
Luton Town have announced they will play a six game schedule in pre-season, while the Hatters have also received notification of 5 games being broadcast on TV.
Between 13th July and 3rd August, Luton will start their programme of pre-season friendlies against Danish side Aarhus in a game behind closed doors at their training ground The Brache, before they play two friendlies behind closed doors in a training camp in Slovenia against Ukrainian outfit Rukh Lviv and Göztepe of Turkey.
Rob Edwards’ side will then play an away game against Dundee United in Scotland on 26th July, before a designated Luton Town 11 comprising reserve and first team players will travel to play League Two side Port Vale on 30th July.
The Hatters’ final pre-season friendly will see Luton host La Liga side Celta Vigo to Kenilworth Road on Saturday 3rd August. Luton have confirmed tickets to the game will be made available from 15th July, with a specific ticket plan to be announced in due course.
Luton will stream the games against Aarhus, Rukh Lviv, Göztepe and Celta Vigo on their LTFC+ streaming platform, while Dundee United will do a similar streaming arrangement for the game against Luton.
Meanwhile, Luton will have five of their Championship matches in August and September 2024 broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK.
The Hatters’ opening game against Burnley had already been selected for broadcast, with Sky broadcasting all EFL games on the opening weekend, but Luton’s games against Portsmouth, QPR, Millwall and Plymouth will also now be moved from their original slots for live TV coverage.
Luton’s game at last season’s League One winners Portsmouth will be a 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday August 17th, while their home game against QPR has been moved to being an 8pm kick-off on Friday August 30th.
The other two games to be moved will be the Hatters’ trip to play Millwall, which will be a 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday 14th September, and Luton’s trip to Plymouth, which will now take place on Friday 27th September as an 8pm kick-off.
Luton’s games against Preston on 24th August and Sheffield Wednesday on 21st September will remain in Saturday 3pm kick-off slots.