Tag: Luton

2 May 2025 Off

Matt Bloomfield: Luton Town boss ‘relishing’ relegation decider

By Total Football News

Bloomfield said that when teams have momentum, they must “cherish” it.

“We feel we’ve had it for a little while now, so it’s about focusing on the performance, focusing on the job and using the psychological benefits from the run of form we’ve been in – but none of that counts if we don’t perform,” he continued.

“When the season is done and dusted we can sit back and assess,

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30 April 2025 Off

FC Barcelona stadium team joins Luton Town’s Power Court build

By Total Football News

The company that redeveloped FC Barcelona’s stadium will work on Luton Town’s new ground, the club has announced.

Luton Town’s development arm, 2020 Developments, has agreed a pre-construction services partnership with Limak International for its new 25,000-capacity stadium at Power Court.

Limak, which is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey, worked on Spotify Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona and a new terminal at Kuwait Airport.

Gary Sweet, Luton Town’s chief executive, said:

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27 April 2025 Off

Luton Town 1-0 Coventry City: Hatters win lifts them out of bottom three

By Total Football News

Luton boss Matt Bloomfield told BBC Three Counties Radio:

“The industry we are involved in is going to throw so many challenges your way and you have to try and stay calm and think clearly.

“We had the momentum, we hit the post, their goalkeeper has made a couple of incredible saves, but the ball doesn’t go in so there’s a risk of frustration.

“All of those things go into

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24 April 2025 Off

Tom Lockyer: ‘Who knows where’ – Wales and Luton Town defender’s future uncertain

By Total Football News

“I’m out of contract [in the summer] at Luton, so who knows what’ll happen there. I’ll do my games, and if I get through then I’ll just see what happens.

“I’m not concerned either way. The way I see it, any moment I get to spend back on a football pitch I’m going to cherish so much, and I hope there’s plenty of them.”

Lockyer has worked closely with the

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23 April 2025 Off

Matt Bloomfield: Luton still have a huge amount of work to do

By Total Football News

Luton Town are comfortable with their Championship survival hopes having been written off, says boss Matt Bloomfield.

The Hatters have won their past two games, and only goal difference is keeping them in the relegation zone.

“We’ve been written off many times, which is fine,” Bloomfield told the BBC’s EFL podcast 72+

“Football is all about opinions, but to lead a life in football, resilience is a crucial

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20 April 2025 Off

Derby County 0-1 Luton Town: Hatters beat relegation rivals

By Total Football News

While both Burnley and Sheffield United finished below that Hatters in the Premier League when they were relegated together last season, Luton have continued to plummet as the other two clubs are looking make immediate top-flight returns.

Victory against John Eustace’s resurgent Rams, however, has given their hopes of staying in the second tier a huge boost.

For Derby – who handed goalkeeper Josh Vickers his first start in eight

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18 April 2025 Off

Matt Bloomfield: Luton Town must find a way to win at Derby, says boss

By Total Football News

Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield has dismissed the idea of having a survival points target as they look to avoid back-to-back relegations.

The Hatters are three points from safety with just four Championship games left to play this season.

And it is therefore crucial that they find a way to win on Friday at Derby County, the team immediately above the Championship relegation places, before tackling play-off hopefuls Bristol City

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15 April 2025 Off

Luton Town: Derby six-pointer is a ‘must-win game’ – Clark

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Luton Town midfielder Jordan Clark says the trip to Championship relegation rivals Derby County on Good Friday is a “must-win game”.

The Hatters are 23rd and three points from safety below the Rams, who occupy 21st position, ahead of the clash at Pride Park.

Clark said Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at home to Blackburn was a “tough one to take” and that “a lack of cutting edge in the final third

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14 April 2025 Off

Luton Town 0-1 Blackburn Rovers – Yuki Oshashi grabs winner to dent hosts’ survival hopes

By Total Football News

The Hatters have not been out of the bottom three since their defeat by QPR three months ago, which was former boss Rob Edwards’ final game in charge of the club.

And despite their dominance, they did not create many clear opportunities.

Mark McGuinness sent a header over the bar in the first half while Millenic Alli went close on a couple of occasions.

But the game’s telling moment brought

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14 April 2025 Off

Matt Bloomfield: Luton boss says they fell below recent standards against Blackburn after positive form

By Total Football News

Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield said his side were below par in the home defeat against Blackburn Rovers.

“We really felt we were building momentum and our performances have been good,” Bloomfield told BBC Three Counties Radio.

“But that wasn’t good enough for the standards we have been setting and we are very disappointed.

“Blackburn have had a tough run of results but they have a very good group of

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