Comments on: Luton Town’s Story (and play) Make them my New Favorite Team http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-95183 Brian Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:41:30 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-95183 "There's a (small) chance this will persuade Blackwell to stay." <a href="http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2241667,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=5" rel="nofollow">Or not.</a> “There’s a (small) chance this will persuade Blackwell to stay.”

Or not.

]]> By: Brian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-95017 Brian Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:02:55 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-95017 Laurie, I'm sure you've seen this, but <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article3193306.ece" rel="nofollow">here's the latest update</a> on the situation at Luton. They lost heavily at Anfield today, but a BBC presenter named Nick Owen has come in with a £10-million consortium bid to rescue the club's finances. There's a (small) chance that this will persuade Blackwell to stay. Owen is a lifelong Luton fan, so here's hoping this is the good news that the club need. Laurie, I’m sure you’ve seen this, but here’s the latest update on the situation at Luton. They lost heavily at Anfield today, but a BBC presenter named Nick Owen has come in with a £10-million consortium bid to rescue the club’s finances. There’s a (small) chance that this will persuade Blackwell to stay. Owen is a lifelong Luton fan, so here’s hoping this is the good news that the club need.

]]> By: Brian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93802 Brian Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:56:06 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93802 That may well be the subtext, but all they're saying is that "Luton Town Football Club did not do what it said on the tin"--the board brought them in to fulfill certain ambitions and then didn't support their efforts to do so. Apparently (at least according to <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=497326&campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5901" rel="nofollow">Soccernet</a>) Blackwell was furious about the sale of Edwards and Coyne. His statement was full of praise for the players and the fans but sharply critical of the board. It'll be interesting to see what happens next, but there's no way this isn't a serious blow for the club. That may well be the subtext, but all they’re saying is that “Luton Town Football Club did not do what it said on the tin”–the board brought them in to fulfill certain ambitions and then didn’t support their efforts to do so.

Apparently (at least according to Soccernet) Blackwell was furious about the sale of Edwards and Coyne. His statement was full of praise for the players and the fans but sharply critical of the board. It’ll be interesting to see what happens next, but there’s no way this isn’t a serious blow for the club.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93778 Laurie Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:37:28 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93778 Oh, Brian, that's heartbreaking. I guess they didn't like whoever the administrators picked as new owners? Oh, Brian, that’s heartbreaking. I guess they didn’t like whoever the administrators picked as new owners?

]]> By: Brian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93773 Brian Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:16:43 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93773 Kevin Blackwell has just announced that he and his assistants are leaving the club in a month. Unbelievable. Just when things start to look better, they start to look worse. Kevin Blackwell has just announced that he and his assistants are leaving the club in a month. Unbelievable. Just when things start to look better, they start to look worse.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93588 Laurie Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:11:36 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93588 Yeah, but they've still got Talbot, right? I thought he was amazing in the first game. Yeah, but they’ve still got Talbot, right? I thought he was amazing in the first game.

]]> By: Lee http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93584 Lee Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:03:16 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93584 The result was just rewards for Luton. They get the best of both worlds now. Unfortunately it wasn't soon enough for them to not sell their two best players. The result was just rewards for Luton. They get the best of both worlds now. Unfortunately it wasn’t soon enough for them to not sell their two best players.

]]> By: Brian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93546 Brian Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:08:49 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/luton-towns-story-and-play-make-them-my-new-favorite-team.html#comment-93546 Great post, Laurie. I've been quietly pulling for Luton Town ever since I wrote a piece about the corruption investigation earlier this year and realized just how trumped-up and exaggerated most of the charges against them are---they're basically being treated by the FA as a whipping boy so that larger clubs with actual corruption problems can avoid facing any punishment. They have a great history, and it would just be awful if their financial problems took them under. I was delighted by the Liverpool match and will be hoping, if not for an upset at Anfield, at least for a sold-out match! Great post, Laurie. I’ve been quietly pulling for Luton Town ever since I wrote a piece about the corruption investigation earlier this year and realized just how trumped-up and exaggerated most of the charges against them are—they’re basically being treated by the FA as a whipping boy so that larger clubs with actual corruption problems can avoid facing any punishment.

They have a great history, and it would just be awful if their financial problems took them under. I was delighted by the Liverpool match and will be hoping, if not for an upset at Anfield, at least for a sold-out match!

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