Luton Town reached the Vertu Trophy Final at Wembley next month after beating Northampton Town 2-1 at Kenilworth Road on Wednesday evening.
The Hatters had trailed to Kyle McAdam’s first half header, as Nahki Wells levelled in the second period, Liam Walsh winning it late on with his first goal of the club. To find out how the home players rated on the night, see below.
13. Ali Al-Hamadi (SUB): 7
Above Cole in the pecking order now, he came on for Wells midway through the second half, as he showed a real intent to stretch the visiting defence to try and find the winning goal. Thought he had done so when letting fly from 25 yards, beating Burge, desperately unlucky to see his attempt crash against the post and away from the lurking Morris. Won the free kick that saw Naismith step up and send Kenilworth Road into raptures, while somehow didn't earn another one in stoppage time when brought down once more. Photo: Andy Fitzsimons
14. Davy van den Berg (SUB): 6
Brought on with Luton in search of a goal and was rumoured to be a candidate to take the free kick when it arrived, only for Naismith to assume responsibility instead, with the rest history. Might have protected the ball a bit more late on as with a few minutes left, tried to attack rather than go for the corner and ended up giving possession back to the Cobblers, but thankfully it didn't prove costly. Photo: Pete Norton
15. Gideon Kodua (SUB): 6
On to replace Lawrence as Wilshere reshuffled his attacking options in the closing stages, as they quickly took the lead through Naismith's set-piece and then saw out injury time to earn a truly precious three points in Town's battle for the top six. Photo: Andy Fitzsimons
16. George Saville (SUB): N/A
One of Luton's closers now, he replaced Walsh in injury time and was able to get stuck into the midfield battle as Luton won a third successive league match for the first time in almost a year. Photo: David Horn