Top flight* League fixture
*Then known as Division One

Notts County 0     Luton Town 3
                                                              Aylott
                                                              Daniel
                                                              Aylott
 

HT 0-1

Attendance :- 9,789
 

Notts County
Colours:- White shirts with black dual pinstripes, Black shorts, White socks
League Position:- before match 18th/22, after match 20th/22
Manager:- Larry Lloyd

1.   Seamus McDonagh
2.   Mark Goodwin
3.   Nigel Worthington
4.   Pedro Richards
5.   David Hunt
6.   Brian Kilcline
7.   Martin O'Neill
8.   Justin Fashanu
9.   Trevor Christie
10. Iain McCulloch *
11. John Chiedozie

Sub: Rachid Harkouk *

Luton Town
Colours:- Orange shirts with dark blue sleeves, Dark blue shorts, Orange socks
League Position:- before match 6th/22, after match 3rd/22
Manager:- David Pleat

1.   Les Sealey
2.   Kirk Stephens
3.   Mitchell Thomas
4.   Brian Horton
5.   Paul Elliot
6.   Mal Donaghy
7.   Ricky Hill
8.   Brian Stein
9.   Paul Walsh
10. Trevor Aylott
11. Ray Daniel

Sub not used

Video of the match:- Central TV sent a camera along (possibly as a trial run for their soon to be launched separate East Midlands service). The footage was used by ITN for a 1mins 3secs goals report voiced over by Tony Francis which was broadcast during their 5:15pm bulletin. This shows; Play as Notts County attack/ Aylott scores for Luton Town / Notts County attack but do not score / Notts manager shouting at his players / Notts County attempt at goal saved by Sealey / Daniel scores for Luton / Aylott scores his second for Luton.

Match Report
None available

Up the Maggies footnote:
Despite the best efforts of supporters who raised a considerable amount of money for the "Buy Glen Roeder appeal", promotion chasing Newcastle United stepped in and on Boxing Day Roeder could be seen playing in the black & white stripes of the other Magpies at St James Park. Back at Meadow Lane, this 3-0 home defeat was very much a case of being handed a home fixture with Luton at the wrong time of the season as the Hatters moved up to the dizzy heights of 3rd (Luton would only go on to win 3 more matches all season and finished 16th!) Coming on the back of our 5-0 defeat at Liverpool, this was a pretty miserable Christmas outing for a match kicking off at a very strange time (11:30am) and the result saw Notts drop back into the relegation zone.  Hope was restored only a day later when Notts made a remarkable come back to draw 3-3 at Manchester United thanks to two late goals by Justin Fashanu. Old Trafford was also the scene of a bizarre incident where the referee had a rush of blood to the head and booked seven Notts players all at once for failing to retreat from a free kick.

Notts County Season 1983/84
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