# 2007–08 Luton Town F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Luton Town competed in League One.

## Season summary

After a poor start to the 2007–08 season, the club entered administration on 22 November 2007; Pinkney stated he would fund the club's overheads, while ten points were deducted. Meanwhile, the FA probe on transfer irregularities dragged on, described by Pinkney as "a storm in a teacup". Blackwell was sacked by the administrator on 15 January 2008, to be replaced by former player Mick Harford. The club subsequently entered the custody of the Luton Town Football Club 2020 consortium. Luton were relegated to League Two on 12 April, following a 2–1 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion; Luton finished the season in bottom place.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 50 | |
| 21 | AFC Bournemouth (R) | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 48 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 22 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 46 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 23 | Port Vale (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 33 | Relegation to Football League Two |
* 1 2 Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.

## Results
### League One

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 11 August 2007 | Hartlepool United | Home | 2–1 | 8,013 | Currie 36', Goodall 84' |
| 18 August 2007 | Swindon Town | Away | 1–2 | 7,520 | Edwards 66' |
| 25 August 2007 | Gillingham | Home | 3–1 | 6,178 | Bell 17', Furlong 27', Spring 80' pen. |
| 1 September 2007 | Leeds United | Away | 0–1 | 26,856 | |
| 8 September 2007 | Bristol Rovers | Home | 1–2 | 6,131 | Spring 19' pen. |
| 14 September 2007 | Tranmere Rovers | Away | 1–2 | 6,525 | Furlong 5' |
| 22 September 2007 | Port Vale | Home | 2–1 | 6,084 | Furlong 30', Bell 86' |
| 29 September 2007 | Huddersfield Town | Away | 0–2 | 9,028 | |
| 2 October 2007 | Yeovil Town | Away | 0–0 | 4,848 | |
| 6 October 2007 | Doncaster Rovers | Home | 1–1 | 6,513 | Furlong 57' |
| 15 October 2007 | Northampton Town | Home | 4–1 | 5,881 | Currie 4', Spring 49' pen., Furlong 62', Spring 90' pen. |
| 20 October 2007 | Crewe Alexandra | Away | 0–2 | 4,490 | |
| 27 October 2007 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 2–1 | 8,524 | Perry 52', Bell 88' |
| 3 November 2007 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Away | 1–3 | 5,317 | Edwards 79' |
| 6 November 2007 | Carlisle United | Home | 0–0 | 5,462 | |
| 17 November 2007 | Walsall | Away | 0–0 | 5,056 | |
| 24 November 2007 | Southend United | Home | 1–0 | 6,820 | Andrew 74' |
| 4 December 2007 | Oldham Athletic | Away | 1–1 | 4,251 | Fojut 34' |
| 14 December 2007 | Cheltenham Town | Away | 0–1 | 3,702 | |
| 22 December 2007 | Tranmere Rovers | Home | 1–0 | 6,070 | Edwards 70' |
| 26 December 2007 | Bristol Rovers | Away | 1–1 | 7,556 | Edwards 49' |
| 29 December 2007 | Port Vale | Away | 2–1 | 4,224 | Fojut 3', Spring 90' |
| 1 January 2008 | Yeovil Town | Home | 1–0 | 6,811 | Andrew 48' |
| 12 January 2008 | Swansea City | Home | 1–3 | 6,756 | Furlong 74' |
| 19 January 2008 | Leyton Orient | Away | 1–2 | 5,516 | Keane 67' |
| 22 January 2008 | AFC Bournemouth | Away | 3–4 | 3,489 | Spring 45' pen., Morgan 60', Furlong 78' |
| 26 January 2008 | Leeds United | Home | 1–1 | 9,297 | Parkin 90' |
| 29 January 2008 | Swindon Town | Home | 0–1 | 5,738 | |
| 2 February 2008 | Hartlepool United | Away | 0–4 | 3,913 | |
| 9 February 2008 | AFC Bournemouth | Home | 1–4 | 5,897 | Emanuel 50' |
| 16 February 2008 | Leyton Orient | Home | 0–1 | 6,412 | |
| 22 February 2008 | Swansea City | Away | 0–1 | 14,122 | |
| 26 February 2008 | Millwall | Home | 1–1 | 6,417 | Furlong 19' |
| 1 March 2008 | Walsall | Home | 0–1 | 6,157 | |
| 8 March 2008 | Southend United | Away | 0–2 | 8,241 | |
| 11 March 2008 | Carlisle United | Away | 1–2 | 5,489 | Bell 51' |
| 15 March 2008 | Oldham Athletic | Home | 3–0 | 5,417 | Charles 20', Spring 33' pen., Emanuel 35' |
| 22 March 2008 | Cheltenham Town | Home | 1–1 | 6,087 | Parkin 24' |
| 24 March 2008 | Millwall | Away | 0–0 | 8,375 | |
| 29 March 2008 | Crewe Alexandra | Home | 2–1 | 5,465 | Spring 4', 78' pen. |
| 1 April 2008 | Gillingham | Away | 1–2 | 6,142 | Parkin 19' |
| 5 April 2008 | Northampton Town | Away | 1–2 | 5,132 | Parkin 90' |
| 12 April 2008 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Home | 1–2 | 6,652 | Parkin 49' |
| 19 April 2008 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 0–1 | 17,331 | |
| 26 April 2008 | Doncaster Rovers | Away | 0–2 | 9,332 | |
| 3 May 2008 | Huddersfield Town | Home | 0–1 | 6,539 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| First round | 10 November 2007 | Brentford | Home | 1–1 | 4,167 | Andrew 79' |
| First round replay | 27 November 2007 | Brentford | Away | 2–0 | 2,643 | Coyne 36', Fojut 61' |
| Second round | 11 December 2007 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 1–0 | 5,758 | Andrew 54' |
| Third round | 6 January 2008 | Liverpool | Home | 1–1 | 10,226 | Riise 77' o.g. |
| Third round replay | 15 January 2008 | Liverpool | Away | 0–5 | 41,446 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| First round | 14 August 2007 | Dagenham & Redbridge | Away | 2–1 | 1,754 | Spring 42' pen., Talbot 68' |
| Second round | 28 August 2007 | Sunderland | Home | 3–0 | 4,401 | Bell 16', Furlong 43', 75' |
| Third round | 25 September 2007 | Charlton Athletic | Home | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | 4,534 | Robinson 43', Spring 105', Talbot 117' |
| Fourth round | 31 October 2007 | Everton | Home | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | 8,944 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers | Report |
| First round | 4 September 2007 | Northampton Town | Home | 2–0 | 2,532 | Hutchison 12', Peschisolido 48' | |
| Second round | 9 October 2007 | Gillingham | Away | 3–4 | 1,417 | Furlong 26', 43', Spring 45' pen. | |

