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Luton Town Football Clubis a professionalfootballclub fromLuton,Bedfordshire,England. The club currently competes in theEFL Championship,the second tier ofthe English football pyramid.Nicknamed "The Hatters", Luton Town have played their home games atKenilworth Road,since 1905.

Luton Town
Full nameLuton Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Hatters
Founded11 April 1885;139 years ago(1885-04-11)
GroundKenilworth Road
Capacity12,056[1]
OwnerLuton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd[2]
ChairmanDavid Wilkinson
ManagerRob Edwards
LeagueEFL Championship
2023–24Premier League,18th of 20 (relegated)
Websitelutontown.co.uk
Current season

Luton Town was the first club in southern England to turn professional. It joined theFootball Leaguebefore the1897–98 season,left in 1900 because of financial problems, and rejoined in 1920. Luton reached the First Division in1955–56and contested a major final for the first time againstNottingham Forestin the1959 FA Cup final.The team was then relegated from the top division in1959–60,and demoted twice more in the following five years, playing in theFourth Divisionfrom the1965–66 season,before they were promoted back to the top level in1974–75.

In1981–82,the club won theSecond Divisionand gained promotion to the First. Luton defeatedArsenal3–2 in the1988 Football League Cup finaland remained in the First Division until relegation at the end of1991–92 season.Between 2007 and 2009, financial difficulties caused the club to fall from the second tier of English football to the fifth in successive seasons. The last of these relegations, in the2008–09 season,followed a 30-point deduction for financial irregularities. Luton spent five seasons innon-League footballbefore winning theConference Premierin2013–14,securing promotion back into the Football League. Luton were promoted fromLeague TwoandLeague Onein successive seasons in2017–18and2018–19before being promoted to the Premier League at the conclusion of the2023 Championship playoffs.

History

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Further information:History of Luton Town F.C. (1885–1970)andHistory of Luton Town F.C. (1970–present)

Formation and election to the Southern League (1885–1890)

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Luton Town Football Club was formed on 11 April 1885.[3][4]Before this there were many clubs in the town, the most prominent of which were Luton Wanderers and Luton Excelsior. A Wanderers player, George Deacon, came up with the idea of a 'Town' club which would include all the best players in Luton. Wanderers secretary Herbert Spratley seized upon Deacon's idea and arranged a secret meeting on 13 January 1885 at the St Matthews school rooms inHigh Town.The Wanderers committee resolved to rename the club Luton Town—which was not well received by the wider community. The local newspapers referred to the club as 'Luton Town (late Wanderers)'. When George Deacon and John Charles Lomax then arranged a public meeting with the purpose of forming a 'Luton Town Football Club', Spratley protested, saying there was already a Luton Town club; and the atmosphere was tense when the meeting convened in the town hall on 11 April 1885. The meeting, attended by most football lovers in the town, heard about Spratley's secret January meeting and voted down his objections. The motion to form a 'Luton Town Football Club', put forward by G H Small and seconded by E H Lomax, was carried. A club committee was elected by ballot and the team colours were agreed to be pink and dark blue shirts and caps.[5]

The Luton Town squad of 1897–98, which won the United League title

Initially based at Excelsior'sDallow Laneground,[4]Luton Town began making payments to certain individual players in 1890. The following year, Luton became the first club in southern England to be fully professional.[6]The club was a founder member of theSouthern Football Leaguein the 1894–95 season and finished as runners-up in its first two seasons. It then left to help form theUnited Leagueand came second in that league's inaugural season before joiningthe Football League(then based mostly in northern and central England)[A]for1897–98,[7]concurrently moving to a new ground atDunstable Road.[8]The club continued to enter a team to the United League for two more seasons, winning the title in 1897–98.[7][9]Poor attendance, high wages, in addition to the high travel and accommodation costs that resulted from Luton's distance from the northern heartlands of the Football League crippled the club financially;[9]it became too expensive to compete in that league.[9]A return to the Southern League was therefore arranged for the1900–01 season.[7][9]

Early 20th century (1900–1950)

