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20th May 2021.  Colour photo of William Gallacher added to the Colour gallery.

15th April 2021.  To the Gallery I have added “Luton Town Colour photographs”.

26th March 2021.  To the Hall of Fame I have added Reuben James Mileman, Locke Narburgh, Joseph Denham Seddon and Gilbert Howard “Tom” Small.

18th March 2021.  To the Hall of Fame I have added Frank Whitby, Alfred Whitby and William Cheshire.

17th March 2021.  To the Hall of Fame – Harry Whitby added.  Addition information to Joseph Watkins, Walter Miller and Frank Morrison.

15th March 2021.  “Fans – overview” added to the Fans page.

28th July 2020.  New Hall of Fame entries for Isaac Smith, Frederick Draper and George Humphrey.  New info added to Fred Allen.  Addition to Testimonials in the Library.

24th June 2020.  “The English Game” review added to 5 minute reads on the home page.

30th April 2020.  Added to the “Club” tab an article entitled “Drink – players.”  Added to the Gallery, A to Z of clubs Ravensbourne, The and Oxford, The.  4 photos added to the Gallery “General Victorian Football Photos.” New information added to the Hall of Fame entries for Roger Ord, William Ralley, Bert Sanders, Sandford Moore, James Moore and John Long.  Finally a newspaper sketch of Woolwich Arsenal v LTFC added to the homepage.

27th April 2010.  Added to the Library “Betrayal, the fall of Luton Town F.C.”.

11th April 2020.  “Club” and “Fans” tab added and populated.  Hall of Fame – George Deacon as recalled by his family added to his entry.

17th February 2020.  Goalkeepers article revamped in the Library and added to 5 minute reads on the Home page.  Also added to the 5 minute reads are “Glory,”  “England 0 Luton Town 1” and “The Perfect Terror.”

7th January 2020.  To the Hall of Fame I have added Richard Robert Vickers, James Wright and John Burley.  More details added to the Hall of Fame entries for Magnus Douglas Nicholson and Joseph William Bird.  Two new photos added to the Gallery, A to Z of clubs – Heron and Primrose Athletic.  Two new photos added to the Gallery, General Victorian Football photographs.

27th December 2019.  “Ground Closure’ added to Onlooker.  M.D. Nicholson added to the Hall of Fame.  To the Gallery, A to Z of Clubs, Hitchin, Cavendish, Rushden and Royal Arsenal added.  Two items added to Testimonials.

25th October 2019.  “Watford F.C. founded 1881, 1891 or 1898?” added to the Library.

9th October 2019.  George Deacon recollections and Walking tour added to the Home page.  New Brompton, Clarence and King’s Langley added to the A to Z of Clubs in the Library.  Another game added to the 1888/89 Seasons button.  To the Hall of Fame, Alexander Collins added and two new photos of Walter Miller added.

14th September 2019.  The 1893/94 season added to the “Seasons’ button.

13th September 2019.  The 1891/92 and 1892/93 seasons added to the “Seasons’ button.

12th September 2019.  The 1890/91 season added to the “Seasons’ button.

11th September 2019.  The 1889/90 season added to the “Seasons” button.

10th September 2019.  The 1888/89 season added to the “Seasons” button

3rd September 2019.  Index updated to include Chapter 16.  Date Lines also updated.

2nd September 2019.  Chapter 16 added.

18th June 2019.  The Rivalry added to the Home page as a five minute read.

17the June 2019.  Five minute reads added to the Home Page.

6th March 2019.  To Onlooker “The first action photograph” added.  Robert McCrindle added to the Hall of Fame.  New information added to the Hall of fame entries for John Long and William McCurdy.  Item added to Testimonials in the Library.

5th March 2019.  To Onlooker “”Need a player? added.  A new photo of Fred Allen added to his Hall of Fame and to Luton Town Players Photographs in the Gallery.

20th December 2018.  To Onlooker “Going to a Luton match” added.

