Luton Town v Spurs Match Reports

While Luton looked more likely to score in this goal-less draw, their lack of fire-power up front allowed Spurs to labour to an away point.  The Tottenham fans were not impressed and chanted “Shreeves Out” to express their unhappiness with the situation the team finds themselves in.

There were few moments of excitement int he game, with Erik Thorstvedt having to be quick out to deny Brian Stein and Ceri Hughes, while Gordon Durie struck the bar with a shot and then only had Mervyn Day to beat near the end, but out his shot wide of the goal.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Mervyn Day, John Dreyer, Trevor Peake, Julian James, Jamie Campbell, Mark Pembridge, Ceri Hughes, David Preece, Chris Kamara, Mick Harford, Brian Stein
Manager : – David Pleat.
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Terry Fenwick, Steve Sedgley, Gary Mabbutt, Justin Edinburgh, Paul Allen, Andy Gray, David Howells, Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie, Paul Walsh (Gudni Bergsson)
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Ref. : – Bob Hamer (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  11,494

With Luton Town leading 1-0 at White Hart Lane with almost an hour gone, the lights went out on both the match and on the Hatters’ hopes of winning against Spurs.  Gary Mabbutt had led the Spurs side into the dressing room, but as they were dark too, the team came back out onto the pitch and after the 16 minute delay, they perked up to win comfortably.

Thanks to Spurs keeper Erik Thorstvedt’s sharpness at the start of the match, Spurs held out as he made a save at the feet of Mick Harford and then kept out Paul Telfer, who had picked off Pat van den Hauwe’s back-pass.  Harford wasted a 20th minute opening when Scott Oakes and Mark Pembridge provided the chance that he could only screw wide.  Luton eventually took the lead two minutes before half-time through Harford, who was provided with the chance to beat Thorstvedt, after Brian Stein latched onto Gudni Bergsson’s poor back-pass and that turned out to be the highpoint of the Bedfordshire club’s afternoon.

Seven minutes after the lights were turned back on, 20 year old substitute Scott Houghton was on the end of Paul Walsh’s run and cross to score his first League goal for the club, netting at the second attempt after Alec Chamberlain had stopped his first effort.  Ironically, Houghton had been signed by Luton manager David Pleat when he was the Tottenham boss.  It was another cross, this time from Vinny Samways two minutes later, that gave Gary Lineker the opportunity to knock the ball home to give Spurs the lead.

With 15 minutes left, Scott Houghton embarrassed goalkeeper Chamberlain by beating him at his near post with a shot from out on the right wing 35 yards from goal.  Lineker wrapped up a dark and miserable afternoon for the Hatters with a goal seven minutes from time.

With Spurs struggling before the floodlight failure, someone in the crowd jokes, “That’s the first time bad play has stopped light !”

Teams :
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Gudni Bergsson, Steve Sedgley, Pat van den Hauwe, Gary Mabbutt, Justin Edinburgh, Paul Allen (Nayim 58), David Howells (Scott Houghton 58), Vinny Samways, Gary Lineker, Paul Walsh
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Luton Town –  Alec Chamberlain, John Dreyer, Richard Harvey, Desmond Linton (Kurt Nogan 80), Trevor Peake, Chris Kamara, Mark Pembridge, Paul Telfer, Mick Harford, Scott Oakes, Brian Stein.
Manager : – David Pleat.
Ref. : – David Frampton (Poole)
Linesmen : –  Mr. C. J. Henderson (Surrey); Mr. K. A. Leach (West Midlands)
Fourth Official : – Mr. L. S. Balbes (Middlesex)
Attendance : –   27,543

Some rash play by Marvin Johnson earned him two quick yellow cards to leave Luton Town to play out the last 18 minutes with ten men, but Tottenham were unable to take advantage and leave Kenilworth Road with a single point from a 0-0 draw.  Sean Farrell was lucky only to receive a yellow card when Luton were denied a penalty and he pursued the referee and pushed him.

Luton had a few chances, but were unable to take them, including John Dreyer hitting the bar from the penalty spot after a soft tackle by Vinny Samways was ruled to have fouled Mark Pembridge.  Efforts from Kingsley Black, Pembridge and Sean Farrell all went wide.  However, a foul on Nayim in the 69th minute brought Johnson his first yellow card and three minutes later a deliberate handball saw him dismissed by the referee, who had been a late replacement.

Teams :
Luton Town – Alec Chamberlain, John Dreyer, Richard Harvey, Marvin Johnson      72, Graham Rodger  , Kingsley Black, Mark Pembridge, David Preece, Jason Rees (Dave Beaumont 73), Lars Elstrup (Kurt Nogan 46), Sean Farrell  .
Manager : – Jimmy Ryan
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Mitchell Thomas, Pat van den Hauwe, David Tuttle, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Allen, John Moncur  , Vinny Samways  , Nayim, Paul Stewart, Paul Walsh
Manager : – Terry Venables
Ref. : – Roger Wiseman (Borehamwood)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  11,322

Ian Dowie had given the Hatters a 12th minute lead at White Hart Lane when he shot past Erik Thorstvedt to finish Kingsley Black’s left wing cross at the far post before all hell broke out.  Firstly Nayim was sent off for a second bookable offence when not retreating 10 yards at a free kick with half an hour gone, then Pat van den Hauwe was dismissed eight minutes later.

The dire situation that Tottenham found themselves in produced changes in roles for some players as Terry Venables re-organised the side and it became a defining moment in Paul Stewart’s Spurs career.  Moving back into midfield he grabbed a goal between the sending offs, heading home Paul Gascoigne’s cross from the left from close range and, when Luton had been reduced to ten men with Ceri Hughes getting a red card with an hour gone for a foul on Gary Lineker, the Spurs striker popped up to get his second of the game to send Tottenham on their way to an unlikely win.  This time it was an untidy goal, as he won Gascoigne’s right wing corner and headed it down but it was blocked before he forced the ball over the line.

Teams :
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Mitchell Thomas, Pat van den Hauwe    38, Gary Mabbutt, Steve Sedgley, David Howells, Paul Stewart, Paul Gascoigne, Nayim    30, Gary Lineker (Vinny Samways 75), Paul Walsh (Paul Allen 68)
Manager : – Terry Venables.
Luton Town –  Alec Chamberlain, Marvin Johnson, Richard Harvey, Steve Williams, Darren McDonough (Dave Beaumont 84), John Dreyer, Lars Elstrup (Sean Farrell 63), David Preece, Iain Dowie, Ceri Hughes    60, Kingsley Black.
Ref. : – David Elleray (Harrow)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  27,007

A flu virus hit the Tottenham squad ahead of their visit to Luton Town, but that did not stop Spurs dominating the game.

Hatters keeper Alec Chamberlain made good saves from Paul Stewart, David Howells and former Luton player Paul Walsh, but he reserved his best – a fine reflex save to keep out Gary Lineker’s acrobatic shot after 25 minutes.  Without much threat from the home team, Tottenham’s inability to find a way past Chamberlain left the game goal-less.

Teams :
Luton Town – Alec Chamberlain, Tim Breacker, John Dreyer, Richard Harvey, Marvin Johnson, Kingsley Black (Lars Elstrup), Mick Kennedy, Steve Williams, Danny Wilson (David Preece), Ian Dowie, Roy Wegerle
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Gudni Bergsson, Steve Sedgley, Mitchell Thomas, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Allen, Paul Gascoigne, David Howells, Vinny Samways, Paul Stewart, Gary Lineker (Paul Walsh)
Manager : – Terry Venables.
Ref. : – Dennis Hedges (Oxford)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  12,620

Spurs edged a home win against Luton Town thanks to a late Paul Allen goal that earned the First Division points in this match.

Paul Stewart had headed Tottenham into a 29th minute lead when he met Paul Gascoigne’s right wing free-kick, but Luton equalised straight from the kick off when Roy Wegerle.  A ball was knocked up into the air and when it came down Wegerle struck a powerful volley from just inside the box past Thorstvedt within 15 seconds of the half kicking off.

With ten minutes left a long throw came in from the left flank in front of an empty East Stand and Stewart headed it on, causing a melee at the far post, but Paul Allen managed to hook the ball home laying on the ground to score the winning goal.

At one point in the second half, Steve Williams had to be helped off as he was choking when the old Gooner swallowed a fly !

Teams :
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Gudni Bergsson, Terry Fenwick, Guy Butters, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Allen, Paul Gascoigne (Paul Walsh 69), David Howells, Vinny Samways (Steve Sedgley 69), Paul Stewart, Gary Lineker
Manager : – Terry Venables.
Luton Town –  Alec Chamberlain, Dave Beaumont, Tim Breacker, John Dreyer, Kingsley Black, Mick Kennedy, Darron McDonough, David Preece (Richard Harvey 74), Steve Williams (Ian Dowie 69), Danny Wilson, Roy Wegerle.
Manager : – Ray Harford.
Ref. : – Terry Holbrook (West Midlands)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  17,668

Match Sponsors : –  Directa UK and Enfield & St. Albans Co-Op.
Tottenham attacked the Paxton Road end in the first half.

Luton Town took the lead through Steve Foster when he headed David Preece’s left wing corner down low past Erik Thorstvedt in the 42nd minute, but Spurs hit back to beat them 3-1 at Kenilworth Road with Paul Walsh, David Howells and Paul Gascoigne scoring to take the three points back to North London after a good Tuesday night visit to Bedfordshire.

Howells equalised in the second half when a short throw-in saw Waddle lift the ball to the edge of the box from 30 yards out on the right and the Spurs midfielder challenged for the ball in the 55th minute and beat two Luton players to it as it dropped to prod a volley past Sealey, who had left a lot of the goal open to his right, which is where Howells put his shot.

