2015–16 Luton Town F.C. season

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Luton Town
2015–16 season
Chairman Nick Owen
Owner Luton Town Football Club 2020 Limited
Manager John Still (until 17 December 2015)
Andy Awford (caretaker manager until 6 January 2016)
Nathan Jones (from 6 January 2016)
Stadium Kenilworth Road
League Two 11th
FA Cup Second Round
League Cup Second Round
Football League Trophy Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Jack Marriott (14)
All: Jack Marriott (16)
Highest home attendance 9,676 vs Wycombe Wanderers
(26 December 2015,
League Two)
Lowest home attendance 1,953 vs Leyton Orient
(1 September 2015,
Football League Trophy first round)
Average home league attendance 8,554
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the 130th in the history of Luton Town Football Club and the club’s 90th season in the Football League. Following their eighth-place finish the previous year, Luton were contesting the season in League Two.

Key events

  • 2 June: Luton confirm they have agreed an undisclosed "six-figure" transfer fee for Norwich City midfielder Cameron McGeehan, who will join the club on a two-year contract on 1 July.[1]
  • 30 June: Mark Cullen, the club's top scorer in the previous season, joins League One side Blackpool for £180,000.[2]
  • 1 August: Former Brighton & Hove Albion forward Craig Mackail-Smith signs a two-year contract with Luton after being on trial with the club for over a month.[3]
  • 8 August: Luton begin their 2015–16 campaign with a 1–1 draw away to Accrington Stanley.[4]
  • 24 August: Luton are knocked out of the League Cup at the second round, losing 8–7 in a penalty shootout to Premier League side Stoke City after the game finished 1–1 at extra time.[5]
  • 24 August: Following Brentford's sale of former Luton striker Andre Gray to Burnley, Luton confirm that they will receive £1.1 million in sell-on fees spread over three seasons. Additionally, Luton reveal that if Burnley win promotion to the Premier League with Gray in the side, the club would be due a further £700,000.[6] The potential total value of Gray's transfer, including the fee Brentford paid in June 2014, makes this one of the most lucrative transfers in Luton Town history.
  • 25 August: Striker Jack Marriott signs a new contract to keep him at Luton until the summer of 2017, with the option of extending his deal until 2019.[7]
  • 30 August: Luton's Managing Director Gary Sweet confirms the club is in the final process of buying a 40-acre (160,000 m2) plot of land near Junction 10a of the M1 for £10 million to potentially house a new stadium, or to act as an enabling development to a stadium elsewhere in Luton.[8]
  • 5 September: Luton win their first league game of the season at the sixth time of asking, beating Cambridge United 3–1 at the Abbey Stadium.[9]
  • 22 September: After impressing in his first six games for the club, midfielder Olly Lee signs an extended contract with Luton until June 2017.[10]
  • 3 October: Luton record their biggest Football League away victory since March 2005, winning 4–1 at Hartlepool United to lift the club to tenth in the table.[11]
  • 6 October: Luton are knocked out of the Football League Trophy at the second round following a 2–1 away loss to League One side Gillingham.[12]

Club

Current squad

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Mark Tyler England GK 2009 (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977 (age 46) England Peterborough United
16 Elliot Justham England GK 2013 (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 33) England East Thurrock United
31 Craig King England GK 2015 England Luton Town Academy
Defenders
2 Stephen O'Donnell Scotland RB / RW 2015 (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 (age 31) Scotland Partick Thistle
3 Dan Potts England LB 2015 (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30) England West Ham United
5 Steve McNulty (c) England CB 2013 (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 40) England Fleetwood Town
6 Scott Cuthbert Scotland CB / RB 2015 (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 36) England Leyton Orient
12 Scott Griffiths England LB 2013 (1985-11-27) 27 November 1985 (age 38) England Peterborough United
18 Magnus Okuonghae England CB 2015 (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986 (age 38) England Colchester United
24 Curtley Williams England RB 2014 (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34) England Lowestoft Town
25 Mark O'Brien Republic of Ireland CB / RB / LB / DM 2015 (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 31) England Derby County
30 Luke Wilkinson England CB 2014 (1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 32) England Dagenham & Redbridge
31 Luke Trotman England RB 2014 (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 26) England Luton Town Academy
33 Mark Onyemah England LB 2014 (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28) England Thurrock
Midfielders
4 Jonathan Smith England DM / CM 2013 (1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 37) England York City
7 Alex Lawless Wales RM / CM 2010 (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) England York City
8 Cameron McGeehan Northern Ireland CM 2015 (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 29) England Norwich City
10 Ryan Hall England RW / LW 2015 (1988-01-04) 4 January 1988 (age 36) England Rotherham United
11 Danny Green England RW 2015 (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 35) England Milton Keynes Dons
15 Paddy McCourt Northern Ireland LW 2015 (1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 40) England Brighton & Hove Albion
17 Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu England CM 2014 (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 (age 30) England West Ham United
19 Olly Lee England CM 2015 (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 32) England Birmingham City
21 Luke Guttridge England AM 2013 (1982-03-27) 27 March 1982 (age 42) England Northampton Town
26 Nathan Doyle England DM 2014 (1987-01-12) 12 January 1987 (age 37) England Bradford City
34 Isaac Galliford England AM 2015 (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27) England Luton Town Academy
Jake Howells Wales LB / LW / CM 2008 (1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 (age 32) England Luton Town Academy
Andy Parry England CM / CB 2013 (1991-09-13) 13 September 1991 (age 32) England Southport
Matt Robinson England CM 2012 (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 29) England Leicester City
Forwards
9 Paul Benson England ST 2014 (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 (age 44) England Swindon Town
14 Jack Marriott England ST 2015 (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 29) England Ipswich Town
22 Craig Mackail-Smith Scotland ST 2015 (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 (age 40) England Brighton & Hove Albion
23 Josh McQuoid Northern Ireland ST / RW / LW 2015 (1989-12-15) 15 December 1989 (age 34) England Bournemouth
35 Zane Banton England ST 2013 (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 27) England Luton Town Academy