12th December 2018.  to Onlooker “Who was the first…?”  The first foreign player to play for LTFC, probably.

5th December 2018.  To Onlooker I have added an article “A bad memory or a memory that is bad?”

19th November 2018.  To Onlooker I have added an article entitled “The first black player?”.  In the Library, A to Z of clubs, I have added Watford St. Mary’s, Clapton and London Caledonians photos.  Also in the Library, to “Silverware” I have added photos of the Bedfordshire Cup.  Also additional titles added to the Library “Humour ” and “Goalkeepers.”  Finally in the Library new information added to “Rivalry, The.”  To the Hall of Fame new entries for John George Hunt, Alfred Prattman Colling and Joseph William Bird.  Additional information added to the Hall of Fame entries for Henry Jackson, J.W. Julian, Hod Paul, William Gallacher, Fred Allen, James Kemplay, Frederick Molyneux, Herbert Moody and James Monks.

1st October 2018.  Two clips added to “Looking Back” in the Library.  Additional information added to the Hall of Fame entries for – Richard Williams (largely re-written), Hugh Galbraith, Fred Allen, Punch McEwen, Herbert Holdstock, Israel Prime, William Perkins and Herbert Hucklesby.

28th September 2018.  To the Hall of Fame, the following have been added – William John McCartney, Oliver Frank Small, Albert Deacon, John Clarke and John Henry Taylor.

27th September 2018.  To the Hall of Fame, the following have been added – William Gallagher, Herbert William Oclee, John George Saddington, Herbert George Spratley and Thomas Brook Knowles.

26th September 2018.  To the Hall of Fame, the following have been added – Fred Allen, John Finlayson, Horace Joseph “Hod” Paul, William “Billy” Prentice and Joseph “Connie” Watkins.

19th September 2018.  To Onlooker, “Victorian text message” has been added.  New information added to the Hall of Fame entries of J.W. Dickson, Jack Durrant, James Dow, John Eckford, J.B. Furlong, William and Charles Ford and George Deacon.  In the Library, A to Z of clubs, I have added interviews with two Crouch End captains from 1894.

16th July 2018.  To Onlooker, “Football Cards” has been added.  Frederick George Ekins added to the Hall of Fame.  Also in the Hall of Fame, additional information added to Billy Lawson, a drawing added to Harry Crump and two photos added to Punch McEwen.

6th July 2018.  James “Punch” McEwen add to the Hall of Fame.  Additional information added to the Hall of Fame entries for Thomas Clifford, William Crump, Edwin Daw and Herbert Holdstock.

29th June 2018.  To Onlooker an article entitled “Summer Transfers.”  A photo of a medal added to Billy Lawson’s Hall of Fame entry.  Also in the Hall of Fame additional information added to Walter Fairgrieve, James Henry Bennett, Reverend Charles William Bennett, Edwin Birch, Walter Clarke and George William Beldam.  In the Library, A to Z of Clubs, I have added Minerva and Connaught.

8th June 2018.  Billy Lawson added to the Hall of Fame.  Millwall 1891 and Vampires 1895 added to the A to Z of clubs in the Library.

25th May 2018.  To Onlooker “The first badge” has been added.  In the Library, “A to Z of Clubs” photos of Crouch End 1895 and Kettering 1892 have been added.  Home page amended.

19th April 2018.  To the Library, “Cup Finals,” the replay with Grantham Rovers added.

11th April 2018.  To Onlooker, “The Three Captains” painting added.  “Art” added to the Library.  Luton Town reserves team photo 1901 added to the Gallery, “Luton Town Team photos”.  Item added to Testimonials in the Library.

22nd March 2018.  To the Library I have added an article entitled “Cup Finals.”  Home page changed to include all the kits 1885 to 1900.

9th January 2018.  To Onlooker I have added an article entitled “Glory.”  To the Library, A to Z of clubs I have added two photos of Croydon Common, one of Arlesey and St. Neots plus a sketch of the West Herts pavilion.

