Luton boss Rob Edwards praised his players after their 1-0 win against Newcastle.
Andros Townsend proved the matchwinner on the day as the match marked as a tribute to Tom Lockyer as he recovers from an on-field cardiac arrest.
Edwards said: “I’m an emotional wreck at the moment aren’t I, my kids are going to be hammering me for crying again, I’ve got to stop, but I’m just immensely proud of everyone.
“This has been a really challenging week for everyone and they don’t teach you this on the coaching courses, how you deal with stuff like this. I’ve needed my team around me, I’ve needed my staff, Gary (Sweet), the CEO, the board, the players, they’ve been amazing, really brave and we’ve rallied around each other.
“I’ve got to be honest, it’s been hard to concentrate on a game of football this week with everyone that’s gone on and my focus has been on Tom and his family. Then there’s been a job to do, an important Premier League game, but we’ve all helped each other and the performance today I thought was incredible.”
He added, “I think the performance was the most complete performance that we’ve had so far this season. We’ve been playing really, really well and so I don’t think it’s because of what’s happened that we’ve won the game today and kept a clean sheet.
“We did talk about it, we wanted to do it for Tom, but I don’t think there was any extra motivation there. We’ve always wanted it, we wanted to win, we wanted to fight, but I thought today we really embodied everything that Tom Lockyer is as every single individual that went out there, even the ones that didn’t, supported each other, fought for each other, they were brave, so brave.”
