Luton Town Football Club is an English football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The side currently plays in the Premier League, the first tier of football in England. Founded in 1885, Luton Town became the first professional team in southern England six years later and joined The Football League in 1897. After leaving the League in 1900 due to financial strife, Luton Town competed in the Southern League until Football League membership was regained 20 years later. After an 89-year period of League membership, the team was relegated to the Conference Premier in 2009 due to a 30-point deduction imposed by the football authorities. Five seasons later, the club won promotion back to The Football League.
Luton Town's first team has competed in numerous nationally contested competitions, and the 50 players judged in 2009 the club's best by Denis O'Donoghue of The Times are listed below. In addition, all players who have appeared 100 times for the club in these competitions are given. Club record holders are also included, regardless of the number of matches they played.
Fred Hawkes holds the record for most league appearances for the club, having played 509 matches between 1901 and 1920. The closest to Hawkes's record is Bob Morton, who appeared 495 times between 1948 and 1964. Including all senior competitions, Morton leads the chart with 562 compared to Hawkes's 549. As of 1 July 2009, the player who has won the most international caps while at the club is Mal Donaghy, who appeared 58 times for Northern Ireland.
The goalscoring record is held by Gordon Turner, who scored 276 goals between 1949 and 1964. Turner's tally of 243 league goals is also a club record. Turner's nearest rival is Andy Rennie, whose 147 league goals, 162 in total, were scored between 1925 and 1934. Joe Payne holds the Luton Town record for the most goals scored in a season, set in 1936β37, with 55 league goals in 39 Third Division South games and 58 in all competitions. Payne also holds the Football League record for most goals in a match, with 10 during a 12β0 victory over Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936. Turner holds the club record for most goals in a top-flight season, with 33 league goals and 38 overall during 1957β58.
Key
- Players with name in bold currently play for the club.
- Players with this background and text in bold in the "Nationality" column won full international caps for their country while with the club. If no reliable source has yet been found for the exact number of such caps won, the caps column will be empty and a reference will be supplied for the player having been capped during the relevant period.
- Β€ Players with this background and symbol in the "Notes" column are club record holders, and have footnotes detailing their achievements.
- β Players with this background and symbol in the "Club career" column played for Luton for their entire football career.
- Years are the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared in competitive first-team football for the club.
- League appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, the United League, the Football League and the Conference Premier.
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, United League, Football League (including play-offs), Conference Premier, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy and several now-defunct competitions including the Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Watney Cup and Full Members' Cup.
Notable players
- Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 5 February 2022.
The Times top 50 (2009)
- Following Luton Town's relegation from The Football League in April 2009, a list of the 50 best Luton Town players of all-time was compiled by The Times journalist Denis O'Donoghue. The players selected by O'Donoghue are given below.
