Karl Whitehouse takes a look at the history between wolves & luton
First Meetings
Division 2 – The first meeting of the two clubs in Division 2 was on the 25th September 1976 the game finished 2-1 to Luton Town at Molineux.
Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs in Division 1 was on the 5th November 1955 the game finished 5-1 to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road.
Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs in Championship was on the 10th September 2005 the game finished 1-1 at Kenilworth Road.
FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the FA Cup was in the 9th January 1932 the game finished 2-1 to Wolves the game was played at Kenilworth Road.
League Cup – The first and only meeting of the two clubs in the League Cup was on the 30th August 1977. The 2nd Round the game finished finished 3-1 to Luton Town game at Molineux.
Most Recent Meetings
FA Cup – The most recent game was in the 3rd Round on 5th January 2013 it finished 1-0 to Luton Town.
Championship – The most recent game was on the 3rd March 2007 the game finished 3-2 to Wolves.
Division 1 – The most recent game was on the 10th December 1995 the game finished 3-2 to Wolves.
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 23rd September 2023 the game finished 1-1.
Biggest Win
Division 1 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 29th August 1956 the game finished 5-4 to Wolves.
Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 3rd March 2007 the game finished 3-2 to Wolves.
FA Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was in the 5th Round on the 20th February 1960 the game finished 4-1 to Wolves.
Biggest Defeat
Division 2 – The biggest defeat between the clubs was on the 25th September 1976 the game finished 2-1 to Luton Town.
Division 1 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 5th November 1955 the game finished 5-1 to Luton Town.
FA Cup – The biggest defeat between the clubs was on the 5th January 2013 the game finished 1-0 to Luton Town.
Other Meetings
Wolves played Luton in a pre-season friendly on the 2nd August 2023 played at Molineux and the game finished 0-0.
Match of the Day
There was a game near the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on the 23rd September 1995 the game finished 0-0.
Do you remember?
Wolves 2 Luton Town 1 13th January 2006 in Championship at Molineux
Luton started the game with a shot by Showunmi which went straight at the goalkeeper Postma from distance.
Kennedy tried from distance as well for Wolves but that too went straight at goalkeeper Beresford.
Nothing much else happened in the game and it was 0-0 at halftime.
12 minutes in to the second half of the game a Kennedy cross went to Clarke who chested it down who then shot straight at the goalkeeper Beresford who only parried it to Davies on his debut who hit his shot into the back of the net to give Wolves the lead 1-0
10 minutes left on the clock Luton were given a free kick in a dangerous position and this was taken it hit the wall only cleared as far a midfielder unmarked who then crossed the ball into box went towards Howard who headed in the equaliser to make it 1-1.
Then in 88th minute of the game Wolves got the winner of the game when Ince hit a shot from distance that went in the back of the net to make it 2-1 to Wolves.
Full time whistle came, and Wolves got the 3 points.
Wolves Team: Postma, Ross, Edwards, Craddock, Lescott, Kennedy, Davies, Huddlestone, Ince, Cort, Clarke.
Substitutes: Oakes, Anderton, Seol, Ricketts, Ganea.
Manager: Glenn Hoddle
Luton Town Team: Beresford, Edwards, Coyne, Heikkinen, Underwood, Brkovic, Nicholls, Foley, Showunmi, Howard, Vine.
Substitutes: Brill, Barnett, Morgan, Bell, Feeney
Manager: Mike Newell
A little more history...
Wolves 5 Luton Town 2 31st March 1975 in Division One at Molineux
The 7th Minute goal scored by Willie Carr was scored directly from a corner.
Luton then scored in the 15th minute from Seasman and the 30th Minute from J Ryan to make the game 2-1 to Luton Town.
Wolves then scored in the 32nd minute with Kenny Hibbitt from a penalty after a handball by West and then took the lead in the 42nd minute when Hibbitt got his 2nd goal of the game to make the game 3-2 at halftime.
The 57th minute of the Kenny Hibbitt got his hat trick in the game.
The 60th minute of the Peter With finished the scoring in the game and it finished 5-2 to Wolves.
Wolves Team: Pierce, Williams, Parkin, Jefferson, Munro, McAlle, Hibbitt, Carr, Withe, Kindon, Daley.
Substitute: Gardner
Manager: Bill McGarry
Luton Town Team: Barber, JG Ryan, Buckley, Anderson, Faulkner, P Futcher, J Ryan, Seasman, R Futcher, West, Aston.
Substitute: Spring
Manager: Harry Haslam
Head to Head Stats
Premier League Stats
There has been 1 draw between the two sides.
Overall Head-to-Head
There have been 33 games in total.
Wolves have won 14 Games.
Luton Town have won 13 Games.
There has been 6 Draws.
