Luton Town Football Club was formed on 11 April 1885 at a meeting convened at the Village Hall "for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming a town football club".
Luton Town were founder members of the Southern Football League in 1894-95 - the club's first competitive league match was on 6 October 1894 - a 4-3 home defeat to Millwall Athletic, who went on to win the inaugural championship as Luton finished as runners-up.