A left wing corner was cleared out to Gary Mabbutt, whose shot from just outside the box rebounded back across goal from hitting the keeper’s left hand post, but Paul Walsh was alert to fire it into the net from ten yards out after 82 minutes.  A Luton attack was broken up by Spurs on the edge of their box and the ball was fed up to Paul Gascoigne midway inside his own half.  He ran forward, with no Luton player coming to challenge him, before switching the ball from left foot to right foot to glide between the two players who tried to stop him and as Sealey came out, the ball was passed inside the post to the keeper’s left to make it 3-1 in the final minute.  The Spurs fans who had defied Luton’s away fan ban were jubilant behind the goal as Chris Waddle celebrated the goal by putting his foot on Gascoigne’s chest as he lay on the pitch.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Dave Beaumont, Tim Breacker, Steve Foster  , Kingsley Black, Ashley Grimes, Ricky Hill, Darron McDonough, David Preece, Ian Dowie (Richard Cooke), Mick Harford  .
Manager : – Ray Harford.
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Terry Fenwick  , Chris Hughton, Guy Butters, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Allen, Paul Gascoigne, David Howells, Chris Waddle, Paul Stewart  , Paul Walsh
Sub. not used :
Manager : – Terry Venables.
Ref. : – David Elleray (Harrow)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   11,146

Spurs blew a great chance to win this home game against Luton Town when they were given a 19th minute penalty, but Terry Fenwick’s spot-kick was saved by Les Sealey, who got up quickly to deny Paul Stewart as he went for the rebound.  Fenwick then skied a shot over the bar from a couple of feet out.

A bout of flu reduced the options for Terry Venables forcing him to give a debut to amateur Gudni Bergsson, who had recently signed from Valur Reykjavik and mad a confident start with the club.  Paul Gascoigne received a pass from Paul Allen and took the ball around Les Sealey before rolling the ball towards goal, but Rob Johnson made a good recovery to clear it off the line. 

It wasn’t a boring 0-0, as Mimms did well to push Roy Wegerle’s shot onto the bar and then Paul Walsh was denied by a goal-line clearance by Richard Harvey.  In the second half Stewart hit the post and Allen put a header narrowly wide, while, at the other end, David Oldfield and Wegerle forced Mimms into a double save, but Tottenham’s frustration contrasted with the Hatters’ joy at earning a point.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bobby Mimms, Gudni Bergsson, Terry Fenwick, Guy Butters, Mitchell Thomas, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Allen, Paul Gascoigne (Vinny Samways 46), Chris Waddle, Paul Stewart, Paul Walsh (Paul Moran 81)
Manager : – Terry Venables
Colour : –  White shirt, Navy blue shorts, white Socks
Kit supplier : –  Hummel
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Rob Johnson, Harvey, David Preece, Steve Foster, Marvin Johnson, Danny Wilson, Roy Wegerle, Mick Harford, Ricky Hill, David Oldfield.
Unused subs : – Tim Breacker, John Dreyer.
Manager : – Ray Harford
Colours :-  All royal blue
Ref. : – Roger Wiseman (Borehamwood)
Linesmen : –  Mr. C. J. Henderson (Surrey) – Red trim; Mr. M. G. Wright (Essex) – Yellow trim
Reserve Official : – Mr. T. Flack (Herts)
Attendance : –   27,337

NOTE : –  Gudni Bergsson made his Spurs debut in this match.

Steve Hodge’s goal gave Tottenham the lead after 30 minutes after initially being denied by Andy Dibble’s save, but he reacted well to knock the ball past the keeper at the second attempt.  When Ashley Grimes exchanged passes with David Oldfield, the Northern Ireland international found the net to make it 1-1 six minutes after Hodge’s opener.  It was in the 53rd minute that Gary Mabbutt hit a superb dipping volley that beat Dibble from 25 yards to score a goal worthy of winning any game, but Luton could have levelled the score when a late chance for David Oldfield was put wide from a few feet out.

The game was played out against a background of protests about chairman Irving Scholar’s plans to do away with the Shelf at White Hart Lane.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bobby Mimms, Chris Fairclough, Terry Fenwick (Vinny Samways 46), Mitchell Thomas, Gary Mabbutt, Brian Statham, Paul Allen, Steve Hodge, Johnny Metgod, Chris Waddle, Clive Allen (Phil Gray 69)
Manager : – Terry Venables
Luton Town –  Andy Dibble, Tim Breacker, Rob Johnson, Robert Wilson, Steve Foster, Marvin Johnson, Emeka Nwajiobi, David Oldfield, Ian Allinson, Ashley Grimes, David Preece (Gary Cobb 71).
Sub. not used :
Manager : – Ray Harford
Ref. : – Alan Seville (West Midlands)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  15,437

NOTE : –  Johnny Metgod, Clive Allen and Steve Hodge all made their last appearances for Tottenham in this match.

Two Ian Allinson goals – one in each half – condemned Tottenham to defeat by Luton Town.

Rob Johnson cleared a Spurs corner and Allinson chased after the ball, getting to it before Tony Parks on the edge of the penalty area and lobbing the ball over the keeper to open the scoring in the 37th minute.  In a game dominated by defences, it was the only two moments Luton looked like scoring … and did.  Johnson was involved again, as he swung in a cross for Nwajiobi to flick the ball on to Allinson, whose low left-footed drive beat Tony Parks from 12 yards out.  The only other incident of note came when Steve Hodge blocked a powerful header from Steve Foster on the line.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Mal Donaghy, Steve Foster, Tim Breacker, Robert Johnson, Ashley Grimes, Darron McDonough, Mark Stein, Brian Stein, Ian Allinson, Emeka Nwajiobi.
Subs not used : –  Richard Harvey, Weir
Manager : – Ray Harford
Spurs –  Tony Parks, Chris Fairclough, Chris Hughton, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Stevens (Mitchell Thomas 84), Paul Allen, Ossie Ardiles, Steve Hodge, David Howells, Vinny Samways, Clive Allen (Shaun Close 60)
Manager : – Terry Venables
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  10,091

Snow and a plastic pitch failed to make the perfect mix for Tottenham as they lost 1-3 at Kenilworth Road.  Mick Harford’s first half goal gave Luton Town a 1-0 lead at Kenilworth Road, before the lead was extended in the second period by Mike Newell and Darron McDonough before Chris Waddle pulled a late goal back for Spurs.

Ray Clemence was called on regularly during the first half to keep Luton out, but he could do nothing to stop Harford’s opener, half-volleyed in from Ricky Hill’s cross in the fifth minute.  Amidst hailstones falling out of the grey Bedfordshire sky, Mitchell Thomas annoyed his former fans by heading the ball off the line in each half, but when Hill and Brian Stein linked up to put Mike Newell into the left side of the penalty box, his left foot struck the ball low past Ray Clemence with 54 minutes gone. 

The introduction of Ossie Ardiles prompted some better Spurs play and when Chris Waddle went on a run through the Luton defence, Les Sealey came out to meet him, but the Tottenham winger stumbled past his attempted block (which earned the keeper a booking) and stroked the ball into an empty net to make it 1-2 in the 62nd minute.  The game was put out of Tottenham’s reach when Hill went on a good run down the line and crossed for Darron McDonough to head in at the far post with four minutes left.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Les Sealey  , Mal Donaghy, Tim Breacker, Stacey North, Ashley Grimes, Ricky Hill, Peter Nicholas  , Darron McDonough, Mike Newell, Mick Harford  , Brian Stein.
Unused sub. : – Mark Stein
Manager : –  John Moore
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Richard Gough  , Mitchell Thomas, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Stevens, Paul Allen, Nico Claesen, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Hodge (Ossie Ardiles 57), Chris Waddle, Clive Allen
Subs not used :
Manager : – David Pleat
Ref. : –  David Elleray (Harrow)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –  13,447

Luton upped their game on the visit to White Hart Lane to meet Spurs, now managed by their former boss David Pleat.  Only a wonder save on the hour by Ray Clemence from Mike Newell preserved the clean sheet to earn a draw.

Both teams were missing forwards, with Clive Allen injured, while Luton’s Brian Stein was suspended and Mick Harford had poisoned blood.  However, Nicholas, Preece and North went close before Ray Clemence pushed Brian Stein’s effort over the top.  Danny Thomas did well to head a cross away, just over his own bar and Les Sealey had to tip over a 25 yard Glenn Hoddle drive just before half-time. 

Clemence’s save down at his post to prevent Newell scoring was followed up with a late stop to deny Ricky Hill. 

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Richard Gough, Graham Roberts  , Mitchell Thomas, Danny Thomas, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Allen (Ossie Ardiles 62), Tony Galvin, Glenn Hoddle, David Howells, Chris Waddle
Sub. not used :
Manager : – David Pleat
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Robert Johnson, Ashley Grimes, Peter Nicholas, Steve Foster, Mal Donaghy, Ricky Hill, Mark Stein, Mike Newell, Mark North, David Preece.
Sub. not used :  Danny Wilson
Manager : –  John Moore
Ref. : – Alan Seville (West Midlands)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –    22,738

The artificial pitch at Luton held no worries for a slick passing Tottenham team, who took a 19th minute lead through Clive Allen who struck a 25 yard shot that beat Les Sealey all ends up after Ray Clemence’s clearance upfield had confounded the Hatter defence.  However, they were denied all the points when Mike Newell managed to notch an equaliser in the final minute of the match.

Steve Foster headed one chance wide and had another saved before Stein followed him by missing and Mick Harford was through on goal but his poor shot made it a straightforward save for Ray Clemence.  Three minutes into the second half, Harford headed against the post and as Mike Newell reacted to shoot the loose ball at goal, Clemence spread himself to block the effort.  With a minute remaining, Peter Nicholas put Rob Johnson down the line in space and his cross was met with a diving header by Newell to earn Luton a point at the death.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Richard Johnson, Mitchell Thomas, Peter Nicholas, Steve Foster, Mal Donaghy, Ricky Hill, Brien Stein, Mick Harford, Mike Newell, David Preece
Subs not used :  Tim Breacker
Manager : – David Pleat
Spurs –   Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Miller, Gary Stevens, Paul Allen, Tony Galvin, Clive Allen, Mark Falco, Chris Waddle, John Chiedozie
Subs not used :  Mark Bowen
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Ref. : – Robert Hamer (Bristol)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   13,141

Richard Cooke was the sole Tottenham scorer in a 1-3 defeat at home to Luton Town.  Brian Stein, Mick Harford and Ricky Hill all scored to give Luton their biggest win at White Hart Lane.

Harford had given the Hatters a first half lead and then Brian Stein made it 2-0 in the 18th minute of the second half.  Richard Cooke got a Spurs goal when he seized on Mark Falco’s header on from Chris Waddle’s cross to give us the opportunity to claw something back, but with just over a minute left, Ricky Hill drilled a right foot shot past Ray Clemence to make it 3-1. 