Name | Nationality | Caps | Position | Club career | League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Rennie | Scotland | Forward | 1925β1934 | 307 | 147 | 335 | 162 | ||
Joe Payne | England | 1 | Forward | 1934β1938 | 72 | 83 | 77 | 87 | Β€ |
Hugh Billington | England | Forward | 1938β1948 | 87 | 63 | 95 | 70 | ||
Bernard Streten | England | 1 | Goalkeeper | 1946β1957 | 276 | 0 | 301 | 0 | |
Syd Owen | England | 3 | Defender | 1947β1959 | 388 | 3 | 423 | 3 | |
Bob Morton | England | Midfielder | 1948β1964 β | 495 | 48 | 562 | 55 | Β€ | |
Gordon Turner | England | Forward | 1949β1964 | 406 | 243 | 450 | 276 | Β€ | |
Bert Mitchell | England | Midfielder | 1951β1955 | 106 | 41 | 119 | 43 | ||
Ron Baynham | England | 3 | Goalkeeper | 1952β1965 | 388 | 0 | 432 | 0 | |
Jesse Pye | England | Forward | 1952β1954 | 61 | 32 | 65 | 36 | ||
George Cummins | Republic of Ireland | 19 | Forward | 1953β1961 | 184 | 21 | 212 | 30 | |
Billy Bingham | Northern Ireland | 7 | Midfielder | 1958β1960 | 97 | 27 | 102 | 33 | |
John O'Rourke | England | Forward | 1963β1966 | 84 | 64 | 90 | 66 | ||
Bruce Rioch | Scotland | Midfielder | 1964β1969 | 149 | 46 | 167 | 51 | ||
Graham French | England | Midfielder | 1965β1973 | 182 | 21 | 202 | 3 | ||
John Moore | Scotland | Defender | 1965β1973 | 274 | 13 | 306 | 14 | ||
Tony Read | England | Goalkeeper | 1965β1972 | 203 | 12 | 233 | 12 | ||
Alan Slough | England | Midfielder | 1965β1973 | 275 | 28 | 312 | 32 | ||
Terry Branston | England | Defender | 1967β1971 | 101 | 9 | 118 | 19 | ||
Mike Keen | England | Defender | 1968β1972 | 144 | 11 | 160 | 11 | ||
Brian Lewis | England | Forward | 1968β1970 | 45 | 22 | 53 | 25 | ||
Malcolm Macdonald | England | Forward | 1969β1971 | 88 | 49 | 101 | 58 | ||
John Aston | England | Midfielder | 1972β1978 | 174 | 31 | 201 | 37 | ||
John Faulkner | England | Defender | 1972β1978 | 209 | 6 | 239 | 7 | ||
Bobby Thomson | England | Defender | 1972β1976 | 110 | 1 | 135 | 2 | ||
Alan West | England | Midfielder | 1973β1981 | 285 | 16 | 317 | 17 | ||
Steve Buckley | England | Defender | 1974β1978 | 123 | 9 | 135 | 9 | ||
Paul Futcher | England | Defender | 1974β1978 | 131 | 1 | 142 | 1 | ||
Ron Futcher | England | Forward | 1974β1978 | 120 | 40 | 133 | 43 | ||
Ricky Hill | England | 3 | Midfielder | 1975β1989 | 436 | 54 | 507 | 65 | |
Brian Stein | England | 1 | Forward | 1977β1988 1991β1992 |
427 | 130 | 496 | 154 | |
Mal Donaghy | Northern Ireland | 58 | Defender | 1978β1988 1989β1990 |
415 | 16 | 488 | 21 | Β€ |
David Moss | England | Midfielder | 1978β1985 | 221 | 88 | 245 | 94 | ||
Kirk Stephens | England | Defender | 1978β1984 | 227 | 2 | 248 | 2 | ||
Raddy AntiΔ | Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1980β1984 | 100 | 9 | 108 | 10 | ||
Brian Horton | England | Midfielder | 1981β1984 | 118 | 8 | 132 | 10 | ||
Paul Walsh | England | 5 | Forward | 1982β1984 | 80 | 24 | 89 | 28 | Β€ |
Tim Breacker | England | Defender | 1983β1990 | 210 | 3 | 262 | 3 | ||
Les Sealey | England | Goalkeeper | 1983β1990 | 207 | 0 | 259 | 0 | ||
Steve Foster | England | Defender | 1984β1989 | 163 | 11 | 213 | 14 | ||
Mick Harford | England | 2 | Forward | 1984β1990 1991β1992 |
168 | 69 | 216 | 92 | |
David Preece | England | Midfielder | 1984β1995 | 336 | 21 | 394 | 27 | ||
Marvin Johnson | England | Defender | 1987β2002 β | 373 | 7 | 440 | 10 | ||
Tony Thorpe | England | Forward | 1993β1998 1998 1999 2002β2003 |
164 | 70 | 193 | 85 | ||
Matthew Taylor | England | Defender | 1999β2002 | 129 | 16 | 146 | 17 | ||
Steve Howard | Scotland | Forward | 2001β2006 | 212 | 96 | 228 | 103 | ||
Chris Coyne | Australia | Defender | 2001β2008 | 221 | 14 | 252 | 17 | ||
Kevin Nicholls | England | Midfielder | 2001β2006 2008β2010 |
216 | 30 | 237 | 33 | ||
Jean-Louis Valois | France | Midfielder | 2001β2002 | 34 | 6 | 40 | 6 | ||
Curtis Davies | England | Defender | 2003β2005 | 56 | 2 | 62 | 2 | Β€ |
Other Luton Town centurions and record holders
- Players other than those selected by O'Donoghue who either made 100 first-team appearances for Luton Town or hold a club record appear here.
