1885–86 Luton Town F.C. season
Luton Town Football Club was formed on 11 April 1885 at a meeting convened "for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming a town football club". The new club was a merger of the two leading local teams, Luton Town Wanderers and Excelsior; Excelsior's Dallow Lane became the home stadium of the new club. Some of the Wanderers players were not enthusiastic, as they had extended their name to Luton Town Wanderers only three months before; these players made the decision to continue separately to the new amalgamated club. Despite this, Luton Town's early line-ups consisted of six players from one of the former clubs and five from the other. Luton Town played only one competitive match during the season, an FA Cup first round tie at Great Marlow which was lost 3–0. "Luton Town results given first. "
"As the match played on 31 October 1885 was the only competitive game of the season, this section merely details that match's line-up."
Background
The 1885–86 season was the first season in the history of Luton Town Football Club.