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Tom Holmes
Luton match preview

Bloomfield says good habits and repetition are key to solving Luton’s defensive woes

January 25, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Bloomfield says good habits and repetition are key to solving Luton’s defensive woes

Matt Bloomfield expects Luton’s penalty box will face a bombardment by Millwall today, so has been working to address Town’s persistent defensive problems after conceding calamitous goals from crosses in midweek.  For 60 minutes at […]

Teden Mengi suffered a knee injury on the final day of the Premier League season against Fulham. He was advised to have surgery but opted not to, until December 2024 when he finally went under the knife
Luton Town features

FEATURE: Luton’s lingering injury crisis: What went wrong and what’s being done to fix it

January 23, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on FEATURE: Luton’s lingering injury crisis: What went wrong and what’s being done to fix it

From one winter to the next, Luton Town have been in the grip of an injury crisis. It’s perhaps impossible to quantify the impact that these problems alone have had. For one, there will always […]

Matt Blomfield
Luton match reaction

Oxford 3 Luton 2: Back to basics for Bloomfield as Town rediscover self-destruct button 

January 22, 2025 James Cunliffe 2

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Luton were 2-1 up at half time but capitulated, with every single Oxford goal Oxford a defensive calamity and Greg Leigh’s catastrophically unmarked winner proving fatal.  […]

Carlton Morris
Luton match preview

Bloomfield points to season’s best stat that can get Luton scoring again

January 21, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Bloomfield points to season’s best stat that can get Luton scoring again

Matt Bloomfield has highlighted the need for struggling Luton Town to become more clinical in front of goal, but believes a season’s best statistic from the weekend shows they’re edging towards a net-bulging solution. The […]

Matt Bloomfield
Luton transfer news

Bloomfield quiet on Kone transfer talk out of ‘respect’ for old club Wycombe

January 20, 2025 James Cunliffe 3

New Luton boss Matt Bloomfield won’t indulge in public transfer talk about his former Wycombe players, out of respect for the club, as Wanderers hotshot Richard Kone continues to draw attention.  The striker, who was playing […]

Matt Bloomfield
Luton match reaction

‘Putting the ball at risk’: The new buzz phrase that could define Luton’s future under Bloomfield

January 20, 2025 James Cunliffe 1

After his first game as boss, Matt Bloomfield introduced a new phrase into the Luton vernacular that gives an insight into one of his many successes at Wycombe and what may be in store for […]

Matt Bloomfield
Luton match reaction

Luton 0 Preston 0: It’s Bloom and bust in Hatters bow for new boss

January 18, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Luton 0 Preston 0: It’s Bloom and bust in Hatters bow for new boss

Report and reaction here from Matt Bloomfield’s first game in charge of Luton which marked both progress and a reflection of some of Luton’s struggles this season […]

Matt Bloomfield
Luton Town interviews

Bloomfield reveals chat with ex-England boss Southgate to help prepare for Luton bow

January 18, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Bloomfield reveals chat with ex-England boss Southgate to help prepare for Luton bow

A rare audience with former England manager Gareth Southgate has helped new Luton boss Matt Bloomfield prepare for a Championship hotseat, though he believes it’s a job he’s been building up to for years.  The […]

Matt Bloomfield
Luton match preview

New manager bounce? ‘That’s what we’re going after,’ says Luton boss Bloomfield

January 18, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on New manager bounce? ‘That’s what we’re going after,’ says Luton boss Bloomfield

A new manager bounce, that’s the often quoted benefit of changing boss, bandied around by pundits and fans alike, but Matt Bloomfield says that’s what his Luton side will go after, against Preston today. Luton […]

Joe Taylor fires in from the penalty spot
Luton transfer news

Huddersfield ‘offer was probably too good for us to refuse,’ says Sweet on Taylor transfer

January 15, 2025 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Huddersfield ‘offer was probably too good for us to refuse,’ says Sweet on Taylor transfer

Joe Taylor’s time at Luton was limited due to a crop of more established forwards at the club, chief executive Gary Sweet has explained after the goalscorer’s “too good for us to refuse” switch to […]

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