2007–08 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town
2007–08 season
ChairmanDavid Pinkney
ManagerKevin Blackwell (until 16 January)
Mick Harford (from 16 January 2008)
StadiumKenilworth Road
League One24th (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Football League TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Paul Furlong and
Matthew Spring (12)

During the 2007–08 English football season, Luton Town competed in League One.

Season summary

After a poor start to the 2007–08 season, the club entered administration on 22 November 2007; Pinkney stated he would fund the club's overheads, while ten points were deducted. Meanwhile, the FA probe on transfer irregularities dragged on, described by Pinkney as "a storm in a teacup".[1][2] Blackwell was sacked by the administrator on 15 January 2008, to be replaced by former player Mick Harford.[3][4][5] The club subsequently entered the custody of the Luton Town Football Club 2020 consortium.[6] Luton were relegated to League Two on 12 April, following a 2–1 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion;[7] Luton finished the season in bottom place.[8][9]

League table

Main article: 2007–08 Football League One
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 14 20 47 65 −18 50
21 AFC Bournemouth (R) 46 17 7 22 62 72 −10 48[a] Relegation to Football League Two
22 Gillingham (R) 46 11 13 22 44 73 −29 46
23 Port Vale (R) 46 9 11 26 47 81 −34 38
24 Luton Town (R) 46 11 10 25 43 63 −20 33[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.

Results

League One

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
11 August 2007 Hartlepool United Home 2–1 8,013 Currie 36', Goodall 84' [10]
18 August 2007 Swindon Town Away 1–2 7,520 Edwards 66' [11]
25 August 2007 Gillingham Home 3–1 6,178 Bell 17', Furlong 27', Spring 80' pen. [12]
1 September 2007 Leeds United Away 0–1 26,856 [13]
8 September 2007 Bristol Rovers Home 1–2 6,131 Spring 19' pen. [14]
14 September 2007 Tranmere Rovers Away 1–2 6,525 Furlong 5' [15]
22 September 2007 Port Vale Home 2–1 6,084 Furlong 30', Bell 86' [16]
29 September 2007 Huddersfield Town Away 0–2 9,028 [17]
2 October 2007 Yeovil Town Away 0–0 4,848 [18]
6 October 2007 Doncaster Rovers Home 1–1 6,513 Furlong 57' [19]
15 October 2007 Northampton Town Home 4–1 5,881 Currie 4', Spring 49' pen., Furlong 62', Spring 90' pen. [20]
20 October 2007 Crewe Alexandra Away 0–2 4,490 [21]
27 October 2007 Nottingham Forest Home 2–1 8,524 Perry 52', Bell 88' [22]
3 November 2007 Brighton & Hove Albion Away 1–3 5,317 Edwards 79' [23]
6 November 2007 Carlisle United Home 0–0 5,462 [24]
17 November 2007 Walsall Away 0–0 5,056 [25]
24 November 2007 Southend United Home 1–0 6,820 Andrew 74' [26]
4 December 2007 Oldham Athletic Away 1–1 4,251 Fojut 34' [27]
14 December 2007 Cheltenham Town Away 0–1 3,702 [28]
22 December 2007 Tranmere Rovers Home 1–0 6,070 Edwards 70' [29]
26 December 2007 Bristol Rovers Away 1–1 7,556 Edwards 49' [30]
29 December 2007 Port Vale Away 2–1 4,224 Fojut 3', Spring 90' [31]
1 January 2008 Yeovil Town Home 1–0 6,811 Andrew 48' [32]
12 January 2008 Swansea City Home 1–3 6,756 Furlong 74' [33]
19 January 2008 Leyton Orient Away 1–2 5,516 Keane 67' [34]
22 January 2008 AFC Bournemouth Away 3–4 3,489 Spring 45' pen., Morgan 60', Furlong 78' [35]
26 January 2008 Leeds United Home 1–1 9,297 Parkin 90' [36]
29 January 2008 Swindon Town Home 0–1 5,738 [37]
2 February 2008 Hartlepool United Away 0–4 3,913 [38]
9 February 2008 AFC Bournemouth Home 1–4 5,897 Emanuel 50' [39]
16 February 2008 Leyton Orient Home 0–1 6,412 [40]
22 February 2008 Swansea City Away 0–1 14,122 [41]
26 February 2008 Millwall Home 1–1 6,417 Furlong 19' [42]
1 March 2008 Walsall Home 0–1 6,157 [43]
8 March 2008 Southend United Away 0–2 8,241 [44]
11 March 2008 Carlisle United Away 1–2 5,489 Bell 51' [45]
15 March 2008 Oldham Athletic Home 3–0 5,417 Charles 20', Spring 33' pen., Emanuel 35' [46]
22 March 2008 Cheltenham Town Home 1–1 6,087 Parkin 24' [47]
24 March 2008 Millwall Away 0–0 8,375 [48]
29 March 2008 Crewe Alexandra Home 2–1 5,465 Spring 4', 78' pen. [49]
1 April 2008 Gillingham Away 1–2 6,142 Parkin 19' [50]
5 April 2008 Northampton Town Away 1–2 5,132 Parkin 90' [51]
12 April 2008 Brighton & Hove Albion Home 1–2 6,652 Parkin 49' [7]
19 April 2008 Nottingham Forest Away 0–1 17,331 [52]
26 April 2008 Doncaster Rovers Away 0–2 9,332 [53]
3 May 2008 Huddersfield Town Home 0–1 6,539 [54]