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Eight years after arriving at Dunstable Road, Luton moved again, settling at their current ground,Kenilworth Road,in 1905.[6]Captainandleft wingerBob Hawkesbecame Luton's first international player when he was picked to play forEnglandagainstIrelandon 16 February 1907.[10]A poor1911–12 seasonsaw Luton relegated to the Southern League's Second Division; the club won promotion back two years later.[7][11]After theFirst World Warbroke out, Luton took part inThe London Combinationduring1915–16,and afterwards filled each season withfriendly matches.[12][13]A key player of the period wasErnie Simms,aforward.Simms was invalided back to England after being wounded on theItalian front,[11][13]but recovered enough to regain his place in the Luton team and scored 40 goals during the1916–17 season.[11]

1936:Joe Payne(white shirt, left)scores one of his record-breaking 10 goals in one match

The Luton side first played in the white and black colours which it has retained for much of its history during the1920–21 season,when the club rejoined the Football League;[14]the players had previously worn an assortment of colour combinations, most permanentlysky blueshirts with white shorts and navy socks.[15]Such was the quality of Luton's team at this time that despite playing in the third tier, a fixture between Ireland and England atWindsor Parkon 22 October 1921 saw three Luton players on the pitch—Louis BookmanandAllan Mathiesonfor Ireland, and the club's top goalscorer, Simms, for England.[16][17]However, after Luton finished fourth in the division, the squad was broken up as Simms, Bookman and Mathieson joinedSouth Shields,Port ValeandExeter Cityrespectively.[17][18]Luton stayed in theThird Division Southuntil1936–37,when the team finished top and won promotion to theSecond Division,at that time the second tier of English football.[19]During the promotion season,strikerJoe Paynescored 55 goals in 39 games; during the previous season he had scored 10 in one match againstBristol Rovers,which remains a Football League record today.[20]Towards the end on the 1936-37 seasonEddie Parrisbecame the first Black player to represent Luton when he made his debut on 13 March 1937 in a home game againstNorthampton Town.[21]

Success under Duncan and relegation (1950–1965)

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During the early 1950s, one of Luton's greatest sides[22]emerged under managerDally Duncan.[23]The team includedGordon Turner,who went on to become Luton's all-time top goalscorer,[24]Bob Morton,who holds the record for the most club appearances,[25]andSyd Owen,an England international.[26]During this period, Luton sides also featured two England international goalkeepers,Ron BaynhamandBernard Streten,[27][28]as well asIrish internationalsSeamus Dunne,[29]Tom AherneandGeorge Cummins.[30][31]This team reached thetop flightfor the first time in1955–56,after finishing the season in second place behindBirmingham Cityongoal average.[32]A few years of success followed, including anFA Cup Final appearanceagainstNottingham Forestin1958–59;[33]at the end of the season, Owen was votedFWA Footballer of the Year.[34]However, the club was relegated the following season and, by1964–65,was playing in thefourth tier.[35]

A home match atKenilworth Roadin 1980

Back to the first tier and late century success (1965–1992)

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Inyo-yo clubfashion, Luton were to return. A team includingBruce Rioch,John MooreandGraham Frenchwon the Fourth Division championship in1967–68under the leadership of former playerAllan Brown;[7]two years laterMalcolm Macdonald's goals helped them to another promotion,[36]while comedianEric Morecambebecame a director of the club.[36]Luton Town won promotion back to the First Division in1973–74,but were relegatedthe following seasonby a solitary point.[7][37]Former Luton playerDavid Pleatwas made manager in 1978, and by1982–83the team was back in the top flight.[7]The team which Pleat assembled at Kenilworth Road was notable at the time for the number ofblackplayers it included; during an era when many English squads were almost entirely white, Luton often fielded a mostly black team. Talented players such asRicky Hill,Brian SteinandEmeka Nwajiobimade key contributions to the club's success during this period,[38]causing it to accrue "a richer history of black stars than any in the country", in the words of journalist Gavin Willacy.[39]

On the last day of the 1982–83 season, the club's first back in the top tier, it narrowly escaped relegation: playingManchester CityatMaine Road,Luton needed to win to stay up, while City could escape with a draw.[40]A late winner byYugoslaviansubstituteRaddy Antićsaved the team and prompted Pleat to dance across the pitch performing a "jig of joy",[40]an image that has becomeiconic.[41]The club achieved its highest ever league position, seventh, underJohn Moorein1986–87,[42]and, managed byRay Harford,won theFootball League Cupa year later with a3–2 winoverArsenal.With ten minutes left on the clock and Arsenal 2–1 ahead, a penalty save from stand-in goalkeeperAndy Dibblesparked a late Luton rally:Danny Wilsonequalised, beforeBrian Steinscored the winner with the last kick of the match.[7][43][44]The club reached theLeague Cup Finalonce more in1988–89,but lost 3–1 to Nottingham Forest.[7]

