List of Luton Town F.C. players

Luton Town Football Club is an English football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The side currently plays in the Championship, the second tier of football in England. Founded in 1885,[1] Luton Town became the first professional team in southern England six years later and joined The Football League in 1897.[2][3] 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5] Five seasons later, the club won promotion back to The Football League.[6]

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.[7] The closest to Hawkes's record is Bob Morton, who appeared 495 times between 1948 and 1964.[8] Including all senior competitions, Morton leads the chart with 562 compared to Hawkes's 549.[7][8] 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.[9][10]

The goalscoring record is held by Gordon Turner, who scored 276 goals between 1949 and 1964.[11] Turner's tally of 243 league goals is also a club record.[11] Turner's nearest rival is Andy Rennie, whose 147 league goals, 162 in total, were scored between 1925 and 1934.[11] Joe Payne holds the Luton Town record for the most goals scored in a season, set in 1936–37, with 55 league goals in 39 Third Division South games and 58 in all competitions.[12] Payne also holds the Football League record for most goals in a match, with 10 during a 12–0 victory over Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936.[13][14] Turner holds the club record for most goals in a top-flight season, with 33 league goals and 38 overall during 1957–58.[15]

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.
  •    ¤ Players with this background and symbol in the "Notes" column are club record holders, and have footnotes detailing their achievements.
  •    † 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 as of 6 February 2021.

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.[16]
Bruce Rioch, pictured here in 2008, played for Luton from 1964 to 1969 and later became the first captain of Scotland born in England.
Paul Walsh played for Luton from 1982 until 1984, when he was sold to Liverpool. He is seen here in that club's colours following a 2008 match featuring former players.
Steve Foster, pictured in 2006, played for Luton from 1984 to 1989 and captained the club to its Football League Cup victory of 1987–88.
Mick Harford, pictured in 2009, is regarded as "one of Luton's finest players",[16] and represented the club as both player and manager.
Steve Howard, pictured in 2009, scored 103 goals for the club between 2001 and 2006, giving him the club's sixth-highest goals total.
Chris Coyne played for the club from 2001 to 2008, captaining it from 2006. He is pictured here playing for Australia in 2008.
NameNationalityCaps[a]Position[b]Club careerLeague[c]
apps
League
goals
Total[d]
apps
Total
goals
Notes
Andy Rennie Scottish Forward1925–34307147335162
Joe Payne English1 Forward1934–3872837787¤[A]
Hugh Billington English Forward1938–4887639570
Bernard Streten English1 Goalkeeper1946–5727603010
Syd Owen English3 Defender1947–5938834233
Bob Morton English Midfielder1948–64 †4954856255¤[B]
Gordon Turner English Forward1949–64406243450276¤[C]
Bert Mitchell English Midfielder1951–551064111943
Ron Baynham English3 Goalkeeper1952–6538804320
Jesse Pye English Forward1952–5461326536
George Cummins Irish19 Forward1953–611842121230
Billy Bingham Northern Irish7 Midfielder1958–60972710233
John O'Rourke English Forward1963–6684649066
Bruce Rioch Scottish Midfielder1964–691494616751
Graham French English Midfielder1965–73182212023
John Moore Scottish Defender1965–732741330614
Tony Read English Goalkeeper[D]1965–722031223312
Alan Slough English Midfielder1965–732752831232
Terry Branston English Defender1967–71101911819
Mike Keen English Defender1968–721441116011
Brian Lewis English Forward1968–7045225325
Malcolm Macdonald English Forward1969–71884910158
John Aston English Midfielder1972–781743120137
John Faulkner English Defender1972–7820962397
Bobby Thomson English Defender1972–7611011352
Alan West English Midfielder1973–812851631717
Steve Buckley English Defender1974–7812391359
Paul Futcher English Defender1974–7813111421
Ron Futcher English Forward1974–781204013343
Ricky Hill English3 Midfielder1975–894365450765
Brian Stein English1 Forward1977–88
1991–92
427130496154
Mal Donaghy Northern Irish58 Defender1978–88
1989–90
4151648821¤[E]
David Moss English Midfielder1978–852218824594
Kirk Stephens English Defender1978–8422722482
Raddy Antić Yugoslavian Midfielder1980–84100910810
Brian Horton English Midfielder1981–84118813210
Paul Walsh English5 Forward1982–8480248928¤[F]
Tim Breacker English Defender1983–9021032623
Les Sealey English Goalkeeper1983–9020702590
Steve Foster English Defender1984–891631121314
Mick Harford English2 Forward1984–90
1991–92
1686921692
David Preece English Midfielder1984–953362139427
Marvin Johnson English Defender1987–2002 †373744010
Tony Thorpe English Forward1993–98
1998
1999
2002–03
1647019385
Matthew Taylor English Defender1999–20021291614617
Steve Howard Scottish Forward2001–0621296228103
Chris Coyne Australian Defender2001–082211425217
Kevin Nicholls English Midfielder2001–06
2008–10
2163023733
Jean-Louis Valois French Midfielder2001–02346406
Curtis Davies English Defender2003–05562622¤[G]

