Luton Town

Full name	Luton Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Hatters
Founded	1885
Ground	Kenilworth Road Stadium Luton Bedfordshire
Capacity	10,102
Chairman	Bill Tomlins
Manager	Mike Newell
League	The Championship
2005-06	Championship, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Luton Town F.C. are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. They are nicknamed The Hatters due to the historical association of the town with the hat making trade. They currently play in the Football League Championship after winning Football League One on April 23, 2005. Image File history File links Luton_Town_badge. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Kenilworth Road is a stadium in Luton, England which is home to Luton Town F.C., a professional football team in the English League One. ... Luton is a town and local government district in England, located 33 miles (50km) north of central London. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... 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History

Creation

Created by the merger of Luton Wanderers and Luton Excelsior in 1885, they were one of the founder members of the Southern League in 1894, and were the first professional football club in the South of England. They applied for membership of the Football League in 1896, joining in 1897 but resigned from the League in 1900 to re-join the Southern League. They moved to their Kenilworth Road grounds in 1905. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Southern League logo The Southern League is an English football league for semi-professional and amateur teams. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... Kenilworth Road is a stadium in Luton, England which is home to Luton Town F.C., a professional football team in the English League One. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Rise and Fall

The Southern League became Division Three after WW I and Luton remained in that division for seventeen seasons. The team won promotion from the Second Division in 1954-55. Luton made their only appearance in the FA Cup final in 1959 losing to Nottingham Forest. They were relegated in the [[1959-60 season falling rapidly to the Fourth Division in the next few years. Recovery began in the 1967-68 season with the Fourth Division championship and was followed by a long spell mostly in the Second Division before winning that championship in 1981-82 under David Pleat. From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... The 1954-1955 season was the 75th season of competitive football in England, from August 1954 to May 1955: // Overview Chelsea win the League Championship for the first time. ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... The Football League Fourth Division or Division Four of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958-59 season until the creation of the FA Premier League prior to the 1992-93 season. ... The 1967-68 season the 88th season of competitive football in England. ... The 1991-92 season was the 101st season of competitive football in England. ... David Pleat (born January 15, 1945 in Nottingham) is an English football manager and former player. ...

The Ray Harford era

In the mid 1980's the club became famous for instituting an "away fan ban" following a pitch invasion and hooliganism by Millwall fans. This led to the club being expelled from the League Cup in the 1986/7 season as they refused to relax the ban in order to allow Cardiff City fans to attend the two-legged tie.

The most successful years in the history of Luton Town F.C were the 1980s, beginning with the already-mentioned promotion to the First Division in 1982. Pleat maintained Luton's First Division status over the next four seasons before moving to Tottenham. He handed over the reins to coach John Moore, who guided Luton to a seventh-place finish before handing in his resignation and being replaced by Ray Harford. Ray Harford (June 1, 1945 - August 9, 2003) was an English footballer, better known for his successes as a coach and manager than as a player. ...

Harford inherited an impressive Luton squad including Les Sealey, Brian Stein, Danny Wilson, Ricky Hill, Paul Walsh, and Mick Harford. They achieved a famous 3-2 victory over Arsenal in the League Cup final at Wembley. It is the only major trophy ever won by Luton Town. But Harford was sacked less than two years later, in January 1990, with Luton battling relegation. Les Sealey (29 September 1957 – 19 August 2001) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Coventry City, Luton Town, Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham and others. ... Danny Wilson is a football manager, who has coached Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday, among others. ... Ricky Hill is a former English footballer and manager. ... Paul Walsh (born October 1, 1962 in Plumstead, London) was a diminuitive and pacy centre forward who shot to fame in the 1980s after joining Liverpool. ... Michael Gordon Harford (born February 12, 1959), is an English football coach and former player. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in north London. ... The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. ... For the railway station of the same name, see Wembley Stadium railway station Wembley Stadium is the most famous football stadium in the world, located in Wembley, London, England, which is currently being rebuilt, although it is well behind schedule. ...

Relegation

Jim Ryan took over from Ray Harford as Luton's manager and was sacked after 16 months in charge despite securing First Division survival again at the end of the 1990-91 season. David Pleat was then appointed manager for the second time, but Luton were relegated on the last day of the 1991-92 season and have been outside the top flight of English football ever since. Jim Ryan (born 1945) was a squad player for Manchester United during the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... David Pleat (born January 15, 1945 in Nottingham) is an English football manager and former player. ...

Another Relegation

Pleat remained in charge at Luton until the summer of 1995, when he moved to Sheffield Wednesday. His successor Terry Westley was sacked in December 1995, after just six months in charge, and Westley's successor Lennie Lawrence was unable to prevent Luton from finishing bottom of Division One and suffering relegation to Division Two. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club in the English Football League, based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. ... Terry Westley was brought to Derby County as Academy Director and to oversee the development of the clubs young talent. ... Lennie Lawrence, (born December 12, 1947), is a former football manager. ...

