List of Luton Town F.C. players

Luton Town Football Club is an English football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The side currently plays in League Two, the fourth tier of football in England. Founded in 1885,^[1] Luton Town became the first professional team in southern England six years later and joined The Football League in 1897.^[2][3] After leaving the League in 1900 due to financial strife, Luton Town competed in the Southern League until Football League membership was regained 20 years later.^[2][3] After an 89-year period of League membership, the team was relegated to the Conference Premier in 2009 due to a 30-point deduction imposed by the football authorities.^[4][5] Five seasons later, the club won promotion back to The Football League.^[6]

Luton Town's first team has competed in numerous nationally-contested competitions, and the 50 players judged in 2009 the club's best by Denis O'Donoghue of The Times are listed below. In addition, all players who have appeared 100 times for the club in these competitions are given. Club record holders are also included, regardless of the number of matches they played.

Fred Hawkes holds the record for most league appearances for the club, having played 509 matches between 1901 and 1920.^[7] The closest to Hawkes's record is Bob Morton, who appeared 495 times between 1948 and 1964.^[8] Including all senior competitions, Morton leads the chart with 562 compared to Hawkes's 549.^[7][8] As of 1 July 2009, the player who has won the most international caps while at the club is Mal Donaghy, who appeared 58 times for Northern Ireland.^[9][10]

The goalscoring record is held by Gordon Turner, who scored 276 goals between 1949 and 1964.^[11] Turner's tally of 243 league goals is also a club record.^[11] Turner's nearest rival is Andy Rennie, whose 147 league goals, 162 in total, were scored between 1925 and 1934.^[11] Joe Payne holds the Luton Town record for the most goals scored in a season, set in 1936–37, with 55 league goals in 39 Third Division South games and 58 in all competitions.^[12] Payne also holds the Football League record for most goals in a match, with 10 during a 12–0 victory over Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936.^[13][14] Turner holds the club record for most goals in a top-flight season, with 33 league goals and 38 overall during 1957–58.^[15]

Key

• Players with name in bold currently play for the club.
•   Players with this background and text in bold in the "Nationality" column won full international caps for their country while with the club. If no reliable source has yet been found for the exact number of such caps won, the caps column will be empty and a reference will be supplied for the player having been capped during the relevant period.
•   ¤ Players with this background and symbol in the "Notes" column are club record holders, and have footnotes detailing their achievements.
•   † Players with this background and symbol in the "Club career" column played for Luton for their entire football career.
• Years are the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared in competitive first-team football for the club.
• League appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, the United League, the Football League and the Conference Premier.
• Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern Football League, United League, Football League (including play-offs), Conference Premier, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy and several now-defunct competitions including the Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Watney Cup and Full Members' Cup.

Notable players

Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics are correct as of 3 December 2016.

The Times top 50 (2009)

Following Luton Town's relegation from The Football League in April 2009, a list of the 50 best Luton Town players of all-time was compiled by The Times journalist Denis O'Donoghue. The players selected by O'Donoghue are given below.^[16]

Bruce Rioch, pictured here in 2008, played for Luton from 1964 to 1969 and later became the first captain of Scotland born in England.

Paul Walsh played for Luton from 1982 until 1984, when he was sold to Liverpool. He is seen here in that club's colours following a 2008 match featuring former players.

Steve Foster, pictured in 2006, played for Luton from 1984 to 1989 and captained the club to its Football League Cup victory of 1987–88.

Mick Harford, pictured in 2009, is regarded as "one of Luton's finest players",^[16] and represented the club as both player and manager.

Steve Howard, pictured in 2009, scored 103 goals for the club between 2001 and 2006, giving him the club's sixth-highest goals total.

Chris Coyne played for the club from 2001 to 2008, captaining it from 2006. He is pictured here playing for Australia in 2008.

