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Profile from the U's official website:
He sounds pretty good to me - and not to blame for this season's disaster at Cambridge....
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Luke was in the youth system at Torquay United between the ages of 11 and 17, but when he was only offered a short-term deal by the Gulls he accepted the offer to serve the final year of his scholarship at the Abbey Stadium.
Small in stature but big-hearted and combative, the midfielder was compared to Billy Bremner by former U's boss Roy McFarland and made his first team debut in spectacular fashion in John Beck's first game as manager in February 2001, netting inside two minutes against Oldham.
The following season he became a first team regular under new manager John Taylor, and by the age of 21 he already had over 90 first team appearances under his belt.
Two-footed, brave, surprisingly good in the air and a good passer of the ball, Luke can play anywhere in midfield but his preferred role is in the centre, which is where he established himself last season. By early 2004 he had been linked with a number of Premier$hite and Division One clubs but in mid-February Luke signed a contract extension to June 2006. He finished the season as the only ever-present and with twelve goals to his name.
Herve Renard named him as the new captain at the beginning of the 2004-05 season but at the end of August he became affected by a serious vital infection and returned to his family home near Torquay to recover under their supervision.
In early November he began his rehabiliation at the FA's National Rehabilitation Centre at Lilleshall and returned to the first team in the home win against Rushden & Diamonds.
He sounds pretty good to me - and not to blame for this season's disaster at Cambridge....
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Luke was in the youth system at Torquay United between the ages of 11 and 17, but when he was only offered a short-term deal by the Gulls he accepted the offer to serve the final year of his scholarship at the Abbey Stadium.
Small in stature but big-hearted and combative, the midfielder was compared to Billy Bremner by former U's boss Roy McFarland and made his first team debut in spectacular fashion in John Beck's first game as manager in February 2001, netting inside two minutes against Oldham.
The following season he became a first team regular under new manager John Taylor, and by the age of 21 he already had over 90 first team appearances under his belt.
Two-footed, brave, surprisingly good in the air and a good passer of the ball, Luke can play anywhere in midfield but his preferred role is in the centre, which is where he established himself last season. By early 2004 he had been linked with a number of Premier$hite and Division One clubs but in mid-February Luke signed a contract extension to June 2006. He finished the season as the only ever-present and with twelve goals to his name.
Herve Renard named him as the new captain at the beginning of the 2004-05 season but at the end of August he became affected by a serious vital infection and returned to his family home near Torquay to recover under their supervision.
In early November he began his rehabiliation at the FA's National Rehabilitation Centre at Lilleshall and returned to the first team in the home win against Rushden & Diamonds.
