Championship

Luton Town needed a major shake up

When Luton were relegated in May, nobody would have dared to suggest that a team who’d achieved so much should be broken up.

by
The LeaguePaper Team
12 January 2025

Gone: Rob Edwards

When Luton were relegated in May, nobody would have dared to suggest that a team who’d achieved so much should be broken up.
But hindsight is a wonderful thing, and it’s now clear that the players who’d reached Wembley, won a playoff final and fought so valiantly to remain in the Premier League had already scaled their mountain.
Some of those boys, like Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, began their journey to the summit in the National League. Others clambered aboard in League One.
Each and every step of the way, they were straining to punch above their weight, constantly upsetting ...

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