143:. The Wanderers committee resolved to rename the club Luton Town – which was not well received by the wider community. The local newspapers referred to the club as "Luton Town (late Wanderers)". When George Deacon and John Charles Lomax then arranged a public meeting with the purpose of forming a "Luton Town Football Club", Spratley protested, saying there was already a Luton Town club; and the atmosphere was tense when the meeting convened in the town hall on 11 April 1885. The meeting, attended by most football lovers in the town, heard about Spratley's secret January meeting and voted down his objections. The motion to form a "Luton Town Football Club", put forward by G H Small and seconded by E H Lomax, was carried. A club committee was elected by ballot and the team colours were agreed to be pink and dark blue shirts and caps. The club's early years saw around 35 matches played between October and the following Easter. Most of these were friendlies arranged by the club's secretary, but Luton also competed in the FA Cup. The team had little success – it was not until the
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in the dark winter months. On 15 December 1890, a salary of five shillings per week was offered to three players – Frank Whitby, Harry Whitby and Tom Read – to replace their lost earnings for
Saturday morning, to ensure they arrived at the game on time. Harry Whitby and Thomas Read were the first to sign and thus became the first professional footballers in the south. Frank Whitby held out for a shilling a week more than his brother, but did not get it and eventually signed a month after his brother. In August 1891 it was decided to pay the whole team two shillings and sixpence per week, plus expenses.
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season. His one season at the helm was a catastrophe for the club – Owen complained that the club's directors were denying him control over transfers while at the same time signing players behind his back, and resigned over the matter in April 1960. Meanwhile, Luton Town were relegated back to the
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Football Club was formed on 11 April 1885. Before this there were many clubs in the town, the most prominent of which were Luton Wanderers and Luton Excelsior. A Wanderers player, George Deacon, came up with the idea of a "Town" club which would include all the best players in Luton.
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Dunstable Road ground at short notice. The club's directors quickly found a new site and the
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after just eight games, but Turner had by then matured enough to fill Pye's boots. Turner scored a new club record of 32 league goals in 42 appearances as a side boasting the talents of Owen,
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442:on 22 October 1922 –
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2252:West Bromwich Albion
1731:Player of the Season
1432:Wash, Roger (2008).
841:The backbone of the
825:led the club to the
670:on the day that the
587:Third Division South
526:and was replaced by
499:, who switched from
2365:Peterborough United
2227:Sheffield Wednesday
2217:Queens Park Rangers
1599:. pp. 108–111.
678:The Football League
373:the First World War
184:the Football League
2498:Milton Keynes Dons
2423:Accrington Stanley
2038:Manchester United
1581:. pp. 95–108.
1077:. Luton Town F.C.
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2340:Huddersfield Town
2325:Charlton Athletic
2212:Preston North End
2079:Tottenham Hotspur
2069:Nottingham Forest
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1577:Collings (1985).
1566:. pp. 89–95.
1562:Collings (1985).
1551:. pp. 86–89.
1547:Collings (1985).
1536:. pp. 82–86.
1532:Collings (1985).
1521:. pp. 78–82.
1517:Collings (1985).
1506:. pp. 74–78.
1502:Collings (1985).
1487:Collings (1985).
1472:Collings (1985).
1461:. pp. 65–68.
1457:Collings (1985).
1443:978-0-9560832-0-3
1421:. pp. 57–65.
1417:Collings (1985).
1406:. pp. 50–55.
1402:Collings (1985).
1391:. pp. 43–50.
1387:Collings (1985).
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1372:Collings (1985).
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1357:Collings (1985).
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1242:Collings (1985).
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1197:Collings (1985).
1182:Collings (1985).
1142:978-1-903747-27-8
1117:978-0-9510679-0-1
1023:Malcolm Macdonald
928:, preventing the
827:1959 FA Cup Final
636:Tottenham Hotspur
632:Manchester United
591:traditional rival
450:for Ireland, and
436:Preston North End
176:Millwall Athletic
124:Malcolm Macdonald
112:Nottingham Forest
108:1959 FA Cup Final
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2375:Rotherham United
2360:Northampton Town
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2528:Swindon Town
2523:Salford City
2513:Notts County
2488:Grimsby Town
2458:Chesterfield
2350:Lincoln City
2330:Crawley Town
2298:1962–present
2283:1965–present
2242:Swansea City
2192:Norwich City
2175:1970–present
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2150:1967–present
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2112:Bristol City
2099:Championship
2032:2001–present
2007:1985–present
1984:Ipswich Town
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2335:Exeter City
2166:Luton Town
2074:Southampton
1755:(1897–1905)
1749:(1885–1897)
1747:Dallow Lane
1167:24 November
1037:. Comedian
991:Bruce Rioch
972:Allan Brown
940:Bruce Rioch
911:Bill Harvey
899:Sam Bartram
856:Allan Brown
835:that season
799:Ron Baynham
752:(left) and
688:, a former
680:resumed in
674:broke out.
656:Neil McBain
628:Aston Villa
524:Southampton
518:Before the
501:centre-half
497:Andy Rennie
475:shareholder
452:Ernie Simms
385:Ernie Simms
333:Fred Hawkes
277:season was
265:Fred Hawkes
263:(left) and
2639:Categories
2575:York City
2548:Non-League
2483:Gillingham
2415:League Two
2289:Blackpool
2262:League One
2237:Sunderland
2232:Stoke City
2207:Portsmouth
1993:Liverpool
1774:Supporters
1062:References
1019:Alec Stock
750:Bob Morton
717:Bob Morton
640:Ned Liddle
579:Ned Liddle
509:George Kay
490:Boxing Day
434:defeat by
337:Fred White
282:Bob Hawkes
261:Bob Hawkes
100:relegation
78:saw Luton
2579:1922–1980
2518:Port Vale
2503:Morecambe
2385:Stevenage
2293:1887–1962
2278:1875–1965
2170:1885–1970
2157:Hull City
2145:1884–1967
2125:1899–1962
2057:1986–2013
2052:1969–1986
2047:1945–1969
2042:1878–1945
2027:1965–2001
2022:1928–1965
2017:1880–1928
2002:1959–1985
1997:1892–1959
1957:2003–2022
1952:1983–2003
1947:1952–1983
1942:1905–1952
1929:Brentford
1917:1874–1961
1902:1886–1966
1714:1885–1970
1043:Southport
968:following
860:Blackpool
784:Jesse Pye
703:Frank Soo
571:Joe Payne
357:full-back
193:inaugural
141:High Town
2270:Barnsley
2187:Millwall
1938:Chelsea
1898:Arsenal
1810:Category
1791:The MIGs
1704:The club
1697:The club
1659:Managers
1312:12 April
1093:Specific
823:Syd Owen
768:Syd Owen
556:Sam Bell
494:Scotsman
345:Millwall
327:For the
80:promoted
66:season.
44:football
2595:Defunct
2538:Walsall
2443:Bromley
2400:Wrexham
2370:Reading
2247:Watford
2117:Burnley
1974:Everton
1879:by club
1822:Commons
1740:Grounds
1709:History
1673:Records
1666:Seasons
1652:Players
1067:General
1035:1969–70
1027:defence
1014:1968–69
987:1967–68
976:Lincoln
964:1965–66
952:1964–65
926:Watford
903:1960–61
883:1959–60
867:1958–59
851:Captain
847:1955–56
843:1954–55
791:1954–55
780:1952–53
764:1951–52
710:forward
682:1946–47
664:1939–40
652:1938–39
644:Chelsea
624:1937–38
598:1963–64
594:Watford
563:1935–36
552:1934–35
548:Arsenal
540:Everton
520:1931–32
513:1930–31
482:1927–28
467:manager
463:1925–26
456:1922–23
428:1920–21
417:1919–20
405:1919–20
389:1916–17
377:1914–15
368:1912–13
349:1910–11
341:1909–10
329:1907–08
322:1909–10
311:England
307:captain
299:1905–06
294:1904–05
290:1902–03
286:1901–02
275:1900–01
218:1897–98
180:1895–96
172:1894–95
145:1891–92
120:1965–66
104:1959–60
102:in the
96:1954–55
82:to the
76:1936–37
72:manager
64:1920–21
2433:Barrow
1979:Fulham
1687:Ladies
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776:FA Cup
432:FA Cup
411:season
279:winger
347:. By
223:north
48:Luton
1438:ISBN
1314:2009
1169:2018
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