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2014–15 Luton Town F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was the 129th in the history of Luton Town Football Club and the club's first back in the Football League since the 2008–09 season following its promotion from the Conference Premier during the previous season. Luton finished in eighth position, one place and three points outside the play-offs.

Luton Town
2014–15 season
OwnerLuton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd
ChairmanNick Owen
ManagerJohn Still
StadiumKenilworth Road
League Two8th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mark Cullen (13)
All: Mark Cullen (14)
Highest home attendance10,071 vs Portsmouth
(28 December 2014,
League Two)
Lowest home attendance2,186 vs Crawley Town
(7 October 2014,
Football League Trophy second round)
Average home league attendance7,901

Luton had an indifferent start to the campaign before a strong run of results placed the club in a four-way battle for the automatic promotion spots for much of the season, alongside Burton Albion, Wycombe Wanderers and Shrewsbury Town. A collapse in Luton's form in the final third of the season left them struggling to remain in the promotion positions and, despite a late run of positive results, the club fell just short of competing in the play-offs.

This article covers the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Background

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Main articles: History of Luton Town F.C. (1970–present), List of Luton Town F.C. seasons, and 2013–14 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton manager John Still had joined the club in February 2013 at a time when promotion from the Conference Premier looked unlikely following a poor run of league results under previous manager Paul Buckle. Still guided the club to a seventh-placed finish in its fourth season in non-League football. He began building his own squad a month before the last game of the 2012–13 campaign, continuing to do so through pre-season and the beginning of the 2013–14 season, with twelve new players entering Kenilworth Road and eleven leaving.

A slow start to the 2013–14 season left the club in mid-table, but this soon gave way to a club-record 27-match unbeaten run with Luton playing an attacking style of football that resulted in them scoring 78 goals. The club reached the top of the table in December 2013 and Still ensured momentum through the busy post-Christmas schedule by augmenting the squad with talented young players from Premier League academies, such as Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu and Cameron McGeehan. Luton remained in first position for the rest of the campaign as they comfortably won promotion to League Two, with nearest rivals Cambridge United 19 points behind – the largest points gap between first and second in Conference history. The club accumulated 101 points and kept 23 clean sheets, both club records, while also equalling the record for the fewest goals (35) conceded over a season.

Club

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Squad

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Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Mark Tyler   GK 2009 (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977 (age 47)   Peterborough United
16 Elliot Justham   GK 2013 (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34)   East Thurrock United
Defenders
2 Fraser Franks   RB / CB 2014 (1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 34)   Welling United
3 Danny Fitzsimons   CB 2013 (1990-05-05) 5 May 1990 (age 34)   Histon
5 Steve McNulty (c)   CB 2013 (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 41)   Fleetwood Town
6 Alex Lacey   CB 2012 (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 30)   Luton Town Academy
12 Scott Griffiths   LB 2013 (1985-11-27) 27 November 1985 (age 38)   Peterborough United
29 Paul Connolly   RB 2014 (1983-09-29) 29 September 1983 (age 41)   Crawley Town
30 Luke Wilkinson   CB 2014 (1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 32)   Dagenham & Redbridge
24 Curtley Williams   RB 2014 (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34)   Lowestoft Town
33 Mark Onyemah   LB 2014   Thurrock
Midfielders
4 Jonathan Smith   CM 2013 (1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 38)   York City
7 Alex Lawless   LM 2010 (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39)   York City
8 Andy Drury   CM 2014 (1983-11-28) 28 November 1983 (age 40)   Crawley Town
11 Jake Howells   LB / LM 2008 (1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 (age 33)   Luton Town Academy
14 Andy Parry   CM 2011 (1991-09-13) 13 September 1991 (age 33)   Southport
15 Luke Rooney   RW 2014 (1990-12-28) 28 December 1990 (age 33)   Maidstone United
17 Pelly Ruddock   CM 2014 (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 (age 31)   West Ham United
21 Luke Guttridge   CM 2013 (1982-03-27) 27 March 1982 (age 42)   Northampton Town
22 Shaun Whalley   RW 2013 (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37)   Southport
23 Matt Robinson   CM 2012 (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30)   Leicester City
28 Jim Stevenson   CM 2012 (1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 32)   Histon
39 Ian Rees   CM 2014 (1998-02-22) 22 February 1998 (age 26)   Luton Town Academy
Forwards
9 Paul Benson   ST 2014 (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 (age 45)   Swindon Town
10 Alex Wall   ST 2013 (1990-09-22) 22 September 1990 (age 34)   Maidenhead United
13 Mark Cullen   ST 2013 (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 (age 32)   Hull City
18 Ross Lafayette   ST 2014 (1987-04-11) 11 April 1987 (age 37)   Welling United
19 Ricky Miller   ST 2014 (1989-03-13) 13 March 1989 (age 35)   Boston United
35 Charlie Walker   ST 2014   Peacehaven & Telscombe

