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Luton 1-0 Wolves

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Alex Lawless scores for Luton Town

Non-league Luton Town secured a place in the FA Cup fourth round with a shock win against Championship side Wolves.

Alex Lawless was the home team's hero, while Wolves then sacked manager Stale Solbakken hours after the match.

Wolves were punished when defender Kevin Foley messed up a clearance, allowing Jon Shaw to head down for Lawless to volley home on 46 minutes.

Four-time winners Wolves created little in response as the Hatters deservedly ran out as surprise winners.

Despite the 59 league places between the teams, Blue Square Bet Premier play-off hopefuls Luton always looked comfortable against a Wolves outfit with only three wins in 17 outings.

Luton started positively by pressing at every opportunity and JJ O'Donnell fired over from 18 yards before Kevin Doyle shot wide at the other end.

The home side had a great chance to take the lead when Wolverhampton-born Andre Gray - released by the Black Country club as a teenager - raced clear only to have his shot saved by Wolves keeper Carl Ikeme.

Wolves improved towards half time with Anthony Forde firing over and Luton keeper Mark Tyler twice denied Bakary Sako in quick succession.

Town's Jon Shaw flashed a chance across goal and won a throw-in at the start of the second half from which Luton scored their decisive winner.

Wolves defender Foley failed to clear and Shaw headed down for Lawless to volley into the bottom corner.

Luton remained on top and O'Donnell drilled over before Wolves's Christophe Berra headed against the top of the bar.

O'Donnell was carried off on a stretcher after receiving lengthy treatment following a kick to the head by substitute Slawomir Peszko.

And despite nine minutes of injury time, during which Tyler tipped over from Jamie O'Hara, the Hatters held firm for a famous Cup win, which proved to be the final straw for Solbakken.

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  • Comment posted by U15398520, at 19:40 5 Jan 2013

    I'm a Lutonian and what a message this sends to football fans everywhere. Believe and you can achieve.

    Would love a big Premier League club to travel to Kenilworth Road next.

  • Comment posted by Simon Martyn, at 19:56 5 Jan 2013

    This is a bigger 'shock' than the Brighton victory over Newcastle, but gets less coverage because it's not a Premiership side. FA Cup is all about Cupsets personally, so I wanna see this more than the other so called 'shocks'!

  • Comment posted by howfunny, at 20:19 5 Jan 2013

    come on you hatters......what a result

    hopefully get a prem team next round

    COYH

  • Comment posted by John G, at 19:11 5 Jan 2013

    Well done Hatters - great result.
    Hopefully get one of the big guns to swell the coffers for the promotion push.
    YAY !!!!!!

  • Comment posted by U13951569, at 18:43 5 Jan 2013

    Well in Luton, great day for the long suffering fans that have had their club fleeced (allegedly) and for the last couple a' three years have finally got some decent owners.

    Good luck with the promotion push and hopefully you get a decent tie in the 4th round to get a few quid in the coffers.

  • Comment posted by Coolica1, at 18:38 5 Jan 2013

    Fair play to Luton, 4000 more fans here than at Blackburn

  • Comment posted by JAZZA_1995, at 01:34 6 Jan 2013

    This wasn't a fluke like the Macclesfield game, Luton played well and deserved the victory.

  • Comment posted by dogeared, at 23:34 5 Jan 2013

    Hope this helps to a Luton revival - they should be a Championship club again.

  • Comment posted by U14111780, at 22:23 5 Jan 2013

    @42 Indeed those were the glory days when Luton Town were in the top division and Wolves were in the fourth. I can't remember the last time the mighty Wolves won a cup (scratches head, rubs chin).

  • Comment posted by U14111780, at 21:59 5 Jan 2013

    Luton Town played in the top division between 1982 and 1992.

  • Comment posted by smudger50, at 21:39 5 Jan 2013

    OMG
    How bad,bad,bad are Wolves,this was bang out of order.Could the FA not bring in a rule if a team Play as Sxxt ats Wolves are relegated the next season for the sake of fans.TAXI FOR WOLVED TO 3 DIVISION PLEASE.

  • Comment posted by RJ, at 21:30 5 Jan 2013

    An enjoyable game, especially as a Luton fan. Full credit to the Wolves fans - stood and applauded the Luton team as they left the field of play.

    One of the worst performances by a linesman I have seen however. He would constantly wait until the referee had given a decision before making his own decision.

    A big premiership team in the next round please - we need a challenge!

  • Comment posted by U14049904, at 20:56 5 Jan 2013

    Stale has been sacked following the defeat.

  • Comment posted by U15129783, at 20:29 5 Jan 2013

    poor wolves, they really have lost their 'Grit' under mick they at least had that never say die attitude, didnt see that today... shame really. still well done luton, might see you in the next round ;P

  • Comment posted by U15440669, at 20:21 5 Jan 2013

    Morgan/Moxey/Solbakken please get out of my club now

  • Comment posted by U15466227, at 19:52 5 Jan 2013

    Congrats to the Hatters, well played.
    Morgan Moxey sort it.

  • Comment posted by U15534509, at 19:43 5 Jan 2013

    15. It would be awesome if Luton played a huge club like Man.U, even better if they traveled to Kenilworth Road and even better if they won.

  • Comment posted by U15563258, at 18:35 5 Jan 2013

    Absolutely unbelievable! Solbakken needs to leave and leave NOW!!! It'll be too late by the time he leaves. Every fan who went today should be refunded the whole amount for what they paid and be given free travel to the next away game as well. But Moxey and Morgan will never do that. Wouldn't be surprised if we go down again this season.

  • Comment posted by U15443567, at 17:18 6 Jan 2013

    Really pleased to see Luton knocking out Wolves. Still find it hard though to look at Luton as a non league team, harshly treated with the various points deductions & really think of them as League 1 or Championship club. As a Norwich fan I'm delighted we've drawn you & think it'll be a cracking cup tie for both sets of fans. Well done Hatters but hopefully your run will end at Carrow Road.

  • Comment posted by sproutpicker, at 14:35 6 Jan 2013

    in reply to Tanglefoot (comment 56) you might want to just take a look at League 2 where you will find Everton's opponents Cheltenham. We're not non-league, thanks and haven't been since 1999.

    Good result for Luton.

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