Who Are... Luton Town FC?
It has been a turbulent few years for the men from Bedfordshire, and a period that has seen the club slide from the Coca-Cola Championship right through Leagues One and Two and into the Blue Square Premier - their first foray outside the Football League since before Queen Victoria kicked the bucket in nineteen-hundred-and-one. In a parting shot to the Football League authorities who had robbed them of a combined 40 points over the course of two seasons, Luton Town went to Wembley and stole the Johnston's Paint Trophy. That said, they've been denied the chance to defend it.

The widely-documented financial strife that has accompanied one of English football's former giants in recent years cannot go unnoticed, but the 30 point deduction for various issues in 2008/9 effectively relegated the club before a ball was kicked. This was despite the best efforts of players and staff, and now it is those players charged with getting the Hatters back up into the Football League at the first time of asking. You could argue that they have the motivation to do it.

Luton Town ought to have swept aside the Blue Square Premier in 2009/10, but an indifferent start didn't give them the best chance of succeeding in their promotion quest. Easily one of the biggest clubs in the division with a wealth of resources, a flurry of mid-season signings propelled them right back into the title race but were unable to displace Stevenage and ultimately withered to finish 11 points adrift in second before blowing their shot at the playoffs.