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===Sport=== [[File:Kenilworth Stand at Kenilworth Road, 2006.jpg|thumb|Kenilworth Stand at [[Kenilworth Road]], home to [[Luton Town FC|Luton Town Football Club]]]] {{Main|Sport in Bedfordshire}} Luton has a wide range of sports clubs. It is the home town of [[Luton Town FC|Luton Town Football Club]] which in May 2023 achieved promotion to the English [[Premier League]] for the first time in their history<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/championship-play-off-final-luton-beat-coventry-on-penalties-to-win-promotion-to-premier-league-for-first-time-ever-12890811 |title=Championship play-off final: Luton beat Coventry on penalties to win promotion to Premier League for first time ever |publisher=Sky News |date=28 May 2023 |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> which also includes several spells in the top flight of the English league as well as a [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] triumph in [[1987β88 Football League Cup|1988]]. They play at [[Kenilworth Road]], their home since 1905, with a new larger capacity stadium known as [[Power Court Stadium|Power Court]] under construction.<ref name="new-stadium"/> Their nickname, 'The Hatters', dates back to when Luton had a substantial [[Hatmaking|millinery]] industry, and their logo is based on the town's coat of arms. [[Bedfordshire County Cricket Club]] is based at Wardown Park and is one of the [[Historic counties of England|county]] clubs which make up the [[Minor counties of English cricket|Minor Counties]] in the English domestic [[cricket]] structure, representing the historic county of Bedfordshire. [[Luton Rugby Club]] are a local [[rugby union]] club based on Newlands Road, by the [[M1 motorway]] just outside [[Stockwood Park]], who play in [[London 1 North]]. [[motorcycle speedway|Speedway]] racing was once staged at [[Luton Stadium]] from 1934 to 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Luton.htm|title=Luton|website=Defunctspeedway.co.uk}}</ref>
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