New contracts

No. Pos Player Contract Length Contract End Date Source
14 ST England Jack Marriott 2 years 2017 25 August 2015 [7]
19 CM England Olly Lee 2 years 2017 22 September 2015 [10]

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
6 CB Scotland Scott Cuthbert England Leyton Orient Free 1 July 2015 [13][14]
14 ST England Jack Marriott England Ipswich Town Free 1 July 2015 [15][16]
15 LW Northern Ireland Paddy McCourt England Brighton & Hove Albion Free 1 July 2015 [17]
8 CM Northern Ireland Cameron McGeehan England Norwich City Undisclosed 1 July 2015 [1][18]
23 ST Northern Ireland Josh McQuoid England Bournemouth Free 1 July 2015 [19][20]
2 RB Scotland Stephen O'Donnell Scotland Partick Thistle Free 1 July 2015 [21][22]
18 CB England Magnus Okuonghae England Colchester United Free 1 July 2015 [23]
3 LB England Dan Potts England West Ham United Free 1 July 2015 [24][25]
11 RW England Danny Green England Milton Keynes Dons Free 4 July 2015 [26]
25 CB Republic of Ireland Mark O'Brien England Derby County Free 9 July 2015 [27]
22 ST Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith England Brighton & Hove Albion Free 1 August 2015 [3]
19 CM England Olly Lee England Birmingham City Free 21 August 2015 [28]

Transfers out

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
3 LB Republic of Ireland Danny Fitzsimons England Dartford Free 1 July 2015 [29][30]
10 ST England Alex Wall England Bromley Free 1 July 2015 [31][32]
13 ST England Mark Cullen England Blackpool £180,000 1 July 2015 [2]
18 ST England Ross Lafayette England Eastleigh Free 1 July 2015 [33]
19 ST England Ricky Miller England Dover Athletic Free 1 July 2015 [29][34]
22 RW England Shaun Whalley England Shrewsbury Town Free 1 July 2015 [29][35]
28 CM England Jim Stevenson England Aldershot Town Free 1 July 2015 [31][36]
32 RB England Brett Longden England St Neots Town Free 1 July 2015 [31][37]
35 ST England Charlie Walker England Aldershot Town Free 1 July 2015 [31][38]
36 CM England Charlie Smith Free Agent Released 1 July 2015 [31]
39 CM England Ian Rees England Hemel Hempstead Town Free 1 July 2015 [31][39]
— RW England Kynan Isaac Free Agent Released 1 July 2015 [31]
8 AM England Andy Drury England Eastleigh Free 13 July 2015 [40][41]
2 CB England Fraser Franks England Stevenage Free 15 July 2015 [42][43]
— ST England Lee Angol England Peterborough United Undisclosed 20 July 2015 [44]
6 CB England Alex Lacey England Yeovil Town Free 22 July 2015 [45]

Loans out

No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
31 GK England Craig King England Metropolitan Police 3 August 2015 7 May 2016 [46]
33 LB England Mark Onyemah England Dartford 6 August 2015 4 October 2015 [47][lower-alpha 1]
32 RB England Luke Trotman England St Neots Town 18 August 2015 17 September 2015 [49]
32 RB England Luke Trotman England Histon 18 September 2015 17 October 2015 [50]
34 AM England Isaac Galliford England St Neots Town 18 August 2015 [49]
35 ST England Zane Banton England Boreham Wood 21 September 2015 20 October 2015 [51]
— CB England Andy Parry England Altrincham 21 August 2015 23 September 2015 [52]
— CM England Matt Robinson England Grimsby Town 21 August 2015 19 September 2015 [53]
— LW England Jake Howells England Yeovil Town 11 September 2015 10 October 2015 [54]
  1. ↑ On 7 September 2015, Onyemah's loan was extended until 4 October 2015.[48]

Overall transfer activity

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 7 May 2015, Luton Town announced their pre-season schedule.[55] On 23 June 2015, Luton added Farense to the pre-season diary.[56]

League Two

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For information on this season's Football League Two, see 2015–16 Football League Two.

