This book presents a pictorial history of Luton Town from 1885 through to the summer of 2000. It is loosely split into 6 chapters, each chapter having an opening page of text detailing the club's history over the period before being followed by photos and the odd piece of memorabilia. Each picture comes with a little caption detailing what it is.
Highlights include photos from away friendlies in 1956 against Barcelona, presumably at the Nou Camp, and Dynamo Bucharest where 120,000 spectators turned out; a picture of Ron Baynham making a save in the 1950s, long before goalies wore gloves; the famous photo of Town fans dressed up prior to the 1959 FA cup final (this can be seen on the cover too); Pleat doing the jig across the Maine Road pitch in 1983 (also on the cover); all the Luton goals from the victorious 1988 League Cup final and pictures of former stars in action such as Graham French and Malcolm MacDonald.
There are a couple of mistakes though: e.g. a couple of captions not showing the correct picture such as the programme for the 12-0 Bristol Rovers match missing. Also all the pictures are in black and white (no colour ones), some of them are quite small and some of the photos you may have seen before. Because it is picture-based it is quicker to consume than a written history too. Still for a die-hard Luton fan this nostalgia-filled book is sure to be a big hit.
(This book is listed on Amazon here.)
(This book is listed on Amazon here.)
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