If you aren’t a fan of Luton Town, you will be one after reading Rob Hadgraft’s Luton Town: The Non-League Years from Amberley Publishing. It is a tremendous story of struggle, perseverance, disappointment, and redemption. It literally has it all.
Luton Town was big fish in a small pond for five seasons, but they still found it difficult to emerge from the non-league football wilderness. Opportunities to move back into the Football League, where they were for 80+ years, were hard to come by and in several instances, ended in a massive letdown. But this was a club that never gave up and eventually made its way back to the Football League and are now playing in Sky Bet League 2.
To say that their supporters went on a five-year roller coaster ride is no understatement. And Hadgraft offers a personal approach to the story that only a true supporter could offer. This is not a textbook or a news article, but rather a journey of supporters and their beloved club.
The takeaway from this title is very clear: there is a reason why so many people from all over the globe love Luton Town FC. They are a great club with a history that won’t easily be forgotten. And this book is the best way to learn about that history. A lot of people say that history repeats itself, but I am guessing that Luton Town won’t be repeating their tour in non-league football. Rather they have their sites set on a much bigger prize. Maybe five years from now they will be looking at making a run in the Premier League. Wouldn’t that be something?
