Luton Old Boys
Full nameLuton Old Boys Football Club
Nickname(s)LOB, Old Boys,
StadiumChaul End Lane
ManagerSerdar Impaler Ismail
LeagueNorth Home Counties Sunday Football League Division, Premier Division
2016–17North Home Counties Sunday Football League Premier Division, 3rd

Luton Old Boys F.C. is a local Sunday league football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire. They currently play in the Premier Division of the North Home Counties Sunday Football League.

Along with the senior team, they have an U18, U17, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12, U11, U10 and Mixed U9 team.

The club is affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association.

History

Luton Old Boys played in the South Midlands League from 1991–1994, where they became runners-up in Division One and gained promotion to the Premier League. In the 1993–94 season, they took part in the FA Vase, but lost to Totternhoe 'A' 2–0 in the Extra Preliminary round. At the end of the season, Luton Old Boys left the South Midlands League, but rejoined the South Midlands League in 1996 in Division One. In the 1997–98 season they won promotion to the Premier League, but could not continue their success and were relegated back down to Division One, which was then renamed the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two. The club stayed in the division until the 2001–02 season, when they had to retire from the league. For the 2006–07 season, the club entered the North Home Counties Sunday Football League in Division Two, where they finished the season mid-table. The club stayed in the division until the 2009–10 season, when they gained promotion to Division One. In 2012-13 Luton Old Boys were Division Two Champions[1]

Recent history

2013-14 Finished 4th in Division One[2] Top Goalscorer: Paul Ridgeway (21)

2014-15 Finished 6th in the Premier Division[3] Top Goalscorer: Paul Ridgeway (9)

2015-16 Finished 8th in the Premier Division[4] Top Goalscorer: Tom Denehey (5)

2016-17 Finished 3rd in the Premier Division [5]

Stadium

The club plays home games at Chaul End Lane aka "The Shed".

Honours

  • Spartan South Midlands League Division One[6]
    • Champions 1997–98
    • Runners-up 1991–92
  • North Home Counties Sunday Football League Division Two
    • Runners-up 2009–10
    • Winners 2012-13

Records

  • Top Goalscorer
    • Luke Dolan is the clubs top goal scorer having scored 51 goals in 37 games whilst the club was playing in the North Home Counties Premier Division

References

  1. ↑ https://resources.thefa.com/images/ftimages/data/league6948770/84166.pdf
  2. ↑ "North Home Counties Sunday Football League".
  3. ↑ "North Home Counties Sunday Football League".
  4. ↑ "North Home Counties Sunday Football League".
  5. ↑ "North Home Counties Sunday Football League".
  6. ↑ Luton Old Boys at the Football Club History Database
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