Name	Nationality	Caps[a]	Position[b]	Club career	League[c] apps	League goals	Total[d] apps	Total goals	Notes
Rennie, AndyAndy Rennie	Scottish		Forward	1925–34	307	147	335	162
Payne, JoeJoe Payne	English	1	Forward	1934–38	072 !72	83	077 !77	87	¤[A]
Billington, HughHugh Billington	English		Forward	1938–48	87	63	95	70
Streten, BernardBernard Streten	English	1	Goalkeeper	1946–57	276	0	301	0
Owen, SydSyd Owen	English	3	Defender	1947–59	388	3	423	3
Morton, BobBob Morton	English		Midfielder	1948–64 †	495	48	562	55	¤[B]
Turner, GordonGordon Turner	English		Forward	1949–64	406	243	450	276	¤[C]
Mitchell, BertBert Mitchell	English		Midfielder	1951–55	106	41	119	43
Baynham, RonRon Baynham	English	3	Goalkeeper	1952–65	388	0	432	0
Pye, JesseJesse Pye	English		Forward	1952–54	061 !61	32	065 !65	36
Cummins, GeorgeGeorge Cummins	Irish	19	Forward	1953–61	184	21	212	30
Bingham, BillyBilly Bingham	Northern Irish	7	Midfielder	1958–60	097 !97	27	102	33
O'Rourke, JohnJohn O'Rourke	English		Forward	1963–66	84	64	90	66
Rioch, BruceBruce Rioch	Scottish		Midfielder	1964–69	149	46	167	51
French, GrahamGraham French	English		Midfielder	1965–73	182	21	202	3
Moore, JohnJohn Moore	Scottish		Defender	1965–73	274	13	306	14
Read, TonyTony Read	English		Goalkeeper[D]	1965–72	203	12	233	12
Slough, AlanAlan Slough	English		Midfielder	1965–73	275	28	312	32
Branston, TerryTerry Branston	English		Defender	1967–71	101	9	118	19
Keen, MikeMike Keen	English		Defender	1968–72	144	11	160	11
Lewis, BrianBrian Lewis	English		Forward	1968–70	45	22	53	25
Macdonald, MalcolmMalcolm Macdonald	English		Forward	1969–71	088 !88	49	101	58
Aston, JohnJohn Aston	English		Midfielder	1972–78	174	31	201	37
Faulkner, JohnJohn Faulkner	English		Defender	1972–78	209	6	239	7
Thomson, BobbyBobby Thomson	English		Defender	1972–76	110	1	135	2
West, AlanAlan West	English		Midfielder	1973–81	285	16	317	17
Buckley, SteveSteve Buckley	English		Defender	1974–78	123	9	135	9
Futcher, PaulPaul Futcher	English		Defender	1974–78	131	1	142	1
Futcher, RonRon Futcher	English		Forward	1974–78	120	40	133	43
Hill, RickyRicky Hill	English	3	Midfielder	1975–89	436	54	507	65
Stein, BrianBrian Stein	English	1	Forward	1977–88 1991–92	427	130	496	154
Donaghy, MalMal Donaghy	Northern Irish	58	Defender	1978–88 1989–90	415	16	488	21	¤[E]
Moss, DavidDavid Moss	English		Midfielder	1978–85	221	88	245	94
Stephens, KirkKirk Stephens	English		Defender	1978–84	227	2	248	2
Antić, RaddyRaddy Antić	Yugoslavian		Midfielder	1980–84	100	9	108	10
Horton, BrianBrian Horton	English		Midfielder	1981–84	118	8	132	10
Walsh, PaulPaul Walsh	English	5	Forward	1982–84	080 !80	24	089 !89	28	¤[F]
Breacker, TimTim Breacker	English		Defender	1983–90	210	3	262	3
Sealey, LesLes Sealey	English		Goalkeeper	1983–90	207	0	259	0
Foster, SteveSteve Foster	English		Defender	1984–89	163	11	213	14
Harford, MickMick Harford	English	2	Forward	1984–90 1991–92	168	69	216	92
Preece, DavidDavid Preece	English		Midfielder	1984–95	336	21	394	27
Johnson, MarvinMarvin Johnson	English		Defender	1987–2002 †	373	7	440	10
Thorpe, TonyTony Thorpe	English		Forward	1993–98 1998 1999 2002–03	164	70	193	85
Taylor, MatthewMatthew Taylor	English		Defender	1999–2002	129	16	146	17
Howard, SteveSteve Howard	Scottish		Forward	2001–06	212	96	228	103
Coyne, ChrisChris Coyne	Australian		Defender	2001–08	221	14	252	17
Nicholls, KevinKevin Nicholls	English		Midfielder	2001–06 2008–10	216	30	237	33
Valois, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Valois	French		Midfielder	2001–02	34	6	40	6
Davies, CurtisCurtis Davies	English		Defender	2003–05	056 !56	2	062 !62	2	¤[G]

