1996–97 Luton Town F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Luton Town 1996–97 Lennie Lawrence David Kohler Kenilworth Road Second Division 3rd Play-offs Semi-finals FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round Football League Trophy Second round Thorpe (28) Thorpe (32) 6,781 1995–96 1997–98 During the 1996–97 English football season, Luton Town F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. Season summary In the 1996–97 season, Luton started just as badly as the last, with three straight defeats. However, the introduction of young forward Andrew Fotiadis saw Luton burst into life, as they shot up the table with a run of eight wins and two draws in eleven games. Tony Thorpe, too, proved to be a revelation, scoring 28 goals to become the division's top scorer. Luton were nearly promoted, but finished in third place, four points off automatic promotion and then lost to Crewe Alexandra in the play-offs. Crewe hit back to knock out Luton https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-crewe-hit-back-to-knock-out-luton-1261674.html The Independent Independent News & Media Norman Fox 1997-05-15 2009-05-13 London Final league table 1996–97 Football League#Second Division Second Division y LUT Results Luton Town's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/luton-town/1996-1997/results Luton Town 1996-1997 Results - statto.com 2015-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20120216061943/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/luton-town/1996-1997/results 2012-02-16 live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Cup 1996-97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR116 November 1996 Torquay UnitedA1–03,450HughesR27 December 1996 Boreham WoodH2–15,332Marshall (2)R321 January 1997 Bolton WanderersH1–17,414JohnsonR3R25 January 1997 Bolton WanderersA2–69,713Thorpe (2) League Cup 1996-97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg 20 August 1996 Bristol RoversH3–02,643Grant, Thorpe (pen), OldfieldR1 2nd Leg 3 September 1996 Bristol RoversA1–2 (won 4–2 on agg)2,320OldfieldR2 1st Leg 17 September 1996 Derby CountyH1–04,459JamesR2 2nd Leg 24 September 1996 Derby CountyA2–2 (won 3–2 on agg)13,569Grant, ThorpeR322 October 1996 WimbledonA1–15,043HughesR3R12 November 1996 WimbledonH1–2 (a.e.t.)8,076Blackwell (own goal) Football League Trophy 1996-97 Football League Trophy +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSR110 December 1996 Leyton OrientH2–11,594SR24 February 1997 Northampton TownA0–14,201 Squad http://www.11v11.com/teams/luton-town/tab/players/season/1997 All Luton Town players: 1997 ENG GK Nathan Abbey ENG GK Kelvin Davis USA GK Ian Feuer SCO DF Graham Alexander ENG DF Ben Chenery ENG DF Steve Davis ENG DF Richard Harvey ENG DF Julian James ENG DF Marvin Johnson ENG DF Des Linton ENG DF Gavin McGowan on loan from Arsenal NIR DF Darren Patterson ENG DF Trevor Peake ENG DF Aaron Skelton ENG DF Mitchell Thomas ENG DF Matthew Upson ENG DF Chris Willmott ENG MF Sean Evers BUL MF Boncho Genchev WAL MF Ceri Hughes ENG MF Paul McLaren ENG MF David Oldfield ENG MF Paul Showler IRL MF Gary Waddock ENG FW Stuart Douglas ENG FW Andrew Fotiadis IRL FW Liam George GHA FW Kim Grant ENG FW Andy Kiwomya on loan from Bradford City JAM FW Dwight Marshall ENG FW John Taylor ENG FW Tony Thorpe Player details Players arranged in alphabetical order by surname. Pos.NameLeagueCupPlayoffsTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDFSCO Graham Alexander44 (1)211 (1)02057 (2)3GKENG Kelvin Davis00100010DFENG Steve Davis43 (1)81212057 (1)9FWENG Stuart Douglas2 (7)01 (1)0003 (8)0MFENG Sean Evers10100020GKUSA Ian Feuer46011020590FWENG Andrew Fotiadis9 (8)30 (4)01 (1)010 (13)3MFBUL Boncho Genchev15 (12)16 (4)00021 (16)1FWGHA Kim Grant8 (17)26 (2)30 (1)014 (20)5DFENG Richard Harvey1 (1)000001 (1)0MFWAL Ceri Hughes36412200486DFENG Julian James44111110562DFENG Marvin Johnson44010110551FWENG Andy Kiwomya51000051DFENG Des Linton3 (4)040007 (4)0FWJAM Dwight Marshall9 (15)45 (1)30 (2)014 (18)7DFENG Gavin McGowan20000020FWENG Paul McLaren13 (11)00 (1)02015 (12)0MFENG David Oldfield31 (7)65 (2)22338 (9)11DFNIR Darren Patterson8 (2)03 (1)02013 (3)0MFENG Paul Showler21 (2)67 (2)01029 (4)6MFENG Aaron Skelton2 (1)030005 (1)0DFENG Mitchell Thomas4239020533FWENG Tony Thorpe39 (2)286 (1)32048 (3)31DFENG Matthew Upson0 (1)000000 (1)0MFIRL Gary Waddock38 (1)2802048 (1)2 References Category:Luton Town F.C. seasons Luton Town