Luton

3

Craddock 15 Parkin 35 Hall 73

Shrewsbury

1

Davies 20
(HT 2 - 1)
Kickoff: 15:00
Att: 5661
Lowly Luton shock in-form Shrews
Luton earned their first win of 2009 by beating Shrewsbury 3-1 at home to earn three points in their relegation battle at Kenilworth Road.
 
Craddock: Netted the opener
Craddock: Netted the opener
 

Luton Town

  1 Brill
  15 Asafu-Adjaye
  2 Gnakpa *
yellow card 3 Davis
  3 Bower
  4 Keane
  42 Craddock ***
  9 Parkin
  35 Martin **
  16 Jarvis
  14 Hall

On The Bench

  McVeigh
  7 Henderson
  10 Charles *** (91)
  32 Gallen ** (78)
  40 Howells * (61)

Shrewsbury

  26 Daniels
  3 Ashton
  2 Herd
  4 Jackson
  5 Coughlan
  6 Dunfield
  11 Davies
  15 Murray **
  10 Walker *
  9 Holt
yellow card 17 Humphrey ***

On The Bench

  1 Garner
  18 Leslie *** (79)
  19 Symes * (61)
  8 Langmead
  7 Pugh ** (75)

The hosts went ahead in the 16th minute when Asa Hall flicked on Rossi Jarvis' corner at the near post and Tom Craddock touched home on the line for his sixth of the season.

The Shrews levelled four minutes later when Richard Walker chested Terry Dunfield's chipped pass into the path of skipper Ben Davies, who prodded into the far corner from 14 yards for his 11th of the campaign.

Chris Humphrey struck the crossbar in the 29th minute for the visitors but it was Luton who went back in front six minutes later when Sam Parkin controlled Chris Martin's cross on his chest before lashing home left-footed from 10 yards for his first goal since August.

Shrewsbury piled on the pressure at the start of the second period as Grant Holt was denied by Dean Brill's point blank save before Davies hit the underside of the bar with a 30-yard free-kick on the hour.

Instead it was the Hatters who stretched their lead in the 73rd minute when Richard Jackson's defensive header fell perfectly for Hall to stroke home his eighth of the season in off the foot of the post from 22 yards.

The visitors are now without an away victory in the league since August.

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