18th December 2017.  To the Library, “Dallow Lane – development of the ground.”

12th December 2017.  A Christmas quote added to the Home page.  A few items added to Testimonials in the Library.  Excelsior added to Onlooker.

11th December 2017.  A Jolly Christmas added to the Home Page.  Avery Panter obituary added to Kettering in the A to Z of clubs in the Library.  Shirt details added to the Second Scots Guards and Wolverton L. & N.W.R. in the A to Z.  Also in the Library, the Penalty Spot article added to.

15th November 2017.  In the Library, the Luton Charity Cup article re-written.  A photo of Herbert Moody added to his Hall of Fame entry.  To the A to Z of Clubs in the Library, information added to Crouch End and to the London Caledonians.  To Onlooker the first mention of football in Luton.

29th October 2017.  1885 walking tour announced on Home Page.

24th October 2017.  To Onlooker “A game of words” has been added.  In the Library, an article entitled “Silverware” added, plus a couple of entries added to Testimonials.  A new Home Page photo added.

18th August 2017.  To Onlooker “What are we looking for?” has been added.  A plait illustration added to Interlude 2.  Two footballers’ photographs added to Ladies Football in the Library.  Old St Stephens added to A to Z of clubs, M to Z in the Library.  Also info added on Royal Arsenal.

7th August 2017.  To Onlooker I have added “We want Nine.”  To J.C. Lomax’s Hall of Fame entry I have added a clip from September 1892.  A clip from 7th May 1898 has been added to “The Rivalry” in the Library.  Also in the Library, A to Z of Clubs, A to L, I have added Barnet 1896/97, Ilford 1892, Bromley 1894 and Chiswick Park 1892.

18th July 2017.  To Onlooker I have added “Challenges.”  In the Library, to “Rivalry, The” I have added a clip from 31st January 1885.  To the Hall of Fame I have added William Ralley.  Additions to Hall of Fame entries have been added to Ernest Lomax (his arrest warrant), a new photo of William Lindsay, and to D.A.N. Lomax entry a photo of his son Gerald and details of his son Cyril’s engagement.

20th June 2017.  To the A to Z of clubs I have added Royal Arsenal 1892, Tottenham Hotspur 1885/86 and 1894/95 plus a profile of L. Burrows. Also added West Herts with a profile of Freddy Sargent and John Paull, plus Brentford of 1894.  To Arthur H. Taylor’s Hall of Fame entry I have added his Bedfordshire Cup winners medal.

5th June 2017.  To the A to Z of Clubs in the Library I have added, photos and information on City Ramblers 1894, Grove House 1892, Eastbourne 1892, Crouch End 1892, London Caledonians, The Olympic 1891, Old Wykehamists 1892, West End 1891, Old Westministers, and Novicians 1891.  To Referees in the Library I have added an 1894 clip of Rostron Bourke and a profile of Nat Whittaker from 1894.

30th May 2017.  An article in Onlooker added entitled “A Mystery Card.”  In the Library a major overhaul of the A to Z of Clubs – split into A to L and M to Z.  Lots of new photos and teams, players and information.  Vulcans 1891 team photo plus information, Millwall 1892 team photo plus player photos and information, 2nd Scot Guards 1891 team photo plus personality profile, Berkhamsted 1897 team photo added.  To “Penalty Kicks” in the Library an important photo added that completes the article.

17th May 2017.  John Long added to the Hall of Fame.  A 1904 clip added to Jack Durrant’s Hall of Fame entry.  Brighton United’s nickname added in the Library.  London Caledonians 1894/95 and Old Brightonians 1894/95 team photos added to the Gallery “Other Club’s team photos.”  The Callies photo also added to Referees in the Library as it contains Arthur Rostron Bourke.  Three unknown team photos added to the Gallery “General Victorian football photographs.”

8th May 2017.  To Onlooker I have added “Shiny things 2.”  A CDV of Bert Sanders added to his Hall of Fame entry.  A Haiku added to Testimonials in the Library.

