Luton Town: Craig Mackail-Smith starts as Hatters pick up friendly win in Portugal

Craig Mackail-Smith was the headline name in the Luton Town line-up as the Hatters beat Portuguese side Farense 1-0 in a training match this evening.

The former Dagenham & Redbridge, Peterborough United and Brighton & Hove Albion striker is on trial with Town on their tour in Portugal and would be a major signing for the club should a deal be done.

A full Scotland international, Mackail-Smith was released by Brighton in the summer, the club he joined from Peterborough in 2011 for a initial fee of £2.5million.

He was a prolific goalscorer at Posh, where he found the target 99 times in just over four years at London Road.

His goal-scoring rate slowed at Championship side Brighton but it would still be something of a surprise if the 31-year-old dropped to League Two level with Luton, despite his past relationship with Hatters boss John Still at Dagenham.

Luton won the match against Farense, who play in the second tier of the Portugeuse system, 1-0 thanks to a first half header by new signing Stephen O’Donnell.

Mackail-Smith played for the first 45 minutes as Still opted to change his entire team at the break.

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Zane Banton, Magnus Okuonghae, Paddy McCourt and Dan Potts were all fit but were not used in the match, which Luton also used to look at other as yet unnamed trialists, including a goalkeeper.

Luton team: First half: Justham (King), O’Donnell, Trialist, Wilkinson, Griffiths, Lawless, Guttridge, Doyle, Hall, McQuoid, Mackail-Smith.

Second half: King (Trialist 60), Williams, Cuthbert, McNulty, Onyemah, Green, Smith, McGeehan, Trialist (Lawless), Benson, Marriott.