Other Luton Town centurions and record holders

Players other than those selected by O'Donoghue who either made 100 first-team appearances for Luton Town or hold a club record appear here.

Fred Hawkes, born in Luton and pictured c. 1906, holds the record for most Luton Town league appearances.

Bob Hawkes, pictured in 1908, represented Luton for 19 years and was the team's first international player.

Louis Bookman played 110 times for Luton between 1919 and 1922, also representing Ireland during that time. Here is pictured here while with Ireland in 1914.

Northern Ireland international Danny Wilson scored Luton's second goal in the 1988 League Cup Final and appeared for the club 142 times between 1987 and 1990. He is pictured here in 2008.

Midfielder David Oldfield, seen in 2010, played for Luton from 1986 to 1989 and from 1995 to 1998.

Scott Oakes, a Luton player from 1991 to 1996, pictured in 2010.

Matthew Spring represented Luton 357 times over two spells (1997–2004 and 2007–08), scoring 43 goals. In this 2009 photograph he is seen in Charlton Athletic colours.

Luton-born Kevin Foley played 166 times for his home-town club between 2002 and 2007. He is seen here in 2009 as a Wolverhampton Wanderers player.

Forward Rowan Vine, pictured in 2011, scored 33 goals for Luton between 2005 and 2007.

Keith Keane, seen here in 2011. Born in Luton, he made his first-team debut in 2003 and made 284 appearances for the club across four different leagues before leaving in 2012.