New contracts

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No. Pos Player Contract Length Contract End Date Source
13 ST   Mark Cullen 3 years 2017 15 May 2014 [1]
26 RW   Luke Rooney 6 months 2015 4 February 2015 [2][3]
5 CB   Steve McNulty 2 years 2016 23 July 2014 [4][5]
11 LW   Jake Howells 2 years 2016 25 July 2014 [6][7]
26 RW   Luke Rooney 6 months 2015 7 January 2015 [8]

Transfers

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In

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Summer

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No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
24 RB   Curtley Williams   Lowestoft Town Undisclosed 15 May 2014 [9]
18 ST   Ross Lafayette   Welling United Undisclosed 11 June 2014 [10]
19 ST   Ricky Miller   Boston United Free 25 June 2014 [11]
8 MF   Andy Drury   Crawley Town £100,000 30 June 2014 [12]
29 RB   Paul Connolly   Crawley Town Free 5 July 2014 [13]
30 RB   Luke Wilkinson   Dagenham & Redbridge Undisclosed 7 July 2014 [14]
— ST   Lee Angol   Wycombe Wanderers Undisclosed 9 July 2014 [15]
9 ST   Paul Benson   Swindon Town Free 23 July 2014 [16]
35 ST   Charlie Walker   Peacehaven & Telscombe Free 23 July 2014 [16][17]
33 LB   Mark Onyemah   Thurrock Free 23 July 2014 [16][17]
26 MF   Nathan Doyle   Bradford City Free 11 September 2014 [18]

Winter

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No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
27 MF   Ryan Hall   Rotherham United Free 31 January 2015 [19]

Out

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Summer

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No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
3 LB   Danny Fitzsimons   Dartford Released 18 May 2015 [20][21]
19 ST   Ricky Miller   Dover Athletic Released 18 May 2015 [20][22]
22 RW   Shaun Whalley   Shrewsbury Town Released 18 May 2015 [20][23]
10 ST   Alex Wall   Bromley Released 30 June 2015 [24][25]
13 ST   Mark Cullen   Blackpool £180,000 30 June 2015 [26]
28 CM   Jim Stevenson   Aldershot Town Released 30 June 2015 [24][27]
32 RB   Brett Longden   St Neots Town Released 30 June 2015 [24][28]
35 ST   Charlie Walker   Aldershot Town Released 30 June 2015 [24][29]
36 CM   Charlie Smith Released 30 June 2015 [24]
39 CM   Ian Rees   Hemel Hempstead Town Released 30 June 2015 [24][30]
— ST   Lee Angol   Peterborough United Compensation 30 June 2015 [31][32]
— RW   Kynan Isaac Released 30 June 2015 [24]

Winter

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No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
— MF   Solomon Taiwo   Dover Athletic Released 15 January 2015 [33][34]
— MF   Dave Martin   Stevenage Released 2 February 2015 [35][36]

Loans in

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Summer

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No. Pos Player Transferred To Start End Source
22 RB   Michael Harriman   Queens Park Rangers 9 October 2014 14 November 2015 [37]

