Money hails his herculean Hatters

TOWN boss Richard Money hailed a herculean effort from his side as they battled to a 1-0 victory at Rushden & Diamonds on Tuesday night, writes Mike Simmonds.

Robbie Willmott’s first half goal was enough for the Hatters to inflict Diamonds’ first home defeat in five games.

Money said: “(It was) a herculean effort from the team given what we’ve been asked to go through on Saturday.

“I thought it was a massive performance and a massive result for us.

“We started really brightly for the first 20 minutes, we changed the shape, played a little bit differently, allowed the front players to roam and Danny (Crow) to play a little bit deeper.

“We scored a goal, opportunistic, from a mistake, but nevertheless you’ve still got to score it.

“In fairness to Rushden it was a big game for them.

“They needed the three points themselves, they pressed and squeezed and got tight all over the pitch and made it a real battle.

“Overall we showed little periods of quality and it was almost the perfect away performance. If we had got the second goal, I would say it was.”

Roared on by a superb away following of 1,227 in a crowd of 2,459, Money made a point of applauding the visiting fans at the end and believes the birth of ‘Team Luton’ is starting to gather pace.

He added: “There was terrific support for us again, great numbers, great vocally, a real togetherness again on and off the pitch.

“I think the supporters have seen again the team give everything they’ve got to get the result.

“Team Luton, they were here. We’ve made another huge step on the road to where we want to get to in terms of togetherness and in terms of the camp that really believes we can go places.

“It was a tough away game and a big result for both team and supporters.”