Amongst our line-up were new signings Paul Mitchell and Keith Rowland who joined us from AFC Bournemouth earlier this month as well as Gerry Peyton the Irish international goalkeeper.
After 18 mins the Hatters converted a free-kick to open the scoring but we drew level after 32 mins when Steve Jones, our leading scorer in the Combination last season, equalised. A long ball into the penalty area found Jones who went past a couple of defenders and then drew the opposing 'keeper before slotting home the ball from an acute angle. It was a well-taken strike and unfortunately the only highlight in our teams afternoon.
Within one minute we were in arrears once again and fell further behind three minutes before the interval when former Chelsea and Southampton striker Kerry Dixon headed home.
Following the interval break, when Jerome John replaced Peyton, we again had difficulty in creating chances. Midway through the half Luton once again found the net and that was enough to enable them to run-out fairly comfortable 4-1 winners.
Manager, Paul Hilton was very disappointed with his team's performance and was hoping for a better effort from the side for tonight's visit to Bristol Rovers.