Luton Town Thread - 2023/24

[malg]

Great story for their fans. Fair play to them, they're loving the dream.

 

[Bollo]

Fuck ‘em.

 

[East Level 2]

Couldn't they have played a game or two at MK Dons before Kenilworth Road was ready? There main rivalry is with Watford so it's not like begging from the neighbours.

 

[Ithryn Luin]

Just posted that in the Burnley thread (didn't realise there was a Luton one), but It's riduclous they are posponing games over a month away.

Surely if a clubs ground is not fit for Premier League football whilst competing in the Championship then that club should be told they cannot take their place in the league if promoted.

 

[elbearos]

They have done supremely well to get the the PL but they are going to suffer some serious drubbings this season .. Hope City put 10 past em, both games in the PL and in both cups …
:-)

Are City the the last team to score 10 in a match?

 

[Blue Til Death]

Are City the the last team to score 10 in a match?

I don’t think any team has scored 10 since we thrashed Huddersfield …

 

[Bluemoon2393]

Surely if a clubs ground is not fit for Premier League football whilst competing in the Championship then that club should be told they cannot take their place in the league if promoted.

The only solution to the problem would have been Luton playing at Milton Keynes which is a Premier League standard ground. Yes Luton are going to build a new stadium but it would make much more sense to play at a Premier League ready ground.

Wimbledon had to play at Crystal Palace for years. The Premier League need to start have a minimum requirement at least 15,000 seater stadium.

If the clubs get so much money for playing in the Premier League then they can surely afford to build a new stadium or build new stands.

 

[Mr Fraser]

The only solution to the problem would have been Luton playing at Milton Keynes which is a Premier League standard ground. Yes Luton are going to build a new stadium but it would make much more sense to play at a Premier League ready ground.

Wimbledon had to play at Crystal Palace for years. The Premier League need to start have a minimum requirement at least 15,000 seater stadium.

If the clubs get so much money for playing in the Premier League then they can surely afford to build a new stadium or build new stands.

Don't think Luton expected promotion. Think they are stricter down the pyramid with ground conditions.didnt Sutton have to install grass pitch to allow a promotion. And have manyoo, dippers installed big screens yet?

 

[JASR]

Surely if a clubs ground is not fit for Premier League football whilst competing in the Championship then that club should be told they cannot take their place in the league if promoted.

As United’s and Liverpools grounds don’t meet the PL requirements of having big screens, I agree wholeheartedly that an example should be made of them, and their ‘special dispensation’ (wtf!) should be revoked and they be given a year to put them in, else expelled from the PL for even more egregious rule breaking

 

[Xhavenjoe]

If the clubs get so much money for playing in the Premier League then they can surely afford to build a new stadium or build new stands.

I think they are in a Catch22 situation.
We have pages and pages of threads on FFP and financial irregularities regarding ourselves. They ended up being fined, deducted 30 points, relegated and eventually ended up in the conference.
They managed to get promoted last season with a negative net spend.
They cannot expand their current stadium and are planning to start building a new one in 2026.
They are in a unique situation ,the only team to have been relegated from the top flight all the way to the conference and now back again. Short term sharing a stadium seems the only solution.
I think the main complaint from the Premier league is not ground capacity but more to do with press facilities, VAR, TV programming etc.