Matt Bloomfield appointed

Bloomfield appointed as Luton Town manager

Hatters confirm arrival of Wycombe boss on three-and-a-half-year deal

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Luton Town Football Club is delighted to announce that Matt Bloomfield has been appointed as the Hatters’ new manager.

The Town board have complied with all compensation requests from Wycombe Wanderers to bring the 40-year-old to Kenilworth Road, along with his assistant Richard Thomas, first team coach Lee Harrison and senior analyst Ben Cirne.

Bloomfield has put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half-year contract and will be in the dugout for Saturday’s home Championship clash with Preston North End.

Our new manager, who made over 500 appearances as a midfielder for Wycombe over a 19-year period, arrives in Bedfordshire having worked wonders at Adams Park since returning from a five-month spell at Colchester to take over as manager in February 2023.

In the calendar year 2024 alone, Bloomfield’s side gained 87 points in League One, scored 107 goals in all competitions and reached the EFL Trophy final, in which they were runners-up to Peterborough United at Wembley.

He departs the Buckinghamshire club having guided them to second place in the third tier, while also leading them into the FA Cup fourth round.

Town CEO Gary Sweet said: “It is with great pleasure and excitement that we are able to announce Matt’s appointment on a long-term contract.

“Before anything else, I would like to thank Wycombe for their co-operation in ensuring a swift and smooth transition. It may be flattering to be on the receiving end, it’s never pleasant, but we have made sure that we’ve gone above and beyond to compensate Wycombe to secure his services, along with his trusted coaching team.

“Over the years in which we as a club have risen up the EFL, we encountered Matt at every step as a respected captain of his team, and together they have always shared our hunger and desire to improve and get to the next level.

“Since returning to Wycombe as manager we have been hugely impressed with his work in leading them back towards the top of League One, and especially in how they have done it in such an entertaining way, forging a reputation for front-footed attacking football.

“We identified Matt’s personal and team-building qualities as the outstanding candidate to fit in with the culture we have long established here at Luton Town, and I’m sure every supporter will join me in welcoming him, along with Richard, Lee and Ben to Kenilworth Road.

“Finally, I’d just like to thank the immense amount of work and attention to detail our recruitment team have put into identifying the best candidate and impressing him in meetings, along with the fantastic, as ever, and unanimous support of the board in arriving at a quick decision after interviewing Matt.”

Bloomfield said: “It’s a genuine honour and a privilege to be here, to be appointed as manager of this incredible club. I’m really, really proud. It’s been a busy few days, a very busy weekend but I’ve met the recruitment team, met Gary and spent some time with the board.

“The fact that they’re all Luton supporters and that they care so much about their football club shone through, and the fact that they had a real big desire for me to join our football club also shone through, so I’m incredibly proud and very, very happy to be here.

“That made me feel very comfortable and very wanted, which is huge for me. I want to work with people who care and fans who also care – and they certainly do here. I want to work with people who want the best for their football club, and that’s more than evident with Gary, the chairman and the board of directors.

“That feeling that they gave me and the feeling of being wanted, how much research they’ve done into me and the football team that we’ve produced at Colchester and Wycombe, and the knowledge base of what I stand for, who I am and what we’ve tried to produce in our football team left me in no uncertain times that this was the right move at the right time.”

Welcome to Kenilworth Road, Matt, Richard, Lee and Ben!

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