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Gary Mabbutt, Graham Roberts, Steve Perryman, Gary Stevens, Ian Crook (Richard Cooke), Glenn Hoddle, Chris Waddle, Mark Falco, David Leworthy.
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Tim Breacker, Mitchell Thomas, Peter Nicholas, Steve Foster, Mal Donaghy, Ricky Hill, Brian Stein, Mick Harford, Emeka Nwajiobi, David Preece
Sub. not used :   Paul Elliott
Manager : – David Pleat
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   19,163

Teams :
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Tim Breacker, Mal Donaghy, Steve Foster, Mitchell Thomas, Ricky Hill, Peter Nicholas, David Preece (Ray Daniel), Mick Harford, Emeka Nwajiobi, Brian Stein
Manager : – David Pleat
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Gary Mabbutt, Graham Roberts, Steve Perryman, Gary Stevens, Tony Galvin, Glenn Hoddle, Garth Crooks, Mark Falco, John Chiedozie (Micky Hazard)
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   17,511

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, Graham Roberts, Steve Perryman, Gary Stevens, Tony Galvin, Micky Hazard, Garth Crooks, Mark Falco, John Chiedozie
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Luton Town –  Andy Dibble, Mal Donaghy, Paul Elliott, Mitchell Thomas, Ashley Grimes, Vince Hilaire, Ricky Hill, Wayne Turner, Frank Bunn (Garry Parker), David Moss, Brian Stein
Manager : – David Pleat
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   30,204

Teams :
Spurs –  Tony Parks, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, Graham Roberts, Steve Perryman, Gary Mabbutt, Danny Thomas, Tony Galvin (Gary Stevens), Micky Hazard, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Mal Donaghy, Paul Elliott, Kirk Stephens, Mitchell Thomas, Brian Horton, Garry Parker, Trevor Aylott (Radi Antic), Frank Bunn, David Moss, Brian Stein
Manager : –  David Pleat
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   25,390

A fiercely fought, entertaining game saw Spurs emerge from Kenilworth Road with a 4-2 win over Luton Town.

Tottenham drafted in Richard Cooke for his debut to replace the injured Tony Galvin and it was the winger that opened the scoring, driving the ball in from Steve Perryman’s pass in the 32nd minute after an attack that saw a number of shots blocked by the home defence.  Spurs had already spurned a golden chance to lead, when awarded a penalty kick that Glenn Hoddle struck the foot of the post with and at the other end Ray Clemence was sharp to produce a save to keep out Brian’ Stein’s effort from the spot in the 55th minute.

The advantage was extended when Steve Archibald scored, but Stein then reduced the lead, scoring a spectacular goal in the 63rd minute, only to see Archibald pick out a shot that beat the keeper all ends up.  In a game that swung one way and then the other, Paul Walsh made it 3-2 with another goal for Luton, which saw them go all out for an equaliser.  However, it was Spurs who got the next goal and it came after other chances had been missed with Falco shooting too high and Archibald being denied a hat-trick by the post.  It was Tottenham’s other skinny winger Ally Dick that settled the match, doing well to take the ball forward on a sticky pitch and then burying his shot into the net for his first league goal for the club. 

Teams :
Luton Town –  Les Sealey, Radi Antic, Mal Donaghy, Paul Elliott, Clive Goodyear, Kirk Stephens, Paul Walsh, Ricky Hill, Wayne Turner, Brian Stein, Trevor Aylott
Manager : – David Pleat
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Danny Thomas, Graham Roberts, Steve Perryman, Gary Stevens, Ally Dick, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco, Richard Cooke
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : – Mr. L. M. Robinson (Sutton Coldfield)
Linesmen : –  Mr. S. Millidge – Red flag; Mr. R. J. Pardoe – Yellow flag
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   17,275
Match Sponsor : – Wallspan Bedrooms
Match Ball Sponsor : –  Princess Packaging Ltd.

An unfortunate own goal by Gary O’Reilly in the first half handed Luton Town the lead at Kenilworth Road.

Fortunately, Spurs salvaged a point when substitute Glenn Hoddle scored within two minutes of coming on to level the score at 1-1.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Jake Findlay, Mal Donaghy, Mitchell Thomas, Clive Goodyear, Kirk Stephens, Brian Horton, Paul Walsh, Ricky Hill, Wayne Turner, Mark Watts (Billy Kellock), Frank Bunn
Manager : – David Pleat
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Gary O’Reilly, Graham Roberts, Steve Perryman, Gary Mabbutt, Ossie Ardiles, Garry Brooke, Steve Archibald, Ricky Villa, Terry Gibson (Glenn Hoddle 72)
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   21,231

Match sponsor : –  Wallspan Bedrooms
Mini-sponsors : – Cleandustrial Service Ltd (N13); Hertfordshire BTR.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Gary O’Reilly, Graham Roberts, Paul Price, Gary Mabbutt, Tony Galvin, Steve Archibald, Ricky Villa, Glenn Hoddle, Garth Crooks
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Luton Town –  Jake Findlay, Kirk Stephens, Richard Money, Brian Horton, Clive Goodyear, Mal Donaghy, Ricky Hill, Brian Stein, Paul Walsh, Wayne Turner, David Moss
Unused sub. : – Raddy Antic
Manager : – David Pleat
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   27,861

Gary Mabbutt’s diving header gave Tottenham a great start after just three minutes and Micky Hazard made it 2-0 to Spurs, but a John Lacy own goal and a Brian Stein strike wiped out the lead and gave the Hatters a share of the points.

Teams :
Spurs – Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, John Lacy, Steve Perryman (c), Gary Mabbutt, Tony Galvin, Steve Archibald, Micky Hazard, Glenn Hoddle, Garth Crooks
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Luton Town –  Jake Findlay, Kirk Stephens, Richard Money, Brian Horton, Clive Goodyear, Mal Donaghy, Ricky Hill, Brian Stein, Paul Walsh, Raddy Antic, David Moss
Manager : – David Pleat
Ref. : – – (-)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   35,195

NOTE : –  Gary Mabbutt was making his First Division debut for Spurs, with Paul Walsh was making his debut for Luton.

Spurs headed the league table and ran out big winners at Kenilworth Road in this Division Two encounter.

The game had been postponed from the previous Saturday and Luton almost took the lead when Phil Boersma shot just over the bar.  Tottenham also went close through Colin Lee who headed Steve Perryman’s cross over the top and then hit a volley wide from six yards out. 

Spurs were obviously keen to get going as two Glenn Hoddle goals put them ahead.  The midfielder’s first was a close range shot at the far post in the 32nd minute after Lil Fuccillo had cleared Peter Taylor’s shot off the line and his second, a trademark curling free-kick around the Luton defensive wall in the 58th minute quelled Luton’s charge, with Fuccillo having gone close twice.

A Don McAllister header was unstoppable for the third goal meeting John Pratt’s corner with 74 minutes on the clock and striker John Duncan netted a rasping volley four minutes later to complete the Spurs scoring before Luton grabbed a late consolation goal through Alan West whose shot from the right of the goal beat Daines with eight minutes left.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Milija Aleksic, Paul Price, David Carr, Ricky Hill, John Faulkner, Paul Futcher, Lil Fuccillo, Alan West, Ron Futcher, Graham Jones (Brian Stein 64), Phil Boersma.
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Terry Naylor, Jimmy Holmes, Glenn Hoddle, Don McAllister (Ian Moores), Steve Perryman (c), John Pratt, Neil McNab, John Duncan, Colin Lee, Peter Taylor
Ref. : – Allan Gunn (Burgess Hill, Sussex)
Linesmen : –  Mr. N. H. Benton – Red flag; Mr. D. A. Hedges – Yellow flag
Attendance : –  17,024

Luton created a fair few chances in this match at the Lane, but failed to take them, while Spurs profited from a couple of pieces of luck to take both points. 

Luton felt hard done by when John Duncan went down in the box, feeling that he had fell over, but the referee pointed to the spot and Keith Osgood put the penalty away.  Chris Jones put the result beyond doubt when he capitalised on a blocked Neil McNab shot to poke the ball across the line.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Terry Naylor, Jimmy Holmes, Glenn Hoddle, Keith Osgood, Steve Perryman (c), John Pratt, Neil McNab, John Duncan (Gerry Armstrong), Peter Taylor, Chris Jones
Luton Town –  Milija Aleksic, Paul Price, Steve Buckley, Dave Carr, John Faulkner, Paul Futcher, Jimmy Husband, Ricky Hill, Ron Futcher, Lil Fuccillo, Phil Boersma
Unused sub. : –  Graham Jones
Ref. : – Ray Lewis (Great Bookham)
Linesmen : –  Mr. . – (-); Mr. . – (-)
Fourth Official : – Mr. . – (-)
Attendance : –   32,814

Spurs needed to win this match at home to Luton Town to have a chance to staying in the First Division.

A John Duncan goal put Spurs ahead in this tense match, with a shot that beat the grounded Keith Barber in goal and found the net at the Paxton Road end.  The tension heightened when Alan West quickly scored an equaliser for the Hatters.

With relegation looming for both sides, Tottenham gained a vital two points with a late goal from Alfie Conn that sent the crowd home very happy.  Conn’s run saw him take the ball around the keeper to slot the ball into an empty net, thus securing a vital win for Tottenham with just over six minutes remaining, although Luton were adamant that the Scot had been offside.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Keith Osgood, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, John Pratt, Steve Perryman (c), Jimmy Neighbour (Martin Chivers), Alfie Conn, John Duncan, Chris Jones
Manager : – Terry Neill
Luton Town –  Keith Barber, John Ryan, Stephen Buckley, Peter Anderson, John Faulkner, Paul Futcher, Jim Ryan, Jimmy Husband, Ron Futcher (Peter Spiring), Alan West (c), John Aston
Manager : – Harry Haslam
Ref. : – Mr. Peter Willis (Meadowfield, County Durham)
Linesmen : Mr. J. Roost (Somerset) – Red flag; Mr. R. Cocup (Kent) – Yellow flag
Attendance : –   25,796

Goal Times
First goal  –  18m 31s
Second goal  –  25m 32s
Third goal  –  83m 39s

Match sponsor : –  SKF (U.K.) Ltd.

