The Town Under-18s made it three wins on the spin as Joe Deeney’s side got their the defence of the PDL Cup under way with a 3-0 win over Oxford at The Brache on Saturday.

After beating Plymouth 5-1 and Leyton Orient 6-4 the Hatters kept their first clean sheet of the campaign thanks to a number of early saves from Charlie Booth.

Having nullified the Oxford threat the Town took the lead in the 22nd minute when Ty Lesser was brought down outside the box and Darren Frimpong-Kwakye whipped in a magnificent free-kick in off the underside of the crossbar.

And the Hatters doubled their lead in first-half stoppage time when Enoch Sampson threaded a fine pass through to Sam Hincapie-Alfonso who slotted a composed finish past the Oxford goalkeeper.

The Town were indebted to another good stop from Booth to prevent the visitors from pulling a goal back but, on 55 minutes, the game was made safe when Lesser found Dawid Gawel and the striker rounded the goalkeeper to make it 3-0.

A fourth goal proved elusive as the Hatters hit the post and crossbar in the closing stages and they had to settle for three goals in their opening group stage fixture.

“After the chaos of the Leyton Orient game to keep a clean sheet was very pleasing,” said Deeney. “To win three games in a week is a credit to the players and the clean sheet will give us all a boost.

“We’ve scored 14 goals in three games which speaks volumes for our attacking intensity.”

Town: Booth, Richards, Barnes, Kwame Anson, El Gourja, Frimpong-Kwakye, Gawel, Asamoah, Lesser, Hincapie-Alfonso, Warlow.

Subs: Swain, Burton-Green, Isufi, Passley-James, Sharp.