Luton Town players and staff celebrate winning theConference Premiertitle in 2014

Resurgence and fall to non-League (1992–2009)

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The club was relegated from the top division at the end of the1991–92 season,[7]and sank to the third tierfour years later.[7][45]Luton stayed in the third-tier Second Division until relegation at the end of the2000–01 season.[46]Under the management ofJoe Kinnear,who had arrived halfway through the previous season,[47]the team won promotion from the fourth tier at the first attempt.[7]"Controversial"[48]ownerJohn Gurneyunsettled the club in 2003,[48]terminating Kinnear's contract on his arrival in May;[48][49]Gurney replaced Kinnear withMike Newellbefore leaving Luton as the club enteredadministration.[48][50]Newell's team finished as champions of the rebranded third-tierFootball League Onein2004–05.[7][51]

While Newell's place was taken first byKevin Blackwelland later former playerMick Harford,[52][53]the team was then relegated twice in a row, starting in2006–07,and spent the latter part of the2007–08 seasonin administration, thus incurring a ten-point deduction from that season's total.[7][54]The club then had a total of 30 points docked from its2008–09record bythe Football Associationand the Football League for financial irregularities dating back several years.[55]These deductions proved to be too large an obstacle to overcome,[56]but Luton came from behind in the final of theFootball League Trophyto win the competition for the first time.[57]

From non-League to Premier League (2009–present)

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Relegation meant that2009–10saw Luton playing in theConference Premier,a competition in which the club had never before participated. The club unsuccessfully contested the promotion play-offs three times in four seasons during their time as a non-League club, employing five different managers. In the2012–13 FA Cupfourth round, Luton won theiraway tieagainstPremier LeagueclubNorwich City1–0 and, in doing so, became the first non-League team to beat a side from England's top division since 1989.[58]In the2013–14 season,under the management ofJohn Still,Luton won the Conference Premier title with three games to spare, and thereby secured a return to the Football League from2014–15.[59]After reaching theLeague Two play-offsin2016–17,[60]when they were beaten 6–5on aggregatebyBlackpoolin the semi-final,[61]Luton were promoted back toLeague Onethefollowing seasonas runners-up.[62][63]Luton achieved a second successive promotion in2018–19,after they won the League One title, marking the club's return to theChampionshipafter a 12-year absence.[64][65]Luton reached theChampionship play-offsin2021–22,where they were beaten 2–1 on aggregate byHuddersfield Townin the semi-final. At the end of the2022–23season, Luton Town secured a consecutive place in the Championship play-offs having finished in 3rd place.[66]Luton Town beatSunderland3–2 on aggregate in the play-off semi-finals to reach the play-off final againstCoventry City.[67]They went on to beat Coventry City 6–5 on penalties after a tense 1–1 draw to secure promotion to thePremier Leaguefor the first time.[68]After collecting one point in their first five matches of the season, Luton won their first Premier League game on 30 September 2023, beatingEverton2–1 away atGoodison Park.[69]After a stable first half of the season, the club's form significantly regressed after January, winning one in seventeen matches before being relegated in May 2024.

Club identity

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Luton first wore white and black between 1920 and 1973.
Luton Town badge as used in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Luton Town badge,1973–87

The club's nickname, "the Hatters", reflects Luton's historical connection with thehat makingtrade, which has been prominent there since the 17th century.[70][71]The nickname was originally a variant on the now rarely seenstraw-plaiters.[further explanation needed]Supporters of the club are also called Hatters.[72]

The club is associated with two very different colour schemes—white and black (first permanently adopted in 1920), and orange, navy and white (first used in 1973, and worn by the team as of the2015–16 season). Luton mainly wore a combination of light blue and white before 1920, when white shirts and black shorts were first adopted. These colours were retained for over half a century, with the colour of the socks varying between white and black, until Luton changed to orange, navy and white at the start of the1973–74 season.Luton began playing in white shirts, shorts and socks in 1979, with the orange and navy motif reduced to trim; navy shorts were adopted in 1984. This palette was retained until the1999–2000 season,when the team played in orange shirts and blue shorts. From 2000 to 2008, Luton returned to white shirts and black shorts; orange was included as trim until 2007. The white, navy and orange palette favoured in the 1980s was brought back in 2008, following the results of a club poll,[73]but a year later the colours were changed yet again, this time to a predominantly orange strip with white shorts.[74]Navy shorts were readopted in 2011. Luton wore orange shirts, navy shorts and white socks during the2015–16 season.[15]

