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Articles by Kevin Harper

About Kevin Harper
Kevin Harper is the award-winning host of They Tried To Kill Us Off - the independent Luton Town podcast, which is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Luton players clap their Kenilworth Road end after their 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough
Luton comment

Opinion: End of Luton fans’ exile is like being a kid on Xmas Eve – one Hatters’ view on Kenny return

December 1, 2020 Kevin Harper 3

If you look at the calendar you will see that Christmas Eve falls on December 24, but for 1,000 Luton fans, or ‘Ambassadors’ as we are being called, that day is actually today, December 1.  […]

James Collins
Luton match reaction

Rotherham 0 Luton 1: Cool Collins piles misery on the Millers – report, ratings and reaction

November 4, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Rotherham 0 Luton 1: Cool Collins piles misery on the Millers – report, ratings and reaction

James Collins’ fifth goal of the season earned Luton a fifth successive win in Yorkshire, on an evening where the Town showed once again that they will be more than comfortable in the Championship this […]

Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu celebrates his goal to opening the scoring against Wycombe
Luton match report

Luton 2 Wycombe 0: Pelly and Lee get Town back on track – report, reaction and ratings

October 3, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Luton 2 Wycombe 0: Pelly and Lee get Town back on track – report, reaction and ratings

First goals of the season from Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu and Elliot Lee were enough for Luton to pick up their third win of the campaign against a Wycombe Wanderers outfit, whose inadequacies at this level were exposed at Kenilworth […]

Former director Stephen Browne (centre) alongside chairman David Wilkinson (left) and chief executive Gary Sweet
Luton comment

Opinion: Luton run the right way, while Watford are a symbol of what’s disliked about the beautiful game

September 25, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Luton run the right way, while Watford are a symbol of what’s disliked about the beautiful game

We have had to wait 14 long years but finally here we are on the eve of another derby day, one which obviously is going to be different with none of us fans able to […]

Jordan Clark
Luton match report

Reading 0 Luton 1: Classy Clark sets up Manchester United tie

September 15, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Reading 0 Luton 1: Classy Clark sets up Manchester United tie

A goal on his full Luton debut from summer signing Jordan Clark was enough to book a Carabao Cup third round meeting with Manchester United, as the Hatters put bogey team Reading away at the […]

The permanent fans' flag that hangs in Kenilworth Road remembering the punishments the FA and the Football League dished out in 2008
Luton comment

Opinion: Let’s hope fans are allowed in to watch Watford derby

August 17, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Let’s hope fans are allowed in to watch Watford derby

It has been over three weeks since the wonderful ‘Great Escape’ was completed, and having finally come down from cloud nine with the news that pre-season has already begun, and in some style I might […]

Nathan Jones
Luton comment

Opinion: If Hatters seal Great Escape it might just be the club’s best ever result

July 21, 2020 Kevin Harper 3

After the wonderful win at Hull City on Saturday afternoon to put our destiny in our own hands, it has got me thinking about how big an achievement survival would be, and where it ranks […]

Cameron Carter-Vickers slides in against Preston
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Opinion: Spurs star is rapidly becoming Luton’s best ever loan signing

June 30, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Spurs star is rapidly becoming Luton’s best ever loan signing

While watching the Town’s impressive win away to Swansea on iFollow on Saturday, I couldn’t help but be mesmerised by another calm, composed and controlled performance from Cameron Carter-Vickers – and it got me thinking […]

Martin Cranie patrols the touchline as substitutes Callum McManaman and Andrew Shinnie (left) watch on in front of an empty Kenilworth Road peppered with fan photos
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Opinion: It’s football, but not as we know it

June 27, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: It’s football, but not as we know it

Lockdown has given me the opportunity to really appreciate things that I had previously taken for granted. Things such as seeing my family when I want, getting a proper haircut, my favourite takeaway and much […]

Nathan Jones when he re-joined as Luton manager for a second time in May 2020
Luton comment

Opinion: Nathan Jones’ return is the sensible decision regardless of popularity

June 8, 2020 Kevin Harper 2

It is just over a week since Luton Town rewrote the football rules for expecting the unexpected, when Nathan Jones was appointed as manager for the second time. I’ve been pretty vocal about Jones since […]

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