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List of Luton Town F.C. records and statistics

Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire. The club was founded in 1885 and became the first professional club in southern England in 1891. Luton Town have played at all professional levels of English football and are currently contesting the 2023–24 season in the first tier, Premier League. Luton Town have been Football League members for 104 seasons: from 1897 to 1900; from 1920 to 2009, and from 2014 to 2023.

Fred Hawkes holds the record for most Luton Town league appearances, with 509.

The record for most games played for the club is held by Bob Morton, who made 562 appearances between 1946 and 1964. Gordon Turner is the club's record goalscorer, with 276 goals across his 450 appearances for Luton. Mal Donaghy made 58 appearances for Northern Ireland and so is the Luton Town player who has gained the most caps while with the club. The highest transfer fee paid by the club is the £2 million paid to Barnsley for striker Carlton Morris in 2022, and the highest fees received is the £8 million fee paid by Leicester City for Luton-born James Justin, in 2019. The highest attendance recorded at Kenilworth Road was 30,069 for the visit of Blackpool in 1959. One Football League record is held by a Luton Town player—the 10 goals scored by forward Joe Payne in 1936 against Bristol Rovers is the most scored in any Football League match by a single player.

All records are correct as of the 2022–23 season.

Honours and achievements

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

Luton Town have won some major honours in English football. The club reached its first major final in 1959, when the team reached the FA Cup Final, and the 1988 Football League Cup Final was the side's first major cup victory. The team have also won a Football League Trophy (in 2008–09) and finished as runners-up in the Full Members Cup and Football League Cup (in 1987–88 and 1988–89 respectively).[1]

Luton Town have won all three of the present Football League divisions, and have achieved promotion as runners-up on four other occasions. Outside of the League, the club have finished as runners-up in the Southern League twice in a row (starting in 1894–95), runners-up in the United League in 1896–97, and United League champions in 1897–98. More recently, the club were crowned as Conference Premier champions in the 2013–14 season.

Football pyramid

Ronnie Henry lifts the Conference Premier championship trophy at the end of the 2013–14 season

Luton Town were the first club to be relegated from the top division to the fourth (relegated from First Division in 1959–60, started playing in Fourth Division in 1965–66) and then subsequently win promotion back to the top flight (promoted from Fourth Division in 1968–69 and started playing in First Division in 1974–75).

Domestic cup competitions

Luton Town celebrate winning the Football League Trophy in 2009

Uniquely, the club won the Football League Trophy and were relegated from the Football League in the same season.

Minor honours

Player records

Award winners

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive first-team appearances only; substitutes appear in parentheses.[7][8][9][10]
 ¤ —Played their full career at Luton Town
#NameNationYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther[C]Total
1Bob Morton  England1948–64 ¤495 (0)48 (0)7 (0)12 (0)562 (0)
2Fred Hawkes  England1899–1920 ¤509 (0)40 (0)0 (0)0 (0)549 (0)
3Ricky Hill  England1975–89429 (7)33 (0)37 (1)0 (0)499 (8)
4Brian Stein  England1977–88
1991–92		411 (16)31 (0)34 (1)3 (0)479 (17)
5Mal Donaghy  Northern Ireland1978–88
1989–90		415 (0)36 (0)34 (0)3 (0)488 (0)
6Gordon Turner  England1949–64406 (0)25 (0)7 (0)12 (0)450 (0)
7Marvin Johnson  England1987–2002 ¤352 (21)20 (1)27 (2)16 (1)415 (25)
8Ron Baynham  England1952–65388 (0)31 (0)5 (0)8 (0)432 (0)
9Syd Owen  England1947–59388 (0)27 (0)0 (0)8 (0)423 (0)
10David Preece  England1984–95328 (8)27 (0)23 (0)8 (0)386 (8)

Goals

Steve Howard was the club's top goalscorer for five seasons in a row—2001–02 to 2005–06.
  • Most goals in a season: Joe Payne; with 58 during the 1936–37 season (including 55 league goals).[11]
  • Most goals in a match: Joe Payne; with 10 in match versus Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936, which remains to this day, a Football League record.[11]