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Cambridge United 46 18 14 14 66 55 +11 68
10 Carlisle United 46 17 16 13 67 62 +5 67
11 Luton Town 46 19 9 18 63 61 +2 66
12 Mansfield Town 46 17 13 16 61 53 +8 64
13 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 13 16 45 44 +1 64
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results by Matchday

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground A H H A H A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A H A A H H H A A H A H
Result D D L L L W L W W W W D L D L W W D L L L W L D L D W L D W L W W W W L W L L L W W W D L W
Position 13 15 18 22 22 19 20 18 16 11 10 10 12 12 15 13 10 10 12 13 17 13 15 14 15 18 15 16 16 14 14 13 13 13 12 13 12 14 14 15 14 14 13 13 14 11

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[57]

FA Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

League Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Trophy

Appearances and goals

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Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Luton.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total Discipline[60]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 GK  ENG Mark Tyler 27 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 31 0 0 0
2 DF  SCO Stephen O'Donnell 30 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 33 1 3 0
3 DF  ENG Dan Potts 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16 0 0 0
4 MF  ENG Jonathan Smith 33 (4) 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 37 (4) 4 7 0
5 DF  ENG Steve McNulty Left club during playing season 9 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 (1) 0 3 0
5 DF  IRL Glen Rea * 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0
6 DF  SCO Scott Cuthbert 36 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 40 0 2 1
7 MF  WAL Alex Lawless 21 (7) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 24 (7) 1 6 0
8 MF  NIR Cameron McGeehan 35 (6) 12 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 1 1 1 37 (8) 14 9 0
9 FW  ENG Paul Benson 13 (7) 4 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 1 0 0 14 (9) 5 3 1
10 MF  ENG Ryan Hall 5 (5) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 5 (8) 0 2 1
11 MF  ENG Danny Green 19 (6) 5 0 (2) 0 1 0 1 (1) 1 21 (9) 6 7 0
12 DF  ENG Scott Griffiths 17 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 20 (4) 0 1 0
14 FW  ENG Jack Marriott 21 (19) 14 1 0 1 2 2 0 25 (19) 16 2 1
15 MF  NIR Paddy McCourt 15 (9) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 (9) 1 4 0
16 GK  ENG Elliot Justham 14 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 (1) 0 0 0
17 MF  ENG Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu 12 (9) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 15 (9) 2 0 0
18 DF  NGR Magnus Okuonghae 7 (4) 0 1 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 9 (5) 0 2 0
19 MF  ENG Olly Lee 31 (3) 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 36 (3) 3 6 0
20 DF  IRL Sean Long * Left club during playing season 7 (2) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 (2) 0 2 0
21 MF  ENG Luke Guttridge Left club during playing season 6 (2) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 (2) 2 1 0
21 GK  ENG Jonathan Mitchell * Left club during playing season 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
22 FW  SCO Craig Mackail-Smith 27 (6) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 (6) 4 3 0
23 FW  NIR Josh McQuoid 20 (9) 3 2 2 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 24 (11) 5 4 0
24 DF  ENG Curtley Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF  IRL Mark O'Brien 2 (4) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 (4) 0 1 0
26 MF  ENG Nathan Doyle 6 (5) 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 8 (6) 0 2 0
27 MF  ENG Tyreeq Bakinson 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
30 DF  ENG Luke Wilkinson Left club during playing season 20 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 24 3 3 0
31 GK  ENG Craig King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW  ENG Zane Banton 0 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4) 0 0 0
36 DF  ENG James Justin 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
37 DF  ENG Frankie Musonda 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
40 DF  WAL Jake Howells 14 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 (3) 0 1 0
44 DF  IRL Alan Sheehan * 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 2 0
45 FW  ENG Joe Pigott * 10 (5) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 (5) 4 1 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
32 DF  ENG Luke Trotman
33 DF  ENG Mark Onyemah
34 MF  ENG Isaac Galliford

Honours

Team

Individuals

Players

No. Pos Player Award Month Source

Manager

Name Award Month Source

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