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 League One, the third 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

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 13 October 2018.

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]
A portrait photograph of a grey-haired man wearing glasses and a black suit.
Bruce Rioch, pictured here in 2008, played for Luton from 1964 to 1969 and later became the first captain of Scotland born in England.
A middle-aged, blond-haired man in a red shirt walks towards the viewer's right at a 45-degree angle.
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.
A dark-haired, middle-aged man in a black suit sits at a table, signing autographs.
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.
A middle-aged man in a navy blue suit and light blue shirt stands with an apprehensive look upon his face.
Mick Harford, pictured in 2009, is regarded as "one of Luton's finest players",[16] and represented the club as both player and manager.
A portrait photograph of a blond man in sports-training attire.
Steve Howard, pictured in 2009, scored 103 goals for the club between 2001 and 2006, giving him the club's sixth-highest goals total.
A young, dark-haired, bearded man in a yellow, green and white football shirt looks to his right, the sun casting a shadow across his body.
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 Scotland Scottish Forward1925–34307147335162
Joe Payne England English1 Forward1934–3872837787¤[A]
Hugh Billington England English Forward1938–4887639570
Bernard Streten England English1 Goalkeeper1946–5727603010
Syd Owen England English3 Defender1947–5938834233
Bob Morton England English Midfielder1948–64 †4954856255¤[B]
Gordon Turner England English Forward1949–64406243450276¤[C]
Bert Mitchell England English Midfielder1951–551064111943
Ron Baynham England English3 Goalkeeper1952–6538804320
Jesse Pye England English Forward1952–5461326536
George Cummins Republic of Ireland Irish19 Forward1953–611842121230
Billy Bingham Northern Ireland Northern Irish7 Midfielder1958–60972710233
John O'Rourke England English Forward1963–6684649066
Bruce Rioch Scotland Scottish Midfielder1964–691494616751
Graham French England English Midfielder1965–73182212023
John Moore Scotland Scottish Defender1965–732741330614
Tony Read England English Goalkeeper[D]1965–722031223312
Alan Slough England English Midfielder1965–732752831232
Terry Branston England English Defender1967–71101911819
Mike Keen England English Defender1968–721441116011
Brian Lewis England English Forward1968–7045225325
Malcolm Macdonald England English Forward1969–71884910158
John Aston England English Midfielder1972–781743120137
John Faulkner England English Defender1972–7820962397
Bobby Thomson England English Defender1972–7611011352
Alan West England English Midfielder1973–812851631717
Steve Buckley England English Defender1974–7812391359
Paul Futcher England English Defender1974–7813111421
Ron Futcher England English Forward1974–781204013343
Ricky Hill England English3 Midfielder1975–894365450765
Brian Stein England English1 Forward1977–88
1991–92
427130496154
Mal Donaghy Northern Ireland Northern Irish58 Defender1978–88
1989–90
4151648821¤[E]
David Moss England English Midfielder1978–852218824594
Kirk Stephens England English Defender1978–8422722482
Raddy Antić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Midfielder1980–84100910810
Brian Horton England English Midfielder1981–84118813210
Paul Walsh England English5 Forward1982–8480248928¤[F]
Tim Breacker England English Defender1983–9021032623
Les Sealey England English Goalkeeper1983–9020702590
Steve Foster England English Defender1984–891631121314
Mick Harford England English2 Forward1984–90
1991–92
1686921692
David Preece England English Midfielder1984–953362139427
Marvin Johnson England English Defender1987–2002 †373744010
Tony Thorpe England English Forward1993–98
1998
1999
2002–03
1647019385
Matthew Taylor England English Defender1999–20021291614617
Steve Howard Scotland Scottish Forward2001–0621296228103
Chris Coyne Australia Australian Defender2001–082211425217
Kevin Nicholls England English Midfielder2001–06
2008–10
2163023733
Jean-Louis Valois France French Midfielder2001–02346406
Curtis Davies England 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.
A black-and-white portrait photograph of a young man with short, dark-coloured hair.
Fred Hawkes, born in Luton and pictured c. 1906, holds the record for most Luton Town league appearances.
A black-and-white portrait photograph of a moustachioed gentleman with dark, curly hair.
Bob Hawkes, pictured in 1908, represented Luton for 19 years and was the team's first international player.
A black-and-white photograph of a young Semitic-looking man in association football attire, cropped from a formative shot of a football team.
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.
A portrait photograph of a middle-aged, brown-haired man with a subtle smile on his face.
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.
A middle-aged, fair-haired man smiles at the viewer.
Midfielder David Oldfield, seen in 2010, played for Luton from 1986 to 1989 and from 1995 to 1998.
A man with an open multicoloured collared shirt smiles into the camera.
Scott Oakes, a Luton player from 1991 to 1996, pictured in 2010.
A young man in black and red association football clothing walks across the viewer's line of sight, looking to his left. There is a shadow across his body.
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.
A young, dark-haired man in old-gold and black football attire stands with an ornate trophy raised in front of him.
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.
A brown-haired young man looks into the camera.
