Fans of the Bedfordshire–based football club, known as the Hatters, are just one win away from seeing their team ascend from the Championship, with chairman David Wilkinson backing them all the way.
In 2018, Luton Town FC announced that David Wilkinson had been voted by his fellow directors as the new chairman of the club.
Wilkinson is a lifelong Hatter and was a founding member of Luton Town 2020, the consortium of supporters who led the club out of administration in 2008.
Before Wilkinson’s appointment, the team had been without a chairman in name since television presenter and BBC newsreader Nick Owen stood down from the role in August 2017.
Wilkinson had already undertaken many of the responsibilities of chairman in his role as vice chairman, a position he took up in 2014.
After his appointment he said in a statement that, while he was “touched and honoured by this offer,” it wouldn’t really mean “much change”.
He explained: “As vice chairman I have chaired all board meetings, attended Football League meetings, sat on committees, helped to host visitors and represent us at other clubs and events.”
Wilkinson added: “I cannot express to you how proud I am to have been given this opportunity.”
Prior to being vice chairman for Luton Town, Wilkinson was the club’s director.
Wilkinson’s net worth is not publicly known but his squad is estimated to be worth £25.74million, as per Transfermarkt.
Luton have set their sights on playing in the Premier League.
In May 2023 they reached the Championship play-off final after overcoming Sunderland.
The Hatters won 3-2 on aggregate and will now face Coventry in the final at Wembley on May 27.
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