6	44	25	10	1	0	35	8	3	2	6	9	17	19	29	DLWWWW		4-0
1	3	Sheffield United	22	11	7	4	40	24	5	4	2	18	7	6	3	2	22	17	16	29	DWWLWD		2-2
	4	West Bromwich Albion	22	12	2	8	57	45	9	0	1	32	14	3	2	7	25	31	12	26	WWWDLL		2-3
1	5	Coventry City	22	11	4	7	32	27	7	2	1	17	6	4	2	6	15	21	5	26	WWWLLW		2-0
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	21	10	5	6	53	36	7	2	2	30	10	3	3	4	23	26	17	25	WLDWWW		5-1
1	7	Manchester City	22	11	3	8	59	46	7	0	4	33	23	4	3	4	26	23	13	25	WDWLWW		5-2
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	7	6	36	30	7	5	0	25	13	2	2	6	11	17	6	25	WWLDLW		1-0
1	9	Luton Town	22	11	3	8	42	37	6	3	2	20	13	5	0	6	22	24	5	25	LWLWWW		1-0
5	10	Fulham	22	9	6	7	35	30	6	3	1	20	9	3	3	6	15	21	5	24	DWLLLL		1-5
	11	Chesterfield	22	9	5	8	37	33	8	1	2	30	13	1	4	6	7	20	4	23	WLWWDD		2-2
1	12	West Ham United	22	9	4	9	40	32	7	2	3	26	13	2	2	6	14	19	8	22	LWLLWD		0-0
1	13	Bradford Park Avenue	22	7	8	7	38	40	5	5	2	25	19	2	3	5	13	21	-2	22	LLDWDD		2-2
2	14	Burnley	23	8	6	9	28	34	8	2	2	19	13	0	4	7	9	21	-6	22	LDLWWL		0-1
	15	Millwall	21	8	5	8	36	30	6	2	2	22	11	2	3	6	14	19	6	21	DLLWLD		0-0
	16	Plymouth Argyle	22	8	4	10	25	29	5	3	3	13	7	3	1	7	12	22	-4	20	WDLLWL		0-2
1	17	Southampton	22	7	4	11	34	47	5	2	3	22	18	2	2	8	12	29	-13	18	LLWDLD		2-2
1	18	Bury	22	6	6	10	31	44	4	3	5	25	26	2	3	5	6	18	-13	18	DLWLLL		2-4
1	19	Swansea Town	21	3	9	9	25	44	2	5	4	17	19	1	4	5	8	25	-19	15	LLDLWW		3-2
1	20	Nottingham Forest	22	5	5	12	27	49	3	2	5	16	19	2	3	7	11	30	-22	15	WDLWLL		0-1
	21	Norwich City	21	6	1	14	25	53	6	1	3	22	14	0	0	11	3	39	-28	13	DLWLLL		0-4
	22	Tranmere Rovers	22	3	2	17	25	58	3	2	7	16	23	0	0	10	9	35	-33	8	LLLDLL		2-5