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 Premier League, the first 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)
[edit]- 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]
Name | Nationality | Caps[a] | Position[b] | Club career | League[c] apps |
League goals |
Total[d] apps |
Total goals |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Rennie | Scotland | Forward | 1925–1934 | 307 | 147 | 335 | 162 | ||
Joe Payne | England | 1 | Forward | 1934–1938 | 72 | 83 | 77 | 87 | ¤[A] |
Hugh Billington | England | Forward | 1938–1948 | 87 | 63 | 95 | 70 | ||
Bernard Streten | England | 1 | Goalkeeper | 1946–1957 | 276 | 0 | 301 | 0 | |
Syd Owen | England | 3 | Defender | 1947–1959 | 388 | 3 | 423 | 3 | |
Bob Morton | England | Midfielder | 1948–1964 † | 495 | 48 | 562 | 55 | ¤[B] | |
Gordon Turner | England | Forward | 1949–1964 | 406 | 243 | 450 | 276 | ¤[C] | |
Bert Mitchell | England | Midfielder | 1951–1955 | 106 | 41 | 119 | 43 | ||
Ron Baynham | England | 3 | Goalkeeper | 1952–1965 | 388 | 0 | 432 | 0 | |
Jesse Pye | England | Forward | 1952–1954 | 61 | 32 | 65 | 36 | ||
George Cummins | Republic of Ireland | 19 | Forward | 1953–1961 | 184 | 21 | 212 | 30 | |
Billy Bingham | Northern Ireland | 7 | Midfielder | 1958–1960 | 97 | 27 | 102 | 33 | |
John O'Rourke | England | Forward | 1963–1966 | 84 | 64 | 90 | 66 | ||
Bruce Rioch | Scotland | Midfielder | 1964–1969 | 149 | 46 | 167 | 51 | ||
Graham French | England | Midfielder | 1965–1973 | 182 | 21 | 202 | 3 | ||
John Moore | Scotland | Defender | 1965–1973 | 274 | 13 | 306 | 14 | ||
Tony Read | England | Goalkeeper[D] | 1965–1972 | 203 | 12 | 233 | 12 | ||
Alan Slough | England | Midfielder | 1965–1973 | 275 | 28 | 312 | 32 | ||
Terry Branston | England | Defender | 1967–1971 | 101 | 9 | 118 | 19 | ||
Mike Keen | England | Defender | 1968–1972 | 144 | 11 | 160 | 11 | ||
Brian Lewis | England | Forward | 1968–1970 | 45 | 22 | 53 | 25 | ||
Malcolm Macdonald | England | Forward | 1969–1971 | 88 | 49 | 101 | 58 | ||
John Aston | England | Midfielder | 1972–1978 | 174 | 31 | 201 | 37 | ||
John Faulkner | England | Defender | 1972–1978 | 209 | 6 | 239 | 7 | ||
Bobby Thomson | England | Defender | 1972–1976 | 110 | 1 | 135 | 2 | ||
Alan West | England | Midfielder | 1973–1981 | 285 | 16 | 317 | 17 | ||
Steve Buckley | England | Defender | 1974–1978 | 123 | 9 | 135 | 9 | ||
Paul Futcher | England | Defender | 1974–1978 | 131 | 1 | 142 | 1 | ||
Ron Futcher | England | Forward | 1974–1978 | 120 | 40 | 133 | 43 | ||
Ricky Hill | England | 3 | Midfielder | 1975–1989 | 436 | 54 | 507 | 65 | |
Brian Stein | England | 1 | Forward | 1977–1988 1991–1992 |
427 | 130 | 496 | 154 | |
Mal Donaghy | Northern Ireland | 58 | Defender | 1978–1988 1989–1990 |
415 | 16 | 488 | 21 | ¤[E] |
David Moss | England | Midfielder | 1978–1985 | 221 | 88 | 245 | 94 | ||
Kirk Stephens | England | Defender | 1978–1984 | 227 | 2 | 248 | 2 | ||
Raddy Antić | Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1980–1984 | 100 | 9 | 108 | 10 | ||
Brian Horton | England | Midfielder | 1981–1984 | 118 | 8 | 132 | 10 | ||
Paul Walsh | England | 5 | Forward | 1982–1984 | 80 | 24 | 89 | 28 | ¤[F] |
Tim Breacker | England | Defender | 1983–1990 | 210 | 3 | 262 | 3 | ||
Les Sealey | England | Goalkeeper | 1983–1990 | 207 | 0 | 259 | 0 | ||
