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Luton Town 1-3 Birmingham City - October 12, 1974 / Division 1 1974/1975

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Division 1 1974/1975 - Round 12

Kenilworth Road Stadium - Luton - England

October 12, 1974

Luton Town

1 - 3

Birmingham City

Gordon Hindson

Trevor Francis

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0' - Goal Trevor Francis photo Trevor Francis

0' - Goal Trevor Francis

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Luton Town

1 - 3

Birmingham City

Luton Town Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Luton Town

Barber

Keith Barber

England

B.date21/09/1947

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Litt

Steve Litt

England

B.date21/05/1954

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Shanks

Don Shanks

England

B.date02/10/1952

Age22 years

positionDefender

Thomson

Robert Thomson

England

B.date05/12/1943

Age30 years

positionDefender

West

Alan West

England

B.date18/12/1951

Age22 years

positionMidfield

John Ryan

England

B.date20/07/1947

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Chambers

Brian Chambers

England

B.date31/10/1949

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Hindson0

Gordon Hindson

England

B.date08/01/1950

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Husband

Jimmy Husband

England

B.date15/10/1947

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Jimmy Ryan

Scotland

B.date12/05/1945

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Alston

Adrian Alston

Australia

B.date06/02/1949

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Keith Barber	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Litt	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Shanks	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Thomson	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan West	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ryan	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Chambers	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Hindson	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Husband	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Ryan	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Adrian Alston	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Martin

Ray Martin

England

B.date23/01/1945

Age29 years

positionDefender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age19 years

positionDefender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age25 years

positionDefender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Kendall

Howard Kendall

England

B.date22/05/1946

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Campbell

Alan Campbell

Scotland

B.date21/01/1948

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Francis000

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hatton

Bob Hatton

England

B.date10/04/1947

Age27 years

positionForward

Bryant

Steven Bryant

England

B.date05/09/1953

Age21 years

H1m80

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford	25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Martin	29	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey	25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns	21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher	19	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Howard Kendall	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Campbell	26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	20	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Hatton	27	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steven Bryant	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jimmy Calderwood

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Manager

Age

Match num

Freddie Goodwin

210

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Goodwin vs Luton Town

3 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 12, 1974

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Trevor Francis scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs in Premier League

End of streak for Luton Town after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Birmingham City at home in Premier League (since 21/01/1956). It's a record streak. The first of history

Only back at the time of Harry Storer head of (01/07/1945-01/12/1948), you can see a maanger go beneath Freddie Goodwin with 1.23 goals conceded per game (0.79).

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General ranking

-1	18	Queens Park Rangers	9 pts	12 rd
-3	19	Leicester	8 pts	11 rd
-2	20	Luton Town	8 pts	12 rd
+1	21	Arsenal	7 pts	11 rd
-1	22	Tottenham	6 pts	11 rd

General ranking

	12	West Ham	11 pts	12 rd
+1	13	Coventry	11 pts	12 rd
+5	14	Birmingham City	10 pts	12 rd
-2	15	Carlisle United	10 pts	12 rd
+4	16	Chelsea	10 pts	12 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLuton Town 1-2 Liverpool17/08/1974

DLuton Town 0-0 West Ham28/08/1974

DLuton Town 1-1 Queens Park Rangers31/08/1974

VLuton Town 1-0 Bristol Rovers11/09/1974

LLuton Town 1-4 Ipswich Town14/09/1974

VLuton Town 3-1 Carlisle United28/09/1974

Overall

LLuton Town 1-4 Ipswich Town14/09/1974

DArsenal 2-2 Luton Town21/09/1974

LCoventry 2-1 Luton Town24/09/1974

VLuton Town 3-1 Carlisle United28/09/1974

DLeicester 0-0 Luton Town05/10/1974

LSheffield United 2-0 Luton Town08/10/1974

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 1-0 Birmingham City24/08/1974