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Dean Brill |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Alan Goodall |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Don Hutchison |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Chris Perry |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Dean Morgan |
| 8 | MF | IRL | David Bell |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Sam Parkin |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Darren Currie |
| 11 | FW | CAN | Paul Peschisolido |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Richard Jackson |
| 14 | MF | NIR | Steve Robinson |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Stephen O'Leary |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Lewis Emanuel |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Drew Talbot |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Calvin Andrew |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | IRL | Keith Keane |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Richard Langley |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Paul Underwood |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Matthew Spring |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Sol Davis |
| 28 | FW | NIR | Paul McVeigh |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Paul Furlong |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Ryan Charles |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Marlon Beresford |
| 36 | GK | ENG | Ross Faulds |
| 37 | DF | ENG | George Beavan |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Ed Asafu-Adjaye |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Harry Hogarth |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Jake Howells |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Kevin Foley (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Chris Coyne (to Colchester United) |
| 16 | MF | WAL | David Edwards (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Ahmet Brković (to Millwall) |
| 27 | GK | ENG | Ben Alnwick (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | GK | IRL | David Forde (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| 31 | DF | POL | Jarosław Fojut (on loan from Bolton Wanderers) |
| 33 | MF | IRL | Marc Wilson (on loan from Portsmouth) |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Anthony Grant (on loan from Chelsea) |

