Latics and Luton have met 16 times down the years, with 5 wins apiece and 6 draws.
The first meeting between the two clubs was in August 1978 when the Latics, in their first season as a Football League club, were drawn to play 2nd Division Luton in the League Cup, the Hatters were managed at that time by David Pleat.
The first leg at Kenilworth Road ended 2-0 to Luton, with the 2nd leg at Springfield Park finishing 0-1 also to Luton. We had to wait until 1999 for our first victory, a 0-4 away win in what was then League 2.
The last meeting was a Championship clash at the DW Stadium on the 7th March 2020, a goalless draw. This was the last game before the National Lockdown
Latics – Marshall; Byrne, Balogun, Kipre, Naismith; Williams, Morsy; Lowe (Garner), Roberts (Pilkington), Massey (Jacobs); Moore
Unused Subs – Jones, Evans, Mlakar, Fobre
Att – 10,292
Luton Town Current Form
The Hatters sit 13th in the table with 9 points from 7 games, 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
On Their Home Patch
Luton’s three Championship home games so far this season have brought two points, these coming from draws with Birmingham and Sheffield United, they lost the other one against Preston, 0:1.
Player To Watch – Carlton Morris
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| Carlton Morris |
26 year old centre forward signed from Barnsley for just short of £2m this summer already off the mark with his new club scoring twice.
Morris is physical but with good pace, not afraid to put his foot in and is quite good at winning possession when pressing dfefenders.
So far this season Carlton Morris has made 16 attempts to score, with 7 on target scoring 2, he has also picked up one booking.
The Last Six Meetings
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Date |
Competition |
Result |
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07 Mar 2020 |
Championship |
Latics 0:0 Luton |
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07 Dec 2019 |
Championship |
Luton 2:1 Latics |
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15 Mar 2002 |
League Division 2 |
Latics 1:1 Luton |
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07 Dec 2001 |
FA Cup (2) |
Latics 3:0 Luton |
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26 Oct 2001 |
League Division 2 |
Luton 1:1 Latics |
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30 Dec 2000 |
League Division 2 |
Luton 0:2 Latics |
Full Record v Luton
Played – 16
Won – 5
Drawn – 6
Lost – 5
Connections – Former Latics player and Assistant Manager Graeme Jones was the Luton boss the last time we met, Jonesy is a legend at the ‘tics, his goalscoring exploits as a ram-raiding centre forward during our title winning promotion season back in the 1996/97 season are legendary, also his partnership with Roberto Martinez that led the Latics to lift the FA Cup in 2013 and also play some of, if not the best football ever played by a Wigan Athletic side.
“He’s one of our own” Callum McManaman, always a crowd favourite at the Latics, came through the ranks, was named Man of the Match in the 2013 FA Cup final against Manchester City – can’t stop mentioning this – and scored some vital goals for down the years.
Former player Mike Newell was sold to Luton back in 1987 for what was then a princely sum of £80,000, he also had a four year spell as Luton boss – famously saying about his lack of coaching qualifications, “I don’t need a piece of paper to tell me how to put cones out”.
Another former Latics who went on to enjoy a good spell at Luton was
midfielder Kevin Nicholls, sold to the Hatters in 2001 for £150,000 he
went on to make 175 appearances and skippered the club as they won the League 2
Championship in 2005.
And of course there is Mr Wigan Athletic himself, the legend that is, the
one and only Emmerson Boyce.
Luton were Boycey’s first League club and I was there at Kenilworth Road to see Jason De Vos out jump a young Boycey to head Latics level back in October 2001.
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