Winter

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No. Pos Player Transferred To Start End Source
22 RB   Michael Harriman   Queens Park Rangers 14 November 2014 30 June 2015 [38][39]
25 ST   Jayden Stockley   AFC Bournemouth 7 January 2015 4 February 2015 [40]
31 ST   Nathan Oduwa   Tottenham Hotspur 2 February 2015 30 June 2015 [41]
50 MF   Cameron McGeehan   Norwich City 14 February 2015 30 June 2015 [42]
38 ST   Elliot Lee   West Ham United 19 February 2015 2 May 2015 [43][44]
— DF   Lewis Kinsella   Aston Villa 26 March 2015 30 June 2015 [45]

Loans out

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Summer

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No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
— MF   Lee Angol   Boreham Wood 9 July 2014 30 June 2015 [15]
— MF   Dave Martin   Bristol Rovers 15 August 2014 5 January 2015 [46]
19 FW   Ricky Miller   Dover Athletic 1 September 2014 29 October 2014 [47][48]
— MF   Solomon Taiwo   Dover Athletic 1 September 2014 29 October 2014 [47][48]
— MF   Kynan Isaac   Oxford City 9 September 2014 11 December 2014 [49]
33 DF   Mark Onyemah   Thurrock 9 September 2014 10 October 2014 [49]

Winter

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No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
36 DF   Charlie Smith   St Albans City 7 January 2015 4 February 2015
32 DF   Brett Longden   Arlesey Town 7 January 2015 4 February 2015
DF   Andy Parry   Southport 13 January 2015 14 February 2015 [50]
18 DF   Ross Lafayette   Woking 15 January 2015 14 February 2015 [51][52]
MF   Kynan Isaac   Banbury United 13 February 2015 14 March 2015 [53]
GK   Craig King   Metropolitan Police 13 February 2015 14 March 2015 [53]
18 DF   Ross Lafayette   Welling United 26 March 2015 30 June 2015 [54]
— MF   Ian Rees   Hitchin Town 26 March 2014 30 June 2015 [54]

Overall transfer activity

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Competitions

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Preseason

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10 July 2014 Farense   2–0 Luton Town Estádio de São Luís, Faro
18:00 BST Ernest   22'
Márcio Madeira   89' (pen.)		 Report
17 July 2014 Hitchin Town 0–5 Luton Town Top Field, Hitchin
19:45 BST Report Whalley   13'
Wall   31', 51', 57' (pen.)
Cullen   78'		 Attendance: 1,454
20 July 2014 Barnet 0–2 Luton Town The Hive Stadium, Canons Park
15:00 BST Report Cullen   45'
Howells   80' (pen.)		 Attendance: 806
Referee: Andy Woolmer
23 July 2014 East Thurrock United 1–1 Luton Town Rookery Hill, Corringham
19:45 Report Wilkinson   86'
26 July 2014 Luton Town 4–0   Royal Antwerp Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00 Lacey   6'
Franks   65'
Lafayette   80'
Lawless   87'		 Report Attendance: 3,199
29 July 2014 Luton Town 2–2 Colchester United Kenilworth Road, Luton
19:45 Cullen   27'
Guttridge   69'		 Report Connolly   30' (o.g.)
Ibehre   51'		 Attendance: 1,475
2 August 2014 Luton Town 1–1 Peterborough United Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00 Cullen   45' Report Assombalonga   75' Attendance: 2, 154

League Two

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For information on this season's Football League Two, see 2014–15 Football League Two.

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Stevenage 46 20 12 14 62 54 +8 72 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 20 11 15 55 37 +18 71
8 Luton Town 46 19 11 16 54 44 +10 68
9 Newport County 46 18 11 17 51 54 −3 65
10 Exeter City 46 17 13 16 61 65 −4 64
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 19 11 16 53 45  +8 68 13 4 6 37 19  +18 6 7 10 16 26  −10