Luton Town have traditionally used the town's crest as its own in a manner similar to many other teams. The club's first badge was a white eight-pointed star, which was emblazoned across the team's shirts (then a deepcochinealred) in 1892. Four years later a crest comprising the club's initials intertwined was briefly adopted. The shirts were thereafter plain until 1933, when Luton first adopted a badge depicting a straw boater, which appeared on Luton shirts. The letters "LTFC" were added in 1935, and this basic design remained until 1947. The club then played without a badge until 1970, when the club began to wear the town crest regularly, having first done so in the 1959 FA Cup Final.[75]

In 1973, concurrently with the club's switch to the orange kit, a new badge was introduced featuring the new colours. The new emblem depicted a stylised orange football, bearing the letters "Lt", surrounded by the club's name in navy blue text.[75]In 1987, the club switched back to a derivative of the town emblem, with the shield portion of the heraldic crest becoming the team's badge; the only similarity with the previous design was the inclusion of the club name around the shield in navy blue. The "rainbow" badge, introduced in 1994, featured the town crest below an orange and blue bow which curved around to meet two footballs, positioned on either side of the shield, with the club name underneath.[75]This badge was used until 2005, when a replacement very similar to the 1987 version was adopted, featuring black text rather than blue and a straw boater in place of the outstretched arm depicted in the older design. The club's founding year, 1885, was added in 2008.[15]The badge was altered once more during the2009–10pre-season, with the red of the town crest being replaced with orange to better reflect the club colours.[76]

The club released the song "Hatters, Hatters", a collaboration between the Luton team and the Bedfordshire-based musical comedy groupthe Barron Knights,in 1974.[77]Eight years later another song featuring vocals by the Luton players, "We're Luton Town", was released to celebrate the club's promotion to the First Division.[78]

Shirt sponsors

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The first sponsor to appear on a Luton Town shirt was Tricentrol, a local motor company based inDunstable,who sponsored the club from March 1980 to 1982; the deal was worth £50,000.[79]

A list of subsequent Luton Town shirt sponsors are as follow:

Stadium

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Main articles:Dallow Lane,Dunstable Road,Kenilworth Road,andPower Court Stadium
The view from the Kenilworth End in 2007. To the left is the Main Stand, and to the right is the Oak Road End.
Luton Town's average home league attendances at Kenilworth Road from1946–47to2016–17.Attendances rose with Luton's promotion in 1955 before plummeting during the early 1960s as the club suffered three relegations. Spectators returned with the promotions of the late 1960s and mid 1970s, before seeing a decline with the introduction of anall-seater stadiumin 1986.

Luton Town's first ground was atDallow Lane,the former ground of Excelsior.[4]The ground was next to theDunstable to Luton railway line,and players regularly claimed to have trouble seeing the ball because of smoke from the trains.[8]A damaging financial loss during1896–97forced Luton to sell the stadium to stay afloat and, as a result, the club moved across the tracks to a stadium between the railway and Dunstable Road.[8]TheDunstable Roadground was opened byHerbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford,who also donated £50 towards the £800 building costs.[8]When the site was sold for housing in 1905, the club was forced to move again at short notice,[8]to its presentKenilworth Roadsite, in time for the start of the1905–06 season.[6][8]

The stadium has an all-seater capacity of 11,600[98]and is situated in theBury Parkarea ofLuton.It was named after the road that runs along one end of it, although the official address of the club is 1 Maple Road. Opposite the eponymous Kenilworth Stand is the Oak Road End, which has evolved from a stand first used exclusively by Luton supporters, then later by away supporters, and now used by both except in times of high ticket demand from away clubs. The Main Stand is flanked by theDavid PreeceStand, and opposite them stands a row of executive boxes. These boxes replaced the Bobbers Stand in 1986, as the club sought to maximise income.[99]