21st April 2017.  To Onlooker I have added “England 0 Luton Town 1” which details our first F.A. Cup giant killing.

13th April 2017.  Interlude 4. “The People of Luton – part one” added under Chapter 15.

11th April 2017.  To Onlooker I have added an article entitled “It’s in the net.”  I have added Thomas Nelson Hughes to the Hall of Fame.  To Testimonials in the Library I have added a mention in “When Saturday Comes.”

3rd April 2017.  To Onlooker I have added “Shoot, Forward, Kick it, Wake Up.”  In the Library I have added two items to “Football Association, Regional” a letter dated 6th March 1885 and a comment dated 23rd December 1892.  Also in the Library I have added a Peterhouse article to “Testimonials.”  A newspaper clip of the clubs playing record has been added to the Statistics button.  To the Hall of Fame I have added Richard Williams and added an interview with William Stewart.

21st March 2017.  Chapter 15 added.  Index updated.  Date lines button updated.  Season button updated.

15th March 2017.  “Snow” added to Onlooker.  “Myth or fact?” added to the Library.

8th March 2017.  “Myth or Fact” added to Onlooker.  To the Hall of Fame I have added Walter Fairgrieve, John Eckford, Thomas Clifford and James Allen Inglis.  A new photo added to William Tip Brown’s Hall of Fame entry.

21st February 2017.  “Youth” added to Onlooker.

15th February 2017.  To the Library I have added “Song, The first sung at a Luton match.”

6th February 2017. “Shiny Things” added to Onlooker.  More information added to J.W. Julian’s Hall of Fame entry.  A new Luton Town Photo from 1896/97 added to the Gallery “Luton Town Team Photographs.”

31st January 2017.  “Forward” added to Onlooker.  Poetry added to the Library.

17th January 2017.  “The Rivalry” added to the Library.

5th January 2017.  “The Govan goal-getter – Hugh Galbraith” added to Onlooker.  His Hall of Fame entry is updated.  Nicknames added to the Library.  To the Gallery, “Other clubs team photographs” I have added Apsley 1899/00, Burton Wanderers 1895 and Corinthians 1897.

29th December 2016.  I have added a review of the year to Onlooker.  To the Hall of fame I have added, James Dow, Edwin Daw, William Stewart and Frank Morrison.

13th December 2016.  Herbert Holdstock added to the Hall of Fame.

2nd December 2016.  To Onlooker an article entitled “Excelsior, Wanderers…”.

18th November 2016.  To Onlooker I have added an article about Concessions.  To the Penalty Kick article in the Library I have added two clips from The Wyvern about the 6 yard mark for goalkeepers.  To the Gallery, “Other clubs team photographs” I have added five photographs of Leicester Fosse.

2nd November 2016.  To the the Hall of Fame I have added John Brock, William Gracey Ford, James Kemplay and George Hewitt.  To the Gallery, “Other clubs team photographs” I have added Loughborough Town photographs of 1892/93 and 1894/95, South Shore of 1893/94 and St. Neots of 1896/97.  To the Gallery “University Team photographs” I have added Queen’s College, Cambridge 1900/01.

21st October 2016.  Gallery additions as follows; Luton Town player photographs, Punch McEwan and wife.  Other Club team photographs, Burton Rangers 1882/83, Burton Wanderers 1894/95, Derby County 1893/94, Leicester YMCA 1893, Millwall 1895.  To the Army gallery, 1st Royal Scots 1896 and the Royal Engineers 1875.  To the University gallery, Oriel College 1890, Emmanuel College 1896 and Oxford University 1895.

17th October 2016.  The Hall of Fame has been improved with an alphabetical section, “A to B”, etc.  I have created separate Gallery sections for Army photos and for University photos.  I have added a biography of T.S. Ashmole to “Referees” in the Library.  To Henry Jackson’s Hall of Fame entry I have added a new photo and article.  To D.A.N. Lomax’s Hall of Fame entry I have added two photos, one of his wife with first son and one of his youngest son taken in 1960.

