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relegation

noun as in consignment

noun as in deportation

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Luton believe they have a manager who can add some magic to a club who have tumble from the Premier League to League One with successive relegations.

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Luton won promotion to the Premier League under Rob Edwards in 2023, but the Hatters spent just one season in the top flight and suffered a second consecutive relegation last season.

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Appoint Kevin Muscat now please and don't consider the other mediocre "did well from limited resources or staved off relegation" candidates please.

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Luton, who have suffered back-to-back relegations, have experienced a poor start to the 2025-26 campaign with five defeats from their opening 11 games to leave them 11th in League One.

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"When I first came to the club we were in a relegation battle and there wasn't much in it, either," forward Dean Hadley, who joined in 2019, added.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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