Having spoken about the successes of the youth section in 2008 I am delighted to be able to report that the senior section of the club concluded its best season to date and have continued that progress into the new season concluding with a major award from the FA.

The first team began the year in the South West Combination League and continued to challenge for promotion until the latter stages of the season when Reading ran away with the title. In spite of their eventual dominance it was Luton that pushed them the hardest taking a 3-1 lead on their ground and only conceding a 94th minute equaliser in a pulsating 3-3 draw. It has always been the aim of the Club to continue to improve on our performance year on year and we have again achieved that aim with a best ever sixth place finish gaining 34 points, scoring 56 goals and losing just six matches. Our form on the road was again excellent with highlights including a 6-3 away win against QPR, 6-0 at Southampton and record 10 goal haul against Frome Town.

The silverware for the season was provided when we were crowned County Champions after a crushing 5-1 win over Bedford Town Bells in the final. This was the first time the Club have lifted the trophy and has acted as an inspiration to move forward in search of more success.

During the summer the FA decided that Luton was more suited to the South East Combination and so we were moved across into a new league and things could hardly have started better with a tremendous 7-0 away win over Northampton Town. During the summer, as with any football club, players had come and gone but with the reliance on home grown youth players the team had grown even stronger albeit less experienced. The young guns then strung together a club record seven straight league wins over Tottenham, Cambridge City, Gillingham, Enfield Town, Wellingborough and Bedford Town to lead the table with a 100% record. Since then, cup matches have somewhat dominated proceedings progressing to the County Cup quarter-finals and beginning an unbroken FA Cup run which has included away wins at Dagenham & Redbridge (3-2), Swindon Town (6-2) and National League Brighton & Hove Albion (1-0), the latter of which brought the coveted FA Cup performance of the round award. Weather permitting the Fourth Round tie against Premier League Blackburn Rovers will take place on Sunday where we will be tested against some of the very best professional players.

Moving into 2009 we currently sit in second place in the table a point behind the leaders and must aim to put together another straight run of victories which will again put our destiny into our own hands.

The Reserve and Under-16 squads also had a strong year and the young players are there and developing in numbers to supplement our push for National League status in the coming months.