A lot of people have heard of Loyal Luton Supporters Club but it seems that most of our publicity up until recently has been relatively negative, with people only speaking our name when it comes to various activities away from Kenilworth Road. Far too often we have heard people say, "Yes, Loyal Luton is that bunch of militant people hell bent on causing trouble and with no real care about the football club and the interests of the majority of the fans". So let us enlighten you fellow supporters of what we are really about and what we really stand for.

Our Club was formed in 1990 as a break-away group when certain members of the official Luton Supporters Club thought that it was important to collectively air independent views, regarding certain issues important to the fans.  What was formed then was the nucleus of the Club that we have today. 

We always felt that the official Supporters Club towed the Club line regardless and it was about time that an alternative voice was heard.  We have no beef with any of the other Supporters Groups still around today but wanted to form an establishment that allowed those with more of an opinion to have a platform to be represented from.

So what we had was a good social crowd meeting on match days, and monthly, at the Brache Sparta Club, off Dallow Road, for what turned out to be some memorable, yet chaotic times!  Strong opinions were voiced after most matches and the ‘Depleated' fanzine was created - in our somewhat biased opinion still the best Luton Town fanzine to have been! (radical, yet fair and of course, anti Kohler!).  For even then we could see what was going to happen, having looked into his somewhat dubious past - oh, the benefit of hindsight!

The first Chairman of LLSC was Lenny Pengelly, before the infamous Tom Shanley took over and carried Loyal Luton through the roller-coaster mid-90's. Tom was succeeded by John Tiernan in the late 90's before another old stalwart Bob Bates took us through the millennium. After five years at the helm, Bob stood down and Kevin Lennon took over in the summer of 2005 and remains the current Chairman today.

Throughout these times our support for the team was unwavering, but there were various conflicts regarding monies given to the Club via player and match sponsorships, etc. We eventually ceased to donate any more funds, whilst Kohler was at the Club, apart from via our scheme in conjunction with the Nat West Bank, to encourage young supporters' to come to Kenilworth Road. Promoting kids to come and watch LTFC is something we strongly believe in and remain very proud of and since the departure of Kohler we have enjoyed many more match and player kit sponsorships.

Over the years we have campaigned for many things important to fans such as: disbanding the membership scheme; the return of away fans; allowing cash turnstiles on the day of the match; and allowing Luton fans to sit safely in the Oak Road when other parts of the ground have been sold out and there is small away support.

Every Chairman seems to have been involved in many major battles over the years, however, they have never let things get on top of them. They have always stayed strong to the beliefs of the fans they represent and still all remain very committed to the cause. Tom Shanley was in situ during the nightmare Kohler years, while John Tiernan worked extremely hard to help form FLAG, that LLSC actively supported. Bob Bates started to have it easy but then the whole John Gurney saga rose its ugly head and LLSC was instrumental in ousting Gurney and helping establish Trust in Luton.  Once matters settled down, Kevin Lennon was leading LLSC but it wasn't too long before suddenly being faced with the FC looking to relocate out of the town and up to J12. A strong campaign has been mounted to try and keep the Hatters in Luton during which time membership has increased at record levels and the profile of Loyal Luton has not only grown considerably but gained an all round respect.

The new Chairman has also tried to move LLSC as much as possible into the 21^st Century while through other active members trying to kick-start the social side again, which in its hey-day saw some memorable parties hosted. Member meetings take place on an as needed basis, sometimes fortnightly, sometimes monthly or bi-monthly, however all members will get regular e-mail updates.  

The two things that set LLSC aside from every other supporters group are its independence and the fact that everyone has a voice that will be listened to. Football is all about opinions and we recognise that and encourage people to use LLSC as a channel to air their view. Loyal Luton can and does change things and will continue to do this for as long as there is a Luton Town Football Club.

We also can't let it pass without mentioning that on one of our many drunken evenings, we decided that it would be a good idea to form a Sunday football team.  We were fed-up with teams like Celtic running top-class sides in this area, when our hometown Club had no representative team whatsoever.  Starting many years ago in Division 7 of the North Home Counties League, we finished Champions in our first season and worked our way through the leagues under the stewardship of Tom Shanley and Nick Flack, picking up various trophies along the way to eventually playing in the Premiership and currently in Division 1. 

We are an open Club and everyone is welcome to join - £10 currently gives you life membership, as well as a much sought after, extremely attractive, LLSC pin badge!

The link to join is on this website and if you have any queries feel free to use the Chairman link which sends an e-mail directly through to the current Chairman, who will reply directly to you.