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Luton Town Football Club

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Traditional Luton Town football shirt

Created by the merger of Luton Wanderers and Luton Excelsior in 1885, the club was the first in southern England to turn professional, making payments to players as early as 1890 and turning fully professional a year later. they were one of the founder members of the Southern League in 1894. The club moved to their Kenilworth Road ground in 1905 (capacity = 10,260).

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overview

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2000/01

3.249

-2.009

82.1

81

1999/00

2.912

-0.168

80.6

78

1998/99

3.037

-0.709

88.5

82

1997/98

4.224

-0.964

61.3

88

1996/97

4.751

-0.113

59.8

85

1995/96

5.456

-2.064

47.5

86

1994/95

4.983

0.354

41.9

79

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