{"id":580566,"date":"2021-01-26T04:55:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T09:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=580566"},"modified":"2021-01-26T04:55:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T09:55:36","slug":"northampton-town-peter-kioso-luton-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/26\/northampton-town-peter-kioso-luton-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Northampton Town Sign Peter Kioso on Loan From Luton Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/22\/oldham-athletic-sign-nicky-adams\/\" target=\"_self\">Northampton Town<\/a> have completed the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/football-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_self\">loan<\/a> signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/25\/luton-town-weekly-round-up-story-of-two-encouraging-losses\/\" target=\"_self\">Luton Town<\/a> defender Peter Kioso.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old spent the first half of the season in League Two with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/08\/bolton-wanderers-sign-kieran-lee\/\" target=\"_self\">Bolton Wanderers<\/a> and was one of the few shining lights in what has so far been a disappointing campaign for the Trotters.<\/p>\n<p>He joins a Northampton side who are in the relegation zone of League One until the end of the current season.<\/p>\n<h2>Peter Kioso Joins Northampton Town on Loan<\/h2>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>On the signing, Cobblers manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntfc.co.uk\/news\/2021\/january\/peter-kioso\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keith Curle said<\/a>: &#8220;Peter is a player we have been tracking for some time and have been very impressed by.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was on our radar before he went out to Bolton, we monitored his performances there, he did very well for Bolton and has shown excellent progression in his career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has both power and pace, he is a good athlete and he can play in any role down the right-hand side as a wing-back or a full-back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a threat going forward, he has good defensive qualities too and he will add to our squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Kioso started out in the youth academy of Northampton&#8217;s near-neighbours, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/24\/matt-oriley-completes-move-mk-dons\/\" target=\"_self\">Milton Keynes Dons<\/a>, and after a spell in non-league with Dunstable Town, he was picked up by National League outfit Hartlepool United.<\/p>\n<p>After two seasons in the North East, he returned down south to sign for Luton, but after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lutontoday.co.uk\/sport\/football\/luton-town\/luton-boss-believes-new-signing-kioso-one-future-1377385\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dubbed as<\/a> &#8220;one for the future&#8221; by then-manager <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/25\/graeme-jones-set-to-join-steve-bruces-coaching-staff-at-newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Graeme Jones<\/a>, he was loaned to Bolton for the first half of the 2020\/21 season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Bolton&#8217;s lowly league position under Ian Evatt, Kioso was a bright spark and managed to contribute three goals in just 14 games from right wing-back.<\/p>\n<p>The Dublin-born defender is ineligible to feature against Fleetwood Town tonight due to being signed after the deadline but could make his debut this weekend against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/22\/wigan-athletic-set-to-sign-george-johnston\/\" target=\"_self\">Wigan Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Z43eg9jRRURxQxFGTafUcA\" 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\/1229983673\" 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:'Z43eg9jRRURxQxFGTafUcA',sig:'i8LTXdutxqCs5CmfgoZrrZGZNxtHbVMOrPDHaVynj9s=',w:'594px',h:'402px',items:'1229983673',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>Northampton Town have completed the loan signing of Luton Town defender Peter Kioso. The 21-year-old spent the first half of the season in League Two with Bolton Wanderers and was one of the few shining lights in what has so far been a disappointing campaign for the Trotters. 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