The original Main Stand burnt down in 1921, and was replaced by the current stand before the1922–23 season.The ground underwent extensive redevelopment during the 1930s, and the capacity by the start of theSecond World Warwas 30,000.Floodlightswere installed before the1953–54 season,but it was 20 years before any further modernisation was carried out. In 1973 the Bobbers Stand became all-seated, and in 1985 the grass pitch was replaced with anartificial playing surface;it quickly became unpopular and was derided as "the plastic pitch".[17][99][100][101]

Aserious incident involving hooliganismbefore, during and after a match againstMillwallin 1985 led to the club's then chairman,ConservativeMember of Parliament(MP)David Evans,introducing a scheme effective from the start of1986–87supposedly banning all visiting supporters from the ground, and requiring home fans to carry membership cards when attending matches.[102]Conversion to an all-seater ground also began in 1986.[99]Away fans returned for1990–91,[103]and grass a year later.[104]The David Preece Stand was erected in 1991, and the conversion of the Kenilworth Stand to an all-seater was completed in 2005.[99]

New stadium

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The club first expressed an interest in building a new stadium away from Kenilworth Road in 1955, the year it won promotion to the First Division for the first time. Even then the ground was small compared to those of most First and Second Division clubs, and its location made significant redevelopment difficult. The team has since made several attempts to relocate.[32]Leaving Luton for the nearby new town ofMilton Keyneswas unsuccessfullyproposedseveral times, most notably in the 1980s.[105]The club sold Kenilworth Road to Luton Council in 1989, and has since leased it.[106]A planning application for a new 20,000-seater indoor stadium, the "Kohlerdome" proposed by chairmanDavid Kohlerin 1995, was turned down by theSecretary of Statein 1998, and Kohler left soon after.[107]

In 2007, the club's then-owners proposed a controversial plan to relocate to a site near Junction 12 of theM1 motorway,nearHarlingtonandToddington.[108]A planning application was made on the club's behalf by former chairman Cliff Bassett, but the application was withdrawn almost immediately following the club's takeover in 2008.[109][110]In 2009, the club began an independent feasibility study to determine a viable location to move to.[111][112]The club did not rule out redeveloping Kenilworth Road and, in October 2012, entered talks to buy the stadium back from Luton Borough Council.[106]By 2015, these plans had been dropped in favour of a move to a new location, with managing director Gary Sweet confirming that the club was in a position to "buy land, secure the best possible professional advice... and to see the [planning] application process through to the receipt of consent."[113]

In April 2016, the club announced its intention to build and move into a 17,500-capacity stadium on the Power Court site in central Luton.[114]Outline planning permission for this ground, with potential to expand to 23,000 seats, was granted by Luton Borough Council on 16 January 2019.[115]In March 2021, the club announced that it intended to make a number of changes to the initial scheme to reflect changes caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic,but that the capacity of the new stadium was still to be 23,000 and had a target opening date of 2024.[116]This plan was revised in 2023, to delivering the first phase, a 19,500-seat stadium, by 2026, followed by the second, a further 4,000 safe standing seats, at a later date.[117][118]In September 2024, the club submitted revised plans to the Luton Borough Council for a 25,000 stadium with a planned opening date of 2027.[119][120]

Supporters and rivalries

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Main article:Luton Town F.C.–Watford F.C. rivalry
Luton supporters atWembley Stadium,May 2012

During the2014–15 season,Luton Town had an average home league attendance of 8,702—the second highest inLeague Twobehind onlyPortsmouth.[B]In the2013–14 season,when the club were in theConference Premier,the club had significantly higher support than the other clubs in its league, with an average home attendance of 7,387; more than twice compared to the second highest of 3,568.[C]Average attendances at Kenilworth Road fell with the installation of seats and the club's reduction in stature, dropping from 13,452 in1982–83to their 2014–15 level—a slump of 35% over 32 years.[121]Asupporters' trust,Trust in Luton,owns shares in the club and elects a representative to the club's board.[122][123]The club's official supporters' group, Luton Town Supporters' Club, merged with Trust in Luton in 2014.[124]The club is associated with another supporters' group, the breakaway Loyal Luton Supporters Club.[125]Trust in Luton has, since March 2014, held the legal right to veto any changes to the club's identity, including name, nickname, colours, club crest and mascot.[126]

