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VENUE Griffin Park ATTENDANCE 7,145 REFEREE D Pugh (Wirral) MATCH DATE 7 September 2002 KICK OFF TIME 15:00

BRENTFORD Paul Smith   Matthew Somner Ibrahima Sonko   Michael Dobson   Ijah Anderson   Kevin O'Connor   Mark Williams 78   Jay Smith   Jamie Fullarton 78   Eddie Hutchinson   Stephen Hunt   Stephen Hughes 87   Mark McCammon   Rowan Vine   SUBS NOT USED Ben Chorley   Alan Julian

LUTON TOWN Ben Roberts   Emmerson Boyce   Russell Perrett David Bayliss   Sol Davis   Ahmet Brkovic   Steve Robinson 64   Matthew Spring   Kevin Nicholls   Paul Hughes   Alan Neilson 85   Steve Howard Dean Crowe   SUBS NOT USED Carl Emberson   Chris Coyne   Tony Thorpe

Match Report	7 September 2002
Brentford 0 - 0 Luton Town

BRENTFORD 0 N/A  LUTON TOWN 0 N/A

BORE DRAW IN 0-0 AFFAIR AT GRIFFIN PARK...

Brentford were held to a goalless draw by lowly Luton Town at Grifin Park and lost top spot in Division Two.

The Bees made one change from the side that drew 2-2 at Notts County last week, Ijah Anderson replaced Leo Roget who was sidelined with an eye injury.

"Luton almost opened the scoring after five minutes"

Luton almost opened the scoring after five minutes a quick free-kick caught the home defence out and Dean Crowe, in the box with only Paul Smith to beat, dragged his right-foot effort wide of the left-hand post.

Five minutes later a Tony Dobson corner from the left was met by Mark McCammon at the far post, who headed across the face of the goal and Ibrahima Sonko eight yards out saw his header easily saved by the keeper.

After 22 minutes a Dobson 35-yard free-kick flew just over the bar, and two minutes later the first of the three bookings of the game was handed out when the Hatters' Steve Howard was yellow carded for a late challenge on Jay Smith.

Three minutes home defender Matt Somner was booked for a foul on Dave Bayliss.

"Howard unmarked 10 yards out, his header beat keeper Smith and smacked against the crossbar and rebounded to safety"

Seven minutes from the break the Hatters almost broke the deadlock as Emmerson Boyce's cross from the right found Howard unmarked 10 yards out, his header beat keeper Smith and smacked against the crossbar and rebounded to safety.

The second half started very scrappily with both sides giving the ball away easily.

On the hour mark Russell Perrett for the visitors was booked for a crude tackle on RowanVine and after 67 minutes Anderson's pinpoint cross from the left was met by Ed Hutchinson and his header from ten yards went just over the bar.

Both sides made late substitutions but could not break the deadlock, nine minutes from time Hutchinson, 35 yards out, struck a right-foot effort that just went wide of the target and on the stroke of full time Dobson from the edge of the box saw his left-foot goalbound effort deflected for a corner.

After the match Bees manager Wally Downes said: "I thought we deserved to win, we took the game to Luton, but they deserved something out of the game.

"I was happy with a point which could be vital at the end of the season."

Kinnear's Comments	7 September 2002
Brentford 0-0 Luton Town “I’ll be very pleased if we can continue in that vein defensively, but we’ve got to get our scoring back on track. I’m a hard man to please. “I stuck to the team that won last week. Coynie was upset that he didn’t make it, but Bayliss did really well. “Taking Brkovic off was a tactical move, not an injury. He had a dreadful match. I don’t know what was the matter with him. He had a bit of a temperature when he came off so perhaps that was it. Perhaps he had a bug and was under the weather. He’s disappointed in his own performance. “But we had to deal with numerous crosses. They put in so many high balls from corners and long throws that I think the ball’s going away for some treatment to try to bring it back down out of the sky. “And the referee didn’t help. I think he got his whistle stuck in his mouth. We had the best move of the game down the right and when the cross came in Howard hit the bar with it. Another day and he’d have buried it. “We’ve got 18 players available for Tuesday night now and we’re all in training in the morning. I may make a couple of changes for that match. I won’t be fielding an under-strength team, though - we don’t have enough players to do that anyway! “They’ve spent well over £16 million so we know it’s not going to be an easy game. Two of their players cost £600,000 and our entire squad cost £250,000. But we’ll go and do our best and hope for a decent performance. It will be good to go and put on a show for our travelling fans. “I just hope that we can pass the ball better than we did today. I’ve been there with Wimbledon and never been beaten. My family still live in Watford, I went to school there and played for their boys team, but none of that matters. I’m going there to get a decent result for Luton."

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