Martin Chivers and John Aston exchanged goals to earn their sides a point in a 1-1 First Division draw on the first visit to Luton Town since 1960.

Only some good keeping from Luton keeper Keith Barber and two offside decisions stopped striker John Duncan from scoring on his debut.  However, Martin Peters and Ralph Coates created a right wing cross to the far post took out the Luton keeper and defenders, leaving Martin Chivers to head home unmarked to give Spurs the lead in the 67th minute.  However, the home side were not to be denied and the Hatters pulled a late equaliser out of the bag when John Aston smashed the ball home with just three minutes left in the match.  The Hatters probably earned their point, as Jennings was busy, making several good stops and Terry Naylor cleared the ball off the line twice.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Keith Barber, Don Shanks, Steve Thomson, Brian Chambers, Steve Litt, Alan Garner, Gordon Hindson, Rodney Fern, Peter Anderson, Alan West, John Aston
Unused sub. : –
Manager : – Harry Haslam
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, Cyril Knowles, Mike England, Steve Perryman, Jimmy Neighbour (Ralph Coates), Martin Peters (c), John Pratt, Martin Chivers, John Duncan
Manager : – Terry Neill
Ref. : – Peter Reeves (Leicester)
Attendance : –   22,420

NOTE : – John Duncan makes his Tottenham debut.

Top of the table Spurs hosted bottom of the table Luton Town and dominated play, but the plucky Bedfordshire club stymied Spurs by drawing 1-1.

Cliff Jones’ 83rd minute goal, when he seized on a saved Les Allen shot cancelled out one by Joe McBride, who had found the net with an acrobatic header from Bingham’s cross on the hour, for the visitors to share the points with Luton, who almost took both when Gordon Turner shot against the post with two minutes to go.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Dave Mackay, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Danny Blanchflower, Tony Marchi, Les Allen, Bobby Smith, Cliff Jones, Tommy Harmer, John White
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Luton Town –  Ronald Baynham, Seamus Dunne, Ken Hawkes, Billy Bingham, Bob Morton, Dave Pacey, Allan Brown (c), Joe McBride, George Cummins, Gordon Turner, David Noake
Manager : –  Syd Owen
Attendance : –   39,462  

Bottom of the table Luton Town’s Irish international striker George Cummins scored the only goal of the game in the 15th minute to knock Tottenham off the top of the Division One league table.

The pitch was soft underfoot and Luton took to the conditions better than Spurs, providing a string of chances for centre-forward Dave Pacey, but he couldn’t finish any of them and at the other end, Tottenham hit the woodwork with efforts from Danny Blanchflower and Terry Medwin, while Johnny Brooks’ shot that bounced off a post for Tommy Harmer to slam the ball into the net.  However, the linesman ruled offside and the goal was wiped out.

Bill Brown stopped a number of Luton shots on goal as they racked up corner after corner in the second half, but the damage had been done when he made a poor clearance in the 15th minute allowing Cummins to power the ball past him from 20 yards.

After the match, one of the Tottenham directors said of George Cummins, “I wish we had him”, such was the strength of his performance.  

Teams :
Luton Town – Ronald Baynham, Seamus Dunne, Alan Daniel, Billy Bingham, Terry Kelly, Dave Pacey, John Groves, Allan Brown, John Kilgannon, George Cummins, Tony Gregory
Manager : – Syd Owen
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Dave Mackay, Peter Baker, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower, Tony Marchi, Johnny Brooks, Bobby Smith, Tommy Harmer, John White, Terry Medwin
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Attendance : –   22,528

Tottenham met FA Cup finalists Luton Town at White Hart Lane with both clubs in lowly First Division positions, but it was Spurs who were the far superior team, directed from midfield by the imperious Danny Blanchflower.  Only a very good performance by keeper Ron Baynham kept the score down as shot after shot rained in on his goal.

Terry Medwin’s piledriver brought a finger-tip save by the keeper who managed to get the ball over the bar.

When Bobby Smith smashed home a low left footed shot from 20 yards out in the 11th minute, it was with so much power, the keeper barely had time to react and it looked as though Spurs would go on to win the match comfortably.  A goal-line clearance in the last minute of the first half by Ken Hawkes dropped kindly to Johnny Brooks to make it 2-0, who hit the ball back past the defender as he ducked to avoid having his head taken off.

Spurs had to wait until the last minute of the game to add a third, with Terry Medwin’s header sealing the win.  The build-up had involved Harmer, Smith and Brooks, who passed between them before Brooks put in a cross to give Medwin the goal-scoring opportunity.

Luton keeper Baynham had to play the second half with his hand bandaged after an injury in the first period and the side missed centre-half Syd Owen who was side-lined long term, although his replacement Terry Kelly had a good game.  The closest they came to a scoring was a disallowed goal by Gordon Turner but the linesman’s flag was raised for offside.

Bill Nicholson’s view of the second half was, “We played well in the first half, but we should not have slackened off like that.  It wasn’t good enough.  Why all the fiddling ?  If Luton had snatched a goal before our third, the whole trend of the game could have changed.”

Teams :
Spurs –  John Hollowbread, Mel Hopkins, Maurice Norman, Peter Baker, Danny Blanchflower, Jim Iley, Terry Medwin, Bobby Smith, Cliff Jones, Johnny Brooks, Tommy Harmer
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Luton Town –  Ron Baynham, Seamus Dunne, Ken Hawkes, Billy Bingham, Terry Kelly, Bob Morton, Dave Pacey, John Groves, Allan Brown, Gordon Turner, Tony Gregory
Manager : – Syd Owen
Ref. : –  T. H, Cooper (Lancs)
Linesmen : –  R. Bryant (Clevedon); J. Hanger (Rushden)
Attendance : –   37,093

Spurs took the points on their visit to Luton thanks to a late winner from Terry Medwin.  Spurs had gone ahead in the 11th minute from a goal by striker Dave Dunmore taking advantage of hesitation in the Luton defence to slam the ball past Baynham in the Luton goal, but the home side pulled the score back level on 77 minutes, Billy Bingham netting the home goal, striking a spectacular shot.  Tottenham’s defence had been nervy throughout the match, but, with time ticking away, Medwin popped in to score the winner just five minutes from the end of the match as Seamus Dunne lost control of the ball three yards from goal. 

Teams :
Luton Town –  Ron Baynham, Seamus Dunne, Ken Hawkes, Billy Bingham, Syd Owen, Bob Morton, Dave Pacey, Allan Brown, Jimmy Adam, George Cummins, Tony Gregory
Manager : – Syd Owen
Spurs –  John Hollowbread, Mel Hopkins, Maurice Norman, Peter Baker, Danny Blanchflower, Jim Iley, Terry Medwin, Bobby Smith, Dave Dunmore, Johnny Brooks, Tommy Harmer
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Ref. : –  A. Holland (Barnsley)
Linesmen : –  Mr. D. R. Wildman (Kettering),; Mr. J. E. Cooke (Waterbeach)
Attendance : –   23,592

Neither team had their shooting boots with them and Luton and Tottenham played out a goal-less draw on a hard, bouncy Kenilworth Road pitch.

Keepers at each end made two good saves, with Ditchburn denying Jimmy Adam by somehow reaching his flashing drive and a minute later he punched Adam’s header over the bar.  Ron Baynham, Luton’s keeper, made two equally good stops from Bobby Smith.  Luton Striker Turner wasted a good opportunity, when he shot from an acute angle into the side-netting, when he had team-mates better placed.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Maurice Norman, Johnny Hills, John Ryden, Ron Henry, Danny Blanchflower, Terry Medwin, Bobby Smith, Cliff Jones, Johnny Brooks, Tommy Harmer
Manager : –  Jimmy Anderson
Luton Town – Ron Baynham, Seamus Dunne, Ken Hawkes, Syd Owen, Dave Pacey, John Groves, Jimmy Adam, Michael Cullen, Gordon Turner, Alwyn McGuffie, George McLeod
Manager : –  Dally Duncan
Ref. : –  Mr. Eric Jennings (Stourbridge)
Attendance : –   22,384

Tottenham raced into a 3-0 lead inside 21 minutes through goals from Johnny Brooks and two from Terry Medwin, the first two coming in eight minutes of the kick off.  When Owen and Pearce both failed to deal with a cross into the box, Brooks pounced on a rebound from the goalkeeper Ron Baynham to open the scoring after three minutes, with the ball going through both the keeper’s hands and legs.

Brooks and Blanchflower linked to provide Terry Medwin with the opportunity to hit a low shot across the goalie five minutes after the first goal.

Gordon Turner’s header almost pulled a goal back for Luton, heading it down, it was blocked on the goal-line, but the lineman ruled that it had not gone over it.  Ditchburn’s quick release of the ball to started the move for the third goal, which came about when a raking pass from George Robb put in Medwin to beat the keeper at his near post.  Smith had been giving the Luton centre-half Sid Owen a torrid time and a minute after the second half kicked off, forced Baynham into a fine save, with the keeper excelling himself later on to keep out a fierce shot by Brooks with one hand.

Spurs continued to pressure the Luton goal and both scorers and Robb all went close to adding to the tally.  George Cummins pulled one back for the Hatters, knocking the ball past Ditchburn from close in with four minutes left, but it was never enough to get them back into the match.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Peter Baker, Mel Hopkins, Danny Blanchflower, Maurice Norman, Johnny Ryden, Terry Medwin, Johnny Brooks, Bobby Smith, Tommy Harmer, George Robb
Manager : –  Jimmy Anderson
Luton Town –  Ron Baynham, Seamus Dunne, Les Jones, Syd Owen, Reg Pearce, Bob Morton, Jimmy Adam, Allan Brown, George Cummins, Gordon Turner, George McLeod.
Manager : –  Dally Duncan
Attendance : –  41,242

Gordon Turner’s goal for Luton was not enough to stop Duquemin, Robb and Stokes’ goals winning the match for Tottenham.

