Overview

• Luton acted after a 2-0 defeat at Stevenage that left the team 11th in the table.
• Academy coach and former player Alex Lawless takes interim charge for Tuesday’s EFL Trophy match at Cambridge United.
• Assistant Richard Thomas, first-team coach Lee Harrison and analyst Ben Cirne have also departed.
• A committee drawn from the executive team, recruitment, football staff and the board has begun the search for a permanent manager.
• The move follows back-to-back relegations since the 2023 promotion and comes 10 days after CEO Gary Sweet publicly backed Bloomfield.