John Moore (born 21 December 1943) is a Scottish former professional

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, best known as a player for English club

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Playing career

Moore started his professional career with local club

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,John's the Manager of Luton
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but after only three matches moved south to English Fourth Division team

. Moore made 274 league appearances for Luton, as the club rose to the Second Division during his time at the club. A loan spell at

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in 1973 prompted his departure to

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, where he made 14 appearances before retiring from the game.

Non-playing career

Moore rejoined Luton as a coach under

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, and in 1986 he was promoted to manager. During the 1986–87 season, he took

to a club-best seventh place in the

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. He resigned after just one season in management because he did not feel that it was the right career for him. Moore returned in 1991 as a coach, and stayed on the club's staff until his 60th birthday in 2003. From 2009, he was first team coach at

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before he went on to retire.

References

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