Luton Town 2017 Newspaper Book Coverage

Total pages: 140

Date of PaperPagesEvent Covered (Daily Mirror & Sunday Pictorial, unless stated)
19 Feb 1933Page 38th Halifax 0 Luton 2 (FA Cup 5 Round)
13 Jan 1935Page 35Chelsea 1 Luton 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
17 Jan 1935Page 26Luton 2 Chelsea 0 (FA Cup 3rd Round replay)
29 Dec 1935Page 31Luton 5 Clapton Orient 3
2 Feb 1936Page 47Luton 2 Reading 1
28 Mar 1937Page 35Luton 5 Millwall 0
2 May 1937Page 38Luton 2 Torquay 0 (promoted to Division 2)
31 Oct 1937Page 39Southampton 3 Luton 6
9 Apr 1939Page 31Luton 2 Fulham 1
2 Dec 1946Page 9Luton 4 Newcastle 3
30 Jan 1949Page 14th Luton 4 Walsall 0 (FA Cup 4 Round)
6 Nov 1949Page 18Luton 5 Blackburn 2
19 Feb 1952Page 10Luton 3 Brentford 2 (FA Cup 4th Round, 2nd replay)
16 Sep 1954Page 13Luton 2 Lincoln City 1
20 Nov 1955Page 22Luton 8 Sunderland 2
9 Sep 1957Page 21Luton 3 Wolves 1
29 Sep 1958Page 20Luton 4 Preston 1
19 Oct 1958Page 30Luton 2 Chelsea 1
5 Mar 1959Page 21Luton 1 Blackpool 0 (FA Cup quarter-final, replay)
19 Mar 1959Page 20Luton 1 Norwich 0 (FA Cup semi-final, replay)
10 Apr 1959Page 21Luton 5 Nottingham Forest 1
3 May 1959Page 30Luton 1 Nottingham Forest 2 (FA Cup Final)
24 Jan 1960Page 31Luton 4 Fulham 1
25 Apr 1960Page 29Fans’ hero Sid Owen resigns as manager of relegation-doomed Luton
25 Aug 1960Page 17Luton 1 Portsmouth 0
2 Feb 1961Page 17Luton 3 Manchester City 1 (FA Cup 4th Round)
10 Feb 1964Page 2218 year-old John O’Rourke scores 4 goals in 15minutes in Luton’s 6-2 win at Brentford
8 Oct 1965Page 29Luton 4 Doncaster 3
5 Mar 1967Page 37Notts County 1 Luton 2
31 Aug 1967Page 23Charlton 1 Luton 2 (League Cup 1st Round, replay)
16 Nov 1967Page 31Luton 4 Swansea 0
25 Apr 1968Page 27Luton 4 Crewe 0 (Division 4 champions)
12 Sep 1968Page 27nd Luton 4 Brighton 2 (League Cup 2 Round, replay)
9 Sep 1969Page 27Millwall 0 Luton 1 (League Cup 2nd Round, replay)
1 Oct 1969Page 31Walsall 1 Luton 3
30 Mar 1970Page 23Luton 5 Reading 0
21 Apr 1970Page 31Mansfield 0 Luton 0 (promoted to Division 2)
30 Sep 1970Page 26QPR 0 Luton 1
4 Feb 1973Page 46Newcastle 0 Luton 2 (FA Cup 4th Round)
16 Dec 1973Page 37Luton 1 Aston Villa 0
28 Apr 1974Page 45West Bromwich Albion 1 Luton 1 (promoted to Division 1)
29 Dec 1974Page 39Luton 3 Wolves 2
23 Mar 1975Page 42Luton 2 Leeds 1
13 Apr 1975Page 39Luton 3 Leicester 0
3 Mar 1976Page 27Luton 1 Southampton 0
13 Feb 1977Page 42Nottingham Forest 1 Luton 2
27 Mar 1977Page 44Luton 5 Carlisle 0
31 Aug 1977Page 23Wolves 1 Luton 3 (League Cup 2nd Round)
26 Oct 1977Page 31rd Luton 1 Manchester City 1 (League Cup 3 Round)
28 Dec 1977Page 27Luton 4 Sheffield United 0
17 Sep 1978Page 41Luton 7 Cardiff 1
9 Nov 1978Back pageAston Villa 0 Luton 2 (League Cup 4th Round)
2 Sep 1981Back pageQPR 1 Luton 2
1 May 1982Back pageLuton 4 Shrewsbury 1 (promoted to Division 1)
5 Sep 1982Page 38Luton 5 Notts County 3
19 Sep 1982Page 39Luton 5 Brighton 0
28 Dec 1982Page 30Luton 1 Watford 0
13 Apr 1983Back pageLuton 3 Birmingham 1
15 May 1983Back pageLuton win 1-0 at Manchester City on the final day to avoid relegation
1 Sep 1983Page 27Leicester 0 Luton 3
2 Dec 1983Back pageChairman Denis Mortimer threatens to sell Luton’s star players to help fight off a take-over bid by a local consortium
19 Dec 1983Back pageLuton 2 West Bromwich Albion 0
14 Mar 1984Back pageLuton 2 Ipswich 1
21 Oct 1984Page 47Luton 3 Watford 2
20 Nov 1984Page 31New Chairman David Evans says Luton must move to Milton Keynes by 1987 or go bust
9 Dec 1984Page 47Luton 1 Aston Villa 0