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.
Fred Hawkes, born in Luton and pictured c. 1906, holds the record for most Luton Town league appearances.
Bob Hawkes, pictured in 1908, represented Luton for 19 years and was the team's first international player.
Louis Bookman played 110 times for Luton between 1919 and 1922, also representing Ireland during that time. Here is pictured here while with Ireland in 1914.
Northern Ireland international Danny Wilson scored Luton's second goal in the 1988 League Cup Final and appeared for the club 142 times between 1987 and 1990. He is pictured here in 2008.
Midfielder David Oldfield, seen in 2010, played for Luton from 1986 to 1989 and from 1995 to 1998.
Scott Oakes, a Luton player from 1991 to 1996, pictured in 2010.
Matthew Spring represented Luton 357 times over two spells (1997–2004 and 2007–08), scoring 43 goals. In this 2009 photograph he is seen in Charlton Athletic colours.
Luton-born Kevin Foley played 166 times for his home-town club between 2002 and 2007. He is seen here in 2009 as a Wolverhampton Wanderers player.
Forward Rowan Vine, pictured in 2011, scored 33 goals for Luton between 2005 and 2007.
Keith Keane, seen here in 2011. Born in Luton, he made his first-team debut in 2003 and made 284 appearances for the club across four different leagues before leaving in 2012.
NameNationalityCaps[a]Position[b]Club careerLeague[c]
apps
League
goals
Total[d]
apps
Total
goals
Notes
Jimmy Durrant English Midfielder1897–1904
1913–14
1553017740
Tom McInnes Scottish Forward1897–1900932010929
Harry Williams English Defender1898–190514431573
Bill McCurdy Scottish Defender1899–1901
1905–09
19302111
Fred Hawkes English Midfielder1899–1920 †5092254925¤[H]
Fred White English Defender1900–09 †2371025711
Bob Hawkes English5 Midfielder1901–20 †3494038243¤[F][I]
Herbert Moody English Forward1901–05
1907–12
23293247104
Billy Barnes English Forward1904–071011210712
Peter Platt English Goalkeeper1905–0913001390
Abe Jones English Defender1906–101361214112
Harry Stansfield English Midfielder1908–121352414424
Syd Hoar English Midfielder1913–15
1919–25
2213623739
Ernie Simms English1 Forward1913–15
1916–22
160109178122
Louis Bookman Irish3 Midfielder1919–2210181109
Arthur Roe English Midfielder1919–2511711241
George Butcher English Midfielder1920–251212312925
George Lennon Scottish Defender1920–2310701150
Alf Tirrell English Defender1920–2412241305
Jimmy Walker Scottish Defender1920–2613341384
Rob Millar Scottish Defender1920–3020542134
Bob Graham Scottish Defender1921–2916451755
Bill Jennings English Defender1922–2611421172
Syd Reid Welsh Forward1922–281347014381
George Dennis English Forward1924–291394115044
David Richards English Defender1925–3114701520
John Black Scottish Defender1926–309141014
Charles Fraser English Defender1926–35 †24642704
Henry Kingham English Defender1926–3725002750
Jimmy Yardley English Forward1926–321737818894
Harry Woods English Forward1926–32972210513
George Harford English Goalkeeper1929–349901070
Hugh McGinnigle Scottish Defender1930–3715921773
Fred Kean English Defender1931–3511751416
Tom Mackey English Defender1932–3818322082
George Martin Scottish Midfielder1933–37982710529
Joe Coen Scottish Goalkeeper1934–3914201580
Fred Roberts English Forward1934–451803819845
Tom Smith[17] English Defender1934–3915711721
George Stephenson English Forward1934–391925821269
Bill Fellowes English Defender1935–3811031243
John Finlayson Scottish Defender1935–3915491689
Jack Nelson English Defender1935–3913411481
Harry Cooke English Defender1946–5321042284
Doug Gardiner English Defender1946–5112111341
Wally Shanks English Defender1946–5726462756
Billy Waugh Scottish Midfielder1946–50135914712
Tom Aherne / Irish[J]1 / 13[J] Defender1948–5726702880
George Stobbart English Forward1949–521073011630
Charlie Watkins Scottish Defender1949–552181623920
Les Jones Welsh Defender1950–589811101
Jim Pemberton English Defender1950–5892810010
Mick Cullen Scottish1 Forward1951–581121612519
Roy Davies South African Midfielder1951–571502417127
Seamus Dunne Irish15 Defender1951–6130103230
Jimmy Adam Scottish Midfielder1953–591372214024
John Groves English Defender1953–632181625118
Terry Kelly English Defender1954–6313611501
Allan Brown Scottish Forward1956–611515117259
Brendan McNally Irish3 Defender1956–6313431643
Ken Hawkes English Defender1957–619011021
