# 2022–23 Luton Town F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 137th season of competitive football and fourth consecutive season in the Championship played by Luton Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Luton also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Background and pre-season

Luton Town's pre-season programme began with an away friendly match against Hitchin Town before a week-long training camp in Slovenia, which included a friendly against Slovenian PrvaLiga club Bravo. After returning from Slovenia, Luton played a behind-closed-doors match against Gillingham at The Brache training ground, followed by friendlies away to Northampton Town and Peterborough United, and at home to West Ham United.
Pre-season match details :
| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 July 2022 | Hitchin Town | A | W | 3–0 | Potts 26', Jerome 39', Woodrow 47' | 2,213 |
| 8 July 2022 | Bravo | N | W | 2–1 | Pereira 91', Cornick 112' | |
| 13 July 2022 | Gillingham | H | W | 2–1 | Jerome (2) 21' pen., 29' | |
| 16 July 2022 | Northampton Town | A | W | 2–1 | Adebayo 54', Potts 56' | 2,386 |
| 20 July 2022 | Peterborough United | A | W | 2–0 | Woodrow 27', Cornick 82' | |
| 23 July 2022 | West Ham United | H | D | 1–1 | Bradley 90' | 7,010 |
| 21 December 2022 | Arsenal | A | D | 0–0 | | |
* ↑ Match played behind closed doors
* ↑ Match played behind closed doors

## EFL Championship
### July–August

Luton began the season with a goalless draw at home to Birmingham City; new signings Ethan Horvath, Luke Freeman and Carlton Morris were all in the starting lineup, and Cauley Woodrow came on as a substitute to make his first appearance for the club in over a decade. The next match also resulted in a draw; Dan Potts scored the team's first league goal in a 1–1 draw away to Burnley.

### Match results

EFL Championship match details :
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 July 2022 | 12th | Birmingham City | H | D | 0–0 | | 9,921 |
| 6 August 2022 | 14th | Burnley | A | D | 1–1 | Potts 5' | 19,628 |
| 13 August 2022 | 20th | Preston North End | H | L | 0–1 | | 9,740 |
| 16 August 2022 | 23rd | Bristol City | A | L | 0–2 | | 17,329 |
| 20 August 2022 | 17th | Swansea City | A | W | 2–0 | Campbell 14', Morris 72' | 16,323 |
| 26 August 2022 | 17th | Sheffield United | H | D | 1–1 | Morris 10' | 9,882 |
| 30 August 2022 | 9th | Cardiff City | A | W | 2–1 | Freeman 47', Osho 62' | 17,202 |
| 3 September 2022 | 16th | Wigan Athletic | H | L | 1–2 | Morris 39' | 9,885 |
| 14 September 2022 | 18th | Coventry City | H | D | 2–2 | Morris (2) 4', 15' | 9,546 |
| 17 September 2022 | 11th | Blackburn Rovers | H | W | 2–0 | Morris 58', Burke 67' | 9,839 |
| 30 September 2022 | 5th | Hull City | A | W | 2–0 | Jones 6' o.g., Lansbury 44' | 15,730 |
| 4 October 2022 | 9th | Huddersfield Town | H | D | 3–3 | Adebayo (2) 18', 37', Clark 45+1' | 9,073 |
| 8 October 2022 | 9th | West Bromwich Albion | A | D | 0–0 | | 21,550 |
| 15 October 2022 | 7th | Queens Park Rangers | H | W | 3–1 | Adebayo 18', Jerome 77', Freeman 90+2' | 10,011 |
| 18 October 2022 | 4th | Norwich City | A | W | 1–0 | Morris 62' | 25,846 |
| 23 October 2022 | 9th | Watford | A | L | 0–4 | | 19,282 |
| 29 October 2022 | 9th | Sunderland | H | D | 1–1 | Morris 45+2' | 10,060 |
| 1 November 2022 | 10th | Reading | H | D | 0–0 | | 9,620 |
| 5 November 2022 | 8th | Blackpool | A | W | 1–0 | Berry 57' | 11,452 |
| 8 November 2022 | 9th | Stoke City | A | L | 0–2 | | 18,095 |
| 12 November 2022 | 10th | Rotherham United | H | D | 1–1 | Berry 90' | 10,071 |
| 10 December 2022 | 13th | Middlesbrough | A | L | 1–2 | Clark 33' | 23,187 |
| 26 December 2022 | 12th | Norwich City | H | W | 2–1 | Campbell 61', Woodrow 90' | 9,831 |
| 29 December 2022 | 7th | Queens Park Rangers | A | W | 3–0 | Morris (2) 10', 47', Doughty 81' | 16,030 |
| 1 January 2023 | 5th | Huddersfield Town | A | W | 2–1 | Bell 43', Burke 84' | 18,333 |
| 14 January 2023 | 9th | West Bromwich Albion | H | L | 2–3 | Morris 7', Adebayo 10' | 10,069 |
| 21 January 2023 | 7th | Wigan Athletic | A | W | 2–0 | Cornick 11', Adebayo 53' | 11,125 |
| 31 January 2023 | 4th | Cardiff City | H | W | 1–0 | Adebayo 88' | 9,031 |
| 4 February 2023 | 4th | Stoke City | H | W | 1–0 | Mpanzu 6' | 10,031 |
| 11 February 2023 | 4th | Coventry City | A | D | 1–1 | Lockyer 1' | 20,366 |
| 15 February 2023 | 4th | Preston North End | A | D | 1–1 | Morris 73' | 13,903 |
| 18 February 2023 | 4th | Burnley | H | L | 0–1 | | 10,066 |
| 25 February 2023 | 6th | Birmingham City | A | W | 1–0 | Morris 47' | 16,866 |
| 28 February 2023 | 6th | Millwall | H | D | 2–2 | Adebayo 58', Berry 87' | 10,060 |
| 4 March 2023 | 5th | Swansea City | H | W | 1–0 | Morris 39' | 10,072 |
| 11 March 2023 | 4th | Sheffield United | A | W | 1–0 | Morris 53' | 28,006 |
| 15 March 2023 | 4th | Bristol City | H | W | 1–0 | Morris 4' | 9,899 |
| 18 March 2023 | 4th | Sunderland | A | D | 1–1 | Doughty 51' | 37,579 |
| 1 April 2023 | 4th | Watford | H | W | 2–0 | Osho 28', Campbell 90+1' | 10,046 |
| 7 April 2023 | 3rd | Millwall | A | D | 0–0 | | 18,422 |
| 10 April 2023 | 3rd | Blackpool | H | W | 3–1 | Mpanzu (2) 45+2', 76', Morris 72' | 9,772 |
| 15 April 2023 | 3rd | Rotherham United | A | W | 2–0 | Morris 45', Woodrow 47' | 11,009 |
| 19 April 2023 | 3rd | Reading | A | D | 1–1 | Morris 80' | 14,126 |
| 24 April 2023 | 3rd | Middlesbrough | H | W | 2–1 | Lockyer 49', Morris 67' pen. | 10,063 |
| 1 May 2023 | 3rd | Blackburn Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | Lockyer 50' | 17,261 |
| 8 May 2023 | 3rd | Hull City | H | D | 0–0 | | 10,061 |

### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Burnley (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 87 | 35 | +52 | 101 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Sheffield United (P) | 46 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 91 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Luton Town (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 84 | 56 | +28 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Coventry City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 70 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Sunderland | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 69 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |

### Play-offs

EFL Championship play-offs match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Semi-final first leg | 13 May 2023 | Sunderland | A | L | 1–2 | Adebayo 11' | 46,060 |
| Semi-final second leg | 16 May 2023 | Sunderland | H | W | 2–0 3–2 agg. | Osho 10', Lockyer 43' | 10,013 |
| Final | 27 May 2023 | Coventry City | N | W | 1–1 6–5 (Penalties) | 23' Clark | 85,711 |

## FA Cup

The Hatters entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic and then to Grimsby Town in the fourth round.
FA Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Third round | 7 January 2023 | Wigan Athletic | H | D | 1–1 | Cornick 45+1' | 5,660 |
| Third round replay | 17 January 2023 | Wigan Athletic | A | W | 2–1 | Woodrow 51', Adebayo 90+8' | 5,668 |
| Fourth round | 28 January 2023 | Grimsby Town | H | D | 2–2 | Adebayo 49' (pen.), Clark 66' | 8,552 |
| Fourth round replay | 7 February 2023 | Grimsby Town | A | L | 0–3 | | 7,051 |

## EFL Cup

Luton were drawn at home to League Two club Newport County in the first round.
EFL Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 9 August 2022 | Newport County | H | L | 2–3 | Mendes Gomes 30', Lockyer 50' | 3,827 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| 20 June 2022 | Alfie Doughty | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2022 | Cauley Woodrow | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2022 | Matt Macey | Hibernian | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2022 | Louie Watson | (Derby County) | Undisclosed compensation |
| 4 July 2022 | Luke Freeman | (Sheffield United) | Free |
| 6 July 2022 | Carlton Morris | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2022 | Tobias Braney * | (Bowers & Pitsea) | Free |
| 12 July 2022 | Daniel Idiakhoa * | (Newport Pagnell Town) | Free |
| 12 July 2022 | Jayden Luker * | (Lambeth Tigers) | Free |
| 2 August 2022 | John McAtee | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2022 | Aribim Pepple | Cavalry | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2023 | Jack Walton | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2023 | Joe Taylor | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
    † Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Luton.
    * Signed primarily for the development squad

### Out

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| 26 January 2023 | James Bree | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2023 | Cameron Jerome | (Bolton Wanderers) | Mutual Consent |
| 31 January 2023 | Harry Cornick | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2023 | Ed McJannet | Lecce | Undisclosed |
    † Brackets around club names indicate the player joined that club after his Luton contract expired.