14th October 2016.  I have added four more players to the Hall of Fame – Edwin Birch, William Crump, Walter Clarke and Charles Ford.  I have added more details to James Blessington’s Hall of Fame entry.

5th October 2016.  I have added a photo of John Finlayson to the Gallery, “Luton Town player photographs”. To the Hall of Fame I have added a comprehensive entry for Israel Prime and shorter entries for David Sharp and Harry Williams.

22nd September 2016.  I have added an article to Onlooker entitled “riff-raff.”  To the Hall of Fame I have added Henry Jackson, James Moore, William Perkins, Thomas Smart and James Monks.  I have added a clip to Jack Durrant’s Hall of Fame entry.  To the article “Professionalism” in the Library I have added a copy of the Club Minute Book showing the offer of 5/- a week.

16th September 2016.  I have added a map of Winsdon Hill from 1902 to “Grounds around the Town” in the Library.  To the Hall of Fame I have added Arthur Saxton, Fred Molyneux, James Blessington, Herbert Moody and Tommy McInnes.

9th September 2016.  I have added Hall of Fame entries for Arthur Cox, Robert Parkinson, William Lindsay, Thomas Tierney and John Wilson.  I have also added an article to Onlooker entitled “The Straw Plaiters and Cricket.”

5th September 2016.  New information has reached me on the penalty kick.  I have therefore amended the articles in Onlooker and in the Library.  The latter now gives the full history up to 1901.  New information has also come to light about the six yard line so I have amended the article entitled “Victorian Pragmatism” in Onlooker.  I have added Hall of Fame entries for Fred White, Roger Ord, Jack Durrant and William McCurdy.  I have also added a Luton News Football handbook profile of William Brown to his Hall of Fame entry.  To the Gallery “Other clubs team photographs” I have added Malvern College 1900, Radley College 1882 and the 2nd Black Watch 1898.

29th August 2016.  To Onlooker I have added an article entitled “Victorian Pragmatism”.

22nd August 2016.  An article on Professionalism has been completed in the Library.  Four poems under “Rise Luton Rise” have been added to Onlooker.

15th August 2016.  To Onlooker I have added an article entitled “Ham Chewers.”  To the Gallery, “Other clubs team photographs” I have added a photo of Civil Service 1893, and the honours of Watford St. Mary’s, Rushden and St. Albans.

11th August 2016.  To Onlooker I have added an item about a badge.  To the Gallery “other clubs team photographs” I have added two photographs of St. Albans and one of Tottenham Hotspur.

2nd August 2016.  To Onlooker I have added a Carte de Visite possibly of J.C. Lomax as a boy, plus a fun cartoon.

29th July 2016.  To Onlooker I have added an article entitled “Training.”  To the Gallery “Other clubs team photographs” I have added Royal Arsenal 1891, Somerset Light Infantry 1899 and the Guards 1899.

25th July 2016.  Alfred Ernest “Jack” Hoy added to the Hall of Fame.  An article entitled “The First Substitution” added to Onlooker.  The Highland Light Infantry added to “Gallery – other clubs team photographs.”  Details of the Corinthians added to their photograph.

5th July 2016.  “Army Football” article added to the Library.  To the Gallery “Other clubs team photographs” I have added Reigate Priory, Oxford University 1894, Trinity College, Oxford 1890, 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1889, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment 1899, Royal Welch Fusiliers 1896, Royal Engineers 1872 and the Army team of 1894.  Also to the gallery in “General Victorian Football Photographs” I have added an unknown team with 13 players, Red Star of Beccles and Whitestars of Whitehaven.

28th June 2016.  “Street Football” added to Onlooker.  An entry added to “Southern League, The road to” in the Library – dated 26th January 1894.  Badge added to the Home page.  Six team photos added to “Other clubs team photographs” in the Gallery – Ilford, 2nd Scots Guards, Muswell Hill, Corinthians, New Brompton and Casuals – honours also updated in that gallery.

