List of Luton Town F.C. players

Founded in 1885,[1] Luton Town became the first professional team in southern England six years later and joined The Football League in 1897.

[2][3] After an 89-year period of League membership, the team was relegated to the Conference Premier in 2009 due to a 30-point deduction imposed by the football authorities.

[6] Luton Town's first team has competed in numerous nationally contested competitions, and the 50 players judged in 2009 the club's best by Denis O'Donoghue of The Times are listed below.

[7][8] As of 1 July 2009, the player who has won the most international caps while at the club is Mal Donaghy, who appeared 58 times for Northern Ireland.

[12] Payne also holds the Football League record for most goals in a match, with 10 during a 12–0 victory over Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936.

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Bruce Rioch , pictured here in 2008, played for Luton from 1964 to 1969 and later became the first captain of Scotland born in England.
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Paul Walsh played for Luton from 1982 until 1984, when he was sold to Liverpool . He is seen here in that club's colours following a 2008 match featuring former players.
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Steve Foster , pictured in 2006, played for Luton from 1984 to 1989 and captained the club to its Football League Cup victory of 1987–88 .
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Mick Harford , pictured in 2009, is regarded as "one of Luton's finest players", [ 16 ] and represented the club as both player and manager.
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Steve Howard , pictured in 2009, scored 103 goals for the club between 2001 and 2006, giving him the club's sixth-highest goals total.
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Chris Coyne played for the club from 2001 to 2008, captaining it from 2006. He is pictured here playing for Australia in 2008.
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Fred Hawkes , born in Luton and pictured c. 1906, holds the record for most Luton Town league appearances.
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Bob Hawkes , pictured in 1908, represented Luton for 19 years and was the team's first international player.
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Louis Bookman played 110 times for Luton between 1919 and 1922, also representing Ireland during that time. Here is pictured here while with Ireland in 1914.
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Northern Ireland international Danny Wilson scored Luton's second goal in the 1988 League Cup Final and appeared for the club 142 times between 1987 and 1990. He is pictured here in 2008.
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Midfielder David Oldfield , seen in 2010, played for Luton from 1986 to 1989 and from 1995 to 1998.
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Scott Oakes , a Luton player from 1991 to 1996, pictured in 2010.
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Matthew Spring represented Luton 357 times over two spells (1997–2004 and 2007–2008), scoring 43 goals. In this 2009 photograph he is seen in Charlton Athletic colours.
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Luton-born Kevin Foley played 166 times for his home-town club between 2002 and 2007. He is seen here in 2009 as a Wolverhampton Wanderers player.
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Forward Rowan Vine , pictured in 2011, scored 33 goals for Luton between 2005 and 2007.
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Keith Keane , seen here in 2011. Born in Luton, he made his first-team debut in 2003 and made 284 appearances for the club across four different leagues before leaving in 2012.