The Luton Town Post
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Isaiah Jones runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Gideon Kumar at 21 — 7.76
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Gideon Kumar did not need any: 7.76, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Isaiah Jones in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Luton Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kasey Palmer falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match29 Aug 2026
Luton Town see off Lincoln City
Three points for Luton Town, 2‑1 the final word against Lincoln City in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Gideon Kumar
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Kasey Palmer at his very best
Marked 8.24. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Luton Town.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Kyle Bartley
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kyle Bartley, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Luton Town lose Dylan Stitt
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Market Mads Andersen placed on the list
- The terraces The stand has a song for Kasey Palmer