Forward Rowan Vine, pictured in 2011, scored 33 goals for Luton between 2005 and 2007.
A young man with close-cut dark hair walks to the viewer's right, attired in a white and orange soccer kit. His eyes look to the photographer's left and a blue and white captain's armband is prominent on his right arm.
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 England English Midfielder1897–1904
1913–14
1553017740
Tom McInnes Scotland Scottish Forward1897–1900932010929
Harry Williams England English Defender1898–190514431573
Bill McCurdy Scotland Scottish Defender1899–1901
1905–09
19302111
Fred Hawkes England English Midfielder1899–1920 †5092254925¤[H]
Fred White England English Defender1900–09 †2371025711
Bob Hawkes England English5 Midfielder1901–20 †3494038243¤[F][I]
Herbert Moody England English Forward1901–05
1907–12
23293247104
Billy Barnes England English Forward1904–071011210712
Peter Platt England English Goalkeeper1905–0913001390
Abe Jones England English Defender1906–101361214112
Harry Stansfield England English Midfielder1908–121352414424
Syd Hoar England English Midfielder1913–15
1919–25
2213623739
Ernie Simms England English1 Forward1913–15
1916–22
160109178122
Louis Bookman Ireland Irish3 Midfielder1919–2210181109
Arthur Roe England English Midfielder1919–2511711241
George Butcher England English Midfielder1920–251212312925
George Lennon Scotland Scottish Defender1920–2310701150
Alf Tirrell England English Defender1920–2412241305
Jimmy Walker Scotland Scottish Defender1920–2613341384
Rob Millar Scotland Scottish Defender1920–3020542134
Bob Graham Scotland Scottish Defender1921–2916451755
Bill Jennings England English Defender1922–2611421172
Syd Reid Wales Welsh Forward1922–281347014381
George Dennis England English Forward1924–291394115044
David Richards England English Defender1925–3114701520
John Black Scotland Scottish Defender1926–309141014
Charles Fraser England English Defender1926–35 †24642704
Henry Kingham England English Defender1926–3725002750
Jimmy Yardley England English Forward1926–321737818894
Harry Woods England English Forward1926–32972210513
George Harford England English Goalkeeper1929–349901070
Hugh McGinnigle Scotland Scottish Defender1930–3715921773
Fred Kean England English Defender1931–3511751416
Tom Mackey England English Defender1932–3818322082
George Martin Scotland Scottish Midfielder1933–37982710529
Joe Coen Scotland Scottish Goalkeeper1934–3914201580
Fred Roberts England English Forward1934–451803819845
Tom Smith England English Defender1934–3915711721
George Stephenson England English Forward1934–391925821269
Bill Fellowes England English Defender1935–3811031243
John Finlayson Scotland Scottish Defender1935–3915491689
Jack Nelson England English Defender1935–3913411481
Harry Cooke England English Defender1946–5321042284
Doug Gardiner England English Defender1946–5112111341
Wally Shanks England English Defender1946–5726462756
Billy Waugh Scotland Scottish Midfielder1946–50135914712
Tom Aherne Ireland / Republic of Ireland Irish[J]1 / 13[J] Defender1948–5726702880
George Stobbart England English Forward1949–521073011630
Charlie Watkins Scotland Scottish Defender1949–552181623920
Les Jones Wales Welsh Defender1950–589811101
Jim Pemberton England English Defender1950–5892810010
Mick Cullen Scotland Scottish1 Forward1951–581121612519
Roy Davies South Africa South African Midfielder1951–571502417127
Seamus Dunne Republic of Ireland Irish15 Defender1951–6130103230
Jimmy Adam Scotland Scottish Midfielder1953–591372214024
John Groves England English Defender1953–632181625118
Terry Kelly England English Defender1954–6313611501
Allan Brown Scotland Scottish Forward1956–611515117259
Brendan McNally Republic of Ireland Irish3 Defender1956–6313431643
Ken Hawkes England English Defender1957–619011021
Dave Pacey England English Defender1957–652461627719
John Bramwell England English Defender1960–6518712062
Harry Walden England English Midfielder1960–64961110612
Fred Jardine Scotland Scottish Defender1961–70220924310
Tommy McKechnie Scotland Scottish Forward1961–661313114634
Gordon Riddick England English Midfielder1962–671021611417
Ray Whittaker England English Midfielder1963–691704018845
Keith Allen England English Forward1966–731373615443
Max Dougan Scotland Scottish Defender1966–7011801320
John Ryan England English Midfielder1970–762661030411
Peter Anderson England English Midfielder1970–761813420840
Keith Barber England English Goalkeeper1970–7714201580
Jimmy Ryan Scotland Scottish Midfielder1970–771842121425
Alan Garner England English Defender1971–758831124
Don Shanks England English Defender1971–759021105
Paul Price Wales Welsh1 Defender1972–8120782308
Jimmy Husband England English Forward1973–781434416248
Lil Fuccillo England English Midfielder1974–831602418027
Mark Aizlewood Wales Welsh Defender1978–829831104
Jake Findlay Scotland Scottish Goalkeeper1978–8516701870
Wayne Turner England English Midfielder1978–858421023
Mitchell Thomas England English Defender1982–86
1993–99
29253365
Ashley Grimes Republic of Ireland Irish3 Midfielder1984–898731154
Peter Nicholas Wales Welsh15 Midfielder1984–8710211161
Richard Harvey England English Defender1986–9816241915
Darron McDonough England English Midfielder1986–9210551297
Kingsley Black Northern Ireland Northern Irish16 Midfielder1987–921272615730