Name	Nationality	Caps[a]	Position[b]	Club career	League[c] apps	League goals	Total[d] apps	Total goals	Notes
Durrant, JimmyJimmy Durrant	English		Midfielder	1897–1904 1913–14	155	30	177	40
McInnes, TomTom McInnes	Scottish		Forward	1897–1900	093 !93	20	109	29
Williams, HarryHarry Williams	English		Defender	1898–1905	144	3	157	3
McCurdy, BillBill McCurdy	Scottish		Defender	1899–1901 1905–09	193	0	211	1
Hawkes, FredFred Hawkes	English		Midfielder	1899–1920 †	509	22	549	25	¤[H]
White, FredFred White	English		Defender	1900–09 †	237	10	257	11
Hawkes, BobBob Hawkes	English	5	Midfielder	1901–20 †	349	40	382	43	¤[F][I]
Moody, HerbertHerbert Moody	English		Forward	1901–05 1907–12	232	93	247	104
Barnes, BillyBilly Barnes	English		Forward	1904–07	101	12	107	12
Platt, PeterPeter Platt	English		Goalkeeper	1905–09	130	0	139	0
Jones, AbeAbe Jones	English		Defender	1906–10	136	12	141	12
Stansfield, HarryHarry Stansfield	English		Midfielder	1908–12	135	24	144	24
Hoar, SydSyd Hoar	English		Midfielder	1913–15 1919–25	221	36	237	39
Simms, ErnieErnie Simms	English	1	Forward	1913–15 1916–22	160	109	178	122
Bookman, LouisLouis Bookman	Iri !Irish	3	Midfielder	1919–22	101	8	110	9
Roe, ArthurArthur Roe	English		Midfielder	1919–25	117	1	124	1
Butcher, GeorgeGeorge Butcher	English		Midfielder	1920–25	121	23	129	25
Lennon, GeorgeGeorge Lennon	Scottish		Defender	1920–23	107	0	115	0
Tirrell, AlfAlf Tirrell	English		Defender	1920–24	122	4	130	5
Walker, JimmyJimmy Walker	Scottish		Defender	1920–26	133	4	138	4
Millar, RobRob Millar	Scottish		Defender	1920–30	205	4	213	4
Graham, BobBob Graham	Scottish		Defender	1921–29	164	5	175	5
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	English		Defender	1922–26	114	2	117	2
Reid, SydSyd Reid	Welsh		Forward	1922–28	134	70	143	81
Dennis, GeorgeGeorge Dennis	English		Forward	1924–29	139	41	150	44
Richards, DavidDavid Richards	English		Defender	1925–31	147	0	152	0
Black, JohnJohn Black	Scottish		Defender	1926–30	091 !91	4	101	4
Fraser, CharlesCharles Fraser	English		Defender	1926–35 †	246	4	270	4
Kingham, HenryHenry Kingham	English		Defender	1926–37	250	0	275	0
Yardley, JimmyJimmy Yardley	English		Forward	1926–32	173	78	188	94
Woods, HarryHarry Woods	English		Forward	1926–32	097 !97	22	105	13
Harford, GeorgeGeorge Harford	English		Goalkeeper	1929–34	099 !99	0	107	0
McGinnigle, HughHugh McGinnigle	Scottish		Defender	1930–37	159	2	177	3
Kean, FredFred Kean	English		Defender	1931–35	117	5	141	6
Mackey, TomTom Mackey	English		Defender	1932–38	183	2	208	2
Martin, GeorgeGeorge Martin	Scottish		Midfielder	1933–37	098 !98	27	105	29
Coen, JoeJoe Coen	Scottish		Goalkeeper	1934–39	142	0	158	0
Roberts, FredFred Roberts	English		Forward	1934–45	180	38	198	45
Smith, TomTom Smith	English		Defender	1934–39	157	1	172	1
Stephenson, GeorgeGeorge Stephenson	English		Forward	1934–39	192	58	212	69
Fellowes, BillBill Fellowes	English		Defender	1935–38	110	3	124	3
Finlayson, JohnJohn Finlayson	Scottish		Defender	1935–39	154	9	168	9
Nelson, JackJack Nelson	English		Defender	1935–39	134	1	148	1
Cooke, HarryHarry Cooke	English		Defender	1946–53	210	4	228	4
Gardiner, DougDoug Gardiner	English		Defender	1946–51	121	1	134	1
