Summary

  • Luton return to top flight for first time since 1991-92, season before Premier League founded

  • Eleven successful penalties until Coventry's Dabo missed target

  • Luton captain Lockyer 'responsive and talking' after collapsing on pitch

  • Lockyer taken to hospital for further tests

  • Coventry scorer Hamer limps off with injury

  • Sky Blues finished fifth in Championship, 10 points behind third-placed Luton

  1. 'You can feel the change of momentum'published at 18:28 British Summer Time 27 May 2023

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    Steve Ogrizovic
    Ex-Coventry City goalkeeper on BBC CWR

    Mark Robins will be saying just keep doing what you're doing and the goal will come.

    Coventry are on top.

    The fans have got something to cheer now and the second half has been so much better.

    You can just feel the momentum change in this game.

  2. Postpublished at 75 mins

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    Gustavo Hamer has gone down injured, landing funny.

    It gives everyone chance to regroup. The Coventry players are grasping bottles and slurping down liquids to replenish in the sweaty, steamy conditions.

    Luton also. Someone needs to calm them down and find their poise.

  3. 'Luton need a change'published at 18:25 British Summer Time 27 May 2023

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    Leon Barnett
    Former Luton defender on BBC Three Counties Radio

    Something needs to change for Luton. Nobody is comfortable enough to put their foot on the ball and keep possession.

    I think Elijah Adebayo is tired. It seems a lot of the boys out there are fatigued.

    Luton v CoventryImage source, PA Media
  4. CLOSE!published at 73 mins

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    Viktor Gyokeres rolls a ball into the Luton box, an angled pass which Matty Godden locks onto but can only lash over the bar.

    Ethan Horvath breathes easier for a moment. Luton on the rack.

  5. Game on then?published at 18:24 British Summer Time 27 May 2023

    Coventry 1-1 Luton

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport at Wembley

    Goals Change GamesImage source, Ged Scott - BBC Sport

    Wow. What a moment that was.

    What a beauty from the Brazilian.

    And a din that sounded even louder than the Jordan Clark first-half stunner for Luton.

    It has left a behind a trail of blue smoke and a thundering rendition of the Gus Hamer Song.

    Goals change games, they say!

  6. Postpublished at 72 mins

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    Coventry's turn to play direct now, as the first-time balls forward for Matty Godden and Viktor Gyokeres are paying off.

    Godden goes shoulder to shoulder with Gabe Osho and wins a free-kick in a testing area... right side of the box.

    Gustavo Hamer sends it in... not sufficiently cleared. Cov have it back...

  7. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    Elijah Adebayo gets a toe to Cody Drameh's ball forward for Luton, but the Coventry defence just drown him out.

    No heads down, in their shell stuff from Luton. Back out firing. Almost as if it were the wake-up call they needed.

    Coventry believe though now. Real energy from their fans.

  8. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    There we go. Parity.

    Game on. Forget the last 68 minutes. It's all down to the next 22!

  9. 'Fantastic finish'published at 18:19 British Summer Time 27 May 2023

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Steve Ogrizovic
    Ex-Coventry City goalkeeper on BBC CWR

    It’s a great goal.

    It’s all Viktor Gyokeres isn’t it.

    He does really well down the left, pulls it back and it’s a fantastic finish from Gustavo Hamer.

    Both of these have been star players and boy have they come to the fore.

  10. 'Game on now'published at 18:19 British Summer Time 27 May 2023

    Luton 1-1 Coventry

    Leon Barnett
    Former Luton defender on BBC Three Counties Radio

    Luton will be bitterly disappointed, having been in a dangerous area themselves. Viktor Gyokeres does great work, but if you're a defender you have to make sure it stays out wide.

    Gyokeres did really well to cut inside and find Gustavo Hamer who side-foots it nicely.

    It was coming and it's a vital goal. Game on. There are some tired bodies out there now.

  11. goal

    GOAL: Luton 1-1 Coventrypublished at 66 mins

    Gustavo Hamer

    Coventry scoreImage source, PA Media

    Superb goal on the counter from Coventry, who have the goal they had just started to threaten and it's all square!

    The ball was played up to Viktor Gyokeres who held up perfectly and rolled a fine ball into Gustavo Hamer to pick his spot low with a measured side-foot.

    Outstanding display of counter-attacking football.

  12. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Corner cleared... Coventry break!

  13. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Coventry are slack in possession and Luton break quickly with Elijah Adebayo back covering.

    Jordan Clark yomps forward, finds Carlton Morris on the right but his cross is blocked. Corner.

    Alfie Doughty winding one up...

  14. Still time for a heropublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 27 May 2023

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Steve Ogrizovic
    Ex-Coventry City goalkeeper on BBC CWR

    There’s still time to be a hero in this game.

    They’re just forcing it a little bit.

  15. Postpublished at 63 mins

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Oh, Callum Doyle. I think he thought he was Stuart Pearce for a minute, as he drove forward in Sky Blue and then blazed a shot ridiculously high and wide on his left foot from about 35 yards.

    Silly.

  16. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Luton free-kick. Alfie Doughty wraps his left-foot wand round it and arcs it back-post, but Carlton Morris can't get a clean connection.

    Still causing problems.

    At the other end, Ethan Horvath claims confidently and commandingly as Coventry send it up in hope rather than promise.

  17. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Luton's rhythm has all gone to pot in midfield, where Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu was picking his passes with perfection now he's skewing them.

    Coventry are winning that tussle, but still the final ball is letting them down. Viktor Gyokeres might only need one good delivery, but he's not had it yet.

  18. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Coventry v LutonImage source, Rex Features

    Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres just lets his frustrations get the better of him as he snaps at the heels of Reece Burke as he shepherds the ball to the sideline.

    Eventually the Sweden striker loses his cool and Burke goes down. Free-kick.

    But the Sky Blues certainly not being bullied anymore.

  19. Much better from Sky Bluespublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 27 May 2023

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport at Wembley

    A much brighter start to the second half for Coventry, now that they have added another attacking outlet in Matty Godden.

    That has got the Sky Blues fans going. And the game has changed.

    It looks nervily quiet now at the orange end.

  20. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Luton 1-0 Coventry

    Coventry chanceImage source, PA Media

    No sun beating on players' backs with the pitch cast in shadow now.

    Coventry are trying to get the ball up to Viktor Gyokeres but Luton have swamped their box and surrounding areas.

    Gustavo Hamer wins it, slips out to Brooke Norton-Cuffy.

    Great ball in from the right, between keeper and defence, Matty Godden attacks but Luton clear behind.

    Corner swept in after that, Luke McNally can't keep his header down.

    It's pulsating and it's Coventry enjoying the purple patch.