Luton Town by Rob Hadgraft
LUTON TOWN, a top-flight club throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, suffered a catastrophic slide out of the Football League, helped on their way by stringent and controversial penalties imposed by the football authorities. After eighty-nine years among the elite, this well supported club found itself, in 2009, competing alongside part-timers in non-League circles. It was the start of five years of hell for the Hatters and their huge, loyal fanbase. Despite being a massive fish in a tiny pool, their passage back to the League took longer and was more painful than anyone ever expected.Life-long supporter and author Rob Hadgraft relives the remarkable ups and downs in this month-by-month tale of Luton Town's journey from the edge of the abyss back to the promised land.
Born in Luton in 1955, Rob Hadgraft spent around twenty years in regional newspapers as reporter, sub-editor and sports editor. After spells working in Portugal and London, he turned freelance in 2000 to research and write about sporting history and has since published sixteen football-related books and a series of seven acclaimed biographies of famous runners of yesteryear. Three of these made the short-lists of the annual William Hill Sportsbook of the Year award. Rob has been a Luton Town season-ticket holder for more than thirty years and as a club runner has competed in nearly 1,200 races.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781445638935 |
| ISBN 10 | 1445638932 |
| Title | Luton Town |
| Author | Rob Hadgraft |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Amberley Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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