Tottenham had Danny Blanchflower and Bobby Smith missing due to injuries, but Ernie Walley and Len Duquemin stepped into their places.  Although there was a heavy playing surface, the game was played out at a fast pace, with Luton having the early chances, as Davies struck the bar and Pearce put the rebound wide of the goal.  However a tenth minute goal by George Robb from close range handed Tottenham the lead and ten minutes before half-time, Spurs went 2-0 up when Alfie Stokes put the ball into the net in a goalmouth scramble on the muddy pitch following a corner.

There was another Spurs goal before half-time, when Len Duquemin beat a defender to Ryden’s through pass a minute later to score Tottenham’s third by firing past Streten and when Baker fell in the penalty area and put his hand on the ball, Turner took advantage of the spot-kick to narrow the score-line to 3-1.  Both goalkeepers were kept busy in the scrappy second half, but there were no further goals.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Bernard Streten, Seamus Dunne, Brendan McNally, Bob Morton, Syd Owen, Wally Shanks, Reg Pearce, Gordon Turner, George McLeod, George Cummins, Roy Davies
Manager : –  Dally Duncan
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Peter Baker, Mel Hopkins, Ernie Walley, John Ryden, Tony Marchi, Terry Medwin, Tommy Harmer, Len Duquemin, Alfie Stokes, George Robb
Manager : –  Jimmy Anderson
Attendance : –   22,586
Referee : –  Mr. G. McCabe (Sheffield)

A big win for Tottenham at home against Luton Town in the First Division came with a second half full of goals.

Tottenham’s quick passing and clinical finishing put paid to the Luton Town side, who played well but lacked the goal-scoring ability of Spurs.  George Robb’s 20th minute goal gave Spurs a half-time lead at White Hart Lane after Pemberton’s error let Stokes provide the chance, but this gave no indication of what was to come.

Alfie Stokes made it 2-0 thirteen minutes after the turnaround, as he stretched to lob the ball over the keeper, then Seamus Dunne headed into his own goal instead of over the crossbar in the 50th minute.  Robb hit a second of the match for him after 66 minutes minute when a mistake by Dunne allowed him space to score and Tommy Harmer put away a penalty to make it a 5-0 rout for Spurs with a quarter of an hour left, despite complaints form the Hatters that Owen’s challenge on Bobby Smith was not a foul.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Peter Baker, Mel Hopkins, Danny Blanchflower, Harry Clarke, Tony Marchi, Terry Medwin, Tommy Harmer, Bobby Smith, Alfie Stokes, George Robb
Manager : –  Jimmy Anderson
Luton Town –  Bernard Streten, Bud Aherne, Seamus Dunne, Jim Pemberton, Syd Owen, Reg Pearce, Bob Morton, Wally Shanks, Jimmy Adam, Michael Cullen, Gordon Turner
Manager : –  Dally Duncan
Attendance : –   58,960

Christmas Eve morning was the time for Spurs to host Luton Town and earn a 2-1 win on a heavy pitch at the Lane.

Ron Baynham had made an excellent stretching save to Bobby Smith’s header and Ron Reynolds did very well to prevent Wally Shanks’ drive beating him.  Len Duquemin opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a shot that may have been a cross, but went in off the far post and Johnny Brooks scored the second of the match, five minutes before half-time when he picked off a slack pass and shot in off the post to beat Baynham. 

Luton’s short-passing game was not best suited to the conditions, but they battled well and probably had the better of the second half.  With ten minutes of the game left, they did pull a goal back through Gordon Turner, who finished Shanks’ good pass and they might have got a late equaliser when Maurice Norman deflected a low cross by Bob Morton just wide of his own goal.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ron Reynolds, Mel Hopkins, Maurice Norman, Harry Clarke, Tony Marchi, Danny Blanchflower, George Robb, Micky Dulin, Len Duquemin, Bobby Smith, Johnny Brooks
Manager : –  Jimmy Anderson
Luton Town –  Ron Baynham, Bud Aherne, Seamus Dunne, Jim Pemberton, Syd Owen, Reg Pearce, Bob Morton, Wally Shanks, Jimmy Adam, Michael Cullen, Gordon Turner
Manager : –  Dally Duncan
Ref. : – Mr. E. W. Abbott (Manningtree)
Attendance : –   41,186

NOTE : – Bobby Smith made his Spurs debut.

The first ever First Division meeting between Spurs and Luton Town took place at Kenilworth Road and the home team won 2-1.

While Johnny Gavin had put Spurs ahead with a header in the first half from Tony Marchi’s cross, catching the keeper off balance, Luton thought they had a claim for a penalty when Clarke cleared and the shouts were for handball, but they were turned down by the referee.  Stokes was denied when clean through, with Baynham’s knees keeping his shot out and then he hit the bar from a free-kick.

Nine minutes after the start of the second half, George Cummins levelled the score, converting a pass from McEwan with a shot across Ditchburn and then Gordon Turner fired in a shot from Cullen’s cross that won the match in the 88th minute.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Ron Baynham, Bud Aherne, Seamus Dunne, Syd Owen, Reg Pearce, Bob Morton, Wally Shanks, George Cummins, Gordon Turner, Peter MacEwan, Arthur Taylor
Manager : –  Dally Duncan
Spurs –   Ted Ditchburn, Charlie Withers, Mel Hopkins, Johnny Gavin, Harry Clarke, Tony Marchi, Danny Blanchflower, Alfie Stokes, Eddie Baily, George Robb, Johnny Brooks
Manager : –  Jimmy Anderson
Ref. : –  E. W. Abbott (Manningtree)
Attendance : –   21,143

Despite being 12 points ahead at the top of the league, Spurs failed to produce their usual level of play and Luton Town left White Hart Lane with a 0-0 draw.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Alf Ramsey, Charlie Withers, Harry Clarke, Ron Burgess, Bill Nicholson, Les Medley, Len Duquemin, Sonny Walters, Billy Rees, Eddie Baily
Luton Town –  Iorwerth Hughes, Billy Cooke, Bud Aherne, Charlie Watkins, Sid Owen, Wally Shanks, A. Glover, T. Kiernan, J. T. Jinks, George Stobbart, J. Wyldes
Attendance : –   53,145 

Spurs were top of the table when they went to Kenilworth Road for a Second Division match.

Sonny Walters scored a goal in the first half, but George Stobbart’s equaliser earned the Hatters a share of the points.

Teams :
Luton Town –   Bernard Streten, Billy Cooke, Bud Aherne, Charlie Watkins, Sid Owen, Doug Gardiner, A. Glover, Joe Arnison, Peter Walsh, George Stobbart, Percy James
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Alf Ramsey, Charlie Withers, Harry Clarke, Ron Burgess, Bill Nicholson, Les Medley, Len Duquemin, Sonny Walters, Les Bennett, Eddie Baily
Attendance : –   27,319 

Les Bennett’s two goals gave Tottenham a win over Luton, who got one goal from Bobby Brennan.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Syd Tickridge, Harry Clarke, Ron Burgess, George Ludford, Bill Nicholson, Les Medley, Len Duquemin, Freddie Cox, Ernie Jones, Les Bennett, Eddie Baily
Luton Town – Bernard Streten, Billy Cooke, Bud Aherne, Charlie Watkins, Les Hall, Sid Owen, Peter Small, T. Kiernan, Joe Arnison, Bobby Brennan, Billy Waugh
Attendance : –   41,839

Joe Arnison and Eddie Baily scored goals in this 1-1 draw.

Teams :  –
Luton Town – Bernard Streten, James Wilson, Billy Cooke, Doug Gardiner, Les Hall, Sid Owen, Bobby Brennan, Wally Shanks, Joe Arnison, Ted Duggan, Billy Waugh
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Syd Tickridge, Arthur Willis, Vic Buckingham, Len Garwood, Bill Nicholson, Les Stevens, Len Duquemin, Freddie Cox, Les Bennett, Eddie Baily
Attendance : –  24,859

A single Mel Daniel strike won the match at White Hart Lane for Luton.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Syd Tickridge, Vic Buckingham, Horace Woodward, Bill Nicholson, Ken Flint, Len Duquemin, Freddie Cox, Les Bennett, Johnny Jordan, Eddie Baily
Luton Town –  Bernard Streten, Billy Cooke, Les Lake, Doug Gardiner, Les Hall, Sid Owen, Wally Shanks, Bobby Brennan, Ted Duggan, Mel Daniel, Billy Waugh
Attendance : –  23,807

Another record Luton crowd saw Spurs visit and leave with a point from a 0-0 draw.

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Teams :
Luton Town – Bernard Streten, Billy Cooke, W. M. Hughes, Frank Soo, Horace Gager, Billy Waugh, Mel Daniel, Hugh Billington, Bobby Brennan, Dally Duncan
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Syd Tickridge, Vic Buckingham, Horace Woodward, Ron Burgess, Bill Nicholson, Les Stevens, Len Duquemin, Freddie Cox, Les Bennett, Johnny Jordan
Attendance : –  26,496

Luton Town suffered a 2-1 reverse when they went to White Hart Lane to play Spurs in the Second Division.

Tottenham’s opening goal from Freddie Cox was cancelled out in the first half by Eddie Duggan’s effort, but, fortunately, Ronnie Dix was in the right spot to net in the second half to secure a win for Spurs.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Arthur Willis, Vic Buckingham, Ron Burgess, George Ludford, Bill Nicholson, Les Stevens, Freddie Cox, Les Bennett, Ronnie Dix, Charlie Rundle
Luton Town –    Bernard Streten, Doug Beach, Billy Cooke, Frank Soo, Horace Gager, Doug Gardiner, Billy Waugh, Eddie Duggan, Hugh Billington, Eddie Connelly, Dally Duncan
Attendance : –   36,160

Spurs visited Luton for the first post-war meeting between the two sides, played out in front of what was then a record crowd for the Hatters.

Tottenham were off to a flying start with Les Bennett scoring in the first minute, but Luton came back fighting, with goals from Dally Duncan, Hugh Billington and Eddie Duggan that put the home side 3-1 ahead at the interval.

George Foreman got a goal back for Spurs, but they could not force an equaliser.

