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| Full name | The 61 Football Club (Luton) | ||
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| Founded | 1961 | ||
| Ground | Kingsway Recreation Ground Luton Bedfordshire[1] | ||
| Capacity | 500 | ||
| Chairman | Richard Everitt[1] | ||
| Manager | Marvin Samuel | ||
| League | Spartan South Midlands League Division Two | ||
| 2024–25 | Spartan South Midlands League Division Two, 17th of 17 | ||
The 61 Football Club (Luton) is a football club based inLuton,Bedfordshire,England. The club is affiliated to theBedfordshire County Football Association. They have reached the Second Round of theFA Vase twice in their history. Currently they are members of theSpartan South Midlands League Division Two. They also have a reserve team that plays in the Spartan South Midlands League Reserve Group Two, and a third team who play in the Luton District and South Beds League Division One.
The club was formed in 1961 and was named after the year of its foundation. The team joined theHellenic League Division Two in 1972 switching to theSouth Midlands League Division One a year later. They won the league in 1980–81 and gained promotion to the Premier Division in which they finished runners-up in 1982–83. To date The 61FC Luton have the lowest attendance in FA Vase history. The club was relegated to Division One in 1998 and further relegated to Division Two in 2004 due to ground grading issues. They won the league in 2008–09 but were not promoted, again due to ground grading.[2]
The Kingsway Recreational Ground is a very basic council-run sports ground situated just off theA505 between Luton and Dunstable, hemmed in by housing. It has a small, basic but functional clubhouse. There are no floodlights at the venue.
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