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Luton Town Football Club
Kenilworth Road Stadium
1 Maple Road
Luton
LU4 8AW | map
Bedfordshire
Tel: +44 (0) 1582 411622
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Luton Town F.C. was created in 1885 from the merger of Luton Wanderers and Luton Excelsior. They were the first team in the south of England to turn professional. Luton had a brief spell in the Football League between 1897 and 1900 but then resigned and rejoined the Southern League. They returned when many Southern League teams created the new Football League Third Division in 1920. After 17 seasons in the Third Division, Luton were promoted to Division Two as runners-up. In 1954-55 they made it to the top flight for the first time. This period of success ended with an FA Cup final loss in 1959. The team then went into decline, even dropping to Division Four. During the late 60's and early 70's fortunes revived and the team managed to get back briefly into the top flight. The arrival of David Pleat as manager bought renewed success and a return to the top flight, this time for a longer spell. His successor Ray Harford took the team to League Cup glory in 1988 with an amazing come from behind victory over favourites Arsenal. They were in the final again the year after, this time finishing as runners-up. Luton's most famous fan was comedian Eric Morecambe.
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