Source: League 2

Results by Matchday

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLDDLLWDWWWWWWWDWLWLWDDDWDWDDWLLWLLLLLLLWLDWLW
Position6141412181918181310744312132434444444544444566689998888
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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9 August 2014 1 Carlisle United 0–1 Luton Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Report Cullen   30'
Connolly   63'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,766
Referee: N Miller
16 August 2014 2 Luton Town 0–1 AFC Wimbledon Luton
15:00 BST Griffiths   71' Report Tubbs   42'
Pell   81'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,101
Referee: Oliver Langford
19 August 2014 3 Luton Town 1–1 Bury Luton
19:45 Ruddock   90+1'
Rooney   51'
Tyler   65'		 Report Rose   62'   65'
Mills   60'
Mayor   70'
Tutte   85'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,890
Referee: Tim Robinson
23 August 2014 4 Accrington Stanley 2–2 Luton Town Accrington
15:00 Gray   9'
Joyce   16'
Hunt   81'		 Report Rooney   32'
Howells   42'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
30 August 2014 5 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Luton Town Shrewsbury
15:00 Clark   3', 70' Report Robinson   83'
Connolly   90'		 Stadium: Greenhous Meadow
Attendance: 5,888
Referee: Peter Bankes
6 September 2014 6 Luton Town 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Luton
12:15 Connolly   8' Report Blizzard   68'  25'
Bray   60'
Hartley   3'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,864
Referee: Mick Russell
13 September 2014 7 Luton Town 1–0 Cheltenham Town Luton
15:00 Cullen   8'
Guttridge   43'
Smith   84'		 Report Brown   24'
Taylor   44'
Marquis   90+3'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: Andy D'Urso
16 September 2014 8 York City 0–0 Luton Town York
19:45 Report Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 3,649
Referee: Mark Brown
20 September 2014 9 Cambridge United 0–1 Luton Town Cambridge
15:00 Simpson   36'
Naylor   53'
Donaldson   63'
Coulson   81'		 Report Cullen   80' (pen.)
Stevenson   46'
Wall   55'
Lafayette   59'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,533
Referee: Graham Salisbury
27 September 2014 10 Luton Town 2–0 Oxford United Luton
15:00 Wilkinson   2'
Howells   63'
McNulty   50'		 Report Barnett   63' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,101
Referee: Mark Haywood
4 September 2014 11 Stevenage 1–2 Luton Town Stevenage
15:00 Pett   32'
Bond   8'		 Report Wilkinson   9'
Wall   84'
Smith   62'
Benson   64'
Doyle   81'		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 5,236
Referee: Tony Harrington
11 October 2014 12 Luton Town 2–0 Southend United Luton
15:00 Lawless   16'
Cullen   33'
Ruddock   70'
Drury   70'		 Report Atkinson   26'
Thompson   64'
Corr   66'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,238
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
18 October 2014 13 Hartlepool United 1–2 Luton Town Hartlepool
15:00 Austin   91' (pen.)
Hawkins   86'		 Report Cullen   39'
Stevenson   81'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Paul Tierney
21 October 2014 14 Luton Town 3–1 Dagenham & Redbridge Luton
19:45 Cullen   42', 45', 68' Report Doidge   86' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,746
Referee: Andy Davies
25 October 2014 15 Luton Town 1–0 Northampton Town Luton
15:00 Guttridge   90+1'
Benson   76'
Wilkinson   84'		 Report Stevens   70'
Robertson   84'
Tozer   87'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,040
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
1 November 2014 16 Exeter City 1–1 Luton Town Exeter
15:00 Nichols   72' (pen.)
Butterfield   83'		 Report Griffiths   3'
Doyle   85'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Dean Whitestone
15 November 2014 17 Luton Town 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Luton
15:00 Miller   70'
Benson   85'		 Report Power   91+1' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,061
Referee: Lee Collins
22 November 2014 18 Burton Albion 1–0 Luton Town Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 Edwards   47'
Weir   68'		 Report Wilkinson   90+3' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,772
Referee: James Adcock
29 November 2014 19 Luton Town 3–0 Mansfield Town Luton
15:00 Benson   19'
Whalley   59', 63'   17'		 Report Beevers   68' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,418
Referee: Gavin Ward
13 December 2014 20 Morecambe 3–0 Luton Town Morecambe
15:00 Ellison   16'   85'
Hughes   44'
Amond   80'
Edwards   30'		 Report McNulty   27'  
Lafayette   85'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 2,263
Referee: Andy D'Urso
20 December 2014 21 Luton Town 3–0 Newport County Luton
15:00 Wilkinson   5'
Rooney   51'
Howells   90+2'
Doyle   27'
McNulty   28'
Cullen   80'		 Report Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,383
Referee: Darren Drysdale
26 December 2014 22 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Luton Town High Wycombe
15:00 Cowan-Hall   2'
Mawson   10'
Jacobson   55'		 Report Smith   8'
Griffiths   1'
Rooney   12'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 7,539
Referee: Andy Woolmer
28 December 2014 23 Luton Town 1–1 Portsmouth Luton
15:00 Rooney   12' Report Taylor   35'
Bean   68'
Westcarr   88'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,071
Referee: Darren Deadman
8 January 2015 24 Luton Town 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Luton