## Transfers
### In:

| Date | Position | Name | Club From | Fee |
| 26 June 2007 | Midfielder | David Edwards | Shrewsbury Town | £250,000 |
| 29 June 2007 | Defender | Alan Goodall | Rochdale | Free Transfer |
| 2 July 2007 | Midfielder | Darren Currie | Ipswich Town | Free Transfer |
| 4 July 2007 | Forward | Paul Furlong | Queens Park Rangers | Free Transfer |
| 5 July 2007 | Defender | Chris Perry | West Bromwich Albion | Free Transfer |
| 16 July 2007 | Forward | Paul Peschisolido | Derby County | Free Transfer |
| 26 July 2007 | Midfielder | Don Hutchison | Coventry City | Free Transfer |
| 8 August 2007 | Defender | Richard Jackson | Derby County | Free Transfer |
| 10 August 2007 | Forward | Paul McVeigh | Norwich City | Free Transfer |

### Out:

* Russell Perrett
* Warren Feeney
* Michael Leary
* Adam Boyd
* Danny Stevens
* Shaun Ross
* Leon Barnett
* Markus Heikkinen
* Peter Holmes
* Chris Pendleton - released
* Kevin Foley – Wolverhampton Wanderers
* Ahmet Brković – Millwall
* Chris Coyne – Colchester United

### Loan In:

| Date | Position | Name | Club From | Length |
| 31 August 2007 | Defender | Jarosław Fojut | Bolton Wanderers | Until 1 January |
| 27 September 2007 | Goalkeeper | Ben Alnwick | Tottenham Hotspur | Three months (recalled 26 October) |

### Loan Out:

| Date | Position | Name | Club To | Length |
| 27 September 2007 | Defender | Sol Davis | Peterborough United | Two months (recalled 8 October) |

## Player statistics

    Players arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
| Pos. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Ben Alnwick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Calvin Andrew | 19 (20) | 2 | 6 (3) | 2 | 25 (23) | 4 |
| DF | Ed Asafu-Adjaye | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | George Beavan | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| MF | David Bell | 32 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 5 |
| GK | Marlon Beresford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Dean Brill | 37 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| MF | Ahmet Brković | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 |
| FW | Ryan Charles | 6 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 |
| DF | Chris Coyne | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| MF | Darren Currie | 25 (6) | 2 | 5 (2) | 0 | 30 (8) | 2 |
| DF | Sol Davis | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| MF | David Edwards | 18 (1) | 4 | 7 | 0 | 25 (1) | 4 |
| DF | Lewis Emanuel | 15 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 (2) | 2 |
| DF | Jarosław Fojut | 15 (1) | 2 | 7 | 1 | 22 (1) | 3 |
| GK | David Forde | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | Paul Furlong | 23 (9) | 8 | 5 (2) | 4 | 28 (11) | 12 |
| DF | Alan Goodall | 25 (4) | 1 | 6 (1) | 0 | 31 (5) | 1 |
| MF | Anthony Grant | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 |
| DF | Jake Howells | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| MF | Don Hutchison | 15 (6) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 (6) | 1 |
| DF | Richard Jackson | 27 (2) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 (2) | 0 |
| MF | Keith Keane | 27 (1) | 1 | 4 (2) | 0 | 31 (3) | 1 |
| MF | Richard Langley | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| FW | Paul McVeigh | 15 (10) | 0 | 2 (6) | 0 | 17 (16) | 0 |
| FW | Dean Morgan | 8 (8) | 1 | 3 (2) | 0 | 11 (10) | 1 |
| MF | Stephen O'Leary | 10 (6) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 10 (8) | 0 |
| FW | Sam Parkin | 12 (7) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 (7) | 5 |
| DF | Chris Perry | 35 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| FW | Paul Peschisolido | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 2 (3) | 1 |
| MF | Steve Robinson | 25 (3) | 0 | 7 | 1 | 32 (3) | 1 |
| MF | Matthew Spring | 43 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 12 |
| FW | Drew Talbot | 15 (12) | 0 | 5 (4) | 2 | 20 (16) | 2 |
| DF | Paul Underwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Marc Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |