The days continue to count down until the season starts and at lutontown.co.uk we're focusing on the football clubs the Hatters will face next season in the Blue Square Premier.

Today its Altrincham - a team the Town met as recently as last season.

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AFC Wimbledon

Nickname: The Robins, Alty.

Manager: Graham Heathcote.

Ground: Moss Lane.

Last season: Conference 15th.

2008/09 average attendance: 1,081

2009/10 BSP title odds: 66/1

Previous meetings:

Luton wins: 0

Altrincham wins: 0

Draws: 2

The Hatters have only ever met Altrincham twice and both games finished 0-0 during last season's FA Cup campaign.

Goalkeeper Conrad Logan was the Hatters' hero in the replay at Moss Rose, saving a penalty in normal time before saving two spot-kicks in the penalty shootout to send the Town through to round two.

Recent history:

Compared to their previous three extraordinary seasons at the foot of the Conference table Terry Heathcote's side enjoyed a stress-free campaign during 2008/09 with a comfortable 15th place finish.

The three previous seasons at Moss Lane had seen the Robins finish in the Conference relegation places but were spared demotion on each occasion.

Their reprieve in 2005/06 was perhaps the most long-winded. Following an 18th place finish, Alty were deducted 18 points for fielding an ineligible player which left them at the foot of the table.

But after Scarborough and Canvey Island's resignation from the league - and due to the Conference's restructuring - they survived.

Boston United's double demotion from the Football League helped kept them up the following season and in 2007/08 - as a result of Halifax Town's liquidation - the Robins again defied the odds to keep their place in Non-League's elite.

FACT: Alty's Moss Lane ground also hosts the Manchester United reserve home fixtures.

Official website: www.altrinchamfc.co.uk

Tomorrow: Barrow