Rival watch

Haller levels for Dortmund in the 94th of 95 minutes. Offside.

 

2-2 Dortmund. Seconds left

 

Luton relegated from the top division in 1992, dropped down to tier five and climbed back again. What a rollercoaster.
They finished 10 points ahead of Coventry so it’s deserved.

 

Wembley playing some excellent music!! Luton and A Town Called Malice without a hint of irony

 

How stupid must the Watford hierarchy feel?

They sacked Rob Edwards after 11 matches, he joins their local rivals in Luton Town, who were 9th at the time he took over, and then gets them promoted to the Premier League, while Watford end up lingering in midtable. Couldn’t make it up.

Bet Edwards feels vindicated.

What a story though - going from non-league to Premier League in 9 years. Fairytale stuff .

EDIT: apparently, they’ve also got one of the lowest wage bills in the Championship too. £6.7m a year. Emboldens the achievement even more.

 

So I've done a little checking around on behalf of my Plastic Goon sister

She claims that she supports the Bottlers as they're her local team (a claim she didn't use when she lived in New Cross, oddly enough...)

Later this year she's planning on moving to Cambridge, but claims she'll support Arsenal as they're her nearest PL team
...except next season Luton will be the best part of 15 miles closer
...and if Luton were to go down, our stadium is the best part of 5m closer to Cambridge

On the plus side, my Christmas shopping will be cheaper this year

 

Does your sister and Woolwich have anything in common is the question?

 

Given she thought they had a player named Trossaro that they signed from Chelsea, and claims to have no idea what I'm talking about regarding Partey's extracurricular activities, that would be a big yes...

 

Ah, yes Trossaro. Signed aged 6, never played for Chelsea but was loaned out to ten different clubs before being sold aged 25. Is that him?

 

I went to the Luton Coventry match yesterday as my best friend is a Lutonian.

First time in years I felt any emotion at a football match, despite having no affiliation.

I should say positive emotion.

The usual emotions I have are ‘you ****s’ and ‘I feel like ripping up my ST but I can’t because it’s digital’.

 

The thing that clubs like Luton, Brighton and Bournemouth have is they all went through experiences that galvanised the core of their fanbase, namely surviving dropping out of the league or, in Luton's case, having to get back into the league after the FL seemed hellbent on shoving them into the conference

That really doesn't exist for a lot of longtime PL clubs, such as us or Liverpool or Everton or Wolves or the Bottlers, as they all coast along season after season without any adversity to rally against, so if they're not winning the crowds start to get very quiet very quickly

This is also why a lot of those fanbases spin out at really innocuous things, for example Mousers acting like failing to qualify for the CL is akin to getting relegated as if that makes them sound normal, or inventing adversity that clearly doesn't exist as Bottlers, Mousers and both Manc clubs do

 

It's Watford, though. You can't expect them to not sack a manager.
You're due to run the place for two weeks in July, by the way.

 

Leicester down.

Good riddance.

 

I would have preferred Everton to go down. I know they're a big club, but I'm sick of them doing the same thing season after season, their fans whinging and booing everyone, and never showing any signs of progress.


....I'm also sick of losing there every season.

 

<BBC>
Leicester have equalled the record for most relegations from the English top flight - 12, along with Birmingham City.
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Don't worry, you won't lose there the season after next. You'll lose at their new ground, instead.

 

Kane will not beat the Shearer record with them gone.

 

Alright, Leicester, here's a challenge: try and get promoted while staying within FFP this time

 

Do they still face any repercussions for failing to do so last time?