The Hatters youth team completed a league and cup double with a superb 3-0 win in the U17 PDL Cup final at Swansea this afternoon.

Joe Deeney's lads, who celebrated EFL Youth Alliance South title success a fortnight ago, added more silverware to their season's haul with a terrific performance at the Swansea.com Stadium.

While goals from Archie Shepherd, Tate Xavier-Jones and Benny Benagr saw off the hosts, there were towering performances throughout the side, from Lucas Thomas in goal, Christian Chigozie at the back and midfield trio of Harry Fox, Zach Ioannides and Dylan Stitt as the young Hatters proved worthy winners.

Town had to call on Thomas to make a big save from Kai Rhodes in the opening stages, and Ioannides to make a perfectly timed block in his six-yard box to deny Harvey Gray an open goal after great footwork from Bobo Evans took the Swans winger past Thomas just after half-hour.

But Xavier-Jones, Stitt and Fox had already caused major concern in the hosts' defence by the time we took the lead six minutes before half-time.

The all-action Fox spead a beautiful ball out to the left where Benagr was rampaging, and arced an inch-perfect cross into Shepherd's path to stroke home from 12 yards.

It was a deserved lead and soon after the break the Hatters were threatening to make it two, with Shepherd, Benagr and Xavier-Jones linking up with some scintillating play down the Town left.

Shepherd headed over at the far post on 53 minutes after strike partner Xavier-Jones picked him out with a lovely cross from the right, but the advantage was doubled four minutes later.

Fox took a short corner with Ioannides, then delivered a cross to the far post where skipper Chigozie, a rock at the heart of defence, rose to head back across goal for Xavier-Jones to nod into the net.

Thomas made another big save to preserve the two-goal advantage just after the hour, keeping out Callum Jones' far-post volley, before Benagr finished the job with the best goal of the game on 67 minutes.

The left-sided flyer picked the ball up in the middle of Swansea's half and wove his way through the heart of their defence, trading passes with Stitt as he burst into the box to finish left-footed past home keeper Tom Wright.

It was a goal worthy of sealing any league and cup double, and it might have bene more emphatic had Wright not produced a great save to deny Lloyd Asamoah Jr a fourth in the closing stages, while Chigozie celebrated a brilliant tackle in his own box to block Bobby Lewis' shot and preserve the clean sheet with two minutes to go as if he'd scored himself!

That was inidicative of the spirit shown by the team who were a credit to coaches Deeney, Ronnie Henry and the club, as they go in search of a treble next Friday when they travel to Bolton to take on the EFL Youth Alliance North champions.

Well done lads, we're all proud of you!

Town: Thomas, Roberts-Edema, Fox, Ioannides (El Gourja 90), Chigozie (c), Kwame Anson, Asamoah Jr, Stitt (Hincapie-Alfonso 82), Xavier-Jones (Evans 75), Shepherd (Gawel 75), Benagr. Sub not used: Booth (GK).

Goals: Shepherd 39, Xavier-Jones 57, Benagr 67.