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2022–23 Luton Town F.C. season

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Luton Town F.C.
2022–23 season
OwnerLuton Town Football Club 2020 Limited
ChairmanDavid Wilkinson
ManagerNathan Jones
StadiumKenilworth Road
Championship20th[1]
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round
(eliminated by Newport County)
Top goalscorerLeague: Dan Potts (1)
All: Tom Lockyer
Carlos Mendes Gomes
Dan Potts (1)

The 2022–23 season is the 137th season of competitive football and fourth consecutive season in the Championship played by Luton Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Luton will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Background and pre-season

Main article: 2021–22 Luton Town F.C. season
See also: History of Luton Town F.C. (1970–present) and List of Luton Town F.C. seasons

Luton Town's pre-season programme began with an away friendly match against Hitchin Town[2] before a week-long training camp in Slovenia, which included a friendly against Slovenian PrvaLiga club Bravo.[3] After returning from Slovenia, Luton played a behind-closed-doors match against Gillingham at The Brache training ground,[4][5] followed by friendlies away to Northampton Town and Peterborough United, and at home to West Ham United.[2]

Pre-season match details
Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
1 July 2022 Hitchin Town A W 3–0 Potts 26', Jerome 39', Woodrow 47' 2,213 [6]
8 July 2022 Bravo N W 2–1 Pereira 91', Cornick 112' [7]
13 July 2022 Gillingham H W 2–1 Jerome (2) 21' pen., 29' [a] [4]
16 July 2022 Northampton Town A W 2–1 Adebayo 54', Potts 56' 2,386 [8]
20 July 2022 Peterborough United A W 2–0 Woodrow 27', Cornick 82' [9]
23 July 2022 West Ham United H D 1–1 Bradley 90' 7,010 [10]
  1. ^ Match played behind closed doors

EFL Championship

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Championship

July–August

Luton began the season with a goalless draw at home to Birmingham City; new signings Ethan Horvath, Luke Freeman and Carlton Morris were all in the starting lineup, and Cauley Woodrow came on as a substitute to make his first appearance for the club in over a decade.[11] The next match also resulted in a draw; Dan Potts scored the team's first league goal in a 1–1 draw away to Burnley.[12]

Match results

EFL Championship match details
Date League
position 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
30 July 2022 12th Birmingham City H D 0–0 9,921 [13]
6 August 2022 14th Burnley A D 1–1 Potts 5' 19,628 [14]
13 August 2022 20th Preston North End H L 0–1 9,740 [15]

Partial league table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burnley (C, P) 46 29 14 3 87 35 +52 101 Promotion to Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 28 7 11 73 39 +34 91
3 Luton Town (O, P) 46 21 17 8 57 39 +18 80 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 +28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 +12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 +13 69
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

Luton were drawn at home to League Two club Newport County in the first round.[17]

EFL Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 9 August 2022 Newport County H L 2–3 Mendes Gomes 30', Lockyer 50' 3,827 [18]

Transfers

For players who left Luton after their contracts expired on 30 June 2022, see 2021–22 Luton Town F.C. season.

In

Date Player Club† Fee Ref.
20 June 2022 Alfie Doughty Stoke City Undisclosed [19]
21 June 2022 Cauley Woodrow Barnsley Undisclosed [20]
22 June 2022 Matt Macey Hibernian Undisclosed [21]
1 July 2022 Louie Watson (Derby County) Undisclosed compensation [22]
4 July 2022 Luke Freeman (Sheffield United) Free [23]
6 July 2022 Carlton Morris Barnsley Undisclosed [24]
12 July 2022 Tobias Braney * (Bowers & Pitsea) Free [25]
12 July 2022 Daniel Idiakhoa * (Newport Pagnell Town) Free [25]
12 July 2022 Jayden Luker * (Lambeth Tigers) Free [25]
2 August 2022 John McAtee Grimsby Town Undisclosed [26]
2 August 2022 Aribim Pepple Cavalry Undisclosed [27]
† Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Luton.
* Signed primarily for the development squad

Loan in

Date Player Club Return Ref.
2 July 2022 Ethan Horvath Nottingham Forest End of season [28]

Loan out

Date Player Club Return Ref.
9 July 2022 Josh Neufville Sutton United End of season [29]
2 August 2022 John McAtee Grimsby Town End of season [26]
8 August 2022 Aribim Pepple Grimsby Town End of season [30]
16 August 2022 Carlos Mendes Gomes Fleetwood Town End of Season
[31]

Appearances and goals

Source:[32][33][34]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Luton.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
2 DF  ENG James Bree 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF  ENG Dan Potts 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
4 DF  WAL Tom Lockyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF  ENG Sonny Bradley 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
7 FW  ENG Harry Cornick 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
8 MF  ENG Luke Berry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW  ENG Carlton Morris 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 0
10 FW  ENG Cauley Woodrow 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
11 FW  ENG Elijah Adebayo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
12 MF  ENG Henri Lansbury 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
16 DF  ENG Reece Burke 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
18 MF  ENG Jordan Clark 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
19 MF  ENG Dion Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF  SCO Allan Campbell 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
29 DF  JAM Amari'i Bell 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
30 MF  ENG Luke Freeman 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
32 DF  ENG Gabriel Osho 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
33 GK  ENG Matt Macey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK  USA Ethan Horvath * 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
35 FW  ENG Cameron Jerome 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
1 GK  ENG James Shea
6 MF  IRL Glen Rea
14 FW  ESP Carlos Mendes Gomes
15 FW  ZIM Admiral Muskwe
17 MF  DRC Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
20 MF  IRL Louie Watson
21 GK  ENG Harry Isted
23 MF  NGA Fred Onyedinma
28 MF  WAL Elliot Thorpe
45 MF  ENG Alfie Doughty

References

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