Live Match Discussion 2022/23

[Tony Towner]

Christ we don't need Huddersfield coming up. Another shit team we always lose to. Yes I know that's nonsensical, but we always find a way.

 

[Deano]

Would Luton be the smallest club to play in the Premier League if they come up?

 

[Derby Wolf]

Would Luton be the smallest club to play in the Premier League if they come up?

Still Blues for me.

 

[Tony Towner]

Would Luton be the smallest club to play in the Premier League if they come up?

Given their time in the top league in the 80's including winning the League Cup, I'd put them above Blackpool, Barnsley and Brentford when they came up

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Would Luton be the smallest club to play in the Premier League if they come up?

They were decent in the 80s and I think made an FA Cup final in the 60s.

Still Bournemouth I think as they were always perennial nobodies. Wimbledon and Swindon other than that.

 

[Lupo]

And Bradford City

Luton were quite decent in the old Division One in the 80s on their plastic pitch, pre-Premier League with a few decent players including Bridgnorth's own David Preece RIP

 

[leedswolf]

They were decent in the 80s and I think made an FA Cup final in the 60s.

'59 vs Forest. A year later Norman Deeley assaulted David Whelan...

 

[sycophantia]

Depends how you define small really and how far you want to go back in history.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

'59 vs Forest. A year later Norman Deeley assaulted David Whelan...

Useless fact of the fact fella called Roy Dwight scored the opening goal in the 59 final and also got carried off with a broken leg and was also Elton John's uncle.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Yep oddly I always think of Luton as a top flight team, and err Wimbledon that cup win cemented them. Strange how the time your born can effect your views of teams.

Some other poor buggers must think the same of Wigan...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I can just about remember Carlisle in the top flight!

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Would Luton's ground meet the Prem regulations?

I note they have swapped sides with the camera, which is a pity, it was always the weirdest side stand in the football league.

 

[BillyDee]

They would need some upgrades, media facilities, floodlights, others. There are then plans for a new 23k stadium that is expected to be green lit soon.

 

[Lupo]

Mick Harford, Mike Newell, Les Sealey, Ricky Hill, Steve Foster, Brian Stein, Mal Donaghy, Ashley Grimes are others I remember

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

I can just about remember Carlisle in the top flight!

You're dating yourself there!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

They would need some upgrades, media facilities, floodlights, others. There are then plans for a new 23k stadium that is expected to be green lit soon.

It’s all been green lit and work has started I think

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Mick Harford, Mike Newell, Les Sealey, Ricky Hill, Steve Foster, Brian Stein, Mal Donaghy, Ashley Grimes are others I remember

I am old enough to remember the Futcher twins, think they identical as well.

 

[Lupo]

I am old enough to remember the Futcher twins, think they identical as well.

Yes, Ron and Paul was it, didn't one of them play for Barnsley at some point?

Just looked, both did

 

[EpsomWolf]

I am old enough to remember the Futcher twins, think they identical as well.

Was about to throw in the Futcher twins.

No forgetting, Brian Horton, Tim Breaker, David Moss, a young Paul Walsh, Randy Antic, Lil Fucillo, amongst others. Went to school in Beds for a while and there were quite a few Luton fans there and at that age you remember lots of unnecessary detail. Can just about remember David Pleat taking over from Harry Haslam and turning them into a bloody good side. Top striker at that time - an ancient Bob Hatton (who started out at Wolves). Another (useless) fact - they got to another Wembley final, getting hammered 4-1 by Reading (I think) in the never-to-be-forgotten Simod Cup.

They’ve a least got some history and silverware in the cupboard, not much, but it is there.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

My parents moved about 10 miles from Luton in 1981, when I was 9. Ricky Hill came and presented awards at my brother's team end of season awards in 1990. A few locals were Luton fans, in amongst the morass of Arsenal and Spurs, along with the big Northwest club glory hunters. Strangely no Chelsea or Man City fans I can remember from 41 years ago, and only a couple of brave Watford infiltrators into what was very definitely Luton Town territory.