Relegation Number 3

Lawrence was sacked at the end of the 1999-2000 after four unsuccessful seasons which had seen Luton miss out on the chance to gain promotion. He was briefly replaced by Ricky Hill, who was in charge until November 2000 when Luton's terrible performances in Division Two cost him his job. He was in turn replaced by another Luton legend Lil Fuccillo, who was also sacked within months. Former Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear took over but was unable to prevent Luton from sliding into the bottom division of the league for the first time in over 30 years. Ricky Hill is a former English footballer and manager. ... Wimbledon F.C. crest Wimbledon F.C. was the name of a now defunct football club that played in south London. ... Joe Kinnear (born December 27, 1946 in Dublin) is a football manager. ...

Success at last

Kinnear got Luton promoted at the first attempt (as Division Three runners-up in 2001-02) and they finished ninth in the 2002-03 Division Two campaign. Following a takeover that summer, Kinnear was sacked by the club's new owners who appointed former player Mike Newell as their new manager, claiming that he had been elected by a phone vote (which subsequent BBC documentary Trouble at the Top proved to be incorrect - Kinnear and Steve Cotterill got more votes than Newell, but neither was willing to work under the new board)! Mike Newell can refer to: Mike Newell, film director Mike Newell, football player and manager Mike Newell, gentleman, scholar This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Steve Cotterill is an English football manager, currently at the head of Burnley in the Football League Championship. ...

The new owners were removed from power when supporters' group Trust in Luton acquired shares in the club's major creditors, Hatters Holdings, and put an administrative receiver in charge. When a local consortium took control in mid-2004, Trust in Luton were gifted a 10% shareholding and a seat on the board.

Luton Town were among the pre-season favourites for relegation from Division Two in the 2003-04 season but Newell surprised all the observers by taking the club close to a playoff place. This achievement was then surpassed in the 2004-2005 season when Luton were champions of Football League One and thus promoted to the Championship. At the end of the 2005-06 season they finished in 10th place. Newell expressed some disappointment that they didn't make the play-off's given their strong start, but promised to push for promotion to the Premiership in 2006-07 - which he felt could be achieved if new signings were made. Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... The Football League Championship logo The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the FA Premier...

Stadium

Their stadium is the 10,155 seater Kenilworth Road Stadium, Maple Road, Luton. Since the 1980s the club have been constantly reporting losses there. Kenilworth Road is a stadium in Luton, England which is home to Luton Town F.C., a professional football team in the English League One. ... Luton is a town and local government district in England, located 33 miles (50km) north of central London. ...

However recently it has been claimed that the stadium proposal near the M1 will not be viable if Luton Airport is granted permission to build a new runway. A new site is currently being looked at by the board near Junction 12 of the M1 to build a 20,000+ seater stadium to be ready for the 2008/09 season, but as yet it is not known if permission is likely to be granted or if it were, whether an enquiry would then be necessary because the site is on green belt land.

Manager Mike Newell was frustrated that the board had not considered this problem sooner and did not inform him of the problem until it was reported in the press. However he still has the desire to stay with Luton and lead the team to the Premiership. Mike Newell can refer to: Mike Newell, film director Mike Newell, football player and manager Mike Newell, gentleman, scholar This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

Current season

The 2005-06 season saw Luton starting as they finished the previous season by beating two of the relegated Premier Division teams, Crystal Palace and Southampton, in the first two games. They continued their excellent start with further victories over Preston and Norwich, both of which had been tipped for promotion, but Luton's form dropped from November, and they slipped to 9th in the Championship.

They began 2006 in the top of half of the Championship, three points off the playoff positions but in their first game of the new year they lost to local rivals Watford 2-1 at Kenilworth Road. Subsequent form was poor, though the highlight was beating high-flying Reading F.C. 3-2, and they finished the season outside the play-offs in 10th place, a feat few non-Luton fans believed was possible in August. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Watford Football Club are an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. ... Kenilworth Road is a stadium in Luton, England which is home to Luton Town F.C., a professional football team in the English League One. ... Reading Football Club is a football club, based in the English town of Reading. ...

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Current first-team squad

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No. Position Player 1 GK Marlon Beresford 2 DF Kevin Foley 3 DF Sol Davis 4 DF Chris Coyne 5 DF Russell Perrett 6 DF Paul Underwood 7 MF Carlos Edwards 8 MF Kevin Nicholls 9 FW Rowan Vine 10 FW Warren Feeney 11 MF Steve Robinson 14 MF Michael Leary 15 MF Steven O'Leary 16 FW Enoch Showunmi

No. Position Player 17 MF Paul Hughes 18 MF Ahmet Brkovic 19 FW Steve Howard 21 MF Keith Keane 22 MF Danny Stevens 23 MF Dean Morgan 25 GK Dino Seremet (on loan to Tranmere Rovers) 26 DF Markus Heikkinen 27 MF Peter Holmes 28 MF David Bell( 29 FW Calvin Andrew 33 GK Dean Brill 37 MF Stuart Sinclair 45 DF Leon Barnett 47 GK Robert Beckwith

• Manager: Mike Newell
• Coach: Brian Stein
• Coach: Marvin Johnson

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Club officials

• Chairman: Bill Tomlins
• Life President: Mike Watson-Challis
• Secretary: Cherry Newberry

