Cobblers to be backed by huge support at Luton as 'proud' Kevin Nolan targets more history

The club confirmed on Monday afternoon that they have now sold all of their 1,342 tickets for what will be a first ever domestic semi-final, and manager Kevin Nolan cannot wait.

“We’re in a cup semi-final for the first time in our history and it’s a chance to go to Wembley,” he said. “What an opportunity for us. We’ll give it our best, as we always do.

"It’s a history-making game, which is great, but I want to go even further. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I wanted to do well in this competition and we’ve already surpassed any other team in the club’s history.

"It’ll be tough against a good Luton side but we’re going to have nearly 1,500 fans there, which is fantastic, and they’ll all be dreaming about Wembley. We have to dream as well and we have to go out there, perform, get a bit of luck and hopefully we’ll be celebrating reaching Wembley.”

Like Cobblers, Luton have also rotated their squad throughout the competition, although Jack Wilshere did go relatively strong for the quarter-final win over Plymouth, with the likes of Nahki Wells, Jordan Clark and George Saville all starting.

"Luton's financial clout and the money they can pay their players has all been Premier League standard,” Nolan added. “They lost a lot of players but they're one of the biggest earners in the division so it's going to be tough.

"But we more than matched them at our place earlier in the season and we should have got more from that game so why can't we go there and cause an upset? That's certainly what we're planning to do.

"I can't wait for it. I'm so proud we've got ourselves there, the furthest we've ever gone in the competition, and we're just one step away from Wembley. Let's go and enjoy it and hopefully we'll work off the game plan, execute it and we can be celebrating a trip to Wembley.”