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LUTON TOWN: STARING INTO THE ABYSS 1958-2008
Minus 30 - The Coldest Place in Football

by Rob Hadgraft (February 2012) Paperback 234x156mm
256 pages, Illustrated
ISBN 978-1-905328-97-0
£14.99

The hardback edition is out of print.
Author Rob Hadgraft examines 12 crises to have afflicted Luton Town in the past 50 years, culminating with the deduction of 30 League points for the start of the 2008-09 season.

CONTENTS:
Crisis 1 (1958-66): A Club in Decay
Crisis 2 (1966-71): The Insurance Men Run For Cover
Crisis 3 (1971-76): Sell the Accountant!
Crisis 4 (1976-85): When Concrete Cows Beckon
Crisis 5 (1985-90): Living In The Plastic Age
Crisis 6 (1990-99): The Dome That Never Was
Crisis 7 (1999-2003): A Birthday Present With a Difference
Crisis 8 (Summer 2003): Champagne Ideas, Coca-Cola Pockets
Crisis 9 (2003-07): ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’
Crisis 10 (Autumn 2007): ‘The Hatters Screwed Up My Life’
Crisis 11 (2007-08): Forgive Us Our Indebtedness
Crisis 12 (July 2008): Minus 30: the Coldest Place in Football
Epilogue: The Black and Leaden Porridge
Appendix

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