Former players of note

• Joe Payne - most goals in a season: 55, scored 10 in one game.
• John Hartson - highest transfer fee at the time, sold to Arsenal for 2.5 million pounds
• Curtis Davies - broke Hartson record for highest fee; sold to West Brom for 3 million pounds
• Bob Morton - most league appearances, 494 between 1948 and 1964
• Frank Soo - first non-white person to play for England (1945)
• Don Givens - former record-breaking striker for Eire.
• Billy Bingham - played for, and managed, Northern Ireland.
• Alan Slough - home-grown talent, and one of the leading players in Luton's resurgence in the late '60s.
• John Aston - outstanding winger, and won a European Cup winners medal, with Man. Utd., before joining Luton.
• Ricky Hill - former England international, once rated by Phil Thompson as one of the most gifted players in England.
• Ronny Rosenthal
• Paul Walsh Arguably Luton's most naturally gifted forward ever. Another Luton player who played for England in the '80s. He and Brian Stein both played up front for England against France in '84. Joined the all-conquering Liverpool side.

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• Les Sealey 207 appearances, voted best keeper in Luton history
• Ron Baynham 388 appearances in goal, voted second.
• Andy Dibble saved a penalty in the League Cup final.
• Ian Feuer giant fan favourite.
• Kirk Stephens 277 league appearances - voted best right back.
• Tim Breaker runner up
• Steve Foster voted best central defender
• Mal Donaghy - most international caps, 58 for Northern Ireland
• Syd Owen 388 league appearances
• Matthew Taylor voted best left back
• Graham French voted into the midfield
• Bruce Rioch - was the star of Luton's Div 4 championship winning team of 1968. Went onto greater heights with Derby and Scotland, and managed Arsenal.
• David Moss superb crosser, free-kick specialist, and goalscoring winger
• Mick Harford got the most votes of any player, and one of the best English centre-forwards of his generation.
• Malcolm Macdonald - nicknamed 'Supermac' by the Oak Road end, and probably the most famous player ever to play for the club. Scored 5 goals in one game for England - equalling a national record.
• Brian Stein 427 appearances, 130 goals
• Gordon Turner - most goals, 243 in 450 appearances between 1949 and 1964

See also: Category:Luton Town F.C. players

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Managers

• Charlie Green 1901-1928
• George Thomson 1925 (8 days)
• John McCartney 1927-1929
• George Kay 1929-1931
• Harold Wightman 1931-1935
• Ned Liddel 1936-1938
• Neil McBain 1938-1939
• George Martin 1939-1947
• Dally Duncan 1947-1958
• Syd Owen 1959-1960
• Sam Bartram 1960-1962
• Bill Harvey 1962-1964
• George Martin 1965-1966
• Allan Brown 1966-1968
• Alec Stock 1968-1972
• Harry Haslam 1972-1978
• David Pleat 1978-1986
• John Moore 1986-1987
• Ray Harford 1987-1990
• Terry Mancini 1990
• Jim Ryan 1990-1991
• David Pleat 1991-1995
• Terry Westley 1995
• Lennie Lawrence 1995-2000
• Ricky Hill 2000
• Lil Fuccillo 2000-2001
• Joe Kinnear 2001-2003
• Mike Newell 2003-date

Dally Duncan managed Blackburn Rovers for two seasons, helping them to the FA Cup final in 1960. ... Syd Owen was an English footballer and football coach. ... Born Simonside, County Durham, 22 January 1914 Died 1981 Sam Bartram started his career as a centre forward, before moving to wing he volunteered to go in goal for bolden villa and signed for charlton athletic as a goalkeeper. ... Alec Stock (30 March 1917 - 16 April 2001) was an English footballer and manager. ... David Pleat (born January 15, 1945 in Nottingham) is an English football manager and former player. ... John Moore was an English football player (274 appearances, 13 goals) and manager who took Luton Town to a club-best seventh place in the original First Division in his only season as a manager - 1986-87. ... Ray Harford (June 1, 1945 - August 9, 2003) was an English footballer, better known for his successes as a coach and manager than as a player. ... Jim Ryan (born 1945) was a squad player for Manchester United during the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... David Pleat (born January 15, 1945 in Nottingham) is an English football manager and former player. ... Terry Westley was brought to Derby County as Academy Director and to oversee the development of the clubs young talent. ... Lennie Lawrence, (born December 12, 1947), is a former football manager. ... Ricky Hill is a former English footballer and manager. ... Joe Kinnear (born December 27, 1946 in Dublin) is a football manager. ... Michael Newell (born January 27, 1965, Liverpool, England) is an English football manager and former player currently in charge at Luton Town F.C. Newell started his playing career with his home town team Liverpool followed by Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic, Luton Town, Leicester City, Everton, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City...

Supporters groups

• Loyal Luton Supporters Club
• Trust In Luton
• FLAG
• WHOSH

External links

• Luton Town F.C. on BBC Sport: Club News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Club stats
• Official site
• Unofficial site