The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 31, 1976 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 31, 1976 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 31 January 1976

Season:: 1975-76
Referee:: T Bune
Attendance:: 8,503
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Corby Town (Friendly)
League:: Blackpool
Luton Town:: Sep 04, 1976

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2898 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1441 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 3214 (of 5829)
Total:: 4510 (of 7634)
Played:: 50 years, 7 months, 17 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: LLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Terry Curran (67')

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

Goal Scorers
Ron Futcher (71')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	19	Peter Wells
2	M	27	Liam O'Kane
3	D	32	Frank Clark
4	M	26	John McGovern
5	F	29	Sammy Chapman
6	M	24	Ian Bowyer
7	M	20	Terry Curran (67')
8	M	23	Martin O'Neill
9	F	29	John O'Hare
10	F	26	Barry Butlin
11	F	23	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	21	Jimmy McCann

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Barber
2	D	John Ryan
3	D	Buckley
4	D	Chambers
5	D	Faulkner
6	M	P Futcher
7	M	Husband
8	M	King
9	M	Ron Futcher
10	F	West
11	F	Aston
Subs
12		Jim Ryan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 31, 1976)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool	2-2	Hull City
Bristol Rovers	2-0	Portsmouth
Carlisle United	2-2	Fulham
Charlton Athletic	3-2	York City
Chelsea	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	3-2	Oldham Athletic

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	Sunderland	26	16	4	6	41	22	13	1	0	32	7	3	3	6	9	15	19	36	WLWLDW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	26	14	8	4	44	24	8	3	1	25	8	6	5	3	19	16	20	36	WWLWDW
	3	Bristol City	27	13	9	5	43	23	8	4	1	25	7	5	5	4	18	16	20	35	LDWDWD
	4	Notts County	26	13	6	7	36	23	8	4	1	22	5	5	2	6	14	18	13	32	LWLWWW
	5	Southampton	25	13	4	8	44	30	11	1	1	31	8	2	3	7	13	22	14	30	WWWWDD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	10	6	25	24	4	7	1	12	8	6	3	5	13	16	1	30	LLWDDW
	7	Oldham Athletic	26	12	6	8	38	38	10	3	1	25	14	2	3	7	13	24	0	30	WLWLWW
	8	Luton Town	26	12	5	9	37	29	8	3	2	23	11	4	2	7	14	18	8	29	WWWWWL
	9	Bristol Rovers	26	8	11	7	26	26	5	5	3	14	11	3	6	4	12	15	0	27	DWLLWL
	10	Fulham	25	9	8	8	31	27	5	5	3	19	11	4	3	5	12	16	4	26	LDWLLD
	11	Plymouth Argyle	27	9	7	11	33	34	9	3	2	25	12	0	4	9	8	22	-1	25	WDWWLD
	12	Leyton Orient	25	8	9	8	22	23	7	4	2	14	7	1	5	6	8	16	-1	25	LDWDLW
	13	Chelsea	26	9	7	10	32	35	5	4	3	16	12	4	3	7	16	23	-3	25	LWLLLW
	14	Blackpool	26	9	7	10	24	29	5	5	3	15	16	4	2	7	9	13	-5	25	WDLDWL
	15	Nottingham Forest	26	8	7	11	28	27	5	1	7	15	14	3	6	4	13	13	1	23	LLLWLL
	16	Charlton Athletic	25	9	5	11	32	41	6	1	4	20	16	3	4	7	12	25	-9	23	WLLWLW
	17	Carlisle United	26	8	7	11	23	32	6	4	3	15	12	2	3	8	8	20	-9	23	WDWWLL
	18	Hull City	26	9	4	13	27	33	6	3	5	18	14	3	1	8	9	19	-6	22	LLLLWL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	26	5	11	10	23	30	3	6	5	13	15	2	5	5	10	15	-7	21	LDLLLD
	20	Oxford United	26	5	8	13	25	37	3	4	6	13	17	2	4	7	12	20	-12	18	LDLLDD
	21	York City	26	5	5	16	19	44	4	1	7	13	20	1	4	9	6	24	-25	15	DWWDLL
	22	Portsmouth	26	4	6	16	17	39	1	5	7	6	14	3	1	9	11	25	-22	14	WLWLWL

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	Sunderland	26	16	4	6	41	22	13	1	0	32	7	3	3	6	9	15	19	36	WLWLDW
	2	Bolton Wanderers	26	14	8	4	44	24	8	3	1	25	8	6	5	3	19	16	20	36	WWLWDW
	3	Bristol City	27	13	9	5	43	23	8	4	1	25	7	5	5	4	18	16	20	35	LDWDWD
	4	Notts County	26	13	6	7	36	23	8	4	1	22	5	5	2	6	14	18	13	32	LWLWWW
	5	Southampton	26	14	4	8	47	32	12	1	1	34	10	2	3	7	13	22	15	32	WWWDDW		3-2
	6	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	10	6	27	25	4	7	1	12	8	7	3	5	15	17	2	32	LWDDWW		2-1
1	7	Luton Town	27	12	6	9	38	30	8	4	2	24	12	4	2	7	14	18	8	30	WWWWLD		1-1
1	8	Oldham Athletic	27	12	6	9	40	41	10	3	1	25	14	2	3	8	15	27	-1	30	LWLWWL		2-3
	9	Bristol Rovers	27	9	11	7	28	26	6	5	3	16	11	3	6	4	12	15	2	29	WLLWLW		2-0
	10	Fulham	26	9	9	8	33	29	5	5	3	19	11	4	4	5	14	18	4	27	DWLLDD		2-2
3	11	Blackpool	27	9	8	10	26	31	5	6	3	17	18	4	2	7	9	13	-5	26	DLDWLD		2-2
	12	Leyton Orient	25	8	9	8	22	23	7	4	2	14	7	1	5	6	8	16	-1	25	LDWDLW
2	13	Plymouth Argyle	28	9	7	12	34	37	9	3	2	25	12	0	4	10	9	25	-3	25	DWWLDL		1-3
1	14	Chelsea	27	9	7	11	33	37	5	4	4	17	14	4	3	7	16	23	-4	25	WLLLWL		1-2
1	15	Charlton Athletic	26	10	5	11	35	43	7	1	4	23	18	3	4	7	12	25	-8	25	LLWLWW		3-2
1	16	Nottingham Forest	27	8	8	11	29	28	5	1	7	15	14	3	7	4	14	14	1	24	LLWLLD		1-1
	17	Carlisle United	27	8	8	11	25	34	6	5	3	17	14	2	3	8	8	20	-9	24	DWWLLD		2-2
1	18	Blackburn Rovers	27	6	11	10	26	31	4	6	5	16	16	2	5	5	10	15	-5	23	DLLLDW		3-1
1	19	Hull City	27	9	5	13	29	35	6	3	5	18	14	3	2	8	11	21	-6	23	LLLWLD		2-2
	20	Oxford United	26	5	8	13	25	37	3	4	6	13	17	2	4	7	12	20	-12	18	LDLLDD
	21	York City	27	5	5	17	21	47	4	1	7	13	20	1	4	10	8	27	-26	15	WWDLLL		2-3
	22	Portsmouth	27	4	6	17	17	41	1	5	7	6	14	3	1	10	11	27	-24	14	LWLWLL		0-2