Luton Town reach the FA Cup second round with an injury-time winner after Forest Green Rovers stage a remarkable comeback from three goals down in a thrilling first-round encounter.
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THE FA Cup first round draw has CONCLUDED – and Jack Wilshere’s Luton face a potential banana skin tie!
Luton are set to play the winners of Worthing or Forest Green Rovers.
While four-time winners Bolton take on League One side Huddersfield.
Clubs in the Premier League and Championship don’t enter the FA Cup until the third round.
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Wilshere briefly returned to Luton in 2021, being invited to train at the club by then boss Nathan Jones after he had left West Ham.
He says it was around this time that he started considering a move into coaching.
And Wilshere took advice from current Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta before taking a managerial job.
“About a year ago I asked Mikel when he knew he was ready,” Wilshere said at his news conference on Monday.
“He laughed and said ‘you just have to jump in and swim as hard as you can’.
“He’s done that really well and this feels a little similar. It’s a different level but Arsenal wasn’t a nice place when Mikel went in.
“The fans weren’t sure what was happening and he built complete unity and trust in what he was doing.”
Yet it was clear to some Wilshere was going to become a manager much earlier in his career.
“You could see the way his brain works, what he sees on the football pitch, how he wants to play the game and change things,” said Paul Robinson, who played with Wilshere when he was on loan at Bolton in 2010.
“You could always see that he would go into [management] and the coaching side eventually.”
Robinson added: “You [can see the] players who could go on and be good coaches, they understand the game, and they can change the game quickly with a different formation or moving players to a different position…
“With Jack, he was always that type of guy. He understood it. He always wanted to talk about different things.
“He was a young player and he always demanded things of you, like he was a senior player. He would always dictate things on a football pitch and make me see the game differently as well.”
Former Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere has been named manager of League One side Luton Town.
The 33-year-old succeeds Matt Bloomfield, who was sacked earlier this month having spent less than a year in charge at Kenilworth Road.
It is Wilshere’s first full-time managerial role, taking over a Luton side 11th in the third tier following back-to-back relegations.
He beat Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens to the role and is believed to have signed a three-year deal.
Chris Powell has also joined Luton as Wilshere’s assistant – the former England left-back had been at Walsall for just two weeks as interim first-team coach, coming in to cover for Gary Waddock as he recovers from ankle surgery.
“It’s a huge honour and a privilege to be named Luton Town manager,” Wilshere told the club’s official site, having left the Hatters aged nine to join Arsenal.
“It feels like a full-circle moment for me. I was eight when I first came to Luton as a boy, so I guess you could say it’s fate that my first full-time club managerial position is at this club.
“This club’s story inspires me. Built on belief, unity, and hard work.
“The club have shown incredible character on and off the pitch in recent times, and I’m honoured to lead to take the responsibility to lead this group into the future.”