2015–16 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town
2015–16 season
Owner Luton Town Football Club 2020 Limited
Chairman Nick Owen
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

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

Club

Current squad

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

Spending

Summer: Decrease Undisclosed

Total: Decrease Undisclosed

Income

Summer: Increase £180,000

Total: Increase £180,000

Net expenditure

Summer: Increase Undisclosed (~ £180,000)

Total: Increase Undisclosed (~ £180,000)

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

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

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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

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Appearances and goals

Source:[58][59]
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
1GK ENG Mark Tyler 27010102031000
2DF SCO Stephen O'Donnell 30000201133130
3DF ENG Dan Potts 14000101016000
4MF ENG Jonathan Smith 33 (4)420101037 (4)470
5DF ENG Steve McNulty Left club during playing season 9 (1)000101011 (1)030
5DF IRL Glen Rea * 10000000010020
6DF SCO Scott Cuthbert 36010201040021
7MF WAL Alex Lawless 21 (7)120001024 (7)160
8MF NIR Cameron McGeehan 35 (6)120 (1)01 (1)11137 (8)1490
9FW ENG Paul Benson 13 (7)40 (1)01 (1)10014 (9)531
10MF ENG Ryan Hall 5 (5)0000 (1)00 (2)05 (8)021
11MF ENG Danny Green 19 (6)50 (2)0101 (1)121 (9)670
12DF ENG Scott Griffiths 17 (1)01 (1)01 (1)01 (1)020 (4)010
14FW ENG Jack Marriott 21 (19)1410122025 (19)1621
15MF NIR Paddy McCourt 15 (9)110000016 (9)140
16GK ENG Elliot Justham 14 (1)010100016 (1)000
17MF ENG Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu 12 (9)200201015 (9)200
18DF NGR Magnus Okuonghae 7 (4)010001 (1)09 (5)020
19MF ENG Olly Lee 31 (3)320102036 (3)360
20DF IRL Sean Long * Left club during playing season 7 (2)02000009 (2)020
21MF ENG Luke Guttridge Left club during playing season 6 (2)21000209 (2)210
21GK ENG Jonathan Mitchell * Left club during playing season 500000005010
22FW SCO Craig Mackail-Smith 27 (6)410000028 (6)430
23FW NIR Josh McQuoid 20 (9)3221 (1)01 (1)024 (11)540
24DF ENG Curtley Williams 000000000000
25DF IRL Mark O'Brien 2 (4)00020105 (4)010
26MF ENG Nathan Doyle 6 (5)0100 (1)0108 (6)020
27MF ENG Tyreeq Bakinson 0 (1)00000000 (1)000
30DF ENG Luke Wilkinson Left club during playing season 20320200024330
31GK ENG Craig King 000000000000
35FW ENG Zane Banton 0 (4)00000000 (4)000
36DF ENG James Justin 0 (1)00000000 (1)000
37DF ENG Frankie Musonda 0 (3)00000000 (3)000
40DF WAL Jake Howells 14 (3)000000014 (3)010
44DF IRL Alan Sheehan * 20100000020120
45FW ENG Joe Pigott * 10 (5)400000010 (5)410
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
32DF ENG Luke Trotman
33DF ENG Mark Onyemah
34MF ENG Isaac Galliford

Honours

Individuals

Players

No. Pos Player Award Month Source

Manager

Name Award Month Source

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