Top goalscorers

Competitive first-team appearances only; appearances including substitutes appear in parentheses and italics.[7][12][13][14][15][16]
#NameNationYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther[C]Total
1Gordon Turner  England1949–64243 (406)18 (25)4 (7)11 (12)276 (450)
2Andy Rennie  Scotland1925–34147 (307)15 (26)0 (0)0 (2)162 (335)
3Brian Stein  England1977–88
1991–92		130 (427)6 (31)15 (35)3 (3)154 (496)
4Ernie Simms  England1913–15
1916–22		109 (160)13 (18)0 (0)0 (0)122 (178)
5Herbert Moody  England1901–05
1907–12		93 (232)11 (15)0 (0)0 (0)104 (247)
6Steve Howard  Scotland2001–0696 (212)5 (8)2 (7)0 (1)103 (228)
7=[D]David Moss  England1978–8588 (221)3 (8)3 (16)0 (0)94 (245)
7=[D]Jimmy Yardley  England1926–3278 (173)16 (15)0 (0)0 (0)94 (188)
9Mick Harford  England1984–90
1991–92		69 (168)10 (27)10 (17)3 (4)92 (216)
10Joe Payne  England1934–3883 (72)4 (5)0 (0)0 (0)87 (77)

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

#Fee (GBP)Paid toNameNationDateNotes
1£1,800,000Barnsley F.C.Carlton Morris  England6 July 2022[17]
2£1,200,000RijekaSimon Sluga  Croatia19 July 2019[18]
3£850,000Odense BoldklubLars Elstrup  Denmark21 August 1989[19]
4£750,000BurnleySteve Davis  England13 July 1995[20]
5£580,000West Ham UnitedIan Feuer  United States16 December 1995[21]

Record transfer fees received

Curtis Davies was transferred from Luton Town to West Bromwich Albion for £3,000,000 on 31 August 2005.
#Fee (GBP)Received fromNameNationDateNotes
1£8,000,000Leicester CityJames Justin  England28 June 2019[22]
2£4,000,000BournemouthJack Stacey  England8 July 2019[23]
3=[E]£3,000,000West Bromwich AlbionCurtis Davies  England31 August 2005[24]
3=[E]£3,000,000Birmingham CityRowan Vine  England11 January 2007[F][25]
4£2,750,000West Bromwich AlbionLeon Barnett  England26 July 2007[26]
5£2,500,000ArsenalJohn Hartson  Wales13 January 1995[27]

International

This section refers only to caps won while a Luton Town player.

Managerial records

  • First full-time manager: George Thompson (managed the club for 25 games from February to October 1925).[35]
  • Longest serving manager: David Pleat (managed the club for 600 games over two spells; 393 games from 25 January 1978 to 16 May 1986 and 207 games from 6 June 1991 to 14 June 1995).[36]
  • Longest spell as manager: Dally Duncan (managed the club for 503 games from June 1947 to October 1958).[37][38]
  • First manager from outside England: John McCartney (Scottish—managed the club for 151 games from September 1927 to December 1929).[39][40]
  • First manager from outside the United Kingdom: Joe Kinnear (Irish—managed the club for 122 games from 8 February 2001 to 23 May 2003).[G][41]

Club records

Goals

35 in 42 matches, Third Division South, 1921–22.[1]
35 in 46 matches, Conference Premier, 2013–14.

Points

Clean sheets

Matches

Firsts

Kenilworth Road on 4 September 1905, just before Luton's first game there, against Plymouth Argyle

Record wins

Exeter City 0–5 Luton Town, Fourth Division, 21 October 1967.
Colchester United 0–5 Luton Town, Second Division, 21 April 2003.
Ebbsfleet United 1–6 Luton Town, Conference Premier, 20 March 2010.
Kettering Town 0–5 Luton Town, Conference Premier, 1 January 2012.
Alfreton Town 0–5 Luton Town, Conference Premier, 7 December 2013.
Nuneaton Town 0–5 Luton Town, Conference Premier, 22 February 2014.
Swindon Town 0–5 Luton Town, League Two, 26 December 2017.[66]
  • Record Football League Cup win: Luton Town 7–2 Mansfield Town, 3 October 1989.[67]
  • Record European win: Luton Town 5–0 Ancona, Anglo-Italian Cup group stage, 13 December 1995.[68]

Record defeats

  • Record defeat: Small Heath 9–0 Luton Town, Second Division, 12 November 1898.[19]
  • Record home defeat: Luton Town 0–7 93rd Highland Regiment, 4 October 1890, FA Cup.[69]
  • Record home League defeat:[65]
Luton Town 0–5 Manchester United, First Division, 12 February 1984.
Luton Town 0–5 Sunderland, Championship, 6 May 2007.
Luton Town 1–6 Leicester Fosse, Second Division, 14 January 1899.
Luton Town 1–6 Charlton Athletic, Second Division, 10 February 1962.
Luton Town 2–7 Shrewsbury Town, Fourth Division, 10 March 1965.
Everton 5–1 Luton Town, 24 September 1968.[70]
Reading 5–1 Luton Town, 26 August 2008.[71]
  • Record European defeat: Genoa 4–0 Luton Town, Anglo-Italian Cup group stage, 11 October 1995.[68]