Name | Nationality | Caps | Position | Club career | League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Durrant | England | Midfielder | 1897β1904 1913β1914 |
155 | 30 | 177 | 40 | ||
Tom McInnes | Scotland | Forward | 1897β1900 | 93 | 20 | 109 | 29 | ||
Harry Williams | England | Defender | 1898β1905 | 144 | 3 | 157 | 3 | ||
Bill McCurdy | Scotland | Defender | 1899β1901 1905β1909 |
193 | 0 | 211 | 1 | ||
Fred Hawkes | England | Midfielder | 1899β1920 β | 509 | 22 | 549 | 25 | Β€ | |
Fred White | England | Defender | 1900β1909 β | 237 | 10 | 257 | 11 | ||
Bob Hawkes | England | 5 | Midfielder | 1901β1920 β | 349 | 40 | 382 | 43 | Β€ |
Herbert Moody | England | Forward | 1901β1905 1907β1912 |
232 | 93 | 247 | 104 | ||
Billy Barnes | England | Forward | 1904β1907 | 101 | 12 | 107 | 12 | ||
Peter Platt | England | Goalkeeper | 1905β1909 | 130 | 0 | 139 | 0 | ||
Abe Jones | England | Defender | 1906β1910 | 136 | 12 | 141 | 12 | ||
Harry Stansfield | England | Midfielder | 1908β1912 | 135 | 24 | 144 | 24 | ||
Syd Hoar | England | Midfielder | 1913β1915 1919β1925 |
221 | 36 | 237 | 39 | ||
Ernie Simms | England | 1 | Forward | 1913β1915 1916β1922 |
160 | 109 | 178 | 122 | |
Louis Bookman | Ireland | 3 | Midfielder | 1919β1922 | 101 | 8 | 110 | 9 | |
Arthur Roe | England | Midfielder | 1919β1925 | 117 | 1 | 124 | 1 | ||
George Butcher | England | Midfielder | 1920β1925 | 121 | 23 | 129 | 25 | ||
George Lennon | Scotland | Defender | 1920β1923 | 107 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||
Alf Tirrell | England | Defender | 1920β1924 | 122 | 4 | 130 | 5 | ||
Jimmy Walker | Scotland | Defender | 1920β1926 | 133 | 4 | 138 | 4 | ||
Rob Millar | Scotland | Defender | 1920β1930 | 205 | 4 | 213 | 4 | ||
Bob Graham | Scotland | Defender | 1921β1929 | 164 | 5 | 175 | 5 | ||
Bill Jennings | England | Defender | 1922β1926 | 114 | 2 | 117 | 2 | ||
Syd Reid | Wales | Forward | 1922β1928 | 134 | 70 | 143 | 81 | ||
George Dennis | England | Forward | 1924β1929 | 139 | 41 | 150 | 44 | ||
David Richards | England | Defender | 1925β1931 | 147 | 0 | 152 | 0 | ||
John Black | Scotland | Defender | 1926β1930 | 91 | 4 | 101 | 4 | ||
Charles Fraser | England | Defender | 1926β1935 β | 246 | 4 | 270 | 4 | ||
Henry Kingham | England | Defender | 1926β1937 | 250 | 0 | 275 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Yardley | England | Forward | 1926β1932 | 173 | 78 | 188 | 94 | ||
Harry Woods | England | Forward | 1926β1932 | 97 | 22 | 105 | 13 | ||
George Harford | England | Goalkeeper | 1929β1934 | 99 | 0 | 107 | 0 | ||
Hugh McGinnigle | Scotland | Defender | 1930β1937 | 159 | 2 | 177 | 3 | ||
Fred Kean | England | Defender | 1931β1935 | 117 | 5 | 141 | 6 | ||
Tom Mackey | England | Defender | 1932β1938 | 183 | 2 | 208 | 2 | ||
George Martin | Scotland | Midfielder | 1933β1937 | 98 | 27 | 105 | 29 | ||
