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Nine thousand home fans sounded like a dozen times the number and it will be a wonder if, upon waking up on Wednesday, any Luton supporter inside Kenilworth Road will have the capacity to vocalise exactly how this felt. They were climbing out of the National League nine years ago and now one of the Championship’s supposed minnows stands a game from the top flight.Wembley will pulsate to the awesome energy and running power of Rob Edwards’ remarkable team; Coventry or Middlesbrough will have to deal with them more effectively than Sunderland, whose manager Tony Mowbray watched a depleted side run out of steam. Gabe Osho and Tom Lockyer gave Luton an aggregate lead with goals from set pieces in the first half; they barely allowed their opposition a sniff after that and the emotions poured out liberally at full time. Continue reading...