10 Jan 1985Page 31Stoke City 2 Luton 3 (FA Cup 3rd Round replay)
10 Mar 1985Page 47th nd Luton 1 Watford 0 (FA Cup 5 Round, 2 replay)
14 Apr 1985Page 46Luton 1 Everton 2 (FA Cup semi-final)
22 Apr 1985Back pageLuton 2 Manchester United 1
5 May 1985Page 46Luton 3 Arsenal 1
20 Oct 1985Pages 46 & 47Luton 7 Southampton 0
16 Feb 1986Pages 54 & 55th Luton 2 Arsenal 2 (FA Cup 5 Round)
6 Mar 1986Pages 30 & 31Luton 3 Arsenal 0 (FA Cup 5th Round, 2nd replay)
23 Mar 1986Pages 54 & 55Luton 2 Everton 1
26 Oct 1986Pages 40 & 41Luton 4 Liverpool 1
29 Jan 1987Pages 27 and backLuton 3 Liverpool 0 (FA Cup 3rd Round, 2nd replay)
11 Feb 1988Back pagest Oxford 1 Luton 1 (League Cup semi-final, 1 leg)
29 Feb 1988Pages 27 and backLuton 2 Oxford 0 (League Cup semi-final, 2nd leg)
25 Apr 1988Pages 30, 31 and backLuton 3 Arsenal 2 (League Cup Final)
9 Oct 1988Pages 38 & 39Luton 1 Liverpool 0
13 Feb 1989Page 31st West Ham 0 Luton 3 (League Cup semi-final, 1 leg)
2 Mar 1989Page 32nd Luton 2 West Ham 0 (League Cup semi-final, 2 leg)
10 Apr 1989Pages 30 & 31Luton 1 Nottingham Forest 3 (League Cup Final)
14 May 1989Page 43Luton beat Norwich 1-0 on the final day to avoid relegation
29 Apr 1990Page 47Luton 1 Crystal Palace 0
6 May 1990Pages 46 & 47Luton win 3-2 at Derby on the final day to avoid relegation
24 Feb 1991Page 43Luton 3 Liverpool 1
12 May 1991Page 42Luton beat Derby 2-0, to avoid relegation on the final day for the third year in a row
27 Dec 1991Page 39Luton 1 Arsenal 0
9 Feb 1992Page 46Luton 2 Norwich 0
19 Apr 1992Page 46Luton 1 Manchester United 1
21 Feb 1993Page 61Luton 1 Charlton 0 (equalling a 70 year-old club record of 7 league games in a row without conceding a goal)
28 Nov 1993Page 59Luton 6 Stoke 2
10 Feb 1994Page 35th Luton 2 Newcastle 0 (FA Cup 4 Round replay)
24 Mar 1994Pages 43 and backLuton 3 West Ham 2 (FA Cup quarter-final replay)
18 Sep 1994Page 61Watford 2 Luton 4
28 Dec 1994Page 33Luton 3 Sunderland 0
12 Feb 1996‘Score’ page 9Luton 3 Grimsby 2
26 Sep 1996Page 38Luton beat Derby 3-2 on aggregate (League Cup 2nd Round)
15 May 1997Page 40Luton lose 4-3 on aggregate to Crewe (Division 2 Playoff semi-final)
12 Jan 1998‘Mania’ page 16Luton 3 Blackpool 0
30 Aug 1999‘Mania’ page 14Luton 1 Cardiff 0
19 Feb 2001‘Mania’ page 14Luton 5 Swansea 3
31 Mar 2002Page 72Swansea 1 Luton 3 (promoted to Division 2)
29 Aug 2004Premplus page 12Blackpool 1 Luton 3
31 Oct 2004Premplus page 12Luton 4 Bradford 0
7 Nov 2004Premplus page 12Luton 5 Wrexham 1
21 Nov 2004Premplus page 12MK Dons 1 Luton 4
16 Jan 2005Premplus page 12Luton 3 Stockport 0
13 Mar 2005Premplus page 8Luton 3 Swindon 1
24 Apr 2005Premplus page 12Wrexham 1 Luton 2 (League One Champions)
19 Oct 2005Page 50Luton 4 Norwich 2
27 Nov 2005Premplus page 10Luton 2 Crystal Palace 0
23 Oct 2006Mania page 15Luton 5 Leeds 1
7 Jan 2008Pages 56 & 57Luton 1 Liverpool 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
11 Jul 2008Page 69Luton receive a 30 point penalty after going into administration for the third time in a decade
6 Apr 2009Mania page 15Luton 3 Scunthorpe 2 (Football League Trophy Final)
6 Jan 2013Football page 13Luton 1 Wolves 0 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
27 Jan 2013Football page 6Norwich 0 Luton 1 (FA Cup 4th Round)
17 Apr 2014Page 78“Luton back in the big time” – interview with Chairman Nick Owen
20 Apr 2014Football page 17Conference Premier champions Luton celebrate with a 2-1 win at Welling
10 Aug 2014Football page 7Carlisle 0 Luton 1
16 Nov 2014Football page 13Luton 1 Tranmere 0
4 Sep 2016Football page 8Luton 4 Wycombe 1
Total Pages 140