Teams :
Luton Town –   Les Bywater, Les Lake, Doug Beach, Mel Daniel, Horace Gager, Frank Soo, Billy Waugh, Hugh Billington, Eddie Duggan, Allenby Driver, “Dally” Duncan.
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Arthur Willis, Horace Woodward, Ron Burgess, George Ludford, Bill Nicholson, Les Stevens, George Foreman, Freddie Cox, Les Bennett, Ronnie Dix
Attendance : –  26,362

Teams :
Spurs –  Archie Hughes, Ralph Ward, Arthur Willis, Roy White, Fred Hall, Ron Burgess, Charlie Whitchurch, Jimmy Skinner, George Ludford, Ronnie Dix, Colin Lyman
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   13,108

Teams :
Luton Town – 
Spurs –  Archie Hughes, Arthur Willis, Bill Adams, Roy White, Ralph Ward, George Ludford, Les Stevens, Jimmy Skinner, Colin Lyman, Ronnie Dix, Les Medley
Attendance : –   9,528

Teams :
Spurs –  Archie Hughes, Ralph Ward, Arthur Willis, Roy White, Jack Chisholm, George Ludford, Sonny Walters, Pat Beasley, Charlie Burke, Albert Hall, Les Medley
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   5,984

This war-time game at home to Luton Town saw all the Spurs goals scored by guest players.

Huddersfield Town’s Pat Beasley scored the eighth Tottenham goal of the game, with the previous seven scored by Jack Rowley, who was a regular guest for Spurs during World War II.  Luton Town’s goal was scored by George H. Hunt, a guest who was registered with Barnsley.

Teams :
Spurs –  Archie Hughes, Ralph Ward, Arthur Willis, Roy White, Fred Hall, Charlie Burke, Sonny Walters, Les Howe, George Foreman, Ron Burgess, George Ludford
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   7,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Ralph Ward, Bill Whatley, Arthur Willis, Jack Chisholm, Ron Burgess, Sonny Walters, Pat Beasley, Dick Rowley, Reg Mogford, Freddie Cox
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   11,468

Teams :
Luton Town – 
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Ralph Ward, Bill Whatley, Roy White, Jack Chisholm, Ron Burgess, Pat Beasley, John Martin, Frank O’Donnell, George Ludford, Eric Jones
Attendance : –   3,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Percy Hooper, Ralph Ward, Bill Whatley, Les Howe, Jack Chisholm, Fred Hall, Billy Sperrin, John Martin, George Ludford, Ronnie Dix, Pat Beasley
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   6,868

Teams :
Luton Town – 
Spurs –  Percy Hooper, Ralph Ward, Bill Whatley, Stanley Eastham, Jack Chisholm, Fred Hall, Eugene O’Callaghan, John Martin, Jack Gibbons, George Ludford, John Pattison
Attendance : –   3,500

Teams :
Spurs –  Wilf Saunders, Johnny Wallis, Bill Whatley, Roy White, Arthur Hitchins, Vic Buckingham, Ken Bennett, Eugene O’Callaghan, Browne, Andy Duncan, George Ludford
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   1,256

Teams :
Luton Town – 
Spurs –  Wilf Saunders, Johnny Wallis, Bill Whatley, Ron Burgess, Arthur Hitchins, Vic Buckingham, Jimmy Sperrin, Tom Paton, George Ludford, Andy Duncan, Eugene O’Callaghan

Attendance : –   1,100

NOTE : –  Wilf Saunders makes hid debut for Tottenham as a guest player from West Bromwich Albion.

Spurs were beaten 1-0 in the last league meeting with Luton Town at White Hart Lane before World War II.

Luton winger George Stephenson steamed in to net the only goal of the game to take both points back to Bedfordshire.

Teams :
Spurs –  Percy Hooper, Ralph Ward, Vic Buckingham, Bill Whatley, Arthur Hitchins, Ron Burgess, Albert Tomkin, Albert Hall, Fred Sargent, Willie Hall, Andy Duncan
Luton Town –  Joe Coen, Tom King, Tom Dunsmore, Jock Finlayson, Gordon Dreyer, Fred Roberts, Tony Carroll, Billy Redfern, Hugh Billington, Eddie Connelly, George Stephenson
Attendance : –   30,704

Teams :
Luton Town –  H. W. Dolman, Tom Smith, Tom Dunsmore, Jock Finlayson, Jack Nelson, Joe Loughran, Charlie Ferguson, Eddie Connelly, Jack Vinall, Fred Roberts, George Stephenson
Spurs –  Percy Hooper, Ralph Ward, Vic Buckingham, Bill Whatley, Albert Page, Isaac Spelman, Colin Lyman, Albert Hall, Fred Sargent, Johnny Morrison, Willie Hall
Attendance : –   21,061

Tottenham’s home advantage paid off with a 3-0 win over Luton Town at the Lane.

Two Colin Lyman goals bookended one from Johnny Morrison to provide Spurs with what was a straightforward victory.

Teams :
Spurs –   Percy Hooper, Ralph Ward, Vic Buckingham, Bill Whatley (c), Les Howe, Arthur Hitchins, Joe Meek, Colin Lyman, Fred Sargent, Johnny Morrison, Andy Duncan
Luton Town –  Joe Coen, Tom Mackey, Tom Smith, Jock Finlayson, Jack Nelson (c), Joe Loughran, Charlie Ferguson, A. G. Hawes, Jack Vinall, Fred Roberts, George Stephenson
Attendance : –   29,806

Luton hosted the first meeting of the two clubs in a league fixture, taking place in Division Two, with the game going Tottenham’s way with a 4-2 win.

Luton had taken the lead through Billy Redfearn, only for Les Miller and Johnny Morrison to reverse the advantage.  The Hatters levelled through Redfearn, but Morrison grabbed his second of the match to put Tottenham ahead again and when Freddie Sargent netted the fourth, it saw Spurs safely through to take both points.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Joe Coen, Tom Mackey, Tom King, Billy Fellowes, Jack Nelson, Jock Finlayson, Ron Stevens, Fred Hogg, Joe Payne, Billy Redfearn, Ted Griffiths.
Spurs –  Jack Hall, Ralph Ward, Vic Buckingham, James Fullwood, Les Howe, Albert Page, Les Miller, Fred Sargent, Jack Gibbons, Johnny Morrison, Willie Hall
Colours : – Navy blue and white hooped shirts, Navy blue knickers
Ref. : –  T. Smith (Atherstone)
Linesmen : –  Mr. A. Sewell (Coventry) – Blue flag; Mr. J. E. Wildsmith (Leamington Spa) – Red flag
Attendance : –   23,788
Kick off 15.15
Luton wore numbers 1-11 and Spurs wore numbers 12 – 22

This FA Cup Fourth Round tie saw Luton progress into the Fifth round courtesy of two goals from Tom Alderson and Tommy Tait.

Teams :
Luton Town – George Harford, Henry Kingham, Tom Mackey, Fred Kean, Hugh McGinnigle, Charlie Fraser, Arthur Mills, Arthur Nelson, Tom Alderson, Tommy Tait, Joe Roberts
Spurs –  Joe Nicholls, Bill Felton, Bill Whatley, Davie Colquhoun, David Levene, Tom Meads, Willie Evans, Willie Davies, George Hunt, Willie Hall, Eugene O’Callaghan
Attendance : –   17,213

Teams :
Luton Town –
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, T Croft, Andy Ralston, William Lloyd, Jimmy Elliott, Jabez Darnell, Fanny Walden, Ted Bassett, Bert Bliss, Percy Barton, Billy Hawkins
Attendance : –   3,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Andy Ralston, William Lloyd, Charlie Rance, Percy Barton, Fanny Walden, Ted Bassett, Jimmy Banks, Cec Potter, Billy Hawkins
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   5,000

Teams :
Luton Town – 
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Andy Ralston, Jabez Darnell, Jimmy Elliott, Percy Barton, Fanny Walden, Ted Bassett, Jimmy Banks, Bert Bliss, Cec Potter
Attendance : –   5,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, William Lloyd, Andy Ralston, Jimmy Elliott, Charlie Rance, Percy Barton, Tom Morris, Ted Bassett, George Travers, Bert Bliss, Sid Crowl
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –  6,000

Teams :
Luton Town –
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Andy Ralston, Jimmy Elliott, Charlie Rance, Percy Barton, Tom Morris, Ted Bassett, Jimmy Banks, Bert Bliss, Bobby Steel
Attendance : –   3,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Bobby Steel, Tommy Clay, Jimmy Elliott, Charlie Rance, Jabez Darnell, Tom Morris, Ted Bassett, Jimmy Banks, Bert Bliss, Charlie Wilson
Luton Town – 
Attendance : –   3,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Gordon Manning, John Chaplin, Ollie Burton, Walter Bull, Tom Morris, James Gray, Willie McNair, Arthur Pickett, Vivian Woodward, Bert Middlemiss, Bob Walker
Luton Town –  Peter Platt, John Hogg, Bill McCurdy, Fred Hawkes, Abe Jones, Bob Hawkes, Walter Rigate, Bruce Rankin, Herbert Moody, R. Latherton, William Porter.
Attendance : –   11,000

It was on a heavy Tottenham pitch that they beat Luton Town 2-0.

Teams :
Spurs –  Gordon Manning, Alex Tait, John Watson, Walter Bull, Jabez Darnell, Alf Whyman, Willie McNair, Fred Massey, Max Seeburg, Jimmy Pass, George Payne
Luton Town – Richard Jarvis, John Hogg, Harry Watkins, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Abe Jones, Gerald Benham, Bruce Rankin, Frank Pearson, Samuel Farrant, Jack Walders
Attendance : –    1,500

In front of about 1,000 fans in the Ivyroad ground, Spurs took Luton Town apart with a riveting performance on a muddy pitch.

Jimmy Pass scored for Spurs within a couple of minutes of the kick off and shortly afterwards, Luton lost White to a knee injury for the rest of the match.  George Payne made it 2-0 before Pass netted his second and Willie McNair easily beat goalkeeper Peter Platt with his shot to make it 4-0.

Luton were awarded a penalty, but Gordon Manning easily saved Dimmock’s spot-kick, going on the attack again a few minutes later to open a five goal margin as Joe Walton scored.  Just before half-time a second penalty was awarded and this time Abe Jones took it and successfully converted to reduce Tottenham’s lead at the break.

