There is a flag that adjoins the corner of the Main Stand and Oak Road End at Kenilworth Road. ‘Luton Town, established 1885… betrayed by the FA 2008,’ it reads.
It might soon need a new line. ‘Premier League 2023,’ could be added if Luton, with a dose of play-off nous and admirable belief, win promotion.
The easy narrative is to say achieving that would be against all odds. Taken amid the backdrop of the club size, their throwback of a stadium and a shoe-string budget dwarfed by nearly every team in the division, it would be.