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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.
Nathan Jones when he re-joined as Luton manager for a second time in May 2020
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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 […]

Graeme Jones
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Opinion: By getting rid of Jones, Luton are showing football will have to cut its cloth after Covid crisis

May 3, 2020 Kevin Harper 2

Finding things to do during lockdown is not the easiest task in the world, but thankfully that was not an issue last Friday. With it being the anniversary of the greatest day in Luton Town […]

Kevin Harper (left) celebrates promotion in 2018
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Opinion: Littlewoods Cup glory, winning League One and promotion at Carlisle – this is the week that was in Hatters history

April 24, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Littlewoods Cup glory, winning League One and promotion at Carlisle – this is the week that was in Hatters history

As I pen this column on this, the 32nd anniversary of the greatest day in the history of Luton Town, the day Brian Stein put the ball in the Arsenal net back in 1988, I […]

Luton players applauding the fans could be a thing of the past if Championship matches resume in empty stadiums
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Opinion: Playing behind closed doors won’t be the worst thing for Luton

April 18, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Playing behind closed doors won’t be the worst thing for Luton

With everything that is going on in the world due to Coronavirus, football is of little importance right now. However, there will be a time when it comes to the forefront of our minds once […]

Simon Sluga makes a save against Charlton as Glen Rea looks on
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Opinion: Sluga turnaround shows players should not be written off so quickly

March 7, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Sluga turnaround shows players should not be written off so quickly

Back in October I wrote a column on this website suggesting that, in the interests of fairness, for everyone involved, it was only right that Simon Sluga was dropped from the Luton starting 11. This was after […]

Simon Sluga and boss Graeme Jones hug after the 3-1 win at Barnsley
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Opinion: Enough of this ‘Graeme Jones has lost the dressing room’ rubbish

February 22, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Enough of this ‘Graeme Jones has lost the dressing room’ rubbish

‘Graeme Jones has lost the dressing room’. If I had £1 for every time I have read that quote over the last three to four months, I could probably pay for Newlands’ Park myself, and still have […]

Glen Rea gives out instructions to his Luton team-mates
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Opinion: Brown, Rea and Hylton have the character to help Hatters pull off a great escape

February 15, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Brown, Rea and Hylton have the character to help Hatters pull off a great escape

Character. By dictionary definition it means ‘the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others,’ The other meaning of character is ‘the quality of being determined and able […]

James Collins
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West Brom 2 Luton 0 – Town suffer 11th away-day defeat on the spin

February 1, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on West Brom 2 Luton 0 – Town suffer 11th away-day defeat on the spin

Luton Town saw their weakness in defending crosses come back to haunt them as they went down 2-0 to a West Bromwich Albion side, who went back to the top of the Championship with their […]

Luton celebrate winning the Conference title in 2014
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Opinion: Luton Town Team of the Decade – which Hatters made the cut?

December 31, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Luton Town Team of the Decade – which Hatters made the cut?

As the decade draws to a close tonight, it feels like a good time to reflect on what has been a truly amazing 10 years for the Hatters, one which featured massive highs and the […]

Matty Pearson
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Luton 0 Swansea 1: Ayew’s late strike breaks Hatters resistance

December 21, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Luton 0 Swansea 1: Ayew’s late strike breaks Hatters resistance

Andre Ayew broke Luton Town hearts as his winner in the last 10 minutes earned Swansea City the victory, after a spirited defensive display, led by the impressive Matty Pearson, ended with them having little to show for their […]

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