DLeicester 1-1 Birmingham City28/08/1974

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Birmingham City07/09/1974

LCrewe Alexandra 2-1 Birmingham City10/09/1974

LCarlisle United 1-0 Birmingham City21/09/1974

LWest Ham 3-0 Birmingham City25/09/1974

Overall

LCrewe Alexandra 2-1 Birmingham City10/09/1974

VBirmingham City 3-2 Derby County14/09/1974

LCarlisle United 1-0 Birmingham City21/09/1974

LWest Ham 3-0 Birmingham City25/09/1974

VBirmingham City 3-1 Arsenal28/09/1974

LBirmingham City 1-2 Coventry05/10/1974

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

18	General ranking (Competition total)	19
19	General ranking (Home / Away)	19

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.4
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.73
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Adrian Alston	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Trevor Francis
Adrian Alston	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Trevor Francis
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Trevor Francis
Adrian Alston	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Trevor Francis

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

4 v

5 d

9 l

19 gf

23 ga

Away

19 matches

1 v

6 d

12 l

13 gf

43 ga

Total

37 matches

5 v

11 d

21 l

32 gf

66 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

12 v

6 d

1 l

43 gf

13 ga

Away

18 matches

9 v

5 d

4 l

23 gf

19 ga

Total

37 matches

21 v

11 d

5 l

66 gf

32 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 02, 1957
Home	3 - 0	November 02, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	November 12, 1898
Away	4 - 2	December 08, 1951

Latest head to head

September 19, 1972 - League Cup 1972/1973

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

September 13, 1972 - League Cup 1972/1973

Luton Town

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

September 05, 1972 - League Cup 1972/1973

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Luton Town logo Luton Town

March 25, 1972 - Division 2 1971/1972

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Luton Town logo Luton Town

September 11, 1971 - Division 2 1971/1972

Luton Town

0 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Billy Bingham	1 goal	1959 - 1959
John Aston	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Joe McBride	1 goal	1960 - 1960
John Groves	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Peter Anderson	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Don Weston	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Dick Neal	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Bob Latchford	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Jim Barrett	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Trevor Francis	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Alan Campbell	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Billy Bingham	4 matches	1958 - 1960
David Pacey	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Allan Brown	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Ron Baynham	4 matches	1958 - 1960
John Aston	3 matches	1972 - 1972
John Ryan	3 matches	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

Dick Neal	4 matches	1958 - 1960
Bob Latchford	3 matches	1972 - 1972
Brian Farmer	3 matches	1959 - 1960
Trevor Smith	3 matches	1959 - 1960
Johnny Watts	3 matches	1959 - 1960
Harry Hooper	3 matches	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Robert Thomson

14 matches

1 match

1970 - 1974

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/01/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Robert Thomson

14 matches

1 match

1970 - 1974

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/01/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 12, 1974

Arsenal

2 2

QPR

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Ipswich Town	17	12	8	1	3	18	7	+11
2	Liverpool	17	12	8	1	3	20	8	+12
+13	Everton	15	12	4	7	1	17	14	+3
-14	Manchester City	15	12	6	3	3	16	14	+2
+45	Derby County	14	12	4	6	2	19	15	+4
6	Stoke City	14	12	5	4	3	18	15	+3
7	Newcastle United	14	11	5	4	2	19	16	+3
8	Sheffield United	14	12	5	4	3	18	19	-1
-49	Middlesbrough	13	11	5	3	3	14	10	+4
+110	Wolverhampton	13	12	4	5	3	15	13	+2
-111	Burnley	13	12	6	1	5	22	21	+1
12	West Ham	11	12	4	3	5	23	21	+2
+113	Coventry	11	12	3	5	4	14	19	-5
+514	Birmingham City	10	12	4	2	6	16	20	-4
-215	Carlisle United	10	12	4	2	6	8	11	-3
+416	Chelsea	10	12	3	4	5	12	19	-7
-217	Leeds United	9	11	3	3	5	14	14	0
-118	Queens Park Rangers	9	12	2	5	5	11	15	-4
-319	Leicester	8	11	2	4	5	13	18	-5
-220	Luton Town	8	12	1	6	5	12	19	-7
+121	Arsenal	7	11	2	3	6	11	16	-5
-122	Tottenham	6	11	3	0	8	13	19	-6

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Luton Town 1-3 Birmingham City - October 12, 1974 / Division 1 1974/1975

Luton Town

1 - 3

Birmingham City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Goodwin vs Luton Town

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Luton Town

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Players with most games played vs Luton Town

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking