The Luton Town Post
Squad21 Aug 2028
Hakeem Odoffin: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Luton Town have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market21 Aug 2028
Luton Town may not be able to give James Hill what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. James Hill wants continental football; whether Luton Town can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
A new deal for Robert Barnes
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Taylan Harris is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Luton Town
Isaiah Jones was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Isaiah Jones has improved at 29, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Isaiah Jones runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Luton Town
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match19 Aug 2028
The goals have deserted Luton Town
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Luton Town can tell you which week it ends in.
In brief
- Market Adam Morgan steps up from the Luton Town academy
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Hamilton joins the Luton Town first team
- Market Luton Town promote Michael Davies from within