Steve Foster | England | Defender | 1984–1989 | 163 | 11 | 213 | 14 | ||
Mick Harford | England | 2 | Forward | 1984–1990 1991–1992 |
168 | 69 | 216 | 92 | |
David Preece | England | Midfielder | 1984–1995 | 336 | 21 | 394 | 27 | ||
Marvin Johnson | England | Defender | 1987–2002 † | 373 | 7 | 440 | 10 | ||
Tony Thorpe | England | Forward | 1993–1998 1998 1999 2002–2003 |
164 | 70 | 193 | 85 | ||
Matthew Taylor | England | Defender | 1999–2002 | 129 | 16 | 146 | 17 | ||
Steve Howard | Scotland | Forward | 2001–2006 | 212 | 96 | 228 | 103 | ||
Chris Coyne | Australia | Defender | 2001–2008 | 221 | 14 | 252 | 17 | ||
Kevin Nicholls | England | Midfielder | 2001–2006 2008–2010 |
216 | 30 | 237 | 33 | ||
Jean-Louis Valois | France | Midfielder | 2001–2002 | 34 | 6 | 40 | 6 | ||
Curtis Davies | England | Defender | 2003–2005 | 56 | 2 | 62 | 2 | ¤[G] |
Other Luton Town centurions and record holders
[edit]- 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[a] | Position[b] | Club career | League[c] apps |
League goals |
Total[d] apps |
Total goals |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Durrant | England | Midfielder | 1897–1904 1913–1914 |
155 | 30 | 177 | 40 | ||
Tom McInnes | Scotland | Forward | 1897–1900 | 93 | 20 | 109 | 29 | ||
Harry Williams | England | Defender | 1898–1905 | 144 | 3 | 157 | 3 | ||
Bill McCurdy | Scotland | Defender | 1899–1901 1905–1909 |
193 | 0 | 211 | 1 | ||
Fred Hawkes | England | Midfielder | 1899–1920 † | 509 | 22 | 549 | 25 | ¤[H] | |
Fred White | England | Defender | 1900–1909 † | 237 | 10 | 257 | 11 | ||
Bob Hawkes | England | 5 | Midfielder | 1901–1920 † | 349 | 40 | 382 | 43 | ¤[F][I] |
Herbert Moody | England | Forward | 1901–1905 1907–1912 |
232 | 93 | 247 | 104 | ||
Billy Barnes | England | Forward | 1904–1907 | 101 | 12 | 107 | 12 | ||
Peter Platt | England | Goalkeeper | 1905–1909 | 130 | 0 | 139 | 0 | ||
Abe Jones | England | Defender | 1906–1910 | 136 | 12 | 141 | 12 | ||
Harry Stansfield | England | Midfielder | 1908–1912 | 135 | 24 | 144 | 24 | ||
Syd Hoar | England | Midfielder | 1913–1915 1919–1925 |
221 | 36 | 237 | 39 | ||
Ernie Simms | England | 1 | Forward | 1913–1915 1916–1922 |
160 | 109 | 178 | 122 | |
Louis Bookman | Ireland | 3 | Midfielder | 1919–1922 | 101 | 8 | 110 | 9 | |
Arthur Roe | England | Midfielder | 1919–1925 | 117 | 1 | 124 | 1 | ||
George Butcher | England | Midfielder | 1920–1925 | 121 | 23 | 129 | 25 | ||
George Lennon | Scotland | Defender | 1920–1923 | 107 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||
Alf Tirrell | England | Defender | 1920–1924 | 122 | 4 | 130 | 5 | ||
Jimmy Walker | Scotland | Defender | 1920–1926 | 133 | 4 | 138 | 4 | ||
Rob Millar | Scotland | Defender | 1920–1930 | 205 | 4 | 213 | 4 | ||
Bob Graham | Scotland | Defender | 1921–1929 | 164 | 5 | 175 | 5 | ||
Bill Jennings | England | Defender | 1922–1926 | 114 | 2 | 117 | 2 | ||
Syd Reid | Wales | Forward | 1922–1928 | 134 | 70 | 143 | 81 | ||
George Dennis | England | Forward | 1924–1929 | 139 | 41 | 150 | 44 | ||
David Richards | England | Defender | 1925–1931 | 147 | 0 | 152 | 0 | ||
John Black | Scotland | Defender | 1926–1930 | 91 | 4 | 101 | 4 | ||
Charles Fraser | England | Defender | 1926–1935 † | 246 | 4 | 270 | 4 | ||