19:45 Wilkinson   39'
Smith   88'		 Report Knight-Percival   66'   69' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,666
Referee: James Adcock
17 January 2015 25 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Luton Town Plymouth
15:00 Lee   68' Report Drury   22'
Doyle   64'
Smith   86'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 8,420
Referee: Keith Hill
24 January 2015 26 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Luton Town Cheltenham
15:00 Kotwica   20'   56' Report Whalley   21'
Lawless   83'
McNulty   86'
Wilkinson   86'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,611
Referee: Darren Handley
31 January 2015 27 Luton Town 3–2 Cambridge United Luton
15:00 Drury   19'
Wilkinson   31'
Smith   45+2'
Whalley   45+1'
Doyle   76'		 Report Hunt   67'
Simpson   86'
Champion   74'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,054
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
7 February 2015 28 Oxford United 1–1 Luton Town Oxford
15:00 Mullins   43'
Wright   43'
Skarz   45'
Collins   73'
Long   75'		 Report Stockley   35'
McNulty   44'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 7,541
Referee: Richard Clark
10 February 2015 29 Luton Town 2–2 York City Luton
19:45 Cullen   65', 71'
Smith   84'
McNulty   86'		 Report Carson   55'
Sinclair   59'
Hyde   61'
Olejnik   89'
McCoy   90+6'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 7,763
Referee: Charles Breakspear
14 February 2015 30 Luton Town 1–0 Carlisle United Luton
15:00 Cullen   39'
Wilkinson   61'
Stockley   81'		 Report Archibald-Henville   90' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,502
Referee: James Linington
17 February 2015 31 Mansfield Town 1–0 Luton Town Mansfield
19:45 Bingham   32' Report Drury   90' Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,998
Referee: Kevin Johnson
21 February 2015 32 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Luton Town Kingston upon Thames
15:00 Potter   28'
Bulman   42'
Connolly   90+3'
Oshilaja   45'		 Report Stockley   45'   63'
Lee   68'   90+1'
Drury   55'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 4,050
Referee: Fred Graham
28 February 2015 33 Luton Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley Luton
15:00 Stockley   41'
Guttridge   60'
Franks   45+2'
Lee   70'		 Report Atkinson   47'
Windass   84'
Crooks   87'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Lee Collins
3 March 2015 34 Bury 1–0 Luton Town Bury
19:45 Soares   9'
Lowe   90+1'		 Report Cullen   73' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: Scott Duncan
7 March 2015 35 Luton Town 2–3 Morecambe Luton
15:00 McGeehan   5'   43'
Lawless   76'
Lee   84'
Oduwa   90+3'
Wilkinson   90+5'		 Report Redshaw   17'   67'
Wilson   29'   63'
Wilkinson   86' (o.g.)
Beeley   64'
Edwards   79'
Fleming   81'
Hughes   84'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,667
Referee: Carl Berry
14 March 2015 36 Portsmouth 2–0 Luton Town Portsmouth
15:00 Tubbs   3'
Taylor   62'
Whatmough   18'
Butler   67'		 Report Wilkinson   8'
Cullen   45+1'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,149
Referee: Darren Drysdale
17 March 2015 37 Newport County 1–0 Luton Town Newport
19:45 O'Connor   21'
Feely   44'		 Report McGeehan   42' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,536
Referee: Brendan Malone
24 March 2015 38 Luton Town 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers Luton
19:45 Lee   7', 38' Report Saunders   3'   72'
Hayes   22' (pen.)
Mawson   31'		 Stadium: Prostate Cancer UK Stadium
Attendance: 8,379
Referee: David Coote
28 March 2015 39 Northampton Town 2–1 Luton Town Northampton
15:00 Holmes   64' (pen.)
Gray   86'
Moloney   41'		 Report Lawless   46'
Kinsella   11'
Benson   52'
Harriman   63'
Doyle   88'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,668
Referee: Graham Scott
3 April 2015 40 Luton Town 2–3 Exeter City Luton
15:00 Guttridge   21'
Cullen   45+1'
Wilkinson   75'
McNulty   79'
Doyle   90+1'		 Report Harley   51'
Moore-Taylor   76'
Wheeler   90+5'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,755
Referee: Robert Lewis
6 April 2015 41 Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Luton Town Birkenhead
15:00 Report McGeehan   80'   76'
McNulty   58'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,035
Referee: Dean Whitestone
11 April 2015 42 Luton Town 0–1 Burton Albion Luton
15:00 McNulty   72' Report Palmer   79' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,680
Referee: Andy Madley
14 April 2015 43 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–0 Luton Town Dagenham
19:45 Report McNulty   35'
Benson   38'		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 2,461
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
18 April 2015 44 Luton Town 3–0 Hartlepool United Luton
15:00 McGeehan   5'
Howells   15' (pen.)
Griffiths   71'		 Report Austin   53'
Featherstone   90'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,231
Referee: Gary Sutton
25 April 2015 45 Southend United 1–0 Luton Town Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Timlin   81'
Coker   67'
Bolger   71'
Deegan   72'		 Report Wilkinson   42'
Doyle   46'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 10,730
Referee: Iain Williamson
2 May 2015 46 Luton Town 2–0 Stevenage Luton
15:00 Cullen   5'
Harriman   21'   45+2'		 Report Worley   6' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,054
Referee: Nigel Miller