Joe Coen | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1934β1939 | 142 | 0 | 158 | 0 | ||
Fred Roberts | England | Forward | 1934β1945 | 180 | 38 | 198 | 45 | ||
Tom Smith | England | Defender | 1934β1939 | 157 | 1 | 172 | 1 | ||
George Stephenson | England | Forward | 1934β1939 | 192 | 58 | 212 | 69 | ||
Bill Fellowes | England | Defender | 1935β1938 | 110 | 3 | 124 | 3 | ||
John Finlayson | Scotland | Defender | 1935β1939 | 154 | 9 | 168 | 9 | ||
Jack Nelson | England | Defender | 1935β1939 | 134 | 1 | 148 | 1 | ||
Harry Cooke | England | Defender | 1946β1953 | 210 | 4 | 228 | 4 | ||
Doug Gardiner | England | Defender | 1946β1951 | 121 | 1 | 134 | 1 | ||
Wally Shanks | England | Defender | 1946β1957 | 264 | 6 | 275 | 6 | ||
Billy Waugh | Scotland | Midfielder | 1946β1950 | 135 | 9 | 147 | 12 | ||
Tom Aherne | Ireland / Republic of Ireland | 1 / 13 | Defender | 1948β1957 | 267 | 0 | 288 | 0 | |
George Stobbart | England | Forward | 1949β1952 | 107 | 30 | 116 | 30 | ||
Charlie Watkins | Scotland | Defender | 1949β1955 | 218 | 16 | 239 | 20 | ||
Les Jones | Wales | Defender | 1950β1958 | 98 | 1 | 110 | 1 | ||
Jim Pemberton | England | Defender | 1950β1958 | 92 | 8 | 100 | 10 | ||
Mick Cullen | Scotland | 1 | Forward | 1951β1958 | 112 | 16 | 125 | 19 | |
Roy Davies | South Africa | Midfielder | 1951β1957 | 150 | 24 | 171 | 27 | ||
Seamus Dunne | Republic of Ireland | 15 | Defender | 1951β1961 | 301 | 0 | 323 | 0 | |
Jimmy Adam | Scotland | Midfielder | 1953β1959 | 137 | 22 | 140 | 24 | ||
John Groves | England | Defender | 1953β1963 | 218 | 16 | 251 | 18 | ||
Terry Kelly | England | Defender | 1954β1963 | 136 | 1 | 150 | 1 | ||
Allan Brown | Scotland | Forward | 1956β1961 | 151 | 51 | 172 | 59 | ||
Brendan McNally | Republic of Ireland | 3 | Defender | 1956β1963 | 134 | 3 | 164 | 3 | |
Ken Hawkes | England | Defender | 1957β1961 | 90 | 1 | 102 | 1 | ||
Dave Pacey | England | Defender | 1957β1965 | 246 | 16 | 277 | 19 | ||
John Bramwell | England | Defender | 1960β1965 | 187 | 1 | 206 | 2 | ||
Harry Walden | England | Midfielder | 1960β1964 | 96 | 11 | 106 | 12 | ||
Fred Jardine | Scotland | Defender | 1961β1970 | 220 | 9 | 243 | 10 | ||
Tommy McKechnie | Scotland | Forward | 1961β1966 | 131 | 31 | 146 | 34 | ||
Gordon Riddick | England | Midfielder | 1962β1967 | 102 | 16 | 114 | 17 | ||
Ray Whittaker | England | Midfielder | 1963β1969 | 170 | 40 | 188 | 45 | ||
Keith Allen | England | Forward | 1966β1973 | 137 | 36 | 154 | 43 | ||
Max Dougan | Scotland | Defender | 1966β1970 | 118 | 0 | 132 | 0 | ||
John Ryan | England | Midfielder | 1970β1976 | 266 | 10 | 304 | 11 | ||
Peter Anderson | England | Midfielder | 1970β1976 | 181 | 34 | 208 | 40 | ||
Keith Barber | England | Goalkeeper | 1970β1977 | 142 | 0 | 158 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Ryan | Scotland | Midfielder | 1970β1977 | 184 | 21 | 214 | 25 | ||
