Early exchanges produced little for either forward line, our only opening in the first twenty minutes a Jeroen Boere header easily saved by the Luton goalkeeper. After half an hour Darren Currie beat his full‑back and slipped a diagonal pass to Kenny Brown, whose driven low cross caused brief panic before the defence cleared; from his position Brown might have tested the keeper himself.
Peter Butler, returning after knee surgery, covered every blade of grass and five minutes before the interval broke up a Luton attack on the edge of our box, beating three men before clearing. Just before half‑time Tony Gale’s free‑kick was scrambled away as Boere challenged, and seconds later Luton struck the post, our defence clearing the rebound off the line.
Chances remained scarce after the break, though on the hour Steve Jones forced an excellent diving save with a left‑foot shot. Teenage keeper Kelvin Davis then produced an even better stop, flying to his left to keep out Boere’s powerful header from Brown’s centre, and later denied Dale Gordon with another full‑length save.
In the final ten minutes Butler released Boere inside the area, only for the Dutchman to be thwarted again in a scramble. But with seven minutes remaining Boere’s persistence finally paid off: breaking from halfway, he turned inside the box, beat three defenders and fired a left‑foot shot into the corner to secure a valuable victory.