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

by Rob Hadgraft (September 2008) Hardback 234x156mm
256 pages, Illustrated
ISBN 1-905328-46-8
£14.99

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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