Alan Garner | England | Defender | 1971β1975 | 88 | 3 | 112 | 4 | ||
Don Shanks | England | Defender | 1971β1975 | 90 | 2 | 110 | 5 | ||
Paul Price | Wales | 1 | Defender | 1972β1981 | 207 | 8 | 230 | 8 | |
Jimmy Husband | England | Forward | 1973β1978 | 143 | 44 | 162 | 48 | ||
Lil Fuccillo | England | Midfielder | 1974β1983 | 160 | 24 | 180 | 27 | ||
Mark Aizlewood | Wales | Defender | 1978β1982 | 98 | 3 | 110 | 4 | ||
Jake Findlay | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1978β1985 | 167 | 0 | 187 | 0 | ||
Wayne Turner | England | Midfielder | 1978β1985 | 84 | 2 | 102 | 3 | ||
Mitchell Thomas | England | Defender | 1982β1986 1993β1999 |
292 | 5 | 336 | 5 | ||
Ashley Grimes | Republic of Ireland | 3 | Midfielder | 1984β1989 | 87 | 3 | 115 | 4 | |
Peter Nicholas | Wales | 15 | Midfielder | 1984β1987 | 102 | 1 | 116 | 1 | |
Richard Harvey | England | Defender | 1986β1998 | 162 | 4 | 191 | 5 | ||
Darron McDonough | England | Midfielder | 1986β1992 | 105 | 5 | 129 | 7 | ||
Kingsley Black | Northern Ireland | 16 | Midfielder | 1987β1992 | 127 | 26 | 157 | 30 | |
Julian James | England | Defender | 1987β1998 | 282 | 13 | 335 | 14 | ||
David Oldfield | England | Midfielder | 1987β1989 1995β1998 |
146 | 22 | 172 | 33 | ||
Danny Wilson | Northern Ireland | 15 | Midfielder | 1987β1990 | 110 | 24 | 142 | 30 | |
Alec Chamberlain | England | Goalkeeper | 1988β1993 | 138 | 0 | 158 | 0 | ||
John Dreyer | England | Defender | 1988β1994 | 214 | 13 | 249 | 15 | ||
Lars Elstrup | Denmark | 6 | Forward | 1989β1991 | 60 | 19 | 70 | 27 | Β€ |
Ceri Hughes | Wales | 6 | Midfielder | 1989β1997 | 175 | 17 | 206 | 20 | |
Paul Telfer | Scotland | Midfielder | 1990β1995 | 144 | 19 | 165 | 22 | ||
Phil Gray | Northern Ireland | 5 | Forward | 1991β1993 1997β2000 |
140 | 43 | 161 | 53 | |
Des Linton | England | Defender | 1991β1997 | 83 | 1 | 104 | 1 | ||
Scott Oakes | England | Midfielder | 1991β1996 | 173 | 27 | 200 | 34 | ||
Trevor Peake | England | Defender | 1991β1998 | 179 | 0 | 202 | 0 | ||
Paul McLaren | Scotland | Midfielder | 1993β2001 | 167 | 4 | 202 | 6 | ||
Juergen Sommer | United States | 3 | Goalkeeper | 1993β1995 | 82 | 0 | 103 | 0 | |
Kelvin Davis | England | Goalkeeper | 1994β1999 | 91 | 0 | 105 | 0 | ||
Dwight Marshall | England | Forward | 1994β1999 | 128 | 28 | 156 | 39 | ||
Gary Waddock | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1994β1998 | 153 | 3 | 172 | 3 | ||
Graham Alexander | Scotland | Midfielder | 1995β1999 | 150 | 15 | 180 | 17 | ||
Steve Davis | England | Defender | 1995β1999 | 138 | 21 | 175 | 27 | ||
Stuart Douglas | England | Forward | 1995β2002 | 146 | 18 | 173 | 23 | ||
Ian Feuer | United States | Goalkeeper | 1995β1998 | 85 | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||
Andrew Fotiadis | England | Forward | 1996β2003 | 123 | 18 | 147 | 20 | ||
Matthew Spring | England | Midfielder | 1997β2004 2007β2008 |
308 | 36 | 357 | 43 | ||