Last 6 Matches
10th December 1995 Luton Town 2 Wolves 3 at Kenilworth Road. (League Division 1)
10th September 2005 Luton Town 1 Wolves 1 at Kenilworth Road. (Championship)
13th January 2006 Wolves 2 Luton Town 1 at Molineux. (Championship)
26th August 2006 Wolves 1 Luton Town 0 at Molineux. (Championship)
3rd March 2007 Luton Town 2 Wolves 3 at Kenilworth Road. (Championship)
23rd September 2023 Luton Town 1 Wolves 1 at Kenilworth Road. (Premier League)
Last League Meeting
Wolves 1 Luton 0 26th August 2006 in Championship at Molineux
Carl Cort had chances early in the first half of the game making two chances one drawing a save from the visiting goalkeeper Marlon Beresford and the other one with a header that went wide of the goal.
But in the second half of the game Wolves managed to take the lead of the game when Cort’s flick on to Johnson who went on to beat Beresford with a low shot that went in off the post to make it 1-0 to Wolves.
Luton had few chances in the game, but their new player Sam Parkin had a penalty claim in the second half, but this was turned down by the referee.
Johnson had another effort in the game, but his shot went straight at the goalkeeper Beresford, but Wolves held on to win this game 1-0.
Wolves Team: Murray, Edwards, Craddock, Breen, Clapham, Potter, Henry, Olofinjana, Jones, Cort, Johnson.
Substitutes: Ikeme, Ricketts, Clarke, Craig Davies, Little.
Manager: Mick McCarthy
Luton Team: Beresford, Foley, Barnett, Heikkinen, Davis, Edwards, Robinson, Langley, Emanuel, Vine, Feeney.
Substitutes: Brill, Bell, Keane, Morgan, Parkin.
Manager: Mike Newell
PLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
Mark Burke Played for Wolves 1990-1994 made 77 appearances scored 14 goals and played for Luton Town in a loan spell 1993-1994 made 4 appearances.
Steve Claridge Played for Luton Town in 1992 made 16 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Wolves 1998 made 5 appearances.
Carlos Edwards Played for Luton Town in 2005-2007 made 74 appearances scored 8 goals and played for Wolves from October 2008 in a 3-month loan spell from Sunderland made 6 appearances and had his loan spell ended on 20th November 2008.
David Edwards Played for Luton Town 2007-2008 made 26 appearances scored 4 goals and played for Wolves from January 2008-2017 made 307 appearances scored 44 goals.
Kevin Foley Played for Luton Town 2002-2007 made 166 appearances scored 5 goals and played for Wolves 2007-2015 made 213 appearances scored 6 goals.
Ryan Giles Played for Wolves 2008-2023 made 1 cup appearance and currently playing for Luton Town after signing for them in the 2023 Summer Transfer Window made 11 appearances to this date and has left the club recently to join Hull City.
Bob Hatton Played for Wolves 1964-1967 made 10 appearances scored 7 goals and played for Luton Town 1978-1980 made 82 appearances scored 29 goals.
Billy Kellock Played for Luton Town 1982-1983 made 9 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Wolves 1982-1984 made 12 appearances scored 3 goals.
Andy King Played for Luton Town in spells 1974-1976 and 1985-1986 made 36 appearances scored 9 goals and played for Wolves 1985 made 28 appearances scored 10 goals.
Michael McIndoe Played for Luton Town made 47 appearances scored 0 goals and played for Wolves 2006-2008 made 32 appearances scored 3 goals.
Jack Nelson Played for Wolves 1932-1935 made 74 appearances scored 4 goals and played for Luton Town 1935-1939 made 134 appearances scored 1 goal.
Jesse Pye Played for Wolves 1946-1952 made 188 appearances scored 90 goals and played for Luton Town 1952-1954 made 61 appearances scored 32 goals.
Jack Taylor Played for Luton Town 1952-1954 made 85 appearances scored 29 goals and played for Wolves 1952-1954 made 10 appearances scored 1 goal.
Bobby Thomson Played for Wolves 1961-1969 made 300 appearances scored 3 goals and played for Luton Town 1972-1976 made 135 appearances scored 2 goals.
Others Who Played for Both Clubs
Matthew Barnes Homer, Marlon Beresford, Joe Blackett, Gordon Brice, Mark Crook, Harry Crump, Ian Feuer, Andre Gray, Bob Hazell, Harry Keeling, Joe McBride, Stacey North, Andy Petterson, Graham Rodger, Mike Small, Jack Smith, Alan Steen.
Played, Coached, Managed Both Teams
Rob Edwards Played for Wolves 2004-2008 made 111 appearances scored 1 goal and also managed Wolves October 2016 to November 2016 for 2 games and is currently the Luton Town Manager from November 2022 to this day managing them for 38 games.
Matt Jackson Played for Luton Town 1990-1991 made 9 appearances and was appointed Wolves as a Strategic Player Marketing Manager 2021 and has just left his job there in June 2023 to become President of Wolves partner club Grasshopper Club Zurich, February 2024 returned to Wolves to become Head of professional football development.