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CLUB HISTORY |
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| 1885 | Club formed by amalgamation of two teams: Wanderers and Excelsior | |
| 1885 | Started playing home matches at Excelsior ground, Dallow Lane | |
| 1890 | Turned professional | |
| 1897 | Became a Limited Company | |
| 1897 | Started playing home matches at Dunstable Road ground | |
| 1897 | Entered Football League in Division 2 | |
| 1898 | Record heaviest defeat losing to Small Heath 0-9 in division 2 | |
| 1899 | 1900 | Relegated from League at end of season |
| 1900 | Failed to gain re-election to Football League | |
| 1901 | Charlie Green became new manager | |
| 1905 | Started playing home matches at Kenilworth Road ground | |
| 1920 | Re-admitted into Football League, division 3 | |
| 1921 | 1922 | Moved to Football League division 3 South |
| 1925 | George Thompson became new manager | |
| 1926 | Charlie Green resumes job as manager | |
| 1927 | Recorded highest score in Cup match beating Clapham 9-0 in FA Cup 1st round | |
| 1927 | John McCartney became new manager | |
| 1929 | George Kay became new manager | |
| 1931 | Harold Wightman became new manager | |
| 1935 | 1936 | Runners-up in Football League Division 3 South (not promoted) |
| 1936 | Recorded highest score in League match beating Bristol Rovers 12-0 | |
| 1936 | Joe Payne scored ten goal in match against Bristol Rovers | |
| 1936 | Ted Liddell became new manager | |
| 1936 | 1937 | Joe Payne set record for most League goals in a season with 55 |
| 1936 | 1937 | Football League Division 3 South Champions |
| 1938 | Neil McBain became new manager | |
| 1939 | George Martin became new manager | |
| 1947 | Dally Duncan became new manager | |
| 1954 | 1955 | Runners-up in Football League Division 2 (promoted) |
| 1959 | Record home attendance of 30,069 against Blackpool in FA Cup 6th round | |
| 1959 | Runners-up in FA Cup final, beaten 2-1 by Notts Forest | |
| 1959 | Syd Owen became new manager | |
| 1959 | 1960 | Relegated at end of season to Division 2 |
| 1960 | Mike O'Hara became club's youngest player at 16years and 32days against Stoke City | |
| 1960 | Sam Bartram became new manager | |
| 1962 | 1963 | Relegated at end of season to Division 3 |
| 1962 | Bill Harvey became new manager | |
| 1964 | 1965 | Relegated at end of season to Division 4 |
| 1964 | Gordon Turner became club's all-time record scorer with 243 goals | |
| 1964 | Bob Morton played last game for club setting record League appearances at 495 | |
| 1965 | George Martin became new manager | |
| 1966 | Allan Brown became new manager | |
| 1967 | 1968 | Football League Division 4 Champions |
| 1968 | 1969 | Finished 3rd in Football League Division 3 (promoted) |
| 1968 | Alec Stock became new manager | |
| 1969 | 1970 | Runners-up in Football League Division 3 (promoted) |
| 1972 | Harry Haslam became new manager | |
| 1973 | 1974 | Promoted at end of season, to Division 1, as runners-up |
| 1974 | 1975 | Relegated at end of season to Division 2 |
| 1978 | David Pleat became new manager | |
| 1981 | 1982 | Football League Division 2 Champions |
| 1986 | 1987 | Highest-ever League finish, 7th in top division |
| 1986 | John Moore became new manager | |
| 1986 | Barred from League Cup competition, because of ban on away fans | |
| 1987 | Ray Harford became new manager | |
| 1988 | Runners-up in Simod Cup final, beaten by Reading at Wembley | |
| 1988 | Won Football League Cup, beating Arsenal 3-2 in the final | |
| 1989 | Mal Donaghy became Luton's most-capped player when making his 58th appearance for Northern Ireland | |
| 1989 | Club broke transfer record when buying Lars Elstrup for £850,000 | |
| 1989 | Runners-up in Football League Cup final, beaten by Notts Forest | |
| 1990 | Jimmy Ryan became new manager | |
| 1991 | David Pleat became manager for the second time | |
| 1991 | 1992 | Relegated at end of season to Division 2 |
| 1995 | 1996 | Relegated at end of season to Endsleigh Division 2 (originally Division 3) |
| 1995 | Terry Westley became new manager | |
| 1995 | Lennie Lawrence became new manager | |
| 2000 | 2001 | Relegated at end of season to Nationwide Division 3 (originally Division 4) |
| 2000 | Ricky Hill became new manager | |
| 2000 | Lil Fuccillo became new manager | |
| 2001 | Joe Kinnear became new manager | |
| 2001 | 2002 | Runners-up in Nationwide Football League Division 3 (originally Division 4) promoted |
| 2003 | Mike Newell became new manager | |
| 2004 | 2005 | Champions of Coca Cola Football League 1 (originally Division 3) |
| 2005 | Highest fee received for a player when selling Curtis Davies to WBA for £3,000,000 | |
| 2006 | 2007 | Relegated at end of season to League Championship 1 (originally Division 3) |
| 2007 | Kevin Blackwell became new manager | |
| 2007 | Football League deducted 10 points, as club went into administration | |
| 2008 | Mick Harford became new manager | |