Dave Pacey English Defender1957–652461627719
John Bramwell English Defender1960–6518712062
Harry Walden English Midfielder1960–64961110612
Fred Jardine Scottish Defender1961–70220924310
Tommy McKechnie Scottish Forward1961–661313114634
Gordon Riddick English Midfielder1962–671021611417
Ray Whittaker English Midfielder1963–691704018845
Keith Allen English Forward1966–731373615443
Max Dougan Scottish Defender1966–7011801320
John Ryan English Midfielder1970–762661030411
Peter Anderson English Midfielder1970–761813420840
Keith Barber English Goalkeeper1970–7714201580
Jimmy Ryan Scottish Midfielder1970–771842121425
Alan Garner English Defender1971–758831124
Don Shanks English Defender1971–759021105
Paul Price Welsh1 Defender1972–8120782308
Jimmy Husband English Forward1973–781434416248
Lil Fuccillo English Midfielder1974–831602418027
Mark Aizlewood Welsh Defender1978–829831104
Jake Findlay Scottish Goalkeeper1978–8516701870
Wayne Turner English Midfielder1978–858421023
Mitchell Thomas English Defender1982–86
1993–99
29253365
Ashley Grimes Irish3 Midfielder1984–898731154
Peter Nicholas Welsh15 Midfielder1984–8710211161
Richard Harvey English Defender1986–9816241915
Darron McDonough English Midfielder1986–9210551297
Kingsley Black Northern Irish16 Midfielder1987–921272615730
Julian James English Defender1987–982821333514
David Oldfield English Midfielder1987–89
1995–98
1462217233
Danny Wilson Northern Irish15 Midfielder1987–901102414230
Alec Chamberlain English Goalkeeper1988–9313801580
John Dreyer English Defender1988–942141324915
Lars Elstrup Danish6 Forward1989–9160197027¤[K][18]
Ceri Hughes Welsh6 Midfielder1989–971751720620
Paul Telfer Scottish Midfielder1990–951441916522
Phil Gray Northern Irish5 Forward1991–93
1997–2000
1404316153
Des Linton English Defender1991–978311041
Scott Oakes English Midfielder1991–961732720034
Trevor Peake English Defender1991–9817902020
Paul McLaren Scottish Midfielder1993–200116742026
Juergen Sommer American3 Goalkeeper1993–958201030[19][20][21]
Kelvin Davis English Goalkeeper1994–999101050
Dwight Marshall English Forward1994–991282815639
Gary Waddock Irish Midfielder1994–9815331723
Graham Alexander Scottish Midfielder1995–991501518017
Steve Davis English Defender1995–991382117527
Stuart Douglas English Forward1995–20021461817323
Ian Feuer American Goalkeeper1995–988501000
Andrew Fotiadis English Forward1996–20031231814720
Matthew Spring English Midfielder1997–2004
2007–08
3083635743
Liam George Irish Forward1997–20021022012424
Alan White English Defender1997–2000
2009–10
9941154
Emmerson Boyce English Defender1998–200418682129
Peter Holmes English Midfielder2000–071051112712
Ahmet Brković Croatian Midfielder2001–081943122338
Russell Perrett English Defender2001–079991089
Sol Davis English Defender2002–0919932293
Kevin Foley Irish Defender2002–0715131665
Steve Robinson Northern Irish7 Midfielder2002–08185921112[22]
Dean Brill English Goalkeeper2003–09
2012–13
8801090
Marlon Beresford English Goalkeeper2003–04
2004–08
11601320
Keith Keane Irish Midfielder2003–1223772848
Enoch Showunmi Nigerian Forward2003–061021411416
Rowan Vine English Forward2004–071123112133
Dean Morgan English Forward2005–08881110112
Jake Howells Welsh Midfielder2008–162732933431
Claude Gnakpa French Midfielder2008–111052213427
George Pilkington English Defender2008–121401116912
Mark Tyler English Goalkeeper2009–1625702970
Alex Lawless Welsh Midfielder2010–161691820322
Andre Gray English Forward2012–14975211157
Jonathan Smith English Midfielder2012–171491017611
Steve McNulty English Defender2013–1611721252
Scott Griffiths English Defender2013–1610531153
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu English Midfielder2013
2014–
2431927919
Cameron McGeehan Northern Irish Midfielder2014
2015–17
982810631
Elliot Lee English Forward2015
2017–
1042712330
Scott Cuthbert Scottish Defender2015–189731114
Dan Potts English Defender2015–149816510
Olly Lee English Midfielder2015–181051012311
Alan Sheehan Irish Defender2016–2011761359
Glen Rea Irish Midfielder2016–15561777
James Justin English Defender2016–199061146
Danny Hylton English Forward2016–1285014658
James Collins Irish6 Forward2017–1566516569[23]
Andrew Shinnie Scottish Midfielder2017–90610610
Harry Cornick English Forward2017–1362015122
Luke Berry English Midfielder2017–991311414
Sonny Bradley English Defender2018–11031193
Matty Pearson English Defender2018–1111011910