Julian James England English Defender1987–982821333514
David Oldfield England English Midfielder1987–89
1995–98
1462217233
Danny Wilson Northern Ireland Northern Irish15 Midfielder1987–901102414230
Alec Chamberlain England English Goalkeeper1988–9313801580
John Dreyer England English Defender1988–942141324915
Lars Elstrup Denmark Danish6 Forward1989–9160197027¤[K][17]
Ceri Hughes Wales Welsh6 Midfielder1989–971751720620
Paul Telfer Scotland Scottish Midfielder1990–951441916522
Phil Gray Northern Ireland Northern Irish5 Forward1991–93
1997–2000
1404316153
Des Linton England English Defender1991–978311041
Scott Oakes England English Midfielder1991–961732720034
Trevor Peake England English Defender1991–9817902020
Paul McLaren Scotland Scottish Midfielder1993–200116742026
Juergen Sommer United States American3 Goalkeeper1993–958201030[18][19][20]
Kelvin Davis England English Goalkeeper1994–999101050
Dwight Marshall England English Forward1994–991282815639
Gary Waddock Republic of Ireland Irish Midfielder1994–9815331723
Graham Alexander Scotland Scottish Midfielder1995–991501518017
Steve Davis England English Defender1995–991382117527
Stuart Douglas England English Forward1995–20021461817323
Ian Feuer United States American Goalkeeper1995–988501000
Andrew Fotiadis England English Forward1996–20031231814720
Matthew Spring England English Midfielder1997–2004
2007–08
3083635743
Liam George Republic of Ireland Irish Forward1997–20021022012424
Alan White England English Defender1997–2000
2009–10
9941154
Emmerson Boyce England English Defender1998–200418682129
Peter Holmes England English Midfielder2000–071051112712
Ahmet Brković Croatia Croatian Midfielder2001–081943122338
Russell Perrett England English Defender2001–079991089
Sol Davis England English Defender2002–0919932293
Kevin Foley Republic of Ireland Irish Defender2002–0715131665
Steve Robinson Northern Ireland Northern Irish7 Midfielder2002–08185921112[21]
Dean Brill England English Goalkeeper2003–09
2012–13
8801090
Marlon Beresford England English Goalkeeper2003–04
2004–08
11601320
Keith Keane Republic of Ireland Irish Midfielder2003–1223772848
Enoch Showunmi Nigeria Nigerian Forward2003–061021411416
Rowan Vine England English Forward2004–071123112133
Dean Morgan England English Forward2005–08881110112
Jake Howells Wales Welsh Midfielder2008–162732933431
Claude Gnakpa France French Midfielder2008–111052213427
George Pilkington England English Defender2008–121401116912
Mark Tyler England English Goalkeeper2009–1625702970
Alex Lawless Wales Welsh Midfielder2010–161691820322
Andre Gray England English Forward2012–14975211157
Jonathan Smith England English Midfielder2012–171491017611
Steve McNulty England English Defender2013–1611721252
Scott Griffiths England English Defender2013–1610531153
Cameron McGeehan Northern Ireland Northern Irish Midfielder2014
2015–17
982810631
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu England English Midfielder2013
2014–
14191689
Scott Cuthbert Scotland Scottish Defender2015–189731114
Olly Lee England English Midfielder2015–181051012311
Glen Rea Republic of Ireland Irish Defender2016–10731244
Alan Sheehan Republic of Ireland Irish Defender2016–10261158
Dan Potts England English Defender2015–9271029

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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  • Collings, Timothy (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. Luton Town F.C. ISBN 0-951067-90-7.
  • 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. 1 2 Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. pp. 3–4.
  3. 1 2 Rundle, Richard. "Football Club History Database – Luton Town". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  4. Solhekol, Kaveh (16 July 2008). "Luton Town lose appeal against points deduction". The Times. London: Times Newspapers. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
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  6. "Luton Town win Conference Premier and Football League spot". BBC Sport. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. pp. 196–197.
  8. 1 2 3 Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 6, 97.
  9. 1 2 "Mal Donaghy". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  10. 1 2 Hayes (2002). Completely Top Hatters!. p. 90.
  11. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 O'Donoghue, Denis (14 April 2009). "The top 50 Luton Town players". The Times. London. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  17. "Lars Elstrup" (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  18. "USA – Details of International Matches 1990–1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  19. "USA – Details of International Matches 1995–1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  20. "USA – National Team Stats 1995". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  21. "Stephen Robinson". Irish Football Association. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  22. Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 53–59, 98.
  23. "West Brom snap up defender Davies". BBC. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  24. Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. p. 19.
  25. Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
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