Luton Town are set for a return to the third tier for the first time in a decade, thanks to a free-scoring forward line and lots of fluid attacking play.

Early in the season they amassed a collection of high-scoring wins, starting with an 8-2 demolition of Yeovil and adding 7-1 (Stevenage) and 7-0 (Cambridge) to the collection. It appeared nobody could stop them, other than themselves.

A stumble after Christmas has left them chasing Accrington for the title, a chase they look likely to lose, but they’ve still secured promotion with games to spare. Many observers have them as the best team in the division on their day, let down by inconsistency rather than inability.

Their manager, Nathan Jones, is in his first proper job after leaving as a manager after a brief spell as caretaker of Brighton in 2016.

He’s a former left-back who played for Brighton and Yeovil, but he’s also one of a ‘new breed’ of manager, coming up from League Two with grand ideas.

Instead of always turning to the same old tired names, should the likes of West Brom and Southampton be looking at Jones and his Kenilworth Road revolution?

Jones has managed for just 134 games now, but in that time he has taken Luton Town to League One at the very least. He's won 69 of those games, drawing 33 and losing 32.

For any manager other than those at the top of the Premier League, that is a great percentage. When you're in League Two there's a lot of cup matches to play, EFL Trophy games where a defeat goes on your record, but perhaps not on your conscience. Jones doesn't lose a lot of really important matches and he wins more than his fair share of run-of-the-mill fixtures.

His total points haul is 1.79, pretty much a benchmark for success. The old adage goes you need to win your home matches and draw those you play away. That would give you a points per game ratio of two, so Jones isn't far from having the recipe down to a tee.

West Brom an Southampton should be taking note, if they don't now they might just miss the boat. Nathan Jones is a man on the up and he doesn't look like stopping that climb anytime soon.