With the pitch progressively deteriorating and with Tottenham handsomely in the lead, Luton were unable to make any further inroads and took a physical approach to the match that failed to produce any more goals.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Peter Platt, John Hogg, Walter Dimmock, Proctor Hall, Fred White, Abe Jones, Walter Rigate, Fred Hawkes, Frank Pearson, Herbert Moody, Jack Walders
Spurs –  Gordon Manning, Arthur Dixon, Ollie Burton, Tom Morris, Jabez Darnell, Ted Hughes, Alf Whyman, Joe Walton, Willie McNair, Jimmy Pass, George Payne
Attendance : –    About 1,000

Teams :
Luton Town – Richard Jarvis, Walter Dimmock, Bill McCurdy, Bob Hawkes, Fred White, Abe Jones, Jack Walders, Walter Rigate, Fred Hawkes, Proctor Hall, Herbert Moody
Spurs –  Gordon Manning, John Chaplin, Ollie Burton, Walter Bull, Tom Morris, Jabez Darnell, Joe Walton, Willie McNair, Harry Stansfield, Vivian Woodward, Jimmy Pass
Attendance : –   7,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Jack Whitbourne, John Chaplin, John Wilkinson, Tom Morris, Ted Hughes, Billy Jones, Joe Walton, Arthur Pickett, Harry Stansfield, Charlie Hewitt, Bob Walker
Luton Town – Peter Platt, John Hogg, Bill McCurdy, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Abe Jones, Alf Warner, Alf Gittins, Alexander Brown, John Pickering, Billy Barnes
Attendance : –   9,000

Teams :
Luton Town –  Peter Platt, Bert Jackson, Bill McCurdy, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Patrick Gallacher, Joe Schofield, Bob Hawkes, Alex McDonald, John Pickering, Billy Barnes
Spurs –  Jack Whitbourne, John Chaplin, Alex Tait, Walter Bull, Tom Morris, Willie Dow, John Brearley, Joe Walton, Jimmy Reid, Vivian Woodward, Charlie Hewitt
Attendance : –    10,000

Teams :
Luton Town –  Peter Platt, Joe Blackett, Bill McCurdy, Fred Hawkes, Patrick Gallacher, Bob Hawkes, Alf Warner, Alex McDonald, Alexander ‘Sandy’ Brown, John Pickering, Billy Barnes
Spurs – Jack Eggett, Alex Tait, John Watson, Walter Bull, Tom Morris, Ted Hughes, Alf Whyman, John Brearley, Bill Berry, Alex Glen, Herbert Chapman
Attendance : –    10,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Jack Eggett, Alex Tait, John Watson, Walter Bull, Tom Morris, Ted Hughes, Joe Walton, Peter Kyle, Alex Glen, Vivian Woodward, Bill Murray
Luton Town – Peter Platt, Joe Blackett, Bill McCurdy, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Bob Hawkes, Alf Warner, Alex McDonald, Alexander ‘Sandy’ Brown, John Pickering, Billy Barnes
Attendance : –    22,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Jack Eggett, Alex Tait, John Watson, Walter Bull, Tom Morris, Jimmy McNaught, Jack Kirwan, Bill Berry, Charlie O’Hagan, Harry Stansfield, Herbert Chapman
Luton Town –  Albert Lindsay, Ted Turner, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Robert Pritchard, Samuel Eaton, Davie Ross, George Lamberton, Herbert Moody, Billy Barnes
Attendance : –   7,000

In what was regarded as a lucky victory for Luton, a single goal was enough for the home team to take the points.

The original referee appointed for the match, Mr. Hines of Nottinghamshire, could not fulfil his duties and it was left to a local official to take the whistle, but it was an outstanding display of goalkeeping by Albert Lindsay that kept Tottenham at bay, with a string of fine saves to deny the ever-dangerous Spurs forward line.  It took only one shot from Davie Ross, which was well-placed to beat Jack Eggett, to win the match for the Hatters.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Albert Lindsay, Ted Turner, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Bob Hawkes, George Lamberton, Samuel Eaton, Stanley Spencer, Davie Ross, Billy Barnes
Spurs –  Jack Eggett, Alex Tait, John Watson, Walter Bull, Tom Morris, Jack Kirwan, John Brearley, Joe Walton, Bill Berry, Charlie O’Hagan, Vivian Woodward
Ref. : –  Mr. G. W. Walker (Beds)
Attendance : –    8,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Charlie Williams, Alex Tait, John Watson, Ollie Burton, Tom Morris, Allan Leach-Lewis, Jack Kirwan, Archie Turner, David Copeland, Vivian Woodward, Jack Jones
Luton Town –  Fred Thompson, Jack Bennett, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Bob Hawkes, Jimmy Durrant, Peter Turner, James McKee, Herbert Moody, Thomas Allsopp
Attendance : –    10,000

For much of the morning of the game, it appeared that the heavy fog that surrounded Luton’ Bury Park ground would postpone the match.  When the match did kick off, it was still not possible to see one end of the pitch from the other. 

Luton’s physical style was at odds with the more fluid Tottenham play, but defending the Railway End, Spurs were struggling to contain the energetic home team and two goals from Samuel Eaton and one from George Storey had Tottenham chasing the game, as they failed to cope with the speed of the Luton attacks.  Before half-time, Jack Kirwan pulled a goal back, despite calls for him being offside, he found the net with his shot. 

The second half was a reversal of the first in all but the scoring, as Tottenham pressed relentlessly onto the home goal.  Bob Hawkes fouled Vivian Woodward in the area and the resulting penalty hit the net with Jack Jones putting it away.  Only some determined defending prevented Spurs finding an equaliser as they laid siege to the Luton goal for near on half an hour, with the Hatters breaking out only occasionally, although they should have scored again, but failed to add to their tally and the match finished 3-2 to Luton.

Teams :
Luton Town – Fred Thompson, Jack Bennett, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Bob Hawkes, Samuel Eaton, George Storey, James McKee, Peter Turner, Thomas Allsopp
Spurs –  Charlie Williams, Alex Tait, Ollie Burton, Tom Morris, Jimmy McNaught, Ted Hughes, Jack Kirwan, David Copeland, Vivian Woodward, Jack Jones, Alf Warner
Ref. : – Quarter-Master Sergeant D. Barrow (Chatham)
Attendance : –    6,000

Teams :
Spurs –  George Clawley, Harry Erentz, John Watson, Tom Morris, Ted Hughes, Jimmy Chalmers, William Dryburgh, Vivian Woodward, John Burton, John Cameron, Alf Warner
Luton Town –  Joe Frail, William Lindsay, Harry Williams, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Bob Hawkes, Jimmy Durrant, Jimmy Blessington, Alexander Davidson, Herbert Moody, Thomas Allsopp
Attendance : –   6,000

Teams :
Spurs –  George Clawley, Harry Erentz, John Watson, Charlie Brown, Ted Hughes, Jack Kirwan, John Barlow, David Copeland, Patrick Gilhooley, Vivian Woodward, Jack Jones
Luton Town –  Joe Frail, William Lindsay, Harry Williams, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Bob Hawkes, Jimmy Durrant, Jimmy Blessington, Leon Gall, Herbert Moody, Thomas Allsopp
Attendance : –   4,500

Teams :
Spurs –  George Clawley, Harry Erentz, John Stephenson, Jimmy McNaught, Ted Hughes, Jack Kirwan, Tom Smith, Sandy Brown, David Copeland, Tom Fitchie, Jack Jones
Luton Town – Roger Ord, William Lindsay, Albert Sharp, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Harry Williams, Jimmy Durrant, Jimmy Blessington, John Brown, Tommy Tierney, Robert Colvin
Attendance : –   6,000

Teams :
Luton Town – Roger Ord, Harry Williams, A. Sharp, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Bob Hawkes, Jimmy Durrant, Jimmy Blessington, Herbert Moody, Tommy Tierney, Robert Colvin
Spurs –  George Clawley, Harry Erentz, Alex Tait, Tom Morris, Ted Hughes, Jack Kirwan, Tom Smith, Sandy Brown, David Copeland, John Cameron, Jack Jones
Attendance : –   3,000

Teams :
Luton Town – Roger Ord, Thomas Clifford, Albert Street, Fred Hawkes, Fred White, Harry Williams, Jimmy Durrant, Jimmy Blessington, Albert Barker, Tommy Tierney, Roland ‘Tip’ Brown
Spurs –  George Clawley, Jimmy Melia, William Buckingham, Alex Tait, Tom Morris, Ted Hughes, Jack Kirwan, Tom Smith, David Copeland, Alf Hawley, Joe Moffat
Attendance : –   4,000

Teams :
Spurs –  David Haddow, Jimmy Melia, William Buckingham, John Stephenson, Bob Stormont, Jack Kirwan, Alf Hawley, Arthur Jones, Joe Moffat, John Burton, Walter Moles
Luton Town – Thomas Smart, William Lindsay, Albert Street, Thomas Clifford, Fred White, Harry Williams, Roland ‘Tip’ Brown, Jimmy Blessington, Neil Dempsey, Tommy Tierney, Jimmy Durrant
Attendance : –   4,000

A second replay of this FA Cup Third Qualifying Round was staged at Tuffnell Park on a Monday afternoon taking place on a poor pitch with the sun in Tottenham’s eyes in the first half.  Luton were without forward George Hewitt and had to re-shuffle their team, while Harry Erentz came in for Jimmy Melia for Spurs, but the changes affected the visitors the most and they were on the back foot for much of the game.  

The game was fiercely contested from the off, with two early fouls, one for each side, awarded.  Kenny McKay headed John Cameron’s cross off target and Ekins’  ball across goal was steered wide by Draper.  Joe Cullen had a simple save to make as the first shot on target from long range was straight at him, then Bill Perkins was called into action to kick out an effort from Tom Smith, before McInnes sent a cross from Ekins over the bar.

Spurs went ahead in the tenth minute, when a ball into the goalmouth from the right wing saw Luton claiming a foul on Harry Crump, but the ball came off goalkeeper Perkins for Harry Bradshaw score from close range. 

The Luton goalkeeper had to push a shot over the bar and the referee was giving free-kicks against Tottenham, while the visiting fans thought he should have been taking stronger action against the physical approach Spurs were taking.  However, 20 minutes into the game, Cameron doubled the Tottenham lead with a carefully placed shot into the top corner of the goal.