Shanks, WallyWally Shanks	English		Defender	1946–57	264	6	275	6
Waugh, BillyBilly Waugh	Scottish		Midfielder	1946–50	135	9	147	12
Aherne, TomTom Aherne	Iris !/ Irish[J]	14 !1 / 13[J]	Defender	1948–57	267	0	288	0
Stobbart, GeorgeGeorge Stobbart	English		Forward	1949–52	107	30	116	30
Watkins, CharlieCharlie Watkins	Scottish		Defender	1949–55	218	16	239	20
Jones, LesLes Jones	Welsh		Defender	1950–58	098 !98	1	110	1
Pemberton, JimJim Pemberton	English		Defender	1950–58	092 !92	8	100	10
Cullen, MickMick Cullen	Scottish	1	Forward	1951–58	112	16	125	19
Davies, RoyRoy Davies	South African		Midfielder	1951–57	150	24	171	27
Dunne, SeamusSeamus Dunne	Irish	15	Defender	1951–61	301	0	323	0
Adam, JimmyJimmy Adam	Scottish		Midfielder	1953–59	137	22	140	24
Groves, JohnJohn Groves	English		Defender	1953–63	218	16	251	18
Kelly, TerryTerry Kelly	English		Defender	1954–63	136	1	150	1
Brown, AllanAllan Brown	Scottish		Forward	1956–61	151	51	172	59
McNally, BrendanBrendan McNally	Irish	3	Defender	1956–63	134	3	164	3
Hawkes, KenKen Hawkes	English		Defender	1957–61	090 !90	1	102	1
Pacey, DaveDave Pacey	English		Defender	1957–65	246	16	277	19
Bramwell, JohnJohn Bramwell	English		Defender	1960–65	187	1	206	2
Walden, HarryHarry Walden	English		Midfielder	1960–64	096 !96	11	106	12
Jardine, FredFred Jardine	Scottish		Defender	1961–70	220	9	243	10
McKechnie, TommyTommy McKechnie	Scottish		Forward	1961–66	131	31	146	34
Riddick, GordonGordon Riddick	English		Midfielder	1962–67	102	16	114	17
Whittaker, RayRay Whittaker	English		Midfielder	1963–69	170	40	188	45
Allen, KeithKeith Allen	English		Forward	1966–73	137	36	154	43
Dougan, MaxMax Dougan	Scottish		Defender	1966–70	118	0	132	0
Ryan, JohnJohn Ryan	English		Midfielder	1970–76	266	10	304	11
Anderson, PeterPeter Anderson	English		Midfielder	1970–76	181	34	208	40
Barber, KeithKeith Barber	English		Goalkeeper	1970–77	142	0	158	0
Ryan, JimmyJimmy Ryan	Scottish		Midfielder	1970–77	184	21	214	25
Garner, AlanAlan Garner	English		Defender	1971–75	088 !88	3	112	4
Shanks, DonDon Shanks	English		Defender	1971–75	090 !90	2	110	5
Price, PaulPaul Price	Welsh	1	Defender	1972–81	207	8	230	8
Husband, JimmyJimmy Husband	English		Forward	1973–78	143	44	162	48
Fuccillo, LilLil Fuccillo	English		Midfielder	1974–83	160	24	180	27
Aizlewood, MarkMark Aizlewood	Welsh		Defender	1978–82	098 !98	3	110	4
Findlay, JakeJake Findlay	Scottish		Goalkeeper	1978–85	167	0	187	0
Turner, WayneWayne Turner	English		Midfielder	1978–85	084 !84	2	102	3
Thomas, MitchellMitchell Thomas	English		Defender	1982–86 1993–99	292	5	336	5
Grimes, AshleyAshley Grimes	Irish	3	Midfielder	1984–89	087 !87	3	115	4
Nicholas, PeterPeter Nicholas	Welsh	15	Midfielder	1984–87	102	1	116	1
Harvey, RichardRichard Harvey	English		Defender	1986–98	162	4	191	5
McDonough, DarronDarron McDonough	English		Midfielder	1986–92	105	5	129	7
Black, KingsleyKingsley Black	Northern Irish	16	Midfielder	1987–92	127	26	157	30
James, JulianJulian James	English		Defender	1987–98	282	13	335	14
Oldfield, DavidDavid Oldfield	English		Midfielder	1987–89 1995–98	146	22	172	33
Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson	Northern Irish	15	Midfielder	1987–90	110	24	142	30
