Luton Town FC

Founded in April 1885 as a merge between Luton Wanderers and Luton Excelsior, Luton Town FC become in 1890 one of the first professional club in south England, and doing that by offering their players five shillings a week.

The team that won the United League season 1897-98.

History

The club was one of the founding members of Southern League 1894. Three years later, Luton become member of the Football League. They only played three seasons before leaving in times of financial struggles, which together with World War I caused an intermission between 1900 and 1919. Luton played in Southern and Western League before returning to Football League again in 1920 by the time it was expanded with a third tier.

The club's second home ground, Dunstable Road in 1905.

The team, by the fans called the Hatters, has a 7th place as best result in Division 1. They reach the final in the FA Cup 1959, but was defeated by Nottingham Forest. Winner of Football League Cup in 1988.

Through the years, the football club of Luton have often been involved in hard times. New economic problems has been a fact in later years and in addition to that Luton got penalized in 2008 with a 30-points deduction which lead to a bottom place in that season. By being relegated from League Two (the fourth tier), the club was out of the English Football League. Between 2009 and 2013 Luton was a member of Conference Premier.

By Oscar Anderson

References:
Premier League by Gunnar Persson
https://www.lutontown.co.uk/club/club-history/
Image sources:
1., 2.The Luton News