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Luton Town
Luton Town
Full name Luton Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Hatters
Founded 11 April 1885
Ground Kenilworth Road
(Capacity: 10,356)
Owner Flag of England Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd
Chairman Flag of England David Wilkinson
Manager Flag of Wales Rob Edwards
Current League Premier League 
2022–23 Championship, 3rd
(promoted via play-offs)
Website Club home page
Luton Town 2023-24 homeLuton Town 2023-24 awayLuton Town 2023-24 third
Football current event Current season

Luton Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1885, they are nicknamed The Hatters due to the historical association of the town with the hat making trade and have played home matches at Kenilworth Road since 1905. The club's history includes one major trophy win, several financial crises, as well as numerous promotions and relegations. Between 1982 and 1992, they were a member of the First Division; they won their first major honour, the Football League Cup, in 1988. Luton Town have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Watford.

Luton Town was the first in southern England to turn professional. It joined the Football League before the 1897–98 season, left in 1900 because of financial problems, and rejoined in 1920. Luton reached the First Division in 1955–56 and contested a major final for the first time against Nottingham Forest in the 1959 FA Cup Final. The team was then relegated from the top division in 1959–60, and demoted twice more in the following five years, playing in the Fourth Division from the 1965–66 season, before they were promoted back to the top level in 1974–75.

In 1981–82, the club won the Second Division and gained promotion to the First. Luton defeated Arsenal 3–2 in the 1988 Football League Cup Final and remained in the First Division until relegation at the end of the 1991–92 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 the 2008–09 season, followed a 30-point deduction for financial irregularities. Luton spent five seasons in non-League football before winning the Conference Premier in 2013–14, securing promotion back into the Football League. Luton were promoted from League Two and League One in successive seasons in 2017–18 and 2018–19 before being promoted to the Premier League in the 2022–23 EFL Championship play-off final.

Luton Town are the first football team to return to the top tier of English football after successive relegations down to the fifth tier of English football.

Players[]

As of 17 January 2024

Current squad[]

No. Position Player
1 Flag of England GK James Shea
2 Flag of England DF Gabriel Osho
3 Flag of England DF Dan Potts
4 Flag of Wales DF Tom Lockyer (captain)
5 Flag of Denmark DF Mads Juel Andersen
6 Flag of England MF Ross Barkley
7 Flag of Republic of Ireland FW Chiedozie Ogbene
8 Flag of England MF Luke Berry
9 Flag of England FW Carlton Morris
10 Flag of England FW Cauley Woodrow
11 Flag of England FW Elijah Adebayo
12 Flag of Burkina Faso DF Issa Kaboré (on loan from Manchester City)
13 Flag of Zimbabwe MF Marvelous Nakamba
14 Flag of Netherlands MF Tahith Chong
15 Flag of England DF Teden Mengi
No. Position Player
16 Flag of England DF Reece Burke
17 Flag of DR Congo MF Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
18 Flag of England MF Jordan Clark
19 Flag of Scotland FW Jacob Brown
23 Flag of Netherlands GK Tim Krul
24 Flag of Belgium GK Thomas Kaminski
26 Flag of England DF Ryan Giles
28 Flag of Belgium MF Albert Sambi Lokonga (on loan from Arsenal)
29 Flag of Jamaica DF Amari'i Bell
30 Flag of England MF Andros Townsend
39 Flag of Wales MF Elliot Thorpe
45 Flag of England MF Alfie Doughty
Flag of Canada FW Aribim Pepple
Flag of Nigeria FW Fred Onyedinma

Out on loan[]

No. Position Player
20 Flag of Republic of Ireland MF Louie Watson (on loan at Charlton Athletic until 31 May 2024)
21 Flag of England FW John McAtee (on loan at Barnsley until 31 May 2024)
22 Flag of Scotland MF Allan Campbell (on loan at Millwall until 31 May 2024)
25 Flag of Wales FW Joe Taylor (on loan at Lincoln City until 31 May 2024)
Flag of England GK Jack Walton (on loan at Dundee United until 31 May 2024)
No. Position Player
Flag of England DF Tom Holmes (on loan at Reading until 31 May 2024)
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda MF Dion Pereira (on loan at Sutton United until 31 May 2024)
Flag of Zimbabwe FW Admiral Muskwe (on loan at Exeter City until 31 May 2024)

Youth team[]

The club operates a Development Squad, made up of contracted senior players, youth team scholars and trialists, which plays in the Southern Division of The Central League. The club also fields an under-18 team in the Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference. Luton's youth set-up consists of ten Soccer Centres across Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire, two Centres of Excellence (one in Luton, one in Dunstable), and an Academy in Baldock that caters for players in the under-9 to under-16 age groups.

