The Ladies retained the Bedfordshire County Cup with a comfortable 4-0 win over Arlesey Town.
Arlesey had caused the demise of Bedford Town in the Semi-Final but a repeat performance was never on the cards as the Town dominated possession and the game from start to finish.
Playing up a slope in the first half, Luton`s attacking formation and movement upfront proved too much for the Arlesey defence and their keeper made two diving saves in the first ten minutes to keep the game goalless.
However, after 15 minutes there was little she could do when Rebecca Kane twisted one way and then the other on the edge of the box before firing a shot low into the corner to give Luton a 1-0 lead.
Arlesey briefly rallied after that and their captain ran too far without being challenged but her shot from distance was high and wide and did not trouble the Town goal.
The pressure continued and the Arlesey keeper was again brought into action as she closed the ball down to prevent Michelle Byrne shot beating her with a fine stop.
A sustained spell of pressure brought Luton the second goal when Jessica Nash delivered a pinpoint cross, to the near post area, which was met by the head of Candice Davies and her header looped into the far corner of the net for the goal of the night.
Soon it was 3-0 and game over with a wonderfully delivered inswinging corner from Nash avoiding everyone except Byrne who got the finest of touches on the ball as it floated goalwards.
With all the work done in the first half the second period was a one way procession towards the Arlesey goal but some poor finishing and wayward approach play kept the scoreline the same until the last 10 minutes, when Kane wriggled free in the area and smashed her shot hard into the roof of the net to round off a 4-0 win which retains the County trophy.
Overall it was a very comfortable cup final victory with the challengers being restricted to just two off target efforts during the entire match, which is a compliment to the organisation and defensive shape the team maintained all game in spite of playing a very attacking formation.
A cup final win is always something to be celebrated but the players are now firmly focused on their final three league games which if they win them all will bring the holy grail of national football to Luton.
It will be a tough task and the pressure is now really on a very young team with just an average age of around 18 but they have proved they are very capable of beating more experienced and higher ranked opponents so although a big ask, it really is achievable.