Luton Town supporters maintain a bitter rivalry withHertfordshire-basedWatford.[127][128][129]Watford were the higher ranked team at the end of every season from 1997 until 2022. However, overall Luton still hold the superior record in the fixture between the two clubs; out of 120 competitive matches there have been 55 Luton victories and 38 for Watford, with 29 draws. The 2003Football Fans Censusshowed that there was also animosity between Luton Town fans and those of west London clubQueens Park Rangers.[127]

The club produces an official match programme for home matches, entitledOur Town.[130]A character known as Happy Harry, a smiling man wearing a straw boater, serves as the team's mascot and appears on the Kenilworth Road pitch before matches.[131]In December 2014, after the seafrontstatue of Eric Morecambein his birthplaceMorecambewas restored, Luton andMorecambe F.C.jointly announced that the winners of future Luton–Morecambe fixtures would be awarded the "Eric Morecambe Trophy".[132]

Records and statistics

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Main articles:List of Luton Town F.C. records and statistics,Luton Town F.C. league record by opponent,andList of Luton Town F.C. seasons
Luton Town's yearly performance from the club's election into the Football League to the present.

The record for the most appearances for Luton is held byBob Morton,who turned out for Luton 562 times in all competitions.[133]Morton also holds the record for the most Football League appearances for the club, with 495.[133]Fred Hawkesholds the record for the most league appearances for Luton, having played in 509 league matches.[134]Six players,Gordon Turner,Andy Rennie,Brian Stein,Ernie Simms,Herbert MoodyandSteve Howard,have scored more than 100 goals for Luton.[135][136][137][138]

The first player to becappedwhile playing for Luton was left wingerRobert Hawkes,who took to the field forEnglandagainstIrelandatGoodison Parkon 16 February 1907.[10]The most capped player isMal Donaghy,who earned 58Northern Irelandcaps while at the club.[139]The first player to score in an international match wasJoe Payne,who scored twice in his only game for England againstFinlandon 20 May 1937.[140]Payne also holds the Football League record for the most goals in a game—he hit 10 pastBristol Roverson 13 April 1936.[20]

The club's largest wins have been a 15–0 victory overGreat Yarmouth Townon 21 November 1914 in theFA Cup[141]and a 12–0 win overBristol Roversin theThird Division Southon 13 April 1936.[139]Luton's heaviest loss was a 9–0 defeat againstSmall Heathin theSecond Divisionon 12 November 1898.[139]

Luton's highest home attendances are 30,069 againstBlackpoolin the FA Cup on 4 March 1959[139][142]and 27,911 againstWolverhampton Wanderersin theFirst Divisionon 5 November 1955.[143]

The highest transfer fee received for a Luton Town player is the feeLeicester Citypaid for Luton-born full-backJames Justinon 28 June 2019.[144]The most expensive player Luton Town have ever bought was wing-backRyan Giles,for a reported fee of £5 million fromWolverhampton Wandererson 27 July 2023.[citation needed]

The youngest player to make afirst-teamappearance for Luton Town isConnor Tomlinsonat 15 years and 199 days old in theEFL Trophy,replacingZane Bantonas a 92nd-minutesubstitutein a 2–1 win overGillinghamon 30 August 2016, after the club were given permission for him to play from his headteacher.[145]

Players

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As of 16 September 2024[146]

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK ENG James Shea
2 DF ENG Reuell Walters
3 DF JAM Amari'i Bell(4th captain)
4 DF WAL Tom Lockyer(captain)
5 DF DEN Mads Juel Andersen
6 DF IRL Mark McGuinness
7 MF NGA Victor Moses
8 MF GER Tom Krauß(on loan fromMainz 05)
9 FW ENG Carlton Morris(vice-captain)
10 FW ENG Cauley Woodrow
11 FW ENG Elijah Adebayo
13 MF ZIM Marvelous Nakamba
14 MF NED Tahith Chong
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF ENG Teden Mengi
16 DF ENG Reece Burke
17 MF COD Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu(3rd captain)
18 MF ENG Jordan Clark
19 FW SCO Jacob Brown
20 MF ENG Liam Walsh
23 GK NED Tim Krul
24 GK BEL Thomas Kaminski
25 FW WAL Joe Taylor
26 MF GRN Shandon Baptiste
27 DF JPN Daiki Hashioka
29 DF ENG Tom Holmes
45 MF ENG Alfie Doughty

