Nathan Jones: Taking Luton up would be ‘possibly the greatest story in football’

Luton boss Nathan Jones believes guiding the club to the Premier League would rank as “possibly the greatest story in football”.

The Hatters were relegated from the top flight just before it was rebranded in 1992 and fell out of the Football League in 2009 after being docked 30 points for financial issues.

Jones is three games away from completing a remarkable comeback as he prepares for a two-legged Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final with Huddersfield.

His side host the Terriers at a sold-out Kenilworth Road on Friday evening before travelling to West Yorkshire for the return match on Monday.

“John Still (former Luton boss) did a fantastic job of getting the club out of the National League – we’ve taken that on and evolved the football club to where it is now,” said Jones, who is in his second spell as Town manager.

“Along the way there have been ups and downs, there’s been a bit of turmoil, people have come to the fore.

“All these things have happened and it’s been a real, real good journey, it’s been a good recent history and it’s a fantastic football club.

“Everything has come together but to do that it’s more than one person, it’s more than five people, it’s more than 10 people, it’s thousands – and that’s what we’ve got at this football club, everyone pulling together.

“It’s a wonderful, wonderful story and, if it was to be achieved, it’s possibly the greatest story in football.”

Jones was initially appointed by Luton in January 2016 after Still was sacked with the club in the bottom half of the fourth tier.

The Welshman led the club out of League Two in 2018 and had them on course for promotion to the Championship when he left to take over at Stoke.

After an unsuccessful spell with the Potters, he returned