FA Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
First round 10 November 2007 Brentford Home 1–1 4,167 Andrew 79' [55]
First round replay 27 November 2007 Brentford Away 2–0 2,643 Coyne 36', Fojut 61' [56]
Second round 11 December 2007 Nottingham Forest Home 1–0 5,758 Andrew 54' [57]
Third round 6 January 2008 Liverpool Home 1–1 10,226 Riise 77' o.g. [58]
Third round replay 15 January 2008 Liverpool Away 0–5 41,446 [59]

League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
First round 14 August 2007 Dagenham & Redbridge Away 2–1 1,754 Spring 42' pen., Talbot 68' [60]
Second round 28 August 2007 Sunderland Home 3–0 4,401 Bell 16', Furlong 43', 75' [61]
Third round 25 September 2007 Charlton Athletic Home 3–1 (a.e.t.) 4,534 Robinson 43', Spring 105', Talbot 117' [62]
Fourth round 31 October 2007 Everton Home 0–1 (a.e.t.) 8,944 [63]

Football League Trophy

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
First round 4 September 2007 Northampton Town Home 2–0 2,532 Hutchison 12', Peschisolido 48' [64]
Second round 9 October 2007 Gillingham Away 3–4 1,417 Furlong 26', 43', Spring 45' pen. [65]

Squad

Squad at end of season[66]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ENG Dean Brill
3 DF  ENG Alan Goodall
4 MF  SCO Don Hutchison[a]
5 DF  ENG Chris Perry
7 FW  ENG Dean Morgan
8 MF  IRL David Bell[b]
9 FW  ENG Sam Parkin
10 MF  ENG Darren Currie
11 FW  CAN Paul Peschisolido
12 DF  ENG Richard Jackson
14 MF  NIR Steve Robinson
15 MF  ENG Stephen O'Leary
17 DF  ENG Lewis Emanuel
19 FW  ENG Drew Talbot
20 FW  ENG Calvin Andrew
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  IRL Keith Keane[c]
22 MF  ENG Richard Langley
24 DF  ENG Paul Underwood
25 MF  ENG Matthew Spring
26 DF  ENG Sol Davis
28 FW  NIR Paul McVeigh
29 FW  ENG Paul Furlong
32 FW  ENG Ryan Charles
35 GK  ENG Marlon Beresford
36 GK  ENG Ross Faulds
37 DF  ENG George Beavan
38 DF  ENG Ed Asafu-Adjaye
39 MF  ENG Harry Hogarth
40 DF  ENG Jake Howells