Henry Kingham | England | Defender | 1926–1937 | 250 | 0 | 275 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Yardley | England | Forward | 1926–1932 | 173 | 78 | 188 | 94 | ||
Harry Woods | England | Forward | 1926–1932 | 97 | 22 | 105 | 13 | ||
George Harford | England | Goalkeeper | 1929–1934 | 99 | 0 | 107 | 0 | ||
Hugh McGinnigle | Scotland | Defender | 1930–1937 | 159 | 2 | 177 | 3 | ||
Fred Kean | England | Defender | 1931–1935 | 117 | 5 | 141 | 6 | ||
Tom Mackey | England | Defender | 1932–1938 | 183 | 2 | 208 | 2 | ||
George Martin | Scotland | Midfielder | 1933–1937 | 98 | 27 | 105 | 29 | ||
Joe Coen | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1934–1939 | 142 | 0 | 158 | 0 | ||
Fred Roberts | England | Forward | 1934–1945 | 180 | 38 | 198 | 45 | ||
Tom Smith[17] | England | Defender | 1934–1939 | 157 | 1 | 172 | 1 | ||
George Stephenson | England | Forward | 1934–1939 | 192 | 58 | 212 | 69 | ||
Bill Fellowes | England | Defender | 1935–1938 | 110 | 3 | 124 | 3 | ||
John Finlayson | Scotland | Defender | 1935–1939 | 154 | 9 | 168 | 9 | ||
Jack Nelson | England | Defender | 1935–1939 | 134 | 1 | 148 | 1 | ||
Harry Cooke | England | Defender | 1946–1953 | 210 | 4 | 228 | 4 | ||
Doug Gardiner | England | Defender | 1946–1951 | 121 | 1 | 134 | 1 | ||
Wally Shanks | England | Defender | 1946–1957 | 264 | 6 | 275 | 6 | ||
Billy Waugh | Scotland | Midfielder | 1946–1950 | 135 | 9 | 147 | 12 | ||
Tom Aherne | Ireland / Republic of Ireland[J] | 1 / 13[J] | Defender | 1948–1957 | 267 | 0 | 288 | 0 | |
George Stobbart | England | Forward | 1949–1952 | 107 | 30 | 116 | 30 | ||
Charlie Watkins | Scotland | Defender | 1949–1955 | 218 | 16 | 239 | 20 | ||
Les Jones | Wales | Defender | 1950–1958 | 98 | 1 | 110 | 1 | ||
Jim Pemberton | England | Defender | 1950–1958 | 92 | 8 | 100 | 10 | ||
Mick Cullen | Scotland | 1 | Forward | 1951–1958 | 112 | 16 | 125 | 19 | |
Roy Davies | South Africa | Midfielder | 1951–1957 | 150 | 24 | 171 | 27 | ||
Seamus Dunne | Republic of Ireland | 15 | Defender | 1951–1961 | 301 | 0 | 323 | 0 | |
Jimmy Adam | Scotland | Midfielder | 1953–1959 | 137 | 22 | 140 | 24 | ||
John Groves | England | Defender | 1953–1963 | 218 | 16 | 251 | 18 | ||
Terry Kelly | England | Defender | 1954–1963 | 136 | 1 | 150 | 1 | ||
Allan Brown | Scotland | Forward | 1956–1961 | 151 | 51 | 172 | 59 | ||
Brendan McNally | Republic of Ireland | 3 | Defender | 1956–1963 | 134 | 3 | 164 | 3 | |
Ken Hawkes | England | Defender | 1957–1961 | 90 | 1 | 102 | 1 | ||
Dave Pacey | England | Defender | 1957–1965 | 246 | 16 | 277 | 19 | ||
John Bramwell | England | Defender | 1960–1965 | 187 | 1 | 206 | 2 | ||
Harry Walden | England | Midfielder | 1960–1964 | 96 | 11 | 106 | 12 | ||
Fred Jardine | Scotland | Defender | 1961–1970 | 220 | 9 | 243 | 10 | ||
Tommy McKechnie | Scotland | Forward | 1961–1966 | 131 | 31 | 146 | 34 | ||
Gordon Riddick | England | Midfielder | 1962–1967 | 102 | 16 | 114 | 17 | ||
Ray Whittaker | England | Midfielder | 1963–1969 | 170 | 40 | 188 | 45 | ||
Keith Allen | England | Forward | 1966–1973 | 137 | 36 | 154 | 43 | ||
Max Dougan | Scotland | Defender | 1966–1970 | 118 | 0 | 132 | 0 | ||
John Ryan | England | Midfielder | 1970–1976 | 266 | 10 | 304 | 11 | ||
Peter Anderson | England | Midfielder | 1970–1976 | 181 | 34 | 208 | 40 | ||