FA Cup

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Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup
8 November 2014 First round Luton Town 4–2 Newport County Luton
15:00 Guttridge   40'
Benson   58'
Miller   77'
Howells   86'
Harriman   65'		 Report Klukowski   51'
O'Connor   64'
Minshull   42'
Zebroski   68'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 3,656
Referee: Chris Sarginson
6 December 2014 Second round Bury 1–1 Luton Town Bury
15:00 Soares   24'
Nardiello   90'		 Report Cullen   51'
Howells   77'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Nigel Miller
16 December 2014 Second round replay Luton Town 1–0 Bury Luton
19:45 Rooney   48' Report Cameron   67' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 2,923
Referee: Oliver Langford
3 January 2014 Third round Cambridge United 2–1 Luton Town Cambridge
15:00 Simpson   27'
Donaldson   66'		 Report Harriman   74'
Tyler   27'
Miller   34'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7,063
Referee: Tony Harrington

League Cup

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Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup
12 August 2014 First round Luton Town 1–2 Swindon Town Luton
19:45 Rooney   53' (pen.)   90+3'
Benson   33'
Franks   65'		 Report Smith   76' (pen.), 81'
Kasim   28'
Thompson   29'
Thompson   90'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 4,410
Referee: Paul Tierney

Football League Trophy

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Main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy
7 October 2014 Round Two Luton Town 0–1 Crawley Town Luton
19:45 Wall   55'
Wilkinson   60'		 Report Edwards   51' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 2,186
Referee: Keith Woolmer