Development Squad[]

No. Position Player
40 Flag of England DF Aidan Francis-Clarke
Flag of England GK Jamerson Horlick
Flag of England MF Jayden Luker
Flag of England MF Tyrelle Newton
Flag of England MF Axel Piesold
Flag of England FW Josh Allen
Flag of England FW Tobias Braney

Under 18s Squad[]

No. Position Player
38 Flag of England DF Joseph Johnson
Flag of England DF Jack Bateson
Flag of England DF Tyrell Giwa
Flag of England DF Claude Kayibanda
Flag of England DF Josh Odell-Bature
Flag of England DF Jacob Pinnginton
Flag of England DF Max Scott
Flag of England DF Ben Tompkins
No. Position Player
Flag of England MF Jake Burger
Flag of England MF Archie Heron
Flag of England MF Jack Lorentzen-Jones
Flag of England MF Zack Nelson
Flag of England MF Marcus Warren
Flag of England FW Will Houghton
Flag of England FW Oliver Lynch
Flag of England FW Millar Matthews-Lewis

Club alumni[]

Former players[]

Main article: Luton Town F.C. players

Managers[]

Main article: Luton Town F.C. managers

Honours[]

League

Cup

External links[]

Luton Town FC
Luton Town Football Club

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History: Seasons

Luton Town FC
Luton Town F.C. squad - 2023–24

Shea •  Osho •  Potts •  Lockyer (c) •  Andersen •  Barkley •  Ogbene •  Berry •  Morris •  10 Woodrow •  11 Adebayo •  12 Kaboré •  13 Nakamba •  14 Chong •  16 Burke •  17 Mpanzu •  18 Clark •  19 Brown •  23 Krul •  24 Kaminski •  26 Giles •  29 Bell •  30 Townsend •  33 Macey •  45 Doughty •   Mengi •   Sambi Lokonga • 

Manager:  Flag of England Rob Edwards
Luton Town FC
Luton Town FC
Luton Town F.C. seasons

2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 ·

Luton Town FC
Luton Town F.C. squad seasons

1980-81 · 1981-82 · 1982-83 · 1983-84 · 1984-85 · 1985-86 · 1986-87 · 1987-88 · 1988-89 · 1989-90 · 1990-91 · 1991-92 · 1992-93 · 1993-94 · 1994-95 · 1995-96 · 1996-97 · 1997-98 · 1998-99 · 1999-00 · 2000-01 · 2001-02 · 2002-03 · 2003-04 · 2004-05 · 2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008-09 · 2009-10 · 2010-11 · 2011-12 · 2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 ·

Luton Town Football Club - Managers

Thompson (1925) · McCartneys (1927–29) · Kays (1929–31) · Wightmans (1931–35) · Liddle (1936–38) · McBain (1938–39) · Martin (1939–47) · Duncan (1947–58) · Owen (1959–60) · Bartram (1960–62) · Crompton (1962) · Harvey (1962–64) · Watkinsc (1964–65) · Martin (1965–66) · Brown (1966–68) · Stock (1968–72) · Haslam (1972–78) · Pleat (1978–86) · Moore (1986–87) · R. Harford (1987–90) · Mancinic (1990) · Ryan (1990–91) · Pleat (1991–95) · Westley (1995) · Lawrence (1995–2000) · Hill (2000) · Fuccillo (2000–01) · Kinnear (2001–03) · Newell (2003–07) · Steinc (2007) · Blackwell (2007–08) · M. Harford (2008–09) · Neilsonc (2009) · Money (2009–11) · Brabin (2011–12) · Neilsonc (2012) · Buckle (2012–13) · Neilsonc (2013) · Still (2013–15) · Awfordc (2015–16) · N. Jones (2016–19) · M. Harfordc (2019) · G. Jones (2019–20) · N. Jones (2020–22) · M. Harfordc (2022) · Edwards (2022)

Luton Town F.C. matches - 2023–24
2023–24 Premier League

Chelsea (a) · West Ham United (h) · Arsenal (h) · Sheffield United (a) · Arsenal (a) · Fulham (h)

2023–24 FA Cup
Bolton Wanderers (h) · Bolton Wanderers (a) · Everton (a) · Manchester City (h)
2023–24 EFL Cup
Gillingham (h) · Exeter City (a)
Luton Town F.C. match images - 2023–24
2023–24 Premier League

Arsenal (h) · Arsenal (a) ·

2023–24 FA Cup
2023–24 League Cup
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