Keith Barber | England | Goalkeeper | 1970–1977 | 142 | 0 | 158 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Ryan | Scotland | Midfielder | 1970–1977 | 184 | 21 | 214 | 25 | ||
Alan Garner | England | Defender | 1971–1975 | 88 | 3 | 112 | 4 | ||
Don Shanks | England | Defender | 1971–1975 | 90 | 2 | 110 | 5 | ||
Paul Price | Wales | 1 | Defender | 1972–1981 | 207 | 8 | 230 | 8 | |
Jimmy Husband | England | Forward | 1973–1978 | 143 | 44 | 162 | 48 | ||
Lil Fuccillo | England | Midfielder | 1974–1983 | 160 | 24 | 180 | 27 | ||
Mark Aizlewood | Wales | Defender | 1978–1982 | 98 | 3 | 110 | 4 | ||
Jake Findlay | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1978–1985 | 167 | 0 | 187 | 0 | ||
Wayne Turner | England | Midfielder | 1978–1985 | 84 | 2 | 102 | 3 | ||
Mitchell Thomas | England | Defender | 1982–1986 1993–1999 |
292 | 5 | 336 | 5 | ||
Ashley Grimes | Republic of Ireland | 3 | Midfielder | 1984–1989 | 87 | 3 | 115 | 4 | |
Peter Nicholas | Wales | 15 | Midfielder | 1984–1987 | 102 | 1 | 116 | 1 | |
Richard Harvey | England | Defender | 1986–1998 | 162 | 4 | 191 | 5 | ||
Darron McDonough | England | Midfielder | 1986–1992 | 105 | 5 | 129 | 7 | ||
Kingsley Black | Northern Ireland | 16 | Midfielder | 1987–1992 | 127 | 26 | 157 | 30 | |
Julian James | England | Defender | 1987–1998 | 282 | 13 | 335 | 14 | ||
David Oldfield | England | Midfielder | 1987–1989 1995–1998 |
146 | 22 | 172 | 33 | ||
Danny Wilson | Northern Ireland | 15 | Midfielder | 1987–1990 | 110 | 24 | 142 | 30 | |
Alec Chamberlain | England | Goalkeeper | 1988–1993 | 138 | 0 | 158 | 0 | ||
John Dreyer | England | Defender | 1988–1994 | 214 | 13 | 249 | 15 | ||
Lars Elstrup | Denmark | 6 | Forward | 1989–1991 | 60 | 19 | 70 | 27 | ¤[K][18] |
Ceri Hughes | Wales | 6 | Midfielder | 1989–1997 | 175 | 17 | 206 | 20 | |
Paul Telfer | Scotland | Midfielder | 1990–1995 | 144 | 19 | 165 | 22 | ||
Phil Gray | Northern Ireland | 5 | Forward | 1991–1993 1997–2000 |
140 | 43 | 161 | 53 | |
Des Linton | England | Defender | 1991–1997 | 83 | 1 | 104 | 1 | ||
Scott Oakes | England | Midfielder | 1991–1996 | 173 | 27 | 200 | 34 | ||
Trevor Peake | England | Defender | 1991–1998 | 179 | 0 | 202 | 0 | ||
Paul McLaren | Scotland | Midfielder | 1993–2001 | 167 | 4 | 202 | 6 | ||
Juergen Sommer | United States | 3 | Goalkeeper | 1993–1995 | 82 | 0 | 103 | 0 | [19][20][21] |
Kelvin Davis | England | Goalkeeper | 1994–1999 | 91 | 0 | 105 | 0 | ||
Dwight Marshall | England | Forward | 1994–1999 | 128 | 28 | 156 | 39 | ||
Gary Waddock | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1994–1998 | 153 | 3 | 172 | 3 | ||
Graham Alexander | Scotland | Midfielder | 1995–1999 | 150 | 15 | 180 | 17 | ||
Steve Davis | England | Defender | 1995–1999 | 138 | 21 | 175 | 27 | ||
Stuart Douglas | England | Forward | 1995–2002 | 146 | 18 | 173 | 23 | ||
Ian Feuer | United States | Goalkeeper | 1995–1998 | 85 | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||
Andrew Fotiadis | England | Forward | 1996–2003 | 123 | 18 | 147 | 20 | ||
Matthew Spring | England | Midfielder | 1997–2004 2007–2008 |
308 | 36 | 357 | 43 | ||
Liam George | Republic of Ireland | Forward | 1997–2002 | 102 | 20 | 124 | 24 | ||
Alan White | England | Defender | 1997–2000 2009–2010 |
99 | 4 | 115 | 4 | ||
Emmerson Boyce | England | Defender | 1998–2004 | 186 | 8 | 212 | 9 | ||
