{"id":552406,"date":"2020-05-28T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T10:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=552406"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:28:48","slug":"nathan-jones-return-luton-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/05\/28\/nathan-jones-return-luton-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Jones Returns to Luton Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Jones has been confirmed as the new Luton Town boss, returning to the club he left in early 2019. Luton, who sit second bottom of the Championship, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/04\/24\/graeme-jones-leaves-luton-town-by-mutual-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parted company with Graeme Jones<\/a> back in April, with the club feeling the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<h2>Nathan Jones Makes Luton Town Return<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? CLUB STATEMENT | The most successful manager in Luton Town\u2019s Football League history returns to Kenilworth Road.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back, Nathan Jones!<\/p>\n<p>?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i4Z7Yhtf3B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/i4Z7Yhtf3B<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COYH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#COYH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NY8UDpgDA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NY8UDpgDA0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @LutonTown (@LutonTown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LutonTown\/status\/1265953462254174209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Jones&#8217; Previous Spell<\/h3>\n<p>Jones previously spent three years with the Hatters between 2016 and 2019. Under his tenure, the club finished fourth in League Two in 2016\/17, losing out to Blackpool in the play-offs. They went one better in the next campaign though, securing automatic promotion by finishing second &#8211; five points behind winners Accrington Stanley.<\/p>\n<p>The Welshman continued to perform well with the Bedfordshire club and they were well on their way to the League One title before he was poached by second-tier side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/stoke-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoke City<\/a>. Mick Harford took over the reins at Luton and helped them secure the title.<\/p>\n<h3>A Poor Period at Stoke<\/h3>\n<p>Jones struggled at Stoke after joining them in January 2019. He only just kept them in the division, following their relegation from the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2019\/20 season, after just two wins from their opening 14 games, Jones was sacked on November 1.<\/p>\n<h3>Return to Luton<\/h3>\n<p>Relations between Jones and the Luton fans soured after his departure for Stoke. However, given what he achieved at the club in such a short space of time, that relationship could be quickly repaired, regardless of which league they end up in for next season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsPeteO\/status\/1265946450187505664\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Some reports<\/a> even suggest that Jones took training at the club this morning ahead of his return.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nathan Jones has taken training at Luton Town this morning ahead of his appointment as the club\u2019s manager for a second spell. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LTFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LTFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/scfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#scfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete O&#8217;Rourke (@SportsPeteO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsPeteO\/status\/1265946450187505664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s currently unknown whether Jones will have a chance to keep Luton in the Championship or whether they will be relegated based on their current position.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"8gVGkKuPRBd5da8j1z-Z6w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/901111758\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'8gVGkKuPRBd5da8j1z-Z6w',sig:'G_g3gs3SdJLuVRzsJdK99_8OPb_MwPJdIYt-atcXmtE=',w:'594px',h:'401px',items:'901111758',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Jones has been confirmed as the new Luton Town boss, returning to the club he left in early 2019. Luton, who sit second bottom of the Championship, parted company with Graeme Jones back in April, with the club feeling the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic. Nathan Jones Makes Luton Town Return &nbsp; ? 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