Luton Town

If you heard this club was founded in 1885 and has been playing at Kenilworth Road since 1905, and then you walked into the place, you’d probably say, “Yeah, that seems about right.” In fact, you would be at the first club in the south of England to go fully professional, in 1891. And no, those seats are not from those days. Their first glory…

It’s all about Watford. The two squared off twice in the 2022–23 season and last season, with each team winning their home games. There was crowd trouble with this one as recently as a 2002 League Cup tie, and a former Watford resident told your author that the whole town shuts down whenever the Hatters are in for a…

Luton Town Ladies are in the Eastern Region Women’s Football League at tier 7. Home games are at Sharpenhoe Road, the home of Barton

As they have risen in recent years, they have taken to singing “Fuck the FA, we’re on our way back.” There are other variations on this regarding the FA and 30 points, and who knows what they sing about

There was a time when the builders of football grounds and the owners of clubs simply didn’t give a damn about supporters. Fans were fenced in like animals, made to stand on concrete terraces, given almost nothing for toilets, fed garbage, and otherwise neglected—at best. And then in the 1990s the Powers That Be made the clubs clean up their act,…

GETTING THERE: It’s an easy 20-minute walk from Luton Station. There isn’t a bus line that helps, either. PUBS: There’s nothing at or near the ground. Right outside the station is the George II, a Greene King outlet. The Bricklayers Arms is a nice, chill choice on a quiet street behind the station. The local Wetherspoon is the giant White House…