Notes

a 1 2 Number of international caps won while at the club sourced to Hayes, Completely Top Hatters! except where otherwise noted.
b 1 2 For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
c 1 2 Southern Football League and United League appearances and goals sourced to Collings, The Luton Town Story 1885–1985.
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 1939–40 season.
League appearances and goals for players whose career ended post-1997 sourced to Soccerbase.
d 1 2 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

References

Bibliography
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  • Hayes, Dean P. (November 2002). Completely Top Hatters!. The Book Castle. ISBN 1-903747-27-9.
Notes
  1. Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. p. 1.
  2. Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. pp. 3–4.
  3. Rundle, Richard. "Football Club History Database – Luton Town". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
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  6. "Luton Town win Conference Premier and Football League spot". BBC Sport. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  7. Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. pp. 196–197.
  8. Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 6, 97.
  9. "Mal Donaghy". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  10. Hayes (2002). Completely Top Hatters!. p. 90.
  11. Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 6, 100.
  12. Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. p. 31.
  13. Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. p. 30.
  14. "The Football League Goal Records". The Football League. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  15. Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. p. 45.
  16. O'Donoghue, Denis (14 April 2009). "The top 50 Luton Town players". The Times. London. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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  22. "Robinson, Steve". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  23. "Collins, James". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  24. Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 53–59, 98.
  25. "West Brom snap up defender Davies". BBC. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  26. Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. p. 19.
  27. Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
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