Record consecutive results

  • Record consecutive wins: 12, from 19 February 2002 to 6 April 2002, Third Division.[65]
  • Record consecutive league games unbeaten: 28, from 27 October 2018 to 6 April 2019, League One.
  • Record consecutive home games unbeaten: 39, from 26 September 1925 to 30 April 1927, Third Division South.[65]
  • Record consecutive away games unbeaten: 13, from 26 August 2017 to 26 December 2017, League Two & from 27 October 2018 to 30 March 2019, League One.[66]
  • Record consecutive away league games unbeaten: 15, from 24 September 2013 to 25 March 2014, Conference Premier.[65]
  • Record consecutive clean sheets in all competitions: 7, from 13 October 1923 to 23 November 1923, Third Division South.[72]

Attendances

  • Highest home attendance: 30,069 against Blackpool in the FA Cup sixth round Replay on 4 March 1959.[19]
  • Highest home attendance in a league match: 27,911 against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 5 November 1955.[50]
  • Highest home attendance in the Football League Cup: 27,023 against Arsenal on 6 October 1970.[73]

European statistics

Record by season

Below is Luton Town's record in European competitions. As of the 2018–19 season, the only European competition the club have taken part in is the Anglo-Italian Cup, and they never progressed past the group stage of that tournament. Luton Town have also qualified for the UEFA Cup, as winners of the Football League Cup in 1987–88; however, they were unable to compete due to the ban of English clubs from European competitions following the Heysel Stadium Disaster.[74][75][76][77][78]

SeasonCompetitionRoundDateCountryClubVenueResult[I]AttendanceNotes
1972–73Anglo-Italian CupGroup A7 March 1973  ItalyBariHome4–0unknown[55]
21 March 1973  ItalyHellas VeronaAway1–2[55]
4 April 1973  ItalyFiorentinaHome1–0[55]
2 May 1973  ItalyLazioAway2–2[55]
1988–89UEFA CupUnable to compete due to ban on English clubs in UEFA competitions due to Heysel Stadium disaster[J][74]
1992–93Anglo-Italian CupGroup 515 September 1992  EnglandWatfordAway0–05,197[79]
29 September 1992  EnglandBristol CityHome1–12,538[79]
1993–94Anglo-Italian CupGroup 631 August 1993  EnglandWatfordAway1–22,854[80]
7 September 1993  EnglandSouthend UnitedHome1–11,823[80]
1995–96Anglo-Italian CupGroup A5 September 1995  ItalyPerugiaHome1–42,352[68]
11 October 1995  ItalyGenoaAway0–43,759[68]
8 November 1995  ItalyCesenaAway1–20461[68]
13 December 1995  ItalyAnconaHome5–02,091[68]

Record by opposition nationality

CompetitionPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals
for		Goals
against
Anglo-Italian Cupagainst English clubs403134
against Italian clubs83141514
Total123451818

Record by location

Record at Kenilworth Road

Opposition nationalityPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals
for		Goals
against
English202022
Overseas4301114
Total6321136

Record away from Kenilworth Road

Opposition nationalityPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals
for		Goals
against
English201112
Overseas4013410
Total6024512

Footnotes

A. ^ Before the start of the 2004–05 season, Football League re-branding saw the First Division become the Football League Championship. The Second and Third Divisions became Leagues One and Two, respectively.
B. ^ Upon its formation for the 1992–93 season, the FA Premier League became the top tier of English football; the First, Second and Third Divisions then became the second, third and fourth tiers, respectively.
C. a b The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Third Division South Cup, Southern Professional Floodlit Cup, Full Members Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy and play-offs.
D. ^ Seventh equal
E. ^ Third equal
F. ^ Birmingham City originally paid £2.5 million for Rowan Vine, but promotion to the Premier League at the end of the season resulted in an extra £500,000 being paid, raising the total fee to £3 million.[25]
G. ^ Joe Kinnear was the club's first manager from outside the United Kingdom to manage the club in a match—Terry Mancini, another Irishman, had a spell as the club's caretaker manager (3–11 January 1990) but did not manage the club in a match.[81]
H. ^ Luton Town earned 56 points, but 30 were deducted at the start of the season, giving them a total of 26.[82] The lowest total, not including point deductions, is 37, in 1990–91.[1]
I. ^ Luton Town result always given first
J. ^ Luton Town qualified for the UEFA Cup 1988–89 by winning the Football League Cup in 1987–88, but could not compete due to the ban of English clubs from European competition following the Heysel Stadium Disaster.[74][83][84][85]

References

General

  • Collings, Timothy (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. Luton Town F.C. ISBN 0-9510679-0-7.
  • Bailey, Steve (December 1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-10-2.
  • Hayes, Dean P. (November 2002). Completely Top Hatters!. The Book Castle. ISBN 1-903747-27-9.

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