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  IRL Kevin Foley (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
6 DF  AUS Chris Coyne (to Colchester United)
16 MF  WAL David Edwards (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
18 MF  CRO Ahmet Brković (to Millwall)
27 GK  ENG Ben Alnwick (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK  IRL David Forde (on loan from Cardiff City)
31 DF  POL Jarosław Fojut (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
33 MF  IRL Marc Wilson (on loan from Portsmouth)
34 MF  ENG Anthony Grant (on loan from Chelsea)

Transfers

In:

Date Position Name Club From Fee
26 June 2007 Midfielder David Edwards Shrewsbury Town £250,000[67][68]
29 June 2007 Defender Alan Goodall Rochdale Free Transfer[69]
2 July 2007 Midfielder Darren Currie Ipswich Town Free Transfer[70]
4 July 2007 Forward Paul Furlong Queens Park Rangers Free Transfer[71]
5 July 2007 Defender Chris Perry West Bromwich Albion Free Transfer[72]
16 July 2007 Forward Paul Peschisolido Derby County Free Transfer[73]
26 July 2007 Midfielder Don Hutchison Coventry City Free Transfer[74]
8 August 2007 Defender Richard Jackson Derby County Free Transfer[75]
10 August 2007 Forward Paul McVeigh Norwich City Free Transfer[76]

Out:

Loan In:

Date Position Name Club From Length
31 August 2007 Defender Jarosław Fojut Bolton Wanderers Until 1 January[77]
27 September 2007 Goalkeeper Ben Alnwick Tottenham Hotspur Three months[78] (recalled 26 October[79])

Loan Out:

Date Position Name Club To Length
27 September 2007 Defender Sol Davis Peterborough United Two months[80] (recalled 8 October)

Player statistics

Players arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
Pos. Name League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Ben Alnwick 4 0 0 0 4 0
FW Calvin Andrew 19 (20) 2 6 (3) 2 25 (23) 4
DF Ed Asafu-Adjaye 7 0 0 0 7 0
DF George Beavan 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0
MF David Bell 32 4 9 1 41 5
GK Marlon Beresford 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Dean Brill 37 0 10 0 47 0
MF Ahmet Brković 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 1 (3) 0
FW Ryan Charles 6 (1) 1 0 0 6 (1) 1
DF Chris Coyne 18 0 7 1 25 1
MF Darren Currie 25 (6) 2 5 (2) 0 30 (8) 2
DF Sol Davis 15 0 0 0 15 0
MF David Edwards 18 (1) 4 7 0 25 (1) 4
DF Lewis Emanuel 15 (2) 2 2 0 17 (2) 2
DF Jarosław Fojut 15 (1) 2 7 1 22 (1) 3
GK David Forde 5 0 1 0 6 0
FW Paul Furlong 23 (9) 8 5 (2) 4 28 (11) 12
DF Alan Goodall 25 (4) 1 6 (1) 0 31 (5) 1
MF Anthony Grant 1 (3) 0 0 (2) 0 1 (5) 0
DF Jake Howells 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
MF Don Hutchison 15 (6) 0 5 1 20 (6) 1
DF Richard Jackson 27 (2) 0 8 0 35 (2) 0
MF Keith Keane 27 (1) 1 4 (2) 0 31 (3) 1
MF Richard Langley 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
FW Paul McVeigh 15 (10) 0 2 (6) 0 17 (16) 0
FW Dean Morgan 8 (8) 1 3 (2) 0 11 (10) 1
MF Stephen O'Leary 10 (6) 0 0 (2) 0 10 (8) 0
FW Sam Parkin 12 (7) 5 1 0 13 (7) 5
DF Chris Perry 35 1 9 0 44 1
FW Paul Peschisolido 2 (2) 0 0 (1) 1 2 (3) 1
MF Steve Robinson 25 (3) 0 7 1 32 (3) 1
MF Matthew Spring 43 9 10 3 53 12
FW Drew Talbot 15 (12) 0 5 (4) 2 20 (16) 2
DF Paul Underwood 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Marc Wilson 4 0 0 0 4 0

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but qualifies to represent Scotland internationally.
  2. ^ Bell was born in Kettering, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally.
  3. ^ Keane was born in Luton, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally.

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