23rd June 2016.  Albert Sanders Hall of Fame entry added.  “Teaching the French a lesson” added to Onlooker.

10th June 2016.  Article about the six a side game added to Onlooker.  To the Gallery “Luton, other football photographs” I have added a newspaper clip which shows how St. Matthews School won the shield they are photographed with.

7th June 2016.  Article entitled “Teetotalism” added to Onlooker.  Temperance Star theory added to the “Eight Pointed Star Badge” article in the Library.  In the Gallery – to “General Victorian Football Photographs” I have added another mystery team.  I found a better photograph of James Henry Bennett so I have added that to his Hall of Fame entry.  One new entry to “Testimonials” in the Library.

1st June 2016.  I have added a newspaper clip to Onlooker.  To the Library I have added “A to Z of Clubs” and a few item to “Testimonials.”  Also in the Library I have added a clip from May 1886 to the article entitled “Football Association, Regional.”

16th May 2016.  Chapter 12 amended to include a report of the game against Wellingborough Grammar School – page 4.  Page 10 also amended to show the Unity game was played on the 18th December 1886.  Seasons button updated accordingly.  Five new players added to the Ancestry page – Hinwards, Claridge, Burgess, Wittick and A. Ellingham.  In the Library, a clip dated 26th March 1887 added to the “Football Association, Regional” article.  Also in the Library, photos of Leicester Fosse and Burton Wanderers added to the “Kettering and District Charity Cup” article.  In the Gallery. “Other clubs team photographs” I have added Millwall of 1896/97 with the Southern League trophy, Clapton of 1889 with the London Senior Cup and Tottenham Hotspur of 1884/85.  Also in the Gallery under “General Victorian football photographs” I have added Wroughton Rovers of 1899/00 and a photo of a William Henry Edwards with his medal and trophies.

5th May 2016.  Index updated.

4th May 2016.  Chapter 14 added.  Date lines button updated.

26th April 2016.  Gallery additions as follows – Five photographs added to “Luton Town player photographs.”  Six photos added to “General Victorian Football Photographs.”  One photo added to “Other clubs team photographs.”

19th April 2016.  New Button, “Statistics” added.  An article entitled “Colour Clash” added to Onlooker.  Chapter 8 has been copied to the Library and is entitled “Football Laws, tactics and kit 1885 to 1901.”

14th April 2016.  Gallery updates.  Ten photographs added to “Luton Town Players photographs” – Galbraith, Ekins, McCartney, McEwen, Dickerson x 4 and Watkins x 2.  One photo added to “General Victorian Football Photographs.”  A new section added entitled “Luton – other football photographs” where I have added photos of St. Matthews School and Luton Clarence.

11th April 2016.  Two items added to Testimonials in the Library.  A mystery team photo added to Onlooker.  In the Gallery under “Luton Town team photos” I have added a missing 1898/99 team photo in the black and white pin stripe shirt.

29th March 2016.  An article entitled “Restoration” added to Onlooker.  The restored 1895/96 team photo added to “Luton Town team Photographs” under the Gallery button.

24th March 2016.  An article entitled “Challenging history, the good the bad and the ugly” added to Onlooker.  To the Library I have added an article on the Kettering Charity Cup.  I have also added a map of Park Road (Street) to “Grounds around the town” in the Library.

3rd March 2016.  Hugh Galbraith added to the Hall of Fame.

2nd March 2016.  George William Beldam added to the Hall of Fame.

1st March 2016.  I have added an article on the first action photograph to Onlooker and also to the Library under “Dunstable Road Ground.”   Also to Onlooker I have added Newton Heath and Loughborough’s nicknames.  Also to the Library I have added an article entitled “Shirt Colours, goalkeepers.”

26th February 2016.  In the Library I have added an article entitled “The road to the Southern League.”

