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When wily Still finally led Luton to sweet EFL return

When Luton Town were relegated from League Two in 2009, not even the most pessimistic Hatters supporter imagined they’d still be a Non-League team four years later.

The NLP’S story of a season: Turning back the clock to 2013-14
By CHRIS DUNLAVY

HATS THE WAY TO DO IT: Luton Town players celebrate with the Conference trophy
PICTURE: Alamy

When Luton Town were relegated from League Two in 2009, not even the most pessimistic Hatters supporter imagined they’d still be a Non-League team four years later.
This was a club who’d spent 16 seasons in the top flight of English football. Who’d missed the inaugural Premier League season by a matter of months. Who, just two decades earlier, had beaten Arsenal at Wembley to lift the League Cup.
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