oldboyroy
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Half an hour away for me but well done Luton TownI'm gutted. I could have cycled to our game at the CBS Arena
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[Football] Luton or Coventry?
- Thread starter Bozza
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Season ticket holders at Priestfield 97-99 should be one requirement.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Luton is pretty rubbish.
I have thought he was looking up, not down?
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
- 15,185
With a bit of luck he'll be ruling them out on the grounds the he wants Premier League football
So poilte
A good friend of mine is from Luton Has live in BN for 35 years now, he's never had a good word to say about the place.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
I used to work with a girl from Luton who, whenever she was asked where she was from, would always reply in the first instance 'Bedfordshire.'
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Talking on site today we all agreed a 20k Stadium capacity should be minimum requirement in the PL, and for those clubs who can’t provide 3000 away allocations they should only receive the same from all the other clubs. Harsh but fair.
Hove Lagoonery
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- Dec 16, 2008
- 1,039
I guess that's what happens when you keep looking at NSC when you should be concentrating on the intimacy
- Aug 24, 2020
- 5,309
If you have half an hour to spare, I recommend you to watch this. Some of it is real behind the sofa kind of stuff. You can't watch it but you can't not watch it.
Did it really happen? Apparently so.
Credit to the fans though. Never underestimate the power of the fans.
They do now
OzMike
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Has Nathan Jones taken credit for it yet ?
- Apr 5, 2014
- 23,578
I couldn't disagree more. Let's not have elitism creeping in now we are one of the big boys.
Never forget the rock from which you were hewn.
I'll enjoy Manchester City turning up at the Kenny.
Ike and Tina Burner
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- Mar 22, 2019
- 433
Their stadium might be horrible but that'll be massively to their benefit next season. It'll be easy for them to turn it into an absolute fortress especially with the style of football they play. I think anyone predicting them to drop straight back down with absolute certainly is mistaken.
Neville's Breakfast
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Goodness, you sound like a Man Utd fan. I never thought I could get behind Luton Town but your post really has had that effect. You do know that this is exactly the thinking that motivates proponents of the ESL only it’s the likes of BHA they want to exclude ?
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Nobby
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- Sep 29, 2007
- 2,616
Luton Town have a very similar back story to the Albion
But the real difference was that Luton Town never had a Dick Knight.
They had and still have Gary Sweet and the Supporters Trust. Think, Paul Samrah, Attilla and Ed Basford as our Board members now.
Similarities in that the football authorities kept kicking them when they were down and the fans meant nothing.
And differences, in that John Gurney made Bill Archer look like a saint.
I very occasionally watched Bedford Rugby club in the Frank Warren era late 90’s.
Gurney took over the club for a nominal fee.
At one stage, Gurney and a couple of heavies, walked into the club bar and office, which had a few supporters present, and emptied the safe.
That video shown above, shows Gurney as a bit of a bumbling fool.
He wasn’t.
The Luton Town supporters trust managed to wrest control of the club from him, and in doing so were nearly kicked into oblivion by the FA and Football League.
On that film, in 2003, Cherry Newberry, the heroic club Secretary, says that the authorities should never let that happen again anywhere else.
Got me thinking about Bury and others.
So let’s not talk about restricting clubs with few resources from the ultimate riches of the top of the pyramid.
It really doesn’t become us.
That could have been us.
But the real difference was that Luton Town never had a Dick Knight.
They had and still have Gary Sweet and the Supporters Trust. Think, Paul Samrah, Attilla and Ed Basford as our Board members now.
Similarities in that the football authorities kept kicking them when they were down and the fans meant nothing.
And differences, in that John Gurney made Bill Archer look like a saint.
I very occasionally watched Bedford Rugby club in the Frank Warren era late 90’s.
Gurney took over the club for a nominal fee.
At one stage, Gurney and a couple of heavies, walked into the club bar and office, which had a few supporters present, and emptied the safe.
That video shown above, shows Gurney as a bit of a bumbling fool.
He wasn’t.
The Luton Town supporters trust managed to wrest control of the club from him, and in doing so were nearly kicked into oblivion by the FA and Football League.
On that film, in 2003, Cherry Newberry, the heroic club Secretary, says that the authorities should never let that happen again anywhere else.
Got me thinking about Bury and others.
So let’s not talk about restricting clubs with few resources from the ultimate riches of the top of the pyramid.
It really doesn’t become us.
That could have been us.
Deadly Danson
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Yuk.
I'm not entirely sure just how representative Kenilworth Road is of English football stadiums, but still an enjoyable juxtaposition that says an awful lot.