The 2021–22 season was the 136th season of competitive football and third consecutive season in the

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played by Luton Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in

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, Bedfordshire, England. Luton also competed in the

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and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Background and pre-season

After leading

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to safety from

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on the final day of the 2019–20 season, Nathan Jones guided the team to a top-half finish in 2020–21 with their highest points total in the second tier since 1981–82. Luton Town's first-team pre-season programme began with an away fixture against

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, before a week-long training camp at Queen Ethelburga's College in

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, North Yorkshire, England, which concluded with a behind-closed-doors match against

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. This was followed by friendlies away to Bedford Town and

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, before home fixtures against

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and

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Match results

EFL Championship

League table

Results summary

Play-offs

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Transfers

In

: Brackets around club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Luton. : * Signed primarily for the under-21 squad

Out

: Brackets around club names indicate the player joined that club after his Luton contract expired.

Loan in

Loan out

Appearances and goals

:Source: Discipline records accessed via individual player pages. :Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. :Players with name and squad number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. :Players with names ''in italics'' and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Luton. :Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes. :Key to positions: GK –

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; DF – Defender; MF –

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; FW – Forward

References

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