17th February 2016.  In Onlooker, a Boy’s Own Paper clip and a painting added.  In the Gallery, “General Victorian football photographs” two photos added.  Peterhouse added to “Other clubs team photographs” also in the Gallery.  A new page has been added to the Library – “Testimonials.”

29th January 2016.  In the Gallery – 5 photographs added to “Luton Town player photographs” and 4 to “General Victorian football photographs.”  Two clips added to J.W. Julian’s Hall of Fame entry – his escape from the Nazi’s in 1940 and a letter from 1894.

25th January 2016.  16 photographs added to “Luton Town player photographs” in the Gallery.

20th January 2016.  A new photo of Arthur H. Taylor added to his Hall of Fame entry.   To “Luton Town players photographs” in the Gallery, I have added two Arthur H. Taylor photographs, two of William “Tip” Brown, one of George “Chubby” Deacon.  Also in the Gallery under “General Victorian football photographs” I have added a photo of a mystery team.

19th January 2016.  Gallery button added.  Luton Town team photos and “Other clubs photos” transferred from the Library to this button.  “Luton Town player photographs”, and “general victorian football photos” also added to the Gallery.  To Onlooker, I added some cigarette cards from 1895.  I have added a photo of L.C.R. Thring to his Hall of Fame entry.

7th January 2016.  1886/87 season added to the “Seasons” button.  The “Date Lines” button updated.

5th January 2016.  To Onlooker I have added, Passion, the dribbling Vicar and the penalty kick (also added to the Library).  I have also added the nicknames of Rushden, Newcastle, Grimsby, Cambridge Granta and Reading plus another clip to the goalkeepers item about a game with the 2nd Scots Guards.  G.W. Beldam and W. Conquest added to the Ancestry page.

4th January 2016.  Chapter 13 added, index updated.  Professionalism and Regional F.A. updated in the Library.  Interlude 3 added.

23rd December 2015.  “Shirt Colours 1896 to 1901” added to the Library.

15th December 2015.  Biographies of John Charles Lomax and Ernest Herbert Lomax added to the Hall of Fame.

14th December 2015.  In the Library, Marlow F.C. photo added to “Gallery – other clubs.”  In the Library, Hall of Fame, D.A.N. Lomax and the Victoria Cross added to the last paragraph.  Advert asking for tenders for the navy blue and pink shirts and caps added to Chapter 7, page 5 and to “Shirt Colours” in the Library.  Three Northampton Mercury match reports added – Chapter 9 page 13 v Rushden; Chapter 10 page 10 v Higham Ferrers; Chapter 12 page 10 v Wellingborough Grammar School.

12th December 2015.  Home page amended and links inserted.

4th December 2015.  William Brown added to Hall of Fame, and his entry in Ancestry amended.  An article on Ladies Football added to the Library.  Two items added to Onlooker.  The date of the London Caledonians team photo added in “Gallery – other clubs” in the Library.

18th November 2015.  Six photos of Luton Town added to “Gallery – Luton Town” in the Library.

17th November 2015.  New title opened in the Library, “Gallery – other clubs” contains photos as the title suggests.  H. Barbour identified as Humphrey on the Ancestry page.

16th November 2015.  IMPORTANT UPDATE – the oldest known photo of the team from the 1889/90 season placed in the “Gallery – Luton Town” in the Library.

6th November 2015.  Arthur Taylor and Herbert Hucklesby added to the Hall of Fame.  Illness clip added to L.C.R. Thring’s Hall of Fame entry.  Teddy Bee clip added to “Goalkeepers” in Onlooker.  Photos of an 1892 Luton Charity Cup medal added to that subject in the Library.  Maps, illustrations and photos added to “Grounds around the Town” in the Library.

30th October 2015.  Full breakdown of the 1885/86 season placed under the “Seasons” button.  One illustration and one clip of humour added to Onlooker.