Peter Holmes | England | Midfielder | 2000–2007 | 105 | 11 | 127 | 12 | ||
Ahmet Brković | Croatia | Midfielder | 2001–2008 | 194 | 31 | 223 | 38 | ||
Russell Perrett | England | Defender | 2001–2007 | 99 | 9 | 108 | 9 | ||
Sol Davis | England | Defender | 2002–2009 | 199 | 3 | 229 | 3 | ||
Kevin Foley | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 2002–2007 | 151 | 3 | 166 | 5 | ||
Steve Robinson | Northern Ireland | 7 | Midfielder | 2002–2008 | 185 | 9 | 211 | 12 | [22] |
Dean Brill | England | Goalkeeper | 2003–2009 2012–2013 |
88 | 0 | 109 | 0 | ||
Marlon Beresford | England | Goalkeeper | 2003–2004 2004–2008 |
116 | 0 | 132 | 0 | ||
Keith Keane | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2003–2012 | 237 | 7 | 284 | 8 | ||
Enoch Showunmi | Nigerian | Forward | 2003–2006 | 102 | 14 | 114 | 16 | ||
Rowan Vine | England | Forward | 2004–2007 | 112 | 31 | 121 | 33 | ||
Dean Morgan | England | Forward | 2005–2008 | 88 | 11 | 101 | 12 | ||
Jake Howells | Wales | Midfielder | 2008–2016 | 273 | 29 | 334 | 31 | ||
Claude Gnakpa | France | Midfielder | 2008–2011 | 105 | 22 | 134 | 27 | ||
George Pilkington | England | Defender | 2008–2012 | 140 | 11 | 169 | 12 | ||
Mark Tyler | England | Goalkeeper | 2009–2016 | 257 | 0 | 297 | 0 | ||
Alex Lawless | Wales | Midfielder | 2010–2016 | 169 | 18 | 203 | 22 | ||
Andre Gray | England | Forward | 2012–2014 | 97 | 52 | 111 | 57 | ||
Jonathan Smith | England | Midfielder | 2012–2017 | 149 | 10 | 176 | 11 | ||
Steve McNulty | England | Defender | 2013–2016 | 117 | 2 | 125 | 2 | ||
Scott Griffiths | England | Defender | 2013–2016 | 105 | 3 | 115 | 3 | ||
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu | England | Midfielder | 2013 2014– |
306 | 20 | 349 | 20 | ||
Cameron McGeehan | Northern Ireland | Midfielder | 2014 2015–2017 |
98 | 28 | 106 | 31 | ||
Elliot Lee | England | Forward | 2015 2017– |
104 | 27 | 124 | 30 | ||
Scott Cuthbert | Scotland | Defender | 2015–2018 | 97 | 3 | 111 | 4 | ||
Dan Potts | England | Defender | 2015– | 162 | 9 | 179 | 11 | ||
Olly Lee | England | Midfielder | 2015–2018 | 105 | 10 | 123 | 11 | ||
Alan Sheehan | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 2016–2020 | 117 | 6 | 135 | 9 | ||
Glen Rea | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2016– | 184 | 7 | 207 | 8 | ||
James Justin | England | Defender | 2016–2019 | 90 | 6 | 114 | 6 | ||
Danny Hylton | England | Forward | 2016– | 136 | 51 | 156 | 59 | ||
James Collins | Republic of Ireland | 8 | Forward | 2017–2021 | 174 | 68 | 183 | 72 | [23] |
Andrew Shinnie | Scotland | Midfielder | 2017–2021 | 90 | 6 | 106 | 10 | ||
Harry Cornick | England | Forward | 2017– | 176 | 29 | 193 | 31 | ||
Luke Berry | England | Midfielder | 2017– | 117 | 17 | 133 | 19 | ||
Sonny Bradley | England | Defender | 2018– | 139 | 5 | 149 | 5 | ||
Matty Pearson | England | Defender | 2018–2021 | 128 | 10 | 136 | 10 |
Notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- A. ^ Joe Payne holds the club record for most league goals in a season (55 in 1936–37). He also holds the Football League record for most goals in a match – 10 against Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936.[14]
- B. ^ Bob Morton holds the records for most Luton Town appearances in both the Football League (495) and in all competitions (562).[8]
