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Luton Town
- Wednesday 28/12/05
Christmas
matches are always ones that throw up interesting local games.
This time it was an evening trip to the rusty and ancient
Kenilworth Road. Luton had been doing surprisingly well in
the league following their promotion from League One, and
they faced a Brighton side in their best run of form for 9
months, after winning back-to-back games. With no Tom Witham,
Mark Potter made his Crocs on Tour debut alongside McCarthy
and Kane on the trip to Luton, which made up phase 2 of McCarthy
and Kane's 36 hour drinkathon. |
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Mode
of Transport:
Luton and Brighton are connected directly by a
railway, which is very handy. We therefore boarded
a Thames link train from Haywards Heath to Luton. |
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Team:
A much changed 4-4-2 line up of: Kuipers, El-Abd,
Butters, McShane, Mayo; Hart, Carpenter, Hammond,
Carole; McCammon, Turienzo. |
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Kit:
Luton wore their home number of white shirts,
black shorts and white socks, while Brighton chose
their changed strip of all maroon. Michel Kuipers
plummeted for a green, black and white combination
goalkeepers jersey, coupled with black shorts
and stockings. |
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Mark
McGhee's Attire:
We are unsure as to what Mr McGhee was wearing,
probably because he was so embarrassed by the
inept performance that he did not move from the
dugout during the game. |
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Weather:
A cold evening, with snow and ice loitering on
the pavements of Luton |
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Stadium
Rating:
Kenilworth Road is a unique ground in many ways.
Nestled in-between the houses, it is facility
wise, possibly poorer than Withdean. However,
in terms of generating an atmosphere it is top
notch due to its compact nature. One of the most
characteristic grounds in England, novel points
include one entire stand being executive boxes,
and the away turnstile being through a front room
that has been converted into an entrance. 6/10 |
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Food
Rating:
Due to a lack of effort in bothering to que up
for some food, we are unable to rate this category. |
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Entertainment:
None was on offer from Luton, but there were several
entertaining moments within the ground, such as
seeing one man hit his father and then walk off,
and then the man that got hit attempting to punch
McCarthy as he berated Dean Hammond for a mistake
that lead to Luton's 3rd. 1/10 for the club, 10/10
for Brighton's own fighting fans. |
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Friendliness
of Locals:
Didn't really get to see many Luton fans, although
McCarthy had a rather long conversation with a
man in a pub by the station, and he was a charming
chap. The few Luton fans we met on the train also
seemed like good people. 7/10 |
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Standard
of Local Females:
There was a distinctive lack of females in and
around the Luton area, and none at all that were
memorably attractive. 1/10 |
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Steward
Rating:
Knew what they were doing,
and were not heavy handed at all. Extremely impressive,
especially the one outside the stadium who asked
what was under Kane and McCarthy's Santa hats,
to which they responded bombs. The steward then
said "Don't go shouting that in Luton, you
will get locked up for 28 days for being a terrorist"
as a reference to Luton being the place where
the 7/7 bombers left from. |
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Flag
Attention:
Unfortunately the previous evenings drinking had
had its affect, as the flag was forgotten. |
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Match
Report:
Luton Town continued their dominance over Brighton
with a well deserved 3-0 victory. Mark McGhee
changed his line-up with one eye on the massive
Millwall match this coming weekend, and it proved
to be costly as his side were outfought, out battled
and out played on an extremely disappointing night. |
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Thought
of the Day:
Not as much thoughts, but two classic quotes.
Firstly, from the man who attempted to punch McCarthy,
as he told the Crocs on Tour "You three and
possibly the biggest pair of pricks I have ever
seen", and then after this confrontation,
one gentleman behind leant over to us and said
"Don't worry lads, keep moaning and if he
does that again I will climb over and plant him
one" |
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