List of Luton Town F.C. records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Luton Town F.C. seasons. For statistics relating to the club's league record against a specific opponent, see Luton Town F.C. league record by opponent.
Fred Hawkes holds the record for most Luton Town league appearances, with 509.

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 2014–15 season in the fourth tier, League Two. Luton Town have been Football League members for 92 seasons—from 1897 to 1900, and from 1920 to 2009.

The record for most games played for the club is held by Bob Morton, who made 562 appearances between 1946 and 1964. Gordon Turner scored 276 goals during his Luton Town career, and is the club's record goalscorer. 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 £850,000 paid to Odense Boldklub for Lars Elstrup in 1989, and the highest fees received are the £3,000,000 paid by West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City for Curtis Davies and Rowan Vine in 2005 and 2007 respectively. 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 end of the 2013–14 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.

The Football League

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

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

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
# Name Nation Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[C] Total
1 Morton, BobBob Morton  England 1948–64 ¤ 495 (0)48 (0)7 (0)12 (0)562 (0)
2 Hawkes, FredFred Hawkes  England 1899–1920 ¤ 509 (0)40 (0)0 (0)0 (0)549 (0)
3 Hill, RickyRicky Hill  England 1975–89429 (7)33 (0)37 (1)0 (0)499 (8)
4 Stein, BrianBrian Stein  England 1977–88
1991–92		411 (16)31 (0)34 (1)3 (0)479 (17)
5 Donaghy, MalMal Donaghy  Northern Ireland 1978–88
1989–90		415 (0)36 (0)34 (0)3 (0)488 (0)
6 Turner, GordonGordon Turner  England 1949–64406 (0)25 (0)7 (0)12 (0)450 (0)
7 Johnson, MarvinMarvin Johnson  England 1987–2002 ¤ 352 (21)20 (1)27 (2)16 (1)415 (25)
8 Baynham, RonRon Baynham  England 1952–65388 (0)31 (0)5 (0)8 (0)432 (0)
9 Owen, SydSyd Owen  England 1947–59388 (0)27 (0)0 (0)8 (0)423 (0)
10 Preece, DavidDavid Preece  England 1984–95328 (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.

Top goalscorers

Competitive first-team appearances only; appearances including substitutes appear in parentheses and italics.[7][12][13][14][15][16]
# Name Nation Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[C] Total
1 Turner, GordonGordon Turner England1949–64 243 (406) 18 (25) 4 (7) 11 (12) 276 (450)
2 Rennie, AndyAndy Rennie Scotland 1925–34 147 (307) 15 (26) 0 (0) 0 (2) 162 (335)
3 Stein, BrianBrian Stein England1977–88
1991–92		 130 (427) 6 (31) 15 (35) 3 (3) 154 (496)
4 Simms, ErnieErnie Simms England1913–15
1916–22		109 (160) 13 (18) 0 (0) 0 (0) 122 (178)
5 Moody, HerbertHerbert Moody England1901–05
1907–12		93 (232)11 (15) 0 (0) 0 (0)104 (247)
6 Howard, SteveSteve Howard Scotland2001–0696 (212) 5 (8) 2 (7) 0 (1) 103 (228)
7=[D] Moss, DavidDavid Moss England1978–85 88 (221) 3 (8) 3 (16) 0 (0) 94 (245)
7=[D] Yardley, JimmyJimmy Yardley England1926–3278 (173)16 (15)0 (0) 0 (0) 94 (188)
9 Harford, MickMick Harford England1984–90
1991–92		69 (168)10 (27)10 (17) 3 (4) 92 (216)
10 Payne, JoeJoe Payne England1934–3883 (72)4 (5)0 (0) 0 (0) 87 (77)

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

# Fee (GBP) Paid to Name Nation Date Notes
1 £850,000Odense BoldklubElstrup, LarsLars Elstrup Denmark21 August 1989[17]
2 £750,000BurnleyDavis, SteveSteve Davis England13 July 1995[18]
3 £580,000West Ham UnitedFeuer, IanIan Feuer United States16 December 1995[19]
4 £500,000Hartlepool UnitedBoyd, AdamAdam Boyd England31 July 2006[20]
5 £425,000BournemouthOvendale, MarkMark Ovendale England7 August 2000 [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 from Name Nation Date Notes
1=[E] £3mWest Bromwich AlbionDavies, CurtisCurtis Davies England31 August 2005[22]
1=[E] £3mBirmingham CityVine, RowanRowan Vine England11 January 2007[F][23]
3 £2.75mWest Bromwich AlbionBarnett, LeonLeon Barnett England26 July 2007[24]
4 £2.5mArsenalHartson, JohnJohn Hartson Wales13 January 1995[25]
5 £2mArsenalUpson, MatthewMatthew Upson England10 May 1997[26]

International

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

Managerial records

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

A faded black-and-white photograph of an early 20th-century football stand, crowded with people. An impressive canopy is built into the stand's roof.
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.

Record defeats

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.

Record consecutive results

12, from 20 April 1981 to 14 November 1981, Second Division.[64]
12, from 12 November 2013 to 25 March 2014, Conference Premier.[64]

Attendances

European statistics

Record by season

Below is Luton Town's record in European competitions. As of the 2011–12 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.[72][73][74][75][76]

Season Competition Round Date Country Club Venue Result[I] Attendance Notes
1972–73 Anglo-Italian Cup Group A 7 March 1973  Italy Bari Home 4–0 unknown [54]
21 March 1973  Italy Hellas Verona Away 1–2 [54]
4 April 1973  Italy Fiorentina Home 1–0 [54]
2 May 1973  Italy Lazio Away 2–2 [54]
1988–89 UEFA Cup Disqualified (Heysel) [J][72]
1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup Group 5 15 September 1992  England Watford Away 0–0 5,197 [77]
29 September 1992  England Bristol City Home 1–1 2,538 [77]
1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup Group 6 31 August 1993  England Watford Away 1–2 2,854 [78]
7 September 1993  England Southend United Home 1–1 1,823 [78]
1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup Group A 5 September 1995  Italy Perugia Home 1–4 2,352 [66]
11 October 1995  Italy Genoa Away 0–4 3,759 [66]
8 November 1995  Italy Cesena Away 1–2 461 [66]
13 December 1995  Italy Ancona Home 5–0 2,091 [66]

Record by opposition nationality

Competition Played Won Drawn Lost Goals
for		 Goals
against
Anglo-Italian Cup against English clubs 4 0 3 1 3 4
against Italian clubs 8 3 1 4 15 14
Total 12 3 4 5 18 18

Record by location

Record at Kenilworth Road

Opposition nationality Played Won Drawn Lost Goals
for		 Goals
against
English 2 0 2 0 2 2
Foreign 4 3 0 1 11 4
Total 6 3 2 1 13 6

Record away from Kenilworth Road

Opposition nationality Played Won Drawn Lost Goals
for		 Goals
against
English 2 0 1 1 1 2
Foreign 4 0 1 3 4 10
Total 6 0 2 4 5 12

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. ^ First 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.[23]
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.[79]
H. ^ Luton Town earned 56 points, but 30 were deducted at the start of the season, giving them a total of 26.[80] 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.[72][81][82][83]

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