LUTON TOWN are back in the big time after winning the Championship play-off final 6-5...
After hitting football’s depths, Town will be a Premier League club next season and welcome some of Europe’s big boys to their tiny Kenilworth Road ground
Luton will be everyone’s candidates to be relegated but who cares? They deserve their moment of glory having had a fine season. Today was a reward for their tenacity and desire which resulted in a great day out for their loyal fans. Most estimate that winning this match is worth close to £150 million to the winner which will mean that Luton’s future is now financially sound and that has not always been the case.
Carlton Morris and Elijah Adebayo were threatening the City defence as every minute went by. Morris missed a good chance after a lapse in the Coventry defence and then saw a shot deflected for a corner as the men in orange ramped up the pressure. Next it was Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu’s turn to pass up an opportunity on 22 minutes.goal of the season but all the heavy lifting was done by the dangerous Adebayo who beat Kyle McFadzean with ease before setting up the goal scorer.
Coventry only came alive as the half neared a close. After a period of possession Gustavo Hamer fired over as his team at last came to the party. All of sudden Coventry looked much more menacing; there was now more energy and threat. The men in blue were now passing the ball to colleagues in the same colour shirt and that was now rattling Town.minute when Hamer – after fine work by Viktor Gyokeres – scored with a crisp right foot strike.
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