Chamberlain, AlecAlec Chamberlain	English		Goalkeeper	1988–93	138	0	158	0
Dreyer, JohnJohn Dreyer	English		Defender	1988–94	214	13	249	15
Elstrup, LarsLars Elstrup	Danish	6	Forward	1989–91	060 !60	19	070 !70	27	¤[K][17]
Hughes, CeriCeri Hughes	Welsh	6	Midfielder	1989–97	175	17	206	20
Telfer, PaulPaul Telfer	Scottish		Midfielder	1990–95	144	19	165	22
Gray, PhilPhil Gray	Northern Irish	5	Forward	1991–93 1997–2000	140	43	161	53
Linton, DesDes Linton	English		Defender	1991–97	083 !83	1	104	1
Oakes, ScottScott Oakes	English		Midfielder	1991–96	173	27	200	34
Peake, TrevorTrevor Peake	English		Defender	1991–98	179	0	202	0
McLaren, PaulPaul McLaren	Scottish		Midfielder	1993–2001	167	4	202	6
Sommer, JuergenJuergen Sommer	American	3	Goalkeeper	1993–95	082 !82	0	103	0	[18][19][20]
Davis, KelvinKelvin Davis	English		Goalkeeper	1994–99	091 !91	0	105	0
Marshall, DwightDwight Marshall	English		Forward	1994–99	128	28	156	39
Waddock, GaryGary Waddock	Irish		Midfielder	1994–98	153	3	172	3
Alexander, GrahamGraham Alexander	Scottish		Midfielder	1995–99	150	15	180	17
Davis, SteveSteve Davis	English		Defender	1995–99	138	21	175	27
Douglas, StuartStuart Douglas	English		Forward	1995–2002	146	18	173	23
Feuer, IanIan Feuer	American		Goalkeeper	1995–98	085 !85	0	100	0
Fotiadis, AndrewAndrew Fotiadis	English		Forward	1996–2003	123	18	147	20
Spring, MatthewMatthew Spring	English		Midfielder	1997–2004 2007–08	308	36	357	43
George, LiamLiam George	Irish		Forward	1997–2002	102	20	124	24
White, AlanAlan White	English		Defender	1997–2000 2009–10	099 !99	4	115	4
Boyce, EmmersonEmmerson Boyce	English		Defender	1998–2004	186	8	212	9
Holmes, PeterPeter Holmes	English		Midfielder	2000–07	105	11	127	12
Brković, AhmetAhmet Brković	Croatian		Midfielder	2001–08	194	31	223	38
Perrett, RussellRussell Perrett	English		Defender	2001–07	099 !99	9	108	9
Davis, SolSol Davis	English		Defender	2002–09	199	3	229	3
Foley, KevinKevin Foley	Irish		Defender	2002–07	151	3	166	5
Robinson, SteveSteve Robinson	Northern Irish	7	Midfielder	2002–08	185	9	211	12	[21]
Brill, DeanDean Brill	English		Goalkeeper	2003–09 2012–13	88	0	109	0
Beresford, MarlonMarlon Beresford	English		Goalkeeper	2003–04 2004–08	116	0	132	0
Keane, KeithKeith Keane	Irish		Midfielder	2003–12	237	7	284	8
Showunmi, EnochEnoch Showunmi	Nigerian		Forward	2003–06	102	14	114	16
Vine, RowanRowan Vine	English		Forward	2004–07	112	31	121	33
Morgan, DeanDean Morgan	English		Forward	2005–08	088 !88	11	101	12
Howells, JakeJake Howells	Welsh		Midfielder	2008–16	273	29	334	31
Gnakpa, ClaudeClaude Gnakpa	French		Midfielder	2008–11	105	22	134	27
Pilkington, GeorgeGeorge Pilkington	English		Defender	2008–12	140	11	169	12
Tyler, MarkMark Tyler	English		Goalkeeper	2009–16	257	0	297	0
Lawless, AlexAlex Lawless	Welsh		Midfielder	2010–16	169	18	203	22
Gray, AndreAndre Gray	English		Forward	2012–14	97	52	111	57
Smith, JonathanJonathan Smith	English		Midfielder	2012–	133	10	156	11
McNulty, SteveSteve McNulty	English		Defender	2013–16	117	2	125	2
Griffiths, ScottScott Griffiths	English		Defender	2013–16	105	3	115	3
McGeehan, CameronCameron McGeehan	Northern Irish		Midfielder	2014 2015–	93	26	101	29

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