This first edition of “Luton Town: The Modern Era” has short matter-of-fact chapters taking in every Luton season from 1967-68, when they won the Division Four title, through to 1997-98. The focus of these seems to be very much the transfer activity, these being the days before the restrictive transfer windows were introduced, with some of the key games or runs being picked out too.
Also there is a “match of the season” feature each year where a key match is brought out in more detail, e.g. 1982-83 Manchester City 0 – 1 Luton Town.
There are black and white photos along the way too, although these are slightly out of sync with the chapters. And at the end there are statistical summaries of each match for each of the seasons covered, although these are restricted to League, FA cup and League cup only, so no Auto Windscreens Shield for example. And if you want to flick between the statistical summaries and the written summaries for each season you need to be checking in different areas of the book.
The ending as a Town fan is a bit sad as they are in decline from their relegation from the top flight in 91-92 through to a mid-table finish in the third tier in 1997-98 but overall this is a useful bit of history for Town fans to read and find out more about their club.
Amazon UK link: Luton Town: The Modern Era (1st edition)
Publication date: 1 Sep 1998
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