Players under contract

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF SCO Allan Campbell(on loan atCharlton Athleticuntil 30 June 2025)
— MF ESP Lamine Dabo(on loan atAIKuntil 31 December 2024)
— FW CAN Aribim Pepple(on loan atSouthenduntil 31 May 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
- FW ATG Dion Pereira(on loan atDagenham & Redbridgeuntil 31 May 2025)
- GK ENG Jack Walton(on loan atDundee Uniteduntil 31 May 2025)

Youth team

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The club operates a Development Squad, made up of contracted senior players, youth team scholars and trialists, which plays in the Southern Division ofThe Central League.[147]The club also fields an under-18 team in theFootball League Youth AllianceSouth East Conference.[148]Luton's youth set-up consists of ten Soccer Centres acrossBedfordshireandNorth Hertfordshire,two Centres of Excellence (one inLuton,one inDunstable), and an academy inBaldockthat caters for players in the under-9 to under-16 age groups.[149]

Development squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK ENG Jameson Horlick(on loan atDulwich Hamlet)
34 MF ENG Jayden Luker(on loan atGrimsby)
37 DF ENG Zack Nelson
38 DF ENG Joseph Johnson
39 DF ENG Aidan Francis-Clarke
40 DF ENG Christian Chigozie
41 DF ENG Benedict Benagr
48 MF POR Dominic Dos Santos Martins
— GK AUS Henry Blackledge(on loan atBerkhamsted)
— GK ENG Liam Coyne
— DF ENG Claude Kayibanda
— DF ENG Tyrell Giwa
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF ITA Vladimir Paternoster
— DF ENG Jack Bateson
— DF ENG Josh Odell-Bature
— DF ENG Jacob Pinnington(on loan atSolihull Moors)
— MF ENG Jack Lorentzen-Jones
— MF ENG Josh Phillips
— MF ENG Axel Piesold(on loan atCliftonville)
— FW ENG Taylan Harris
— FW ENG Oliver Lynch(on loan atDulwich Hamlet)
— FW NGA Jordan Iwhiwhu

Under 18s squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK ENG Oliver Pipa
— GK ENG Cai Hockey
— GK ENG Lucas Thomas
— GK ENG Charlie Booth
— DF ENG Max Scott
— DF ENG Charlie Emery
— DF ENG Kyron Roberts-Edema
— DF ENG Isaiah Harvey
— DF ENG Enoch Sampson
— MF ENG Marcus Warren
— MF ENG Charlie Trustram
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF ENG Archie Shepherd
— MF ENG Harry Fox
— MF NIR Dylan Stitt
— MF CYP Zacharias Ioannides
— FW ENG Will Houghton
— FW ENG Jamie Odegah
— FW ZIM Matthew Takawira
— FW NIR Sam Anderson
— FW ENG Tate Xavier-Jones
— FW COL Samuel Hincapie-Alfonso

Notable former players

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Main article:List of Luton Town F.C. players

Backroom staff

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Mick Harford,Luton's chief recruitment officer, seen in 2009.
Nick Owen,former Luton chairman and current vice president, talking to fans before a home game in 2014.
As of 24 October 2021[150]

Shareholders

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  • Kailesh Karavadra
  • Luton Town Supporters' Trust

Directors

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  • Chairman: David Wilkinson
  • Chief Executive Officer: Gary Sweet
  • Directors: Paul Ballantyne, Stephen Browne, Bob Curson, Mike Herrick,Rob Stringer

Management

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  • Chief Recruitment Officer:Mick Harford
  • Manager:Rob Edwards
  • Assistant Managers: Richie Kyle andPaul Trollope
  • Head of goalkeeping:Kevin Dearden
  • Goalkeeper coach:Kevin Pilkington
  • First Team coach:Kevin Foley
  • Set Piece coach: Vacant
  • Head of sports science: Jared Roberts-Smith and Josh Hornby
  • Head of performance development: James Redden
  • Head of coaching and player development/Under 21s Lead Coach:Alex Lawless
  • Head of scouting operations:Phil Chapple
  • Head of recruitment analysis: Jay Socik
  • Strength and conditioning coach: Vacant
  • Performance analyst: Peter Booker
  • Analyst Coach: Vacant
  • Head of medical: Danny Murphy
  • Medical Co-Ordinator: Simon Parsell
  • Physiotherapist: Chris Phillips
  • Therapist and kitman: Darren Cook
  • Academy and development managers:Paul BensonandWayne Turner
  • Transitional Coach: Vacant
  • Under 18s Head Coach: Joe Deeney
  • Lead Coach for Under 15s and Under 16s:Craig Alcock
  • Under 9s to Under 16s Head of Coaching: Dan Walder

