Luke Daley was originally with the Norwich City academy as a boy but was releaed when he was an under-12. He was recalled as a under-14 but his family then moved to Northampton, limiting his ability to play and train with the academy. He then spent some time with Northampton Town

In October 2005, the academy decided to move the young striker to Norwich in preparation for him joining the academy as a full-time scholar in the summer of 2006. This is the first time that Norwich have moved a schoolboy into digs but Luke's talent was apparent from the fact that in October 2004, he was called up for England Under-15s vs Northern Ireland at Lurgan on Nov 4th

Luke was called up by Glenn Roeder to the first team and was on the bench for the 11th March 2008 clash with Stoke City. He had impressed with four goals from six reserve team starts during 2007/8 and eight goals from his 20 Academy Under-18 games. he was awarded his first professional contract on 4th April 2008