28th October 2015.  All entries under the Biographies button transferred to the Hall of Fame.  Biographies button replaced with a “Seasons” button.  This will contain all results by season.  Date Lines amended to include major football events in Luton going back to 1879.

19th October 2015.  Walter Smith added to the Hall of Fame.  An illustration added to Onlooker.  The Ancestry page improved and Walter Smith and Herbert Edward Hucklesby’s details added.  Referees article added to the Library.

12th October 2015.  IMPORTANT UPDATE – new information discovered on Excelsior added to Chapter 2 page 7.  J.W. Dickson added to the Hall of Fame.  In the Library, “Looking back – newspaper reports” two clips added about a game at Swindon.  Joseph William Bird details added to the Ancestry page.  Propeller description added to George Deacon’s Biography.  Four clips of Humour added to Onlooker.  Presentation newspaper clips added to Sandford Moore’s Biography.

5th October 2015.  Chapter 12 added.  Index and date lines updated.  Regional Football Association article in the Library also updated.

29th September 2015.  Onlooker button added.  Six topics added to Onlooker.

28th September 2015.  Biography of J.W. Julian added.  Photo of Sandford Moore plus some additional information added to his Biography.  Photo of the Reverend Bennett added to his Hall of Fame entry.  J. Gorman added to the Ancestry page.  Photo of Christ Church Schoolboy team of 1894 added to the Library – “Looking back – newspaper reports.”

4th September 2015.  Luton Charity Cup article added to the Library.

3rd September 2015.  John Henry Taylor added to the Ancestry page.  14 players’ first names and their professions added to the Ancestry page.  Minor amendment made to Chapter 4 page 2.

26th August 2015.  “Eight pointed Star badge” article added to the Library.

19th August 2015.  “Shirt colours” added to the Library.

13th August 2015.  J.H. Bennett biography added.  Addition information added to George Deacon’s biography.  Some names added to the Ancestry page.  Three players added to the “Hall of Fame” – Reverend Bennett, J.H. Gill and S.M. Stanley.  “Football, Association, Regional” in the Library added to.

4th August 2015.  1892/93 team photo added to the “Looking back- newspaper reports” in the Library.  Photo of the Queen’s Square 1894/95 football team added too.  Amendments made to the Ancestry page.

28th July 2015.  Chapter 11 added.  Index updated.  Date Lines updated.

20th July 2015.  Additions made to the Library – “Grounds around the town,” “Football Association, Regional” and “Looking back – newspapers reports.”

17th July 2015.  J.B. Furlong added to the Hall of Fame.  Professionalism added to the Library. Date Lines entries updated.  Home Page updated.

10th July 2015.  Chapter 10 added.  Index updated.

8th July 2015.  George Deacon biography added.  Index improved.  Three new buttons added – “library,” “date lines” and “Hall of Fame” added – projects being worked on.

7th June 2015.  Sandford Ffolliott Pierpoint Moore biography added.

6th June 2015.  Chapter 9 added.  Index updated.

18th May 2015.  Interlude 2 and Chapter 8 added.  3 new players added to the “Ancestry” page.  Established that E.A. Barford was elected to the committee in 1892.

14th May 2015.  Biography of L.C.R. Thring added.  Additions and Improvement made to the Index.

4th May 2015.  Chapter Seven added.  Index added to. New information added to the last paragraph of Dan Lomax’s biography.  Also, five first names discovered on the Ancestry page.  Date of George Deacon’s marriage added to his pen picture in 6.8 (Chapter 6 Page 8)

21st April 2015.  Index added.

17th April 2015.  Walter Frederick Miller biography added.

10th April 2015.  Chapter six added.

20th March 2015. Interlude One, Chapter five and the Home Page added.

17th March 2015. Frank Pitkin biography added.

16th March 2015. Chapter four added.  Dan Lomax Biography added.

11th March 2015. Chapter three added.

9th March 2015.  After 18 months research and planning, the website is up and running.  The introduction and first two chapters have been added.  The ancestry section has also been started but some names need adding.