1970–71 Luton Town F.C. season

English football club season April 2026 April 2026 Luton Town 1970–71 Alec Stock Tony Hunt (until March 1971)Robert Keens Kenilworth Road Division Two 6th League Cup Third round FA Cup Third round Malcolm Macdonald (24) Malcolm Macdonald (30) 27,023 v Arsenal (League Cup, 6 October 1970) 10,205 v Swindon Town (Division Two, 1 May 1971) 17,307 5–1 v Sheffield Wednesday (A), Division Two, 10 October 1970 0–4 v Millwall (A), Division Two, 10 April 1971 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 season was the 85th in the history of Luton Town Football Club. They competed in the Second Division having won promotion from the Third Division the previous season. Although Luton were promotion contenders for much of the campaign, they ultimately had to settle for a 6th-place finish after only four wins from their last 15 matches and a run of three successive defeats over the Easter weekend. Squad Players who made one appearance or more for Luton Town F.C. during the 1970-71 season Pos.Nat.NameLeagueLeague CupFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENGKeith Barber30000030GKENGTony Read3603020410GKENGAlan Starling30000030DFENGJack Bannister9(4)0002011(4)0DFENGTerry Branston10000010DFENGKen Goodeve2(2)000002(2)0DFENGRoger Hoy3202020360DFSCOAlan Guild10100020DFSCOJohn Moore3513000381DFNIRChris Nicholl3813020431DFENGJohn Ryan4213020471MFENGPeter Anderson13(1)1000013(1)1MFENGDavid Court2703020320MFENGMike Keen4243020474MFSCOJimmy Ryan34(4)32(1)02038(5)3MFENGAlan Slough4253020475FWENGViv Busby17(10)80(1)00017(11)8FWENGJohn Collins1(1)000001(1)0FWIREDon Givens39(2)11322044(2)13FWENGMalcolm Macdonald422432244730FWSCOMatt Tees32100042 https://hattersheritage.co.uk/statistics?season%5B%5D=76&sort=appearances-desc Player Statistics 1970/71 Season Hatters HeritageRothmans 1971-72 270–271Rothmans 1971-72 272Rothmans 1971-72 522–526Rothmans 1971-72 661–663 League table Second Division y LUT Results First Division 1970–71 Football League 1 15 August 1970 Bolton Wanderers 4–2 L Luton Town Wharton 18 pen. 63 77 pen.Greaves 37 Keen 26Macdonald 89 pen. Burnden Park Bolton 11,350 2 22 August 1970 Luton Town 0–0 D Norwich City Kenilworth Road Luton 16,110 3 29 August 1970 Birmingham City 1–1 D Luton Town Vowden 24 Macdonald 83 pen. St Andrew's Birmingham 30,141 4 1 September 1970 Luton Town 4–0 W Oxford United Tees 11 39Macdonald 24 57 Kenilworth Road Luton 16,173 5 5 September 1970 Luton Town 1–0 W Middlesbrough Givens 16 Kenilworth Road Luton 16,018 6 12 September 1970 Leicester City 1–0 L Luton Town Brown 79 Filbert Street Leicester 30,141 7 19 September 1970 Luton Town 4–0 W Orient Slough 36 38Macdonald 48 70 Kenilworth Road Luton 16,711 8 26 September 1970 Swindon Town 0–0 D Luton Town County Ground Swindon 18,698 9 29 September 1970 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 W Luton Town Keen 2 Loftus Road London 19,268 10 3 October 1970 Luton Town 3–0 W Bristol City Macdonald 18 34Slough 55 Kenilworth Road Luton 15,992 11 10 October 1970 Sheffield Wednesday 1–5 W Luton Town Sinclair 68 Macdonald 14 45 81Givens 44 64 Hillsborough Sheffield 15,189 12 17 October 1970 Luton Town 2–0 W Bolton Wanderers Nicholl 9Givens 22 Kenilworth Road Luton 19,055 13 20 October 1970 Luton Town 2–0 W Blackburn Rovers Givens 1Macdonald 72 Kenilworth Road Luton 16,372 14 24 October 1970 Charlton Athletic 1–1 D Luton Town Treacy 86 Givens 6 The Valley London 12,928 15 31 October 1970 Luton Town 1–2 L Sunderland Macdonald 78 Baker 40Kerr 83 Kenilworth Road Luton 19,202 16 7 November 1970 Hull City 0–2 W Luton Town Givens 11Macdonald 28 Boothferry Park Hull 18,343 17 14 