Statistics

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Appearances

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Source: Luton Town

No. Pos Player FL2 FAC LC FLT Total
1 GK   Mark Tyler 31 4 1 0 36 (0)
2 CB   Fraser Franks 13 3 1 0 17 (3)
3 CB   Danny Fitzsimons 0 0 0 0 0 (0)
4 CM   Jonathan Smith 34 4 0 1 39 (0)
5 CB   Steve McNulty (c) 40 2 1 1 44 (0)
6 CB   Alex Lacey 18 1 0 1 20 (8)
7 CM   Alex Lawless 15 0 0 1 16 (9)
8 CM   Andy Drury 35 3 1 0 39 (5)
9 ST   Paul Benson 21 1 1 1 24 (5)
10 ST   Alex Wall 7 0 0 1 8 (6)
11 LB   Jake Howells 35 4 0 1 40 (10)
12 LB   Scott Griffiths 34 2 1 1 38 (0)
13 ST   Mark Cullen 41 4 1 0 46 (9)
14 CB   Andy Parry 0 0 0 0 0 (0)
15 RW   Luke Rooney 11 1 1 0 13 (3)
16 GK   Elliot Justham 14 0 0 1 15 (0)
17 CM   Pelly Ruddock 16 1 1 0 18 (8)
18 ST   Ross Lafayette[Note 1] 13 0 1 0 14 (12)
19 ST   Ricky Miller 12 3 0 0 15 (12)
20 RW   Shaun Whalley 18 1 0 0 19 (4)
21 CM   Luke Guttridge 26 1 1 1 29 (10)
22 RB   Michael Harriman[Note 2] 26 4 0 0 30 (0)
23 CM   Matt Robinson 9 1 1 1 12 (4)
24 RB   Curtley Williams 3 0 0 0 3 (0)
25 ST   Jayden Stockley[Note 3] 11 0 0 0 11 (0)
26 DM   Nathan Doyle 26 3 0 1 30 (0)
27 RW   Ryan Hall 3 0 0 0 4 (1)
28 CM   Jim Stevenson[Note 4] 11 1 0 0 12 (10)
29 RB   Paul Connolly 4 1 1 0 6 (0)
30 CB   Luke Wilkinson 41 4 1 1 47 (0)
31 RW   Nathan Oduwa[Note 5] 11 0 0 0 11 (8)
33 LB   Mark Onyemah 0 0 0 0 0 (0)
35 ST   Charlie Walker 3 2 0 1 6 (5)
38 ST   Elliot Lee[Note 6] 11 0 0 0 11 (2)
39 CM   Ian Rees 0 0 0 0 0 (0)
40 LB   Lewis Kinsella[Note 7] 3 0 0 0 3 (1)
41 GK   Craig King 0 0 0 0 0 (0)
42 GK   Liam Gooch 0 0 0 0 0 (0)
50 CM   Cameron McGeehan[Note 8] 15 0 0 0 15 (2)
  1. ^ Currently on loan at Woking
  2. ^ Currently on loan from QPR
  3. ^ Currently on loan from AFC Bournemouth
  4. ^ Currently on loan at Aldershot Town
  5. ^ Currently on loan from Tottenham Hotspur
  6. ^ Currently on loan from West Ham United
  7. ^ Currently on loan from Aston Villa
  8. ^ Currently on loan from Norwich City

Goals

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Source: BBC Sport

No. Pos Player FL2 FAC LC FLT Total
1 GK   Mark Tyler 0 0 0 0 0
2 CB   Fraser Franks 0 0 0 0 0
3 CB   Danny Fitzsimons 0 0 0 0 0
4 CM   Jonathan Smith 2 0 0 0 2
5 CB   Steve McNulty (c) 0 0 0 0 0
6 CB   Alex Lacey 0 0 0 0 0
7 CM   Alex Lawless 3 0 0 0 3
8 CM   Andy Drury 2 0 0 0 2
9 ST   Paul Benson 1 1 0 0 1
10 ST   Alex Wall 1 0 0 0 1
11 LB   Jake Howells 4 1 0 0 5
12 LB   Scott Griffiths 2 0 0 0 2
13 ST   Mark Cullen 13 1 0 0 14
14 CB   Andy Parry 0 0 0 0 0
15 RW   Luke Rooney 3 1 1 0 5
16 GK   Elliot Justham 0 0 0 0 0
17 CM   Pelly Ruddock 1 0 0 0 1
18 ST   Ross Lafayette 0 0 0 0 0
19 ST   Ricky Miller 1 1 0 0 2
20 RW   Shaun Whalley 3 0 0 0 3
21 CM   Luke Guttridge 3 1 0 0 4
22 RB   Michael Harriman 1 1 0 0 2
23 CM   Matt Robinson 0 0 0 0 0
24 RB   Curtley Williams 0 0 0 0 0
25 ST   Jayden Stockley 3 0 0 0 3
26 DM   Nathan Doyle 0 0 0 0 0
27 RW   Ryan Hall 0 0 0 0 0
28 CM   Jim Stevenson 1 0 0 0 1
29 RB   Paul Connolly 0 0 0 0 0
30 CB   Luke Wilkinson 4 0 0 0 4
31 RW   Nathan Oduwa 0 0 0 0 0
33 LB   Mark Onyemah 0 0 0 0 0
35 ST   Charlie Walker 0 0 0 0 0
38 ST   Elliot Lee 3 0 0 0 3
39 CM   Ian Rees 0 0 0 0 0
40 LB   Lewis Kinsella 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK   Craig King 0 0 0 0 0
42 GK   Liam Gooch 0 0 0 0 0
50 CM   Cameron McGeehan 3 0 0 0 3
TOTALS 43 7 1 0 50

