Luton Town
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Luton Town Football Club | |||
| Seat | Luton | |||
| founding | 1885 | |||
| Board |
 David Wilkinson
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| Website | lutontown.co.uk | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach |
 Nathan Jones
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| Venue |
Kenilworth Road Stadium , Luton |
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| Places | 10,226 | |||
| league | EFL Championship | |||
| 2019/20 | 19th place | |||
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Luton Town (officially: Luton Town Football Club , short: Luton Town FC or Luton Town FC or LTFC for short ) - also known as The Hatters ( German Die Hutmacher ) - is an English football club from Luton . For the 2019/20 season he is playing in the second-rate EFL Championship . The club colors are white and black.
society
The club was founded as Luton Town Football Club in 1885 when Wanderers FC Luton and Excelsior FC Luton merged. As early as 1897, the club was accepted into the Football League for the first time , but missed re-election by the other members of the league in 1900. The return to paid football followed in 1920.
The home games have been played at Kenilworth Stadium since 1905, which today has a capacity of around 10,000 spectators. The capacity used to be significantly larger. The record attendance was achieved on March 4, 1959 in the FA Cup against FC Blackpool with 30,069 spectators.
In July 2008, Luton set an extremely sad record: for illegal financial transactions in the past, some of which had even threatened the existence of the club, the Football Association put the club down with a record 30 points as a burden for the 2008/09 season. Initially, only ten points were deducted, but the FA increased it to a drastic 30 points for violating the Bankruptcy Conditions of the Football League . This mortgage turned out to be too heavy for the team, so that relegation from the Football League to the Conference National could not be avoided. For the first time in 89 years, the club was no longer represented in the Football League.
successes
The club celebrated its greatest success when it won the league cup in 1988 .
- 2013/14: Conference National championship title
- 2008/09: Cup winner Johnstone's Paint Trophy
- 2004/05: EFL League One championship title
- 1988/89 : Finalist League Cup
- 1987/88 : League Cup winner, Simod Cup finalist
- 1981/82: Championship title Football League Second Division
- 1967/68: Championship title Football League Fourth Division
- 1958/59: FA Cup finalist (1: 2 against Nottingham Forest )
- 1936/37: Championship title Football League Third Division
player
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Mal Donaghy (1978–1988, 1989–1990) -
Garry Parker (1983-1986)
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Steve Foster (1984-1989)
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David Preece (1984-1995)
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Danny Wilson (1987-1990)
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Roy Wegerle (1988–1990) -
Kelvin Davis (1994-1999)
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Andre Gray (2012-2014)
Trainer
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Richard Money (2009-2011)
League affiliation
- 1894-1896: Southern League
- 1896-1897: United League
- 1897–1900: Football League Second Division
- 1900-1920: Southern League
- 1920-1937: Football League Third Division
- 1937–1955: Football League Second Division
- 1955-1960: Football League First Division
- 1960–1963: Football League Second Division
- 1963–1965: Football League Third Division
- 1965–1968: Football League Fourth Division
- 1968–1970: Football League Third Division
- 1970–1974: Football League Second Division
- 1974–1975: Football League First Division
- 1975–1982: Football League Second Division
- 1982–1996: Football League First Division
- 1996-2001: Football League Second Division
- 2001-2002: Football League Third Division
- 2002-2004: Football League Second Division
- 2004-2005: EFL League One
- 2005-2007: Football League Championship
- 2007-2008: EFL League One
- 2008-2009: Football League Two
- 2009–2014: Conference National
- 2014–2018: Football League Two / EFL League Two
- 2018-2019: EFL League One
- since 2019: EFL Championship
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 30 points deduction for Luton (n-tv.de)
- ↑ 2007 TO DATE ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (lutontown.co.uk)