November 1970 Luton Town 3–3 D Carlisle United Jimmy Ryan 73Slough 75Macdonald 89 Hemstead 12Balderstone 17Martin 55 Kenilworth Road Luton 14,837 18 21 November 1970 Luton Town 2–1 W Portsmouth John Ryan 8Givens 52 McCann 9 Kenilworth Road Luton 16,876 19 28 November 1970 Cardiff City 0–0 D Luton Town Ninian Park Cardiff 26,689 20 5 December 1970 Luton Town 2–1 W Sheffield United Macdonald 28Jimmy Ryan 47 Currie 78 pen. Kenilworth Road Luton 19,665 21 12 December 1970 Watford 0–1 W Luton Town Keen 28 Vicarage Road Watford 24,456 22 19 December 1970 Norwich City 1–1 D Luton Town Foggo 90 pen. Macdonald 13 Carrow Road Norwich 17,438 23 9 January 1971 Luton Town 0–0 D Queens Park Rangers Kenilworth Road Luton 22,024 24 16 January 1971 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 L Luton Town Russell 70 Ewood Park Blackburn 8,385 25 6 February 1971 Sheffield United 2–1 L Luton Town Woodward 47 65 Jimmy Ryan 68 Bramall Lane Sheffield 30,386 26 13 February 1971 Luton Town 1–0 W Watford Macdonald 10 Kenilworth Road Luton 20,099 27 20 February 1971 Portsmouth 0–1 W Luton Town Givens 44 Fratton Park Portsmouth 13,661 28 27 February 1971 Sunderland 0–0 D Luton Town Roker Park Sunderland 12,471 29 6 March 1971 Luton Town 1–1 D Charlton Athletic Busby 75 Went 68 pen. Kenilworth Road Luton 15,262 30 13 March 1971 Carlisle United 1–0 L Luton Town Owen 40 Brunton Park Carlisle 13,681 31 20 March 1971 Luton Town 3–1 W Hull City Moore 44Busby 74Macdonald 80 Houghton 57 Kenilworth Road Luton 19,566 32 27 March 1971 Middlesbrough 2–1 L Luton Town McIlmoyle 70 80 Macdonald 13 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 19,579 33 30 March 1971 Luton Town 1–1 D Millwall Keen 30 Brown 87 Kenilworth Road Luton 17,578 34 3 April 1971 Luton Town 3–2 W Birmingham City Busby 36 43Slough 48 Latchford 5Summerill 22 Kenilworth Road Luton 25,172 35 9 April 1971 Bristol City 3–2 L Luton Town Rooks 60Garland 65 66 Busby 22Macdonald 42 Ashton Gate Bristol 18,846 36 10 April 1971 Millwall 4–0 L Luton Town Possee 19 32Bridges 25Brown 81 The Den London 13,864 37 12 April 1971 Luton Town 1–3 L Leicester City Sjoberg 2 o.g. Manley 37Farrington 61Brown 65 Kenilworth Road Luton 24,405 38 17 April 1971 Luton Town 2–2 D Sheffield Wednesday Anderson 2Givens 52 Sinclair 32Sunley 55 Kenilworth Road Luton 12,308 39 24 April 1971 Orient 1–2 W Luton Town Brabrook 90 Busby 34 89 Brisbane Road London 6,339 40 28 April 1971 Oxford United 2–1 L Luton Town Clarke 5Cassidy 25 Busby 44 Manor Ground Oxford 9,531 41 1 May 1971 Luton Town 1–1 D Swindon Town Givens 44 pen. Jones 58 Kenilworth Road Luton 10,205 42 4 May 1971 Luton Town 3–0 W Cardiff City Macdonald 20 82 89 Kenilworth Road Luton 10,784 https://hattersheritage.co.uk/matches?season=76 Matches 1970/71 Season Hatters Heritage League Cup 1970–71 Football League Cup First Round 19 August 1970 Gillingham 0–1 W Luton Town Macdonald 32 Priestfield Gillingham 7,328 Second Round 8 September 1970 Luton Town 3–0 W Workington Givens 9 77Macdonald 50 Kenilworth Road Luton 11,072 Third Round 6 October 1970 Luton Town 0–1 L Arsenal Graham 26 Kenilworth Road Luton 27,023 FA Cup 1970–71 FA Cup Third Round 2 January 1971 Nottingham Forest 1–1 D Luton Town McIntosh 18 Macdonald 70 City Ground West Bridgford 23,230 Third Round Replay 11 January 1971 Luton Town 3–4 L Nottingham Forest Macdonald 20 67 pen. 84 Cormack 17Collier 65Richardson 66Rees 87 Kenilworth Road Luton 23,483 References Bibliography Rothmans 1971-72 Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72 (Compilers: Tony Williams and Roy Peskett) Queen Anne Press 0-362-00094-8 Category:Luton Town F.C. seasons Luton Town