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Alfie Doughty lifts the Championship play-off trophy. Photo by Liam Smith
Luton match reaction

Doughty ‘hated every single second’ of penalties as Luton promoted the hard way

June 2, 2023 Kevin Harper 10

Alfie Doughty says he hated watching on from the sidelines during the penalty shootout that saw Luton promoted to the Premier League, admitting the Hatters should have been out of sight by half time.  The […]

Sonny Bradley lifts the Championship play-off trophy on the pitch as team-mates hold aloft the number 4 jersey of Tom Lockyer who was rushed to hospital after collapsing on the pitch
Luton Town interviews

Bradley to leave Luton after ‘best day of my football career’

June 2, 2023 Kevin Harper 1

Sonny Bradley will depart Luton Town with the full set of EFL promotions and the latest one is the pick of the lot, despite not playing in the Championship play-off final. But, as club captain, […]

Rob Edwards gets his hands on the Championship play-off trophy at Wembley Stadium
Luton Town interviews

Edwards says Luton ‘not going to go mental,’ with Premier League cash splash

May 31, 2023 James Cunliffe 1

Rob Edwards says Luton won’t go “mental” in the Premier League and risk huge sums of cash to stay up and put the club back in the kind of jeopardy that the current fan owners […]

Hatters CEO Gary Sweet with Luton supporting town councillor James Taylor, onstage in St George's Square with during the celebrations after the football club won promotion to the Premier League in 2023
Luton Town news

‘Don’t change’ over ‘life-changing’ Premier League boost, Sweet urges Luton

May 29, 2023 Sportsdesk 5

Luton chief executive Gary Sweet has urge the Hatters and the town of Luton not to let the “life-changing” Premier League money change people.  Town’s 6-5 penalty shootout victory over Coventry in the Championship play-off […]

Manager Rob Edwards being interviewed onstage in St George's Square with the Luton players behind him as fans flooded the town centre to get a glimpse of their newly-promoted Premier League heroes
Luton Town news

Town turns orange as thousands line streets to greet Premier League Luton Town

May 29, 2023 Sportsdesk 3

Thousands of Hatters fans lined the streets of Luton today to welcome home their Wembley heroes after a play-off final victory saw them promoted to the Premier League on Saturday.  Town won 6-5 on penalties […]

Former director Stephen Browne (centre) alongside chairman David Wilkinson (left) and chief executive Gary Sweet
Luton Town interviews

Sweet: ‘We’ve got to try and change the face of Luton a little bit. It is a great town’

May 27, 2023 James Cunliffe 2

If the Hatters reach the Premier League today, chief executive Gary Sweet says the club will use “every ounce” of what reaching that achievement will mean to help “change the face of Luton”. Town face […]

Rob Edwards urged into his trademark post-match fist pump by a braying Luton crowd after their play-off semi-final win over Sunderland
Luton Town interviews

Edwards: I felt from day one how much Luton means to supporters

May 26, 2023 James Cunliffe 3

Rob Edwards says he sensed a love and a siege mentality from Luton fans that he’s not felt at any of his other clubs which has acted as a driving force behind the Hatters’ remarkable […]

Rob Edwards applauds Luton fans after the Championship play-off semi-final win over Sunderland
Luton match preview

Edwards: ‘Anyone could’ve come in and done what I’ve done this year’

May 26, 2023 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Edwards: ‘Anyone could’ve come in and done what I’ve done this year’

Rob Edwards says he’s not giving himself any credit for guiding Luton to the precipice of the Premier League, insisting his job has been “pretty easy” to maintain a winning team because the club has […]

Former Luton boss John Still return to Kenilworth Road in March to mark a decade since he joined the club
Luton Town interviews

From dodging dogs to edge of dreamland, Still is part of ‘unbelievable’ Luton story

May 25, 2023 James Cunliffe Comments Off on From dodging dogs to edge of dreamland, Still is part of ‘unbelievable’ Luton story

For a manager that had to conduct Luton training sessions among complaining dog walkers, John Still knows more than most that the Hatters’ phoenix-from-the-ashes story is almost like a work of fiction.  While the current […]

Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu leads the Luton players in applauding fans after the play-off semi-final win over Sunderland
Luton match preview

‘Incredible story’ awaits for Pelly but boss warns Luton have to make it happen

May 25, 2023 Sportsdesk Comments Off on ‘Incredible story’ awaits for Pelly but boss warns Luton have to make it happen

Rob Edwards knows it would be an “incredible story” for Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu to reach the Premier League with Luton but the Luton manager has stressed that the Hatters have to make it happen first.  Town […]

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