### Loan in

| Date | Player | Club | Return |
| 2 July 2022 | Ethan Horvath | Nottingham Forest | End of Season |
| 26 January 2023 | Cody Drameh | Leeds United | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | Marvelous Nakamba | Aston Villa | End of Season |

### Loan out

| Date | Player | Club | Return |
| 9 July 2022 | Josh Neufville | Sutton United | End of Season |
| 2 August 2022 | John McAtee | Grimsby Town | End of Season |
| 8 August 2022 | Aribim Pepple | Grimsby Town | 12 January 2023 |
| 16 August 2022 | Carlos Mendes Gomes | Fleetwood Town | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | Admiral Muskwe | Fleetwood Town | 31 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | Dion Pereira | Bradford City | End of Season |
| 1 September 2022 | Elliot Thorpe | Burton Albion | 1 January 2023 |
| 7 November 2022 | Tobias Braney | Chesham United | End of Season |
| 9 December 2022 | Daniel Idiakhoa | Hitchin Town | End of Season |
| 23 December 2022 | Avan Jones | Welling United | 19 January 2023 |
| 26 December 2022 | Josh Allen | Cray Wanderers | 19 January 2023 |
| 26 December 2022 | Tyrelle Newton | Cheshunt | End of Season |
| 13 January 2023 | Josh Williams | Hemel Hempstead Town | 10 March 2023 |
| 20 January 2023 | Matt Macey | Portsmouth | End of Season |
| 26 January 2023 | Callum Nicolson | Welwyn Garden City | End of Season |
| 27 January 2023 | Josh Allen | Hitchin Town | End of Season |
| 30 January 2023 | Harry Isted | Barnsley | End of Season |
| 31 January 2023 | Glen Rea | Cheltenham Town | End of Season |
| 17 February 2023 | Conor Lawless | Farnborough | 17 March 2023 |
| 23 February 2023 | Oliver Hemlin | Kempston Rovers | 23 March 2023 |
| 24 March 2023 | Aidan Francis-Clarke | St Albans City | End of Season |
| 24 March 2023 | Avan Jones | Cheshunt | End of Season |
| 24 March 2023 | Conor Lawless | Dulwich Hamlet | End of Season |
| 24 March 2023 | Ben Tompkins | Bedford Town | End of Season |
* ↑ On 12 January, Pepple returned back early from his loan at Grimsby
* ↑ On 31 January, Muskwe was recalled back from his loan at Fleetwood
* ↑ On 1 January, Thorpe was recalled back from his loan at Burton
* ↑ On 11 January, Idiakhoa's loan at Hitchin was extended by a month. Then on 10 February the agreement was extended again by a further month. Again on March, 10 the loan was extended until the season end
* ↑ On 10 February, Williams' loan at Hemel Hempstead was extended by a further month

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † 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 | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 2 | DF | ENG | James Bree † | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Cody Drameh * | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Dan Potts | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Tom Lockyer | 31 | 4 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 (1) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Sonny Bradley | 9 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Harry Cornick † | 7 (12) | 1 | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 9 (14) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Luke Berry | 2 (12) | 3 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (14) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Carlton Morris | 33 (3) | 20 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 34 (6) | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Cauley Woodrow | 3 (18) | 2 | 3 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 (19) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Elijah Adebayo | 33 (2) | 8 | 3 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 (3) | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Henri Lansbury | 6 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ZIM | Marvelous Nakamba * | 8 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Carlos Mendes Gomes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ZIM | Admiral Muskwe | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Reece Burke | 13 (4) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 (4) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | DRC | Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu | 18 (5) | 3 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (8) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jordan Clark | 32 (3) | 3 | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 (2) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Dion Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Louie Watson | 2 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Harry Isted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Allan Campbell | 30 (3) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Fred Onyedinma | 5 (9) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | WAL | Joe Taylor | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | WAL | Elliot Thorpe | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | JAM | Amari'i Bell | 35 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Luke Freeman | 9 (11) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (11) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Gabriel Osho | 18 (5) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 22 (6) | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Matt Macey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | USA | Ethan Horvath * | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Cameron Jerome † | 0 (21) | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (23) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | WAL | Josh Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Josh Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Casey Pettit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | ENG | Zack Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Alfie Doughty | 17 (3) | 2 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (5) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Players not included in matchday squads :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name |
| 1 | GK | ENG | James Shea |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Glen Rea |