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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 England Matt Bloomfield
Current League Championship 
2023–24 Premier League, 18th (relegated)
Website Club home page
Current season

Luton Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second 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[]

Current squad[]

As of 16 September 2024
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Flag of England James Shea
2 DF Flag of England Reuell Walters
3 DF Flag of Jamaica Amari'i Bell (4th captain)
4 DF Flag of Wales Tom Lockyer (captain)
5 DF Flag of Denmark Mads Juel Andersen
6 DF Flag of Republic of Ireland Mark McGuinness
7 MF Flag of Nigeria Victor Moses
8 MF Flag of Germany Tom Krauß (on loan from Mainz 05)
9 FW Flag of England Carlton Morris (vice-captain)
10 FW Flag of England Cauley Woodrow
11 FW Flag of England Elijah Adebayo
13 MF Flag of Zimbabwe Marvelous Nakamba
14 MF Flag of Curaçao Tahith Chong
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Flag of England Teden Mengi
16 DF Flag of England Reece Burke
17 MF Flag of DR Congo Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (3rd captain)
18 MF Flag of England Jordan Clark
19 FW Flag of Scotland Jacob Brown
20 MF Flag of England Liam Walsh
23 GK Flag of Netherlands Tim Krul
24 GK Flag of Belgium Thomas Kaminski
25 FW Flag of Wales Joe Taylor
26 MF Flag of Grenada Shandon Baptiste
27 DF Flag of Japan Daiki Hashioka
29 DF Flag of England Tom Holmes
45 MF Flag of England Alfie Doughty

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Flag of Scotland Allan Campbell (on loan at Charlton Athletic until 30 June 2025)
MF Flag of Spain Lamine Dabo (on loan at AIK until 31 December 2024)
FW Flag of Canada Aribim Pepple (on loan at Southend until 31 May 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
- FW Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Dion Pereira (on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge until 31 May 2025)
- GK Flag of England Jack Walton (on loan at Dundee United until 31 May 2025)

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. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK Flag of England Jameson Horlick (on loan at Dulwich Hamlet)
34 MF Flag of England Jayden Luker (on loan at Grimsby)
37 DF Flag of England Zack Nelson
38 DF Flag of England Joseph Johnson
39 DF Flag of England Aidan Francis-Clarke
40 DF Flag of England Christian Chigozie
41 DF Flag of England Benedict Benagr
48 MF Flag of Portugal Dominic Dos Santos Martins
GK Flag of Australia Henry Blackledge (on loan at Berkhamsted)
GK Flag of England Liam Coyne
DF Flag of England Claude Kayibanda
DF Flag of England Tyrell Giwa
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Flag of Italy Vladimir Paternoster
DF Flag of England Jack Bateson
DF Flag of England Josh Odell-Bature
DF Flag of England Jacob Pinnington (on loan at Solihull Moors)
MF Flag of England Jack Lorentzen-Jones
MF Flag of England Josh Phillips
MF Flag of England Axel Piesold (on loan at Cliftonville)
FW Flag of England Taylan Harris
FW Flag of England Oliver Lynch (on loan at Dulwich Hamlet)
FW Flag of Nigeria Jordan Iwhiwhu

Under 18s squad[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Flag of England Oliver Pipa
GK Flag of England Cai Hockey
GK Flag of England Lucas Thomas
GK Flag of England Charlie Booth
DF Flag of England Max Scott
DF Flag of England Charlie Emery
DF Flag of England Kyron Roberts-Edema
DF Flag of England Isaiah Harvey
DF Flag of England Enoch Sampson
MF Flag of England Marcus Warren
MF Flag of England Charlie Trustram
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Flag of England Archie Shepherd
MF Flag of England Harry Fox
MF Flag of Northern Ireland Dylan Stitt
MF Flag of Cyprus Zacharias Ioannides
FW Flag of England Will Houghton
FW Flag of England Jamie Odegah
FW Flag of Zimbabwe Matthew Takawira
FW Flag of Northern Ireland Sam Anderson
FW Flag of England Tate Xavier-Jones
FW Flag of Colombia Samuel Hincapie-Alfonso

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 Football Club

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History: Seasons

Luton Town F.C. squad - 2024–25

Shea · Walters · Bell · Lockyer · Andersen · McGuinness · Moses · Krauß · Morris · 10 Woodrow · 11 Adebayo · 13 Nakamba · 14 Chong · 15 Mengi · 16 Burke · 17 Mpanzu · 18 Clark · 19 Brown · 20 Walsh · 21 Pieters · 23 Krul · 24 Kaminski · 25 Taylor · 26 Baptiste · 27 Hashioka · 29 Holmes · 37 Nelson · 38 Johnson · 45 Doughty ·

Manager:  Flag of England Matt Bloomfield
Luton Town F.C. seasons

2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 ·

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 (2022–25) · Bloomfield (2025–)

EFL Championship 2024–25

Blackburn Rovers · Bristol City · Burnley · Cardiff City · Coventry City · Derby County · Hull City · Leeds United · Luton Town · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Norwich City · Oxford United · Plymouth Argyle · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Stoke City · Sunderland · Swansea City · Watford · West Bromwich Albion

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