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Teams :
Spurs –  Joe Cullen, Harry Erentz, Bob Cain, Jack Jones, James McNaught, Bob Stormont, Tom Smith, Kenny McKay, Bill Joyce, John Cameron, Harry Bradshaw
Luton Town –  Bill Perkins, John Dow, Harry Williams, Hugh Galbraith, Harry Crump, Charlie Ford, David Sharpe, Tom McInnes, James Kemplay, Bob Draper, Fred Ekins.
Ref. : – Mr. Strawson
Attendance : –   8,000

A wet and windy afternoon was the backdrop for this FA Cup Third Qualifying Round replay at Luton and it didn’t make for good playing conditions as the home side kicked off.

George Hewitt thought he had scored, but the whistle had gone long before for handball against Jimmy Melia.  Both teams struggled with the wind and Spurs tried to use it to their advantage, with Tom Smith making Perkins save, then Harry Bradshaw missed a good opportunity.  Bob Stormont then thought he had scored, but his free-kick had gone into the net untouched and was ruled out and Harry Crump put a free-kick just over the Spurs bar for Luton.  Dow put a shot wide for the home side, but when Spurs broke away, Bradshaw hit the net only to be given offside.  Luton had a great chance to score as the match approached half-time, but Durrant shot too high from close to the goal, while Hewitt was required to make a good block to Stormont’s fierce shot, leaving the match goal-less at the break.  

Tottenham made the first attack of the second half, calling for Perkins to save close to his goal-line.  Kemplay finished a good move with a weak shot, while at the other end, Bradshaw drew a fine save from the Hatters’ keeper.  Joe Cullen had to run out of his goal to clear a through pass, but it was Spurs had the chance to take the lead when a corner led to a Luton defender punching the ball away.  However, Bill Joyce was denied by Perkins’ save in the 65th minute and six minutes later Spurs were behind.  Ekins took the ball forward to cross, with Durrant claiming the ball beyond the far post to put the ball back in the mixer, where McInnes found the net with his header.

While the home crowd were still celebrating, Tottenham made it 1-1 just four minutes later.  Bradshaw fired a low shot that Perkins could only fumble and Tom Meade was onto the loose ball to score and that was enough to take the tie to a second replay.

Teams :
Luton Town –  Bill Perkins, John Dow, Harry Williams, Jimmy Durrant, Harry Crump, Charlie Ford, David Sharpe, Tom McInnes, James Kemplay, George Hewitt, Fred Ekins.
Spurs –  Joe Cullen, Jimmy Melia, Harry Erentz, Bob Cain, Bob Stormont, Tom Smith, Bill Joyce, Tom Meade, Harry Bradshaw, Jack Jones, Kenny McKay
Ref. : – Mr. Strawson
Attendance : –   4,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Joe Cullen, Jimmy Melia, Harry Erentz, Bob Cain, Bob Stormont, Tom Smith, Bill Joyce, Harry Bradshaw, John Cameron, Jack Jones, Kenny McKay
Luton Town –  Bill Perkins, John Dow, Harry Williams, Bill Ford, Harry Crump, Charlie Ford, David Sharpe, Tom McInnes, James Kemplay, George Hewitt, Fred Ekins.
Ref. : – Mr. Strawson
Attendance : –  12,000

Teams :
Luton Town – Bill Perkins, Harry Williams, Walter Clarke, Bill Ford, David Sharpe, George Hewitt, Jimmy Durrant, Tom McInnes, James Kemplay, John Brock, Fred Ekins.
Spurs –  Joe Cullen, Harry Erentz, Jimmy McNaught, Bob Cain, Alex Hall, Bob Stormont, Tom Smith, Bill Joyce, James Hartley, John Cameron, Jack Jones, Kenny McKay
Attendance : –   Unknown

Teams :
Spurs –  Charlie Ambler, Jimmy Melia, Jimmy McNaught, Bob Cain, Bob Stormont, Tom Smith, Bill Joyce, Harry Bradshaw, John Cameron, Jack Jones, Kenny McKay
Luton Town –  Bill Perkins, Harry Williams, Walter Clarke, Charlie Ford, David Sharpe, Harry Crump, Jimmy Durrant, George Hewitt, Bill Ford, Tom McInnes, John Brock
Attendance : –    5,000

Teams :
Spurs –  Joe Cullen, Joe Knowles, John Montgomery, Harry Crump, Alex Hall, Bob Stormont, David Black, Bill Joyce, Jimmy Hartley, James “Tooty” Davidson, Jack Jones
Luton Town – Richard Williams, John McCartney, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Samuel Davies, William Stewart, James Docherty, William Gallacher, James Coupar, Bob Donaldson, Walter Catlin, Tom McInnes 
Attendance : –  Unknown

Teams :
Spurs –  Joe Cullen, Lycurgus Burrows, Joe Knowles, Harry Crump, Alex Hall, Bob Stormont, David Black, Bob Tannahill, Bill Joyce, Jimmy Hartley, Jack Jones
Luton Town – Richard Williams, John McCartney, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Samuel Davies, William Stewart, James Docherty, William Gallacher, Tom McInnes, Tommy Little, James Coupar, Fred Ekins
Attendance : –   12,000

Teams :
Luton Town –  Richard Williams, John McCartney, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Samuel Davies, William Stewart, James Docherty, William Gallacher, James Coupar, Tommy Little, Tom McInnes, Fred Ekins
Spurs –  Joe Cullen, Lycurgus Burrows, John Montgomery, Alex Hall, Bob Stormont, David Black, Bill Joyce, Jimmy Hartley, Ellis Hargreaves, James “Tooty” Davidson, Jack Jones
Attendance : –    Unknown

Teams :
Luton Town –  Richard Williams, John McCartney, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Samuel Davies, William Stewart, James Docherty, George Perrins, James Coupar, Hugh Galbraith, Tom McInnes, Fred Ekins
Spurs – Charlie Ambler, Stanley Briggs, Harry Crump, James Devlin, Jimmy Mair, Ralph McElhaney, Ernie Payne, Jimmy Allen, Willie Newbigging, Frank Wilson, Bob Clements
Attendance : –   2,500

Teams :
Spurs –  Charlie Ambler, Lycurgus Burrows, John Montgomery, Willie Almond, Harry Crump, James Devlin, Ralph McElhaney, Ernie Payne, Jimmy Allen, Bob Clements, Jimmy Milliken
Luton Town – Richard Williams, John McCartney, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Samuel Davies, William Stewart, James Docherty, William Gallacher, James Coupar, Hugh Galbraith, Tom McInnes, Fred Ekins
Attendance : –   7,000

Teams :
Luton Town –  Richard Williams, John McCartney, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Samuel Davies, William Stewart, James Docherty, William Gallacher, Tom McInnes, James Coupar, Hugh Galbraith, Fred Ekins
Spurs –  Charlie Ambler, Lycurgus Burrows, John Montgomery, Willie Almond, Harry Crump, James Devlin, Ralph McElhaney, Ernie Payne, Willie Newbigging, Bob Clements, Jimmy Milliken
Attendance : –   5,000

Teams :
Luton Town – John Jack, Magnus Nicholson, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, William Stewart, Edwin Birch, James Docherty, William Gallacher, James Coupar, Hugh Galbraith, Bob Parkinson, Fred Ekins
Spurs – Charlie Ambler, Lycurgus Burrows, M. Owen, Stanley Briggs, Jimmy Collins, L. McKenzie, Ernie Payne, Peter Hunter, Harry Pryor, Bob Clements, John Shepherd
Attendance : –   2,000

Teams :
Luton Town –  Teddy Bee, A. Collins, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Connie Watkins, Robert McCrindle, Alfred Howe, William Gallacher, John Finlayson, Hugh Galbraith, Bill Prentice, Jack Dimmock
Spurs –  Charlie Ambler, Lycurgus Burrows, Jack Jull, Bill Julian, John Welham, Ernie Payne, Peter Hunter, Alf Coleman, Archie Cubberley, James Eccles, John Shepherd
Attendance : –   4,000

Tottenham’s first match against Luton Town took place at Northumberland Park, in front of what was thought to be a record crowd at the time of what was reported to be an attendance approaching 4,000.

Luton were missing a couple of players and Tottenham were without centre-half Stanley Briggs, who was the victim of a “serious chill”.  As the home team and with both sides playing in red in those days, Spurs changed to white shirts.

The dry pitch allowed a pacy game and Spurs were soon on the attack, with Ernie Payne and Donald Goodall threatening the Luton goal, but Charlie ambler had to punch out a shot from Gallacher as Luton pressed forward with a couple more shots and a header off target.  Ambler tipped away an effort from Prentice and with the wind the Hatters were peppering the Tottenham goal, eventually finding the net as Finlayson struck home Gallacher’s cross on 31 minutes.  Luton were 2-0 up four minutes before half-time when Gallacher was again the provider, with his cross headed in by Prentice.

Spurs faced an uphill task, but were playing downhill in the second half, although Ambler fumbled a Prentice header, but escaped letting another goal in.  The opposition keeper saved a shot, but threw the ball straight out to Bill Julian, who fired it back at goal and Archie Cubberley seized on the loose ball to put Tottenham back in the game with an hour gone.  The goal inspired Spurs and Goodall, Julian and Welham all tested Bee in the Luton goal.

When Payne tried to catch Bee out of his goal, his long shot went wide and there was a little controversy as the referee pointed for a corner.  Shepherd played the ball across and James Eccles found a shot that drew Spurs level at 2-2 with only five minutes remaining.  Luton looked more likely to score a winner, with Groom heading a free-kick wide of the goal and Gallacher forcing Ambler to make a fine save to a well-placed shot, but both teams were heading for Luton on the following Wednesday for a replay.

Teams :
Spurs –  Charlie Ambler, Lycurgus Burrows, Jack Jull (c), Bill Julian, John Welham, Ernie Payne, Peter Hunter, Archie Cubberley, James Eccles, Donald Goodall, John Shepherd
Luton Town –  Teddy Bee, M. D. Nicholson, Jimmy ‘Punch’ McEwen, Connie Watkins, Robert McCrindle, Alfred Howe, William Gallacher, John Finlayson, George Groom, W. Prentice, Jack Dimmock
Ref. : – Mr. E. Blalker (Bowes Park)
Linesmen : – Mr. Horn & Mr. Casey
Attendance : –    >3,000