# 2015–16 Luton Town F.C. season

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.
* 30 June: Mark Cullen, the club's top scorer in the previous season, joins League One side Blackpool for £180,000.
* 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.
* 8 August: Luton begin their 2015–16 campaign with a 1–1 draw away to Accrington Stanley.
* 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.
* 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. 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.
* 30 August: Luton's Managing Director Gary Sweet confirms the club is in the final process of buying a 40-acre (160,000 m$^2$) 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.
* 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.
* 22 September: After impressing in his first six games for the club, midfielder Olly Lee signs an extended contract with Luton until June 2017.
* 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.
* 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.

## Club
### Current squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Mark Tyler | GK | 2009 | (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977 (age 47) | Peterborough United |
| 16 | Elliot Justham | GK | 2013 | (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34) | East Thurrock United |
| 31 | Craig King | GK | 2015 | | Luton Town Academy |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Stephen O'Donnell | RB / RW | 2015 | (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 (age 32) | Partick Thistle |
| 3 | Dan Potts | LB | 2015 | (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30) | West Ham United |
| 5 | Steve McNulty (c) | CB | 2013 | (1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 41) | Fleetwood Town |
| 6 | Scott Cuthbert | CB / RB | 2015 | (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 37) | Leyton Orient |
| 12 | Scott Griffiths | LB | 2013 | (1985-11-27) 27 November 1985 (age 38) | Peterborough United |
| 18 | Magnus Okuonghae | CB | 2015 | (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986 (age 38) | Colchester United |
| 24 | Curtley Williams | RB | 2014 | (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34) | Lowestoft Town |
| 25 | Mark O'Brien | CB / RB / LB / DM | 2015 | (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 31) | Derby County |
| 30 | Luke Wilkinson | CB | 2014 | (1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 32) | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 31 | Luke Trotman | RB | 2014 | (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 27) | Luton Town Academy |
| 33 | Mark Onyemah | LB | 2014 | (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28) | Thurrock |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Jonathan Smith | DM / CM | 2013 | (1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 37) | York City |
| 7 | Alex Lawless | LM / CM | 2010 | (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) | York City |
| 8 | Cameron McGeehan | CM | 2015 | (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 29) | Norwich City |
| 10 | Ryan Hall | RW/LW | 2015 | (1988-01-04) 4 January 1988 (age 36) | Rotherham United |
| 11 | Danny Green | RW | 2015 | (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 36) | Milton Keynes Dons |
| 15 | Paddy McCourt | LW | 2015 | (1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 40) | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 17 | Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu | CM | 2014 | (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 (age 31) | West Ham United |
| 19 | Olly Lee | CM | 2015 | (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 33) | Birmingham City |
| 21 | Luke Guttridge | AM | 2013 | (1982-03-27) 27 March 1982 (age 42) | Northampton Town |
| 26 | Nathan Doyle | DM | 2014 | (1987-01-12) 12 January 1987 (age 37) | Bradford City |
| 34 | Isaac Galliford | AM | 2015 | (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27) | Luton Town Academy |
| | Jake Howells | LB / LW / CM | 2008 | (1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 (age 33) | Luton Town Academy |
| | Andy Parry | CM / CB | 2013 | (1991-09-13) 13 September 1991 (age 33) | Southport |
| | Matt Robinson | CM | 2012 | (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30) | Leicester City |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Paul Benson | ST | 2014 | (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 (age 44) | Swindon Town |
| 14 | Jack Marriott | ST | 2015 | (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30) | Ipswich Town |
| 22 | Craig Mackail-Smith | ST | 2015 | (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 (age 40) | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 23 | Josh McQuoid | ST / RW/LW | 2015 | (1989-12-15) 15 December 1989 (age 34) | AFC Bournemouth |
| 35 | Zane Banton | ST | 2013 | (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28) | Luton Town Academy |

## New contracts

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

## Transfers
### Transfers in

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

### Transfers out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 18 | ST | Ross Lafayette | Eastleigh | Free | 1 July 2015 |
| 8 | AM | Andy Drury | Eastleigh | Free | 13 July 2015 |
| 2 | CB | Fraser Franks | Stevenage | Free | 15 July 2015 |
| 6 | CB | Alex Lacey | Yeovil Town | Free | 22 July 2015 |

### Loans out

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

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

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

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### 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.

### Football League Trophy
## 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 | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 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 † | 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 * † | 7 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Luke Guttridge † | 6 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jonathan Mitchell * † | 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 † | 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
### Individuals
#### Players

| No. | Pos | Player | Award | Month | Source |

#### Manager

| Name | Award | Month | Source |