- C. ^ Gordon Turner holds the records for most Luton Town goals scored in both the league (243) and in all competitions (276).[11]
- D. ^ Tony Read was unusually utilised as both a goalkeeper and as a forward – he is listed here as a goalkeeper as he appeared more often in that position.[24]
- 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.[9][10]
- F. a b 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 £3,000,000 on 31 August 2006.[25]
- H. ^ Fred Hawkes holds the records for most league appearances for Luton Town, with 509.[7]
- 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.[26]
- 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.[27]
- K. ^ Lars Elstrup became Luton Town's most expensive signing ever when the club paid £850,000 to buy him from Odense Boldklub on 17 August 1989.[28]
References
[edit]- Bibliography
- Bailey, Steve (December 1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-10-2.
- 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
- ^ Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. p. 1.
- ^ a b Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. pp. 3–4.
- ^ a b Rundle, Richard. "Football Club History Database – Luton Town". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ Solhekol, Kaveh (16 July 2008). "Luton Town lose appeal against points deduction". The Times. London: Times Newspapers. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- ^ "Luton 0–0 Chesterfield". BBC. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ "Luton Town win Conference Premier and Football League spot". BBC Sport. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ a b c Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. pp. 196–197.
- ^ a b c Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 6, 97.
- ^ a b "Mal Donaghy". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ^ a b Hayes (2002). Completely Top Hatters!. p. 90.
- ^ a b c d Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 6, 100.
- ^ Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. p. 31.
- ^ Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. p. 30.
- ^ a b "The Football League Goal Records". The Football League. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ^ Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. p. 45.
- ^ a b O'Donoghue, Denis (14 April 2009). "The top 50 Luton Town players". The Times. London. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. [not specific enough to verify]
- ^ "Lars Elstrup" (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "USA – Details of International Matches 1990–1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "USA – Details of International Matches 1995–1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ "USA – National Team Stats 1995". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "Robinson, Steve". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Collins, James". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Bailey (1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. pp. 53–59, 98.
- ^ "West Brom snap up defender Davies". BBC. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ Collings (1985). The Luton Town Story 1885–1985. p. 19.
- ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
- ^ "Luton Town all time records". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2009.