Managers

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Main article:List of Luton Town F.C. managers
Joe Kinnear,seen in 2009, was Luton manager from 2001 to 2003.
Richard Money(2007 photograph),a player for Luton during the1982–83 season,managed the club from 2009 to 2011.
As of 19 May 2024. Only managers in charge for a minimum of 50 competitive matches are counted.[151][152][153]
Key: M = matches; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost
Name Nation From To M W D L Win %
John McCartney Scotland 14 September 1927 21 December 1929 151 57 38 56 037.7
George Kay England 23 December 1929 13 May 1931 71 29 16 26 040.8
Harold Wightman England 1 June 1931 9 October 1935 198 85 49 64 042.9
Ned Liddell England 13 August 1936 26 February 1938 79 42 11 26 053.2
Dally Duncan Scotland 13 June 1947 16 October 1958 503 192 133 178 038.2
Sam Bartram England 18 July 1960 14 June 1962 95 35 18 42 036.8
Bill Harvey England 24 July 1962 21 November 1964 121 37 26 58 030.6
George Martin Scotland 16 February 1965 3 November 1966 82 34 16 32 041.5
Allan Brown Scotland 4 November 1966 17 December 1968 111 56 24 31 050.5
Alec Stock England 20 December 1968 27 April 1972 172 71 56 45 041.3
Harry Haslam England 4 May 1972 23 January 1978 275 110 69 96 040.0
David Pleat England 24 January 1978 16 May 1986 393 158 108 127 040.2
Ray Harford England 16 June 1987 3 January 1990 133 51 34 48 038.3
Jim Ryan Scotland 11 January 1990 13 May 1991 63 18 16 29 028.6
David Pleat England 7 June 1991 11 June 1995 207 55 70 82 026.6
Lennie Lawrence England 21 December 1995 4 July 2000 250 90 66 94 036.0
Joe Kinnear Ireland 8 February 2001 23 May 2003 122 56 28 38 045.9
Mike Newell England 23 June 2003 15 March 2007 200 83 49 68 041.5
Mick Harford England 16 January 2008 1 October 2009 91 25 29 37 027.5
Richard Money England 30 October 2009 28 March 2011 83 45 21 17 054.2
Gary Brabin England 28 March 2011 31 March 2012 62 29 22 11 046.8
John Still England 26 February 2013 17 December 2015 148 69 38 41 046.6
Nathan Jones Wales 6 January 2016 9 January 2019 170 87 46 37 051.2
Nathan Jones Wales 28 May 2020 10 November 2022 133 54 37 42 040.6
Rob Edwards Wales 17 November 2022 Present 76 25 20 31 032.9

Honours

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Luton Town's major honours are detailed below. For a list ofallclub honours, seeList of Luton Town F.C. records and statistics: Honours and achievements.[7]

League

Cup

Footnotes

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A.^The only other club from the south of England in the Football League at the time wasWoolwich Arsenal.
B.^Calculated by adding together all the home league attendances for the2014–15 seasonto calculate the total attendance (200,157) and then dividing by the number of home league matches (23) to reach an average of 8,702. Attendances taken from BBC report for match that day and Soccerbase statistics.[154]
C.^Calculated by adding together all the home league attendances for the2013–14 seasonto calculate the total attendance (169,906) and then dividing by the number of home league matches (23) to reach an average of 7,387. Attendances taken from BBC report for match that day and Soccerbase statistics.[155]
D.^Before the start of the2004–05 season,Football Leaguere-branding saw theFirst Divisionbecome theFootball League Championship.TheSecondandThird DivisionsbecameLeagues OneandTwo,respectively.
E.^On its formation for the1992–93 season,theFA Premier Leaguebecame the top tier ofEnglish football;theFirst,SecondandThird Divisionsthen became the second, third and fourth tiers, respectively.

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