1-1 v Luton Town - 7 August 2001 - Away

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  • Skelton
    21'
Details
Match Number

6300

Opposition
Luton town

Luton Town

Competition
Friendly

Friendly

Season

2001/02

Date

7th August 2001

Kick Off

19:45

Venue

Kenilworth Road

Attendance

9,175

Weather at Kick Off

18.2° - Partly Cloudy

Facts & Milestones
  • 6267th overall match (2975 wins, 1378 draws, 1901 losses)

  • 1465th non-competitive match (837 wins, 246 draws, 369 losses)

  • team

    107th match vs Luton Town (43 wins, 30 draws, 34 losses)

  • competition

    962nd Friendly match (574 wins, 150 draws, 226 losses)

  • 5771st match in England (2688 wins, 1304 draws, 1766 losses)

  • 39th match at Kenilworth Road (11 wins, 17 draws, 11 losses)

Report

How apt, the evening before Bill Nicholson is honoured by the club, that one of his legendary players should end our 100-per-cent record in pre-season.

Joe Kinnear, who played over 250 games for us between 1966-75, is now attempting to drag Luton Town back up the divisions. Relegated to the basement last term, the former Wimbledon boss is well on his way if Tuesday night's friendly at Kenilworth Road is anything to go by.

Hatters fought like tigers and displayed no little football either - the combination of the two, plus Kinnear's managerial nous, and a return to Division Two at the first attempt could be on the cards.

The home side had the better of the early chances before Aaron Skelton opened the scoring after 21 minutes. Paul Hughes crossed low and Skelton clipped home a low volley from 10 yards.

Carl Griffiths might have done better with a free header from another Hughes cross before our best chances of the half - only for Carl Emberson to superbly deny Poyet and Etherington.

Substitutions affected the flow of the game in the second half and chances were few and far between. It looked like the home side had done enough but with four minutes left John Piercy's burst into the area was halted by Satani and Sergei Rebrov made no mistake from the spot.

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