The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Jan 19, 1974 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 19, 1974 (3:00 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
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 19 January 1974

Season:: 1973-74
Referee:: J Taylor
Attendance:: 11,888
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (FA Cup)
League:: Middlesbrough
Luton Town:: Oct 21, 1975

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2813 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1356 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3110 (of 5829)
Total:: 4386 (of 7634)
Played:: 52 years, 8 months, 0 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Allan Brown
Prior form: LWWDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Duncan McKenzie (12')
Paul Richardson (71')

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

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Ryan (13')
Jimmy Ryan (90') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Jim Barron
2	M	25	Liam O'Kane
3	D	30	John Winfield
4	F	27	Sammy Chapman
5	M	23	John Cottam
6	M	24	Paul Richardson (71') off for David Serella (79')
7	F	23	Duncan McKenzie (12')
8	M	26	George Lyall
9	F	33	Neil Martin
10	F	27	Tommy Jackson
11	M	22	Ian Bowyer
Subs
12	M	21	David Serella on for Paul Richardson (79')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Horn
2	D	John Ryan
3	D	Thomson
4	D	Shanks
5	D	Litt
6	M	Garner
7	M	Jimmy Ryan
8	M	Finney (69')
9	M	Anderson
10	F	West
11	F	Aston
Subs
12		Butlin (69')

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 19, 1974)

Home	Score	Away
Cardiff City	2-2	Carlisle United
Leyton Orient	2-1	Sunderland
Luton Town	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough	3-0	Portsmouth
Oxford United	1-1	Hull City
Preston North End	0-0	Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Swindon Town
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Blackpool

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	Middlesbrough	25	15	9	1	35	15	10	2	1	20	6	5	7	0	15	9	20	39	WWDWWD
	2	Leyton Orient	26	12	10	4	42	24	7	3	3	19	9	5	7	1	23	15	18	34	LDWWWD
	3	Luton Town	25	12	7	6	35	30	8	3	1	24	12	4	4	5	11	18	5	31	WLDWLD
	4	Carlisle United	25	12	6	7	37	28	7	4	2	24	12	5	2	5	13	16	9	30	WDWWWD
	5	West Bromwich Albion	26	11	8	7	32	25	7	4	2	18	10	4	4	5	14	15	7	30	LDWWLW
	6	Blackpool	26	10	9	7	35	26	6	4	3	19	9	4	5	4	16	17	9	29	DWDDDD
	7	Nottingham Forest	25	9	10	6	33	23	7	3	2	23	11	2	7	4	10	12	10	28	LWWDDL
	8	Notts County	24	10	7	7	37	36	5	4	4	20	22	5	3	3	17	14	1	27	LWDLLW
	9	Hull City	26	7	12	7	26	27	6	7	0	16	5	1	5	7	10	22	-1	26	LDDLDD
	10	Portsmouth	24	10	6	8	31	35	7	3	3	18	11	3	3	5	13	24	-4	26	WWDLWD
	11	Sunderland	25	8	8	9	30	25	4	6	2	16	8	4	2	7	14	17	5	24	LDLLLD
	12	Aston Villa	25	7	10	8	26	25	5	7	0	20	9	2	3	8	6	16	1	24	LDLLDD
	13	Bristol City	26	9	6	11	25	30	5	4	4	14	12	4	2	7	11	18	-5	24	WDLLLD
	14	Fulham	25	8	8	9	20	24	6	3	3	11	8	2	5	6	9	16	-4	24	DWWDLL
	15	Cardiff City	26	7	9	10	29	35	5	4	4	16	10	2	5	6	13	25	-6	23	LDWWLW
	16	Preston North End	26	7	10	9	29	37	6	5	2	20	14	1	5	7	9	23	-8	23*	DLLWLD
	17	Millwall	25	7	8	10	30	31	5	3	5	18	13	2	5	5	12	18	-1	22	WDDDDD
	18	Bolton Wanderers	25	8	5	12	23	26	7	2	3	17	9	1	3	9	6	17	-3	21	WLDWDD
	19	Oxford United	25	6	9	10	25	31	5	5	2	19	12	1	4	8	6	19	-6	21	DLWWDD
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	25	5	8	12	24	33	4	5	4	17	15	1	3	8	7	18	-9	18	LDDDDD
	21	Swindon Town	25	5	6	14	22	39	5	4	3	15	12	0	2	11	7	27	-17	16	DLDLLW
	22	Crystal Palace	26	3	9	14	20	41	2	5	6	14	19	1	4	8	6	22	-21	15	DDLLWD

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player

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	Middlesbrough	26	16	9	1	38	15	11	2	1	23	6	5	7	0	15	9	23	41	WDWWDW		3-0
	2	Leyton Orient	27	13	10	4	44	25	8	3	3	21	10	5	7	1	23	15	19	36	DWWWDW		2-1
	3	Luton Town	26	12	8	6	37	32	8	4	1	26	14	4	4	5	11	18	5	32	LDWLDD		2-2
	4	Carlisle United	26	12	7	7	39	30	7	4	2	24	12	5	3	5	15	18	9	31	DWWWDD		2-2
	5	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	9	7	33	26	7	5	2	19	11	4	4	5	14	15	7	31	DWWLWD		1-1
	6	Blackpool	27	10	10	7	36	27	6	4	3	19	9	4	6	4	17	18	9	30	WDDDDD		1-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	26	9	11	6	35	25	7	3	2	23	11	2	8	4	12	14	10	29	WWDDLD		2-2
	8	Notts County	24	10	7	7	37	36	5	4	4	20	22	5	3	3	17	14	1	27	LWDLLW
	9	Hull City	27	7	13	7	27	28	6	7	0	16	5	1	6	7	11	23	-1	27	DDLDDD		1-1
	10	Portsmouth	25	10	6	9	31	38	7	3	3	18	11	3	3	6	13	27	-7	26	WDLWDL		0-3
1	11	Aston Villa	26	7	11	8	26	25	5	7	0	20	9	2	4	8	6	16	1	25	DLLDDD		0-0
1	12	Sunderland	26	8	8	10	31	27	4	6	2	16	8	4	2	8	15	19	4	24	DLLLDL		1-2
2	13	Cardiff City	27	7	10	10	31	37	5	5	4	18	12	2	5	6	13	25	-6	24	DWWLWD		2-2
1	14	Bristol City	26	9	6	11	25	30	5	4	4	14	12	4	2	7	11	18	-5	24	WDLLLD
1	15	Fulham	25	8	8	9	20	24	6	3	3	11	8	2	5	6	9	16	-4	24	DWWDLL
	16	Preston North End	27	7	11	9	29	37	6	6	2	20	14	1	5	7	9	23	-8	24*	LLWLDD		0-0
	17	Millwall	25	7	8	10	30	31	5	3	5	18	13	2	5	5	12	18	-1	22	WDDDDD
1	18	Oxford United	26	6	10	10	26	32	5	6	2	20	13	1	4	8	6	19	-6	22	LWWDDD		1-1
1	19	Bolton Wanderers	25	8	5	12	23	26	7	2	3	17	9	1	3	9	6	17	-3	21	WLDWDD
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	26	6	8	12	26	34	5	5	4	19	16	1	3	8	7	18	-8	20	DDDDDW		2-1
	21	Swindon Town	26	5	6	15	23	41	5	4	3	15	12	0	2	12	8	29	-18	16	LDLLWL		1-2
	22	Crystal Palace	26	3	9	14	20	41	2	5	6	14	19	1	4	8	6	22	-21	15	DDLLWD

*Preston North End deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player