Clean sheets

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Source: [citation needed]

No. Pos Player FL2 FAC LC FLT Total
1 GK   Mark Tyler 13 1 0 0 14
16 GK   Elliot Justham 4 0 0 0 4
TOTALS 17 1 0 0 18

Discipline

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Source: [citation needed]

No. Pos Player FL2 FAC LC FLT Total
                   
1 GK   Mark Tyler 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 CB   Fraser Franks 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
3 CB   Danny Fitzsimons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CM   Jonathan Smith 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 CB   Steve McNulty (c) 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
6 CB   Alex Lacey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CM   Alex Lawless 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 CM   Andy Drury 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 ST   Paul Benson 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
10 ST   Alex Wall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
11 LB   Jake Howells 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 LB   Scott Griffiths 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 ST   Mark Cullen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 CB   Andy Parry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RW   Luke Rooney 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
16 GK   Elliot Justham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 CM   Pelly Ruddock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 ST   Ross Lafayette 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 ST   Ricky Miller 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 RW   Shaun Whalley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 CM   Luke Guttridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 RB   Michael Harriman 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 CM   Matt Robinson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 RB   Curtley Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 ST   Jayden Stockley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 DM   Nathan Doyle 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
27 RW   Ryan Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 CM   Jim Stevenson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 RB   Paul Connolly 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
30 CB   Luke Wilkinson 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2
31 RW   Nathan Oduwa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 LB   Mark Onyemah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 ST   Charlie Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 ST   Elliot Lee 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
39 CM   Ian Rees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 LB   Lewis Kinsella 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
41 GK   Craig King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 GK   Liam Gooch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 CM   Cameron McGeehan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 54 5 4 0 4 1 2 0 64 6

Summary

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Games played 52 (46 Football League Two) (4 FA Cup) (1 Football League Cup) (1 Football League Trophy)
Games won 21 (19 Football League Two) (2 FA Cup) (0 Football League Cup) (0 Football League Trophy)
Games drawn 12 (11 Football League Two) (1 FA Cup) (0 Football League Cup) (0 Football League Trophy)
Games lost 19 (16 Football League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 Football League Cup) (1 Football League Trophy)
Goals scored 62 (54 Football League Two) (7 FA Cup) (1 Football League Cup) (0 Football League Trophy)
Goals conceded 52 (44 Football League Two) (5 FA Cup) (2 Football League Cup) (1 Football League Trophy)
Goal difference +10 (+10 Football League Two) (+2 FA Cup) (−1 Football League Cup) (−1 Football League Trophy)
Clean sheets 18 (16 Football League Two) (1 FA Cup)
Most appearances 47   Luke Wilkinson
Top scorer 14   Mark Cullen

Honours

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Team

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Individuals

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Players

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No. Pos Player Award Month Source
30 CB   Luke Wilkinson League 2 Player of the Month September [55]
13 ST   Mark Cullen October [56]
5 CB   Steve McNulty PFA Team of the Year April [57][58]

Manager

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Name Award Month Source
  John Still League Two Manager of the Month October [59]

References

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