Hatters boss Mick Harford hailed his courageous braves after 1-1 draw against Bradford, but was again left to rue a defensive mistake.

He said: "We are disappointed we haven't come away with a victory today, in the way we have approached the game and the football we played, especially in the first half.

"At 0-0 you are always vulnerable. A long hopeful punt was misjudged by one of our defenders and they scored their goal.

"I think we showed a lot of character and courage to get the ball back on the halfway line and press for the equaliser.

"I thought the whole team was excellent in every department and it was just a hopeful punt down the middle. It was blowing a gale and there was a swirling wind.

"I think it would have been a travesty if we had lost today.

"I'm sure Stuart (McCall] got into his players at half time. They showed a lot of character the Bradford lads, especially when they went down to 10 men.

On the goal, Harford said: "They had one centre forward on the pitch and I decided to allow our full-backs to bomb on and Ed (Asafu-Adjaye] got in a telling cross.

"We created enough today to win the game.

"I've told the players I'm proud of the performance but disappointed to give the goal away."

Harford revealed that Sol Davis has hurt his hamstring and Lewis Emanuel tweaked his knee ligaments while going for a drop ball.

He said: "Lewis has opened his leg up and he has tweaked his ligament. Hopefully it's not too long out because we've got a bit of an injury problem at the moment.

"It was a bit of a war zone down there in terms of injuries. We came down here with 14 pros.

But he also had praise for Luton's bit-part stars who helped Town gain a valuable point.

Harford added: "I thought Jake (Howells) was excellent and first class in very difficult conditions.

"Paul McVeigh has been on the periphery. He has been waiting for his chance and training hard and working hard.

"It's pleasing the people who have stepped up to the plate have played well and shown they can do a job."