Liam George | Republic of Ireland | Forward | 1997β2002 | 102 | 20 | 124 | 24 | ||
Alan White | England | Defender | 1997β2000 2009β2010 |
99 | 4 | 115 | 4 | ||
Emmerson Boyce | England | Defender | 1998β2004 | 186 | 8 | 212 | 9 | ||
Peter Holmes | England | Midfielder | 2000β2007 | 105 | 11 | 127 | 12 | ||
Ahmet BrkoviΔ | Croatia | Midfielder | 2001β2008 | 194 | 31 | 223 | 38 | ||
Russell Perrett | England | Defender | 2001β2007 | 99 | 9 | 108 | 9 | ||
Sol Davis | England | Defender | 2002β2009 | 199 | 3 | 229 | 3 | ||
Kevin Foley | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 2002β2007 | 151 | 3 | 166 | 5 | ||
Steve Robinson | Northern Ireland | 7 | Midfielder | 2002β2008 | 185 | 9 | 211 | 12 | |
Dean Brill | England | Goalkeeper | 2003β2009 2012β2013 |
88 | 0 | 109 | 0 | ||
Marlon Beresford | England | Goalkeeper | 2003β2004 2004β2008 |
116 | 0 | 132 | 0 | ||
Keith Keane | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2003β2012 | 237 | 7 | 284 | 8 | ||
Enoch Showunmi | Nigerian | Forward | 2003β2006 | 102 | 14 | 114 | 16 | ||
Rowan Vine | England | Forward | 2004β2007 | 112 | 31 | 121 | 33 | ||
Dean Morgan | England | Forward | 2005β2008 | 88 | 11 | 101 | 12 | ||
Jake Howells | Wales | Midfielder | 2008β2016 | 273 | 29 | 334 | 31 | ||
Claude Gnakpa | France | Midfielder | 2008β2011 | 105 | 22 | 134 | 27 | ||
George Pilkington | England | Defender | 2008β2012 | 140 | 11 | 169 | 12 | ||
Mark Tyler | England | Goalkeeper | 2009β2016 | 257 | 0 | 297 | 0 | ||
Alex Lawless | Wales | Midfielder | 2010β2016 | 169 | 18 | 203 | 22 | ||
Andre Gray | England | Forward | 2012β2014 | 97 | 52 | 111 | 57 | ||
Jonathan Smith | England | Midfielder | 2012β2017 | 149 | 10 | 176 | 11 | ||
Steve McNulty | England | Defender | 2013β2016 | 117 | 2 | 125 | 2 | ||
Scott Griffiths | England | Defender | 2013β2016 | 105 | 3 | 115 | 3 | ||
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu | England | Midfielder | 2013 2014β |
306 | 20 | 349 | 20 | ||
Cameron McGeehan | Northern Ireland | Midfielder | 2014 2015β2017 |
98 | 28 | 106 | 31 | ||
Elliot Lee | England | Forward | 2015 2017β |
104 | 27 | 124 | 30 | ||
Scott Cuthbert | Scotland | Defender | 2015β2018 | 97 | 3 | 111 | 4 | ||
Dan Potts | England | Defender | 2015β | 162 | 9 | 179 | 11 | ||
Olly Lee | England | Midfielder | 2015β2018 | 105 | 10 | 123 | 11 | ||
Alan Sheehan | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 2016β2020 | 117 | 6 | 135 | 9 | ||
Glen Rea | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2016β | 184 | 7 | 207 | 8 | ||
James Justin | England | Defender | 2016β2019 | 90 | 6 | 114 | 6 | ||
Danny Hylton | England | Forward | 2016β | 136 | 51 | 156 | 59 | ||
James Collins | Republic of Ireland | 8 | Forward | 2017β2021 | 174 | 68 | 183 | 72 | |
Andrew Shinnie | Scotland | Midfielder | 2017β2021 | 90 | 6 | 106 | 10 | ||
