Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
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18 Facts About Luton Town
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The Wanderers committee resolved to rename the club Luton Town—which was not well received by the wider community.
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The following year, Luton Town became the first club in southern England to be fully professional.
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Eight years after arriving at Dunstable Road, Luton Town moved again, settling at their current ground, Kenilworth Road, in 1905.
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However, after Luton Town finished fourth in the division, the squad was broken up as Simms, Bookman and Mathieson joined South Shields, Port Vale and Exeter City respectively.
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Luton Town mainly wore a combination of light blue and white before 1920, when white shirts and black shorts were first adopted.
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Luton Town began playing in white shirts, shorts and socks in 1979, with the orange and navy motif reduced to trim; navy shorts were adopted in 1984.
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From 2000 to 2008, Luton Town returned to white shirts and black shorts; orange was included as trim until 2007.
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Luton Town have traditionally used the town's crest as its own in a manner similar to many other teams.
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The shirts were thereafter plain until 1933, when Luton Town first adopted a badge depicting a straw boater, which appeared on Luton Town shirts.
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Eight years later another song featuring vocals by the Luton players, "We're Luton Town", was released to celebrate the club's promotion to the First Division.
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Trust in Luton Town has, since March 2014, held the legal right to veto any changes to the club's identity, including name, nickname, colours, club crest and mascot.
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Luton Town supporters maintain a bitter rivalry with Hertfordshire-based Watford.
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However, overall Luton Town still hold the superior record in the fixture between the two clubs; out of 119 competitive matches there have been 53 Luton Town victories and 37 for Watford, with 29 draws.
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Record for the most appearances for Luton Town is held by Bob Morton, who turned out for Luton Town 562 times in all competitions.
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Highest transfer fee received for a Luton Town player is the fee Leicester City paid for Luton-born full-back James Justin on 28 June 2019.
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The most expensive player Luton Town have ever bought was Croatian goalkeeper Simon Sluga, who cost €1.
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