LUTON TOWN SIGN LEICESTER CITY KEEPER LOGAN ON LOAN

Luton Town have signed Leicester City goalkeeper Conrad Logan on loan until January from Championship side Leicester City, subject to Football League clearance.

The 22-year-old shot-stopper will compete with Hatters number one Dean Brill for the goalkeeper’s jersey and becomes the fifth on-loan player at Kenilworth Road.

Logan is the Foxes third-choice goalkeeper behind Paul Henderson and their on-loan Liverpool stopper David Martin.

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson said, “Conrad wants to play first-team football and, with two other good goalkeepers here, I felt it would be best for both parties if he went out on loan and gained further experience.”

Logan signed a professional contract at the Walkers Stadium in 2003 after the Foxes brought him over from his native Ireland. A scout had spotted him in 2000 playing for Swilly Rovers.

He made his League debut during the 2005-06 season during two loan spells with Boston United, where he made 13 appearances for the Pilgrims, before returning to his parent club, Leicester City.
He started the 2006–07 season in goal for Leicester City, making over ten appearances. He made his senior debut in a 2–0 Carling Cup win over Macclesfield Town on on August 22nd 2006.

However, Logan was dropped from the first-team squad after conceding four goals against Sheffield Wednesday on December 2nd 2006. He regained his place in April 2007 under caretaker manager Nigel Worthington, and helped Leicester avoided relegation from the Championship.

On August 6th 2007, the then Foxes manager Martin Allen made Logan and Max Gradel available for loan for the forthcoming season, the 2007-08 campaign, and on on August 9th 2007, Logan signed a season-long loan deal at League Two side Stockport County.

He became a regular for the Hatters and a fans’ favourite and played 38 games for Stockport County, helping the team to a Wembley play-off final on May 26th 2008, where they met and defeated northwest rivals Rochdale 3-2 to earn promotion to League One.

However, pushed down the pecking order at the Walkers Stadium by Australian goalkeeper Paul Henderson and on-loan stopper David Martin, he made the loan move to Kenilworth Road to compete for the number one spot with Dean Brill.
Story date: Thursday, August 21, 2008