Harry Cornick | England | Forward | 2017β | 176 | 29 | 193 | 31 | ||
Luke Berry | England | Midfielder | 2017β | 117 | 17 | 133 | 19 | ||
Sonny Bradley | England | Defender | 2018β | 139 | 5 | 149 | 5 | ||
Matty Pearson | England | Defender | 2018β2021 | 128 | 10 | 136 | 10 |
Notes
- a Number of international caps won while at the club sourced to Hayes, Completely Top Hatters! except where otherwise noted.
- b For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
- c Southern Football League and United League appearances and goals sourced to Collings, The Luton Town Story 1885β1985.
Football League appearances and goals for players whose career ended up to and including 1997 sourced to Bailey, The Definitive Luton Town F.C.. This list excludes games played in the abandoned 1939β40 season.
League appearances and goals for players whose career ended post-1997 sourced to Soccerbase. - d Other appearances and goals sourced to Bailey, The Definitive Luton Town F.C. unless the player's career ended post-1997, in which case they are sourced to Soccerbase.
Footnotes
- A. Joe Payne holds the club record for most league goals in a season (55 in 1936β37). He also holds the Football League record for most goals in a match β 10 against Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936.
- B. Bob Morton holds the records for most Luton Town appearances in both the Football League (495) and in all competitions (562).
- C. Gordon Turner holds the records for most Luton Town goals scored in both the league (243) and in all competitions (276).
- D. Tony Read was unusually utilised as both a goalkeeper and as a forward β he is listed here as a goalkeeper as he appeared more often in that position.
- E. Mal Donaghy holds the club record for most international appearances while with the club, with 58 of his 91 for Northern Ireland coming while he was at Kenilworth Road.
- F. With five England caps, Paul Walsh shares the record for most England appearances by a Luton Town player with Bob Hawkes.
- G. Curtis Davies became Luton Town's most expensive sale when he was sold to West Bromwich Albion for Β£3,000,000 on 31 August 2006.
- H. Fred Hawkes holds the records for most league appearances for Luton Town, with 509.
- I. Bob Hawkes became the first Luton Town player to be capped by any country when he appeared for England against Ireland on 16 February 1907.
- J. While a Luton Town player, the dual Irish international Tom Aherne made one appearance for the Irish Football Association-controlled all-Ireland team and 13 for the Football Association of Ireland-affiliated Ireland team.
- K. Lars Elstrup became Luton Town's most expensive signing ever when the club paid Β£850,000 to buy him from Odense Boldklub on 17 August 1989.
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- ^ Hayes (2002). Completely Top Hatters!. p. 90.
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