LUTON TOWN
Pre-Season Match, Kenilworth Road, Saturday 23 July 2022, 3pm BST
West Ham United contest their penultimate pre-season match at EFL Championship club Luton Town on Saturday afternoon.
The Hammers make the relatively short trip to Bedfordshire seeking to bounce back from their first defeat of the summer at Scottish Premiership side Rangers on Tuesday evening.
David Moyes’ squad will not have things easy at Kenilworth Road, though, as Nathan Jones’ Hatters enjoyed a superb 2021/22 campaign, finishing sixth in the Championship before being edged out by Huddersfield Town in the Play-Off semi-finals.
The game will also see West Ham come face-to-face with a number of former Hammers in defenders Dan Potts and Reece Burke and midfielder Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu.
Tickets…
West Ham United’s allocation of 1,580 standard tickets for Saturday’s game has sold out.
Wheelchair and Accessible (AEA) tickets are available priced at £15 for Adults, £8 for O65s/U22s, £6 for U17s and £1 for U10s. Please call our Ticket Office team on 0333 030 0174 or email [email protected]. Personal Assistants are issued free of charge.
For full ticketing details for our 2022/23 pre-season matches, click here.
How to get there…
If you are driving to Kenilworth Road, the address for your sat nav is 1 Maple Road, Luton LU4 8AW, but please note Away supporters will be situated in the Oak Stand.
Oak Road is closed to traffic on matchdays and parking in the streets surrounding the stadium is very limited, so supporters are urged to park at Luton railway station, which is a 15-minute walk or free shuttle bus away.
Driving from east London, head for the M25 then take the northbound M1 at Junction 21.
Exit the M1 at Junction 11, proceed along A505 dual carriageway. After one mile, take the second exit at the roundabout, then go straight across two sets of traffic lights and down the hill. Follow signs to the Town Centre/Station and park in the 756-space multi-storey car park at the station.
If you are coming by train, Luton is on the Thameslink line from London St Pancras which also stops at Farringdon and London Blackfriars.
Where to stay…
Luton has most of the usual hotel brands in the town centre and, with an international airport to its name just a couple of miles away, plenty of other options for accommodation.
For convenience, staying in the former would put you within walking distance of Kenilworth Road, which is situated half-a-mile or so north west of the town centre and Luton railway station.
What to do…
Luton has a number of notable attractions within a few miles of the town centre.
Among them are ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (pictured, above), which is situated a few miles south west of Luton, and Wrest Park, an English Heritage country estate and house north of Luton off the A6 on the way to Bedford.
You can also enjoy a walk on the National Trust’s Dunstable Downs.
Luton itself is home to significant Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities and is home to some fine restaurants serving delicious South Asian cuisine.
What’s happened there before…
Despite the fact we have faced Luton Town over 100 times in competitive matches, including war-time fixtures, it is over 28 years since our most recent visit to Kenilworth Road.
That was in an FA Cup sixth-round replay, when Scott Oakes famously – or infamously – inspired the Hatters to a 3-2 win over Harry Redknapp’s Hammers.
Our most recent victory at Kenilworth Road was in January 1992, when Mike Small scored in a 1-0 win in the old First Division.
The Irons’ first visit to Luton’s historic home was in January 1906, when future Olympic Gold medallist Harry Stapley scored in a 1-1 draw in the Southern League.
