The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 2 - 3 FOREST - Mon Jan 02, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Jan 02, 1984 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 3-1

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: David Axcell
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 12,126
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 6 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (FA Cup)
League:: Norwich City
Luton Town:: Sep 16, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3230 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 1643 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 3655 (of 5768)
Total:: 5074 (of 7556)
Played:: 41 years, 6 months, 7 days ago

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

Goals
Garry Birtles (37')
Steve Hodge (39')
Peter Davenport (43')

LUTON TOWN
Manager: David Pleat
Prior form: LWWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Paul Walsh (2')
Emeka Nwajiobi (63')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	27	Viv Anderson
3	D	31	Kenny Swain
4	M	19	Chris Fairclough
5	D	30	Paul Hart
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	F	22	Steve Wigley
8	M	21	Steve Hodge (39')
9	F	27	Garry Birtles (37')
10	F	22	Peter Davenport (43') off for Ian Wallace
11	M	21	Colin Walsh
Subs
12	F	27	Ian Wallace on for Peter Davenport

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Les Sealey
2	D	Paul Elliott
3	D	Mal Donaghy
4	D	Mitchell Thomas
5	D	Kirk Stephens
6	M	Paul Walsh
7	M	Brian Horton
8	M	Ricky Hill
9	M	Frank Bunn
10	F	Brian Stein
11	F	Emeka Nwajiobi
Subs
12		Radomir Antic

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Jan 02, 1984)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-2	Everton
Coventry City	2-1	Sunderland
Liverpool	1-1	Manchester United
Luton Town	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Norwich City	1-1	Arsenal
Notts County	2-2	West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southampton	2-2	Aston Villa
Stoke City	0-1	Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	Watford
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Ipswich Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST 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	Liverpool	21	13	5	3	36	16	7	2	1	22	5	6	3	2	14	11	20	44	WLWWDW
	2	Manchester United	21	12	5	4	39	23	8	1	3	26	12	4	4	1	13	11	16	41	LWWDDW
	3	West Ham United	21	12	3	6	35	19	7	2	2	26	11	5	1	4	9	8	16	39	LWLLWW
	4	Southampton	21	11	5	5	24	16	8	1	1	15	6	3	4	4	9	10	8	38	WDWWWD
	5	Nottingham Forest	21	11	3	7	38	27	8	2	2	26	11	3	1	5	12	16	11	36	WLWWWL
	6	Luton Town	21	11	2	8	36	30	5	2	3	21	14	6	0	5	15	16	6	35	LWWWLL
	7	Aston Villa	21	10	5	6	33	30	9	2	1	21	12	1	3	5	12	18	3	35	WDWLDW
	8	Coventry City	21	9	7	5	29	24	4	3	2	13	8	5	4	3	16	16	5	34	WWDDLD
	9	Queens Park Rangers	20	10	2	8	31	20	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	6	18	15	11	32	LWWWLL
	10	Norwich City	22	8	7	7	26	25	5	3	3	16	12	3	4	4	10	13	1	31	WWDLDL
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	6	7	33	35	3	3	3	12	14	5	3	4	21	21	-2	30	LDLLDL
	12	Sunderland	21	8	6	7	24	27	5	4	3	17	11	3	2	4	7	16	-3	30	DLDDWW
	13	Arsenal	21	9	2	10	37	31	5	2	5	20	16	4	0	5	17	15	6	29	LLWWDD
	14	Ipswich Town	21	8	5	8	31	27	6	2	3	20	11	2	3	5	11	16	4	29	DLLWDW
	15	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	3	11	23	33	4	1	4	11	10	3	2	7	12	23	-10	24	WLLLLD
	16	Everton	21	6	6	9	11	23	3	5	3	5	6	3	1	6	6	17	-12	24	WDLDLD
	17	Watford	21	6	4	11	33	38	4	3	4	21	21	2	1	7	12	17	-5	22	WWLWLW
	18	Leicester City	22	5	7	10	31	40	5	3	3	18	17	0	4	7	13	23	-9	22	LWDWDD
	19	Birmingham City	21	5	4	12	17	26	4	0	5	8	8	1	4	7	9	18	-9	19	LLLLDL
	20	Notts County	21	5	3	13	27	40	3	2	4	15	16	2	1	9	12	24	-13	18	LWLLDL
	21	Stoke City	20	3	7	10	20	34	3	2	4	13	16	0	5	6	7	18	-14	16	DLLDWL
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	3	5	13	18	48	2	5	5	11	20	1	0	8	7	28	-30	14	LLDLWW

Table after:

	FIRST 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	Liverpool	22	13	6	3	37	17	7	3	1	23	6	6	3	2	14	11	20	45	LWWDWD		1-1
	2	Manchester United	22	12	6	4	40	24	8	1	3	26	12	4	5	1	14	12	16	42	WWDDWD		1-1
	3	West Ham United	22	12	4	6	37	21	7	2	2	26	11	5	2	4	11	10	16	40	WLLWWD		2-2
1	4	Nottingham Forest	22	12	3	7	41	29	8	2	2	26	11	4	1	5	15	18	12	39	LWWWLW		3-2
1	5	Southampton	22	11	6	5	26	18	8	2	1	17	8	3	4	4	9	10	8	39	DWWWDD		2-2
2	6	Coventry City	22	10	7	5	31	25	5	3	2	15	9	5	4	3	16	16	6	37	WDDLDW		2-1
	7	Aston Villa	22	10	6	6	35	32	9	2	1	21	12	1	4	5	14	20	3	36	DWLDWD		2-2
1	8	Queens Park Rangers	21	11	2	8	33	21	7	1	2	15	6	4	1	6	18	15	12	35	WWWLLW		2-1
3	9	Luton Town	22	11	2	9	38	33	5	2	4	23	17	6	0	5	15	16	5	35	WWWLLL		2-3
	10	Norwich City	23	8	8	7	27	26	5	4	3	17	13	3	4	4	10	13	1	32	WDLDLD		1-1
2	11	Arsenal	22	9	3	10	38	32	5	2	5	20	16	4	1	5	18	16	6	30	LWWDDD		1-1
1	12	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	6	8	35	38	3	3	4	14	17	5	3	4	21	21	-3	30	DLLDLL		2-3
1	13	Sunderland	22	8	6	8	25	29	5	4	3	17	11	3	2	5	8	18	-4	30	LDDWWL		1-2
	14	Ipswich Town	22	8	5	9	32	29	6	2	3	20	11	2	3	6	12	18	3	29	LLWDWL		1-2
	15	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	3	11	25	34	5	1	4	13	11	3	2	7	12	23	-9	27	LLLLDW		2-1
	16	Everton	22	7	6	9	13	23	3	5	3	5	6	4	1	6	8	17	-10	27	DLDLDW		2-0
	17	Watford	22	7	4	11	36	40	4	3	4	21	21	3	1	7	15	19	-4	25	WLWLWW		3-2
	18	Leicester City	23	6	7	10	32	40	5	3	3	18	17	1	4	7	14	23	-8	25	WDWDDW		1-0
	19	Birmingham City	22	5	4	13	17	28	4	0	6	8	10	1	4	7	9	18	-11	19	LLLDLL		0-2
	20	Notts County	22	5	4	13	29	42	3	3	4	17	18	2	1	9	12	24	-13	19	WLLDLD		2-2
	21	Stoke City	21	3	7	11	20	35	3	2	5	13	17	0	5	6	7	18	-15	16	LLDWLL		0-1
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	3	5	14	19	50	2	5	5	11	20	1	0	9	8	30	-31	14	LDLWWL		1-2

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