# 1995–96 Luton Town F.C. season

During the 1995–96 English football season, Luton Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

## Season summary

Terry Westley was promoted as Pleat's successor from youth team coach, but was sacked after just six months in charge. Lennie Lawrence was brought in as a replacement, but he was unable to stop Luton from finishing bottom of Division One.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 55 | |
| 21 | Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 52 | |
| 22 | Millwall (R) | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 52 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 23 | Watford (R) | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 62 | 70 | −8 | 48 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 45 | Relegation to the Second Division |

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Kelvin Davis |
| — | GK | USA | Ian Feuer |
| — | GK | USA | Juergen Sommer |
| — | DF | SCO | Graham Alexander |
| — | DF | ENG | Ben Chenery |
| — | DF | ENG | Steve Davis |
| — | DF | IRL | David Greene |
| — | DF | ENG | Richard Harvey |
| — | DF | ENG | Julian James |
| — | DF | ENG | Marvin Johnson |
| — | DF | ENG | Des Linton |
| — | DF | NIR | Darren Patterson |
| — | DF | ENG | Aaron Skelton |
| — | DF | ENG | Mitchell Thomas |
| — | DF | ENG | Matthew Upson |
| — | MF | BUL | Boncho Genchev |
| — | MF | WAL | Ceri Hughes |
| — | MF | ENG | Gavin Johnson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | WAL | Nathan Jones |
| — | MF | ENG | Rob Matthews |
| — | MF | ENG | Paul McLaren |
| — | MF | ENG | David Oldfield |
| — | MF | NOR | Vidar Riseth (on loan from Kongsvinger) |
| — | MF | DEN | Johnny Vilstrup |
| — | MF | IRL | Gary Waddock |
| — | FW | GHA | Kim Grant |
| — | FW | JAM | Dwight Marshall |
| — | FW | ENG | Scott Oakes |
| — | FW | ENG | John Taylor |
| — | FW | ENG | Tony Thorpe |
| — | FW | ENG | Graeme Tomlinson (on loan from Manchester United) |
| — | FW | ENG | Paul Wilkinson (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| — | FW | ENG | Jamie Woodsford |

## Player details

    Players arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
| Pos. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| DF | Graham Alexander | 35 (2) | 1 | 3 (2) | 0 | 38 (4) | 1 |
| DF | Ben Chenery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GK | Kelvin Davis | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Steve Davis | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| FW | Stuart Douglas | 3 (5) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (6) | 1 |
| MF | Sean Evers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GK | Ian Feuer | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| MF | Boncho Genchev | 25 (10) | 9 | 5 (1) | 2 | 30 (11) | 11 |
| FW | Kim Grant | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| DF | Richard Harvey | 28 (8) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 34 (8) | 1 |
| MF | Ceri Hughes | 21 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 (2) | 1 |
| DF | Julian James | 23 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 (4) | 0 |
| MF | Gavin Johnson | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 |
| DF | Marvin Johnson | 33 (2) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 (2) | 1 |
| DF | Des Linton | 6 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 (4) | 0 |
| FW | Dwight Marshall | 23 (3) | 9 | 5 (1) | 4 | 28 (4) | 13 |
| FW | Rob Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| FW | Paul McLaren | 9 (3) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 (3) | 1 |
| FW | Scott Oakes | 26 (3) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 (3) | 4 |
| MF | David Oldfield | 23 (11) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28 (11) | 2 |
| DF | Darren Patterson | 21 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 |
| DF | Trevor Peake | 15 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (3) | 0 |
| MF | Vidar Riseth | 6 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 |
| DF | Gary Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| MF | Aaron Skelton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Juergen Sommer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | John Taylor | 18 (10) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 (10) | 1 |
| DF | Mitchell Thomas | 25 (2) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 27 (4) | 0 |
| FW | Tony Thorpe | 23 (10) | 7 | 2 (4) | 1 | 25 (14) | 8 |
| FW | Graeme Tomlinson | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| DF | Matthew Upson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Johnny Vilstrup | 6 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 |
| MF | Gary Waddock | 32 (4) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 35 (5) | 0 |
| FW | Paul Wilkinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Jamie Woodsford | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |