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| Full name | Luton Town Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Hatters | |
| Founded | 11 April 1885 | |
| Ground | Kenilworth Road | |
| Capacity | 12,056[1] | |
| Owner | Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd[2] | |
| Chairman | David Wilkinson | |
| Manager | Rob Edwards | |
| League | EFL Championship | |
| 2023–24 | Premier League, 18th of 20 (relegated) | |
| Website | lutontown.co.uk | |
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Luton Town Football Club is a professional football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football pyramid. Nicknamed "The Hatters", Luton Town have played their home games at Kenilworth Road, since 1905.
Luton Town was the first club in southern England to turn professional. It joined the Football League before the 1897–98 season, left in 1900 because of financial problems, and rejoined in 1920. Luton reached the First Division in 1955–56 and contested a major final for the first time against Nottingham Forest in the 1959 FA Cup final. The team was then relegated from the top division in 1959–60, and demoted twice more in the following five years, playing in the Fourth Division from the 1965–66 season, before they were promoted back to the top level in 1974–75.
In 1981–82, the club won the Second Division and gained promotion to the First. Luton defeated Arsenal 3–2 in the 1988 Football League Cup final and remained in the First Division until relegation at the end of 1991–92 season. Between 2007 and 2009, financial difficulties caused the club to fall from the second tier of English football to the fifth in successive seasons. The last of these relegations, in the 2008–09 season, followed a 30-point deduction for financial irregularities. Luton spent five seasons in non-League football before winning the Conference Premier in 2013–14, securing promotion back into the Football League. Luton were promoted from League Two and League One in successive seasons in 2017–18 and 2018–19 before being promoted to the Premier League at the conclusion of the 2023 Championship playoffs.
- ^ "Getting to Kenilworth Road". Luton Town F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Luton Town F.C. Club Contacts". Luton Town F.C. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.