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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.
Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu
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Opinion: Six years ago a Luton legend was born

November 29, 2019 Kevin Harper 1

As we embark on the short journey to Brentford on Saturday, it will be six years to the day of a date which is rapidly seeing its importance increase in the history of Luton Town. […]

Nathan Jones
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Opinion: Get Nathan Jones back? I’d rather have Tom Jones as Luton boss

November 19, 2019 Kevin Harper 11

I knew it would come in the end. I have to admit I didn’t see it coming this soon, but I get how football works and I knew it would come eventually – the calls […]

Izzy Brown on he ground injured before coming off against Nottingham Forest. Photo by Liam Smith
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Opinion: Online outcry over Jones’ tactics and Izzy comment is nonsense

November 9, 2019 Kevin Harper 4

They say there are two certainties in life – death and taxes. Well you can add a third one to that – football fans chatting nonsense after their team loses. That was certainly no different […]

Izzy Brown
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Opinion: Izzy Brown, defend? Why on earth sacrifice Luton’s most creative player for that?

November 1, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Izzy Brown, defend? Why on earth sacrifice Luton’s most creative player for that?

A lot has happened in the two weeks since I last penned this column. The Town deservedly beat Bristol City, proving the decision regarding changing the goalkeeper to be the correct one, before competitive defeats at Fulham […]

Simon Sluga dives in vain after letting the ball run under his foot and into the net against Derby
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Opinion: Dropping Sluga for Bristol City clash is ‘fairest thing to do’ for everyone

October 18, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Dropping Sluga for Bristol City clash is ‘fairest thing to do’ for everyone

“Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That’s the nature of being a goalkeeper.” That is a quote from the late Wales manager Gary Speed, a reality that I am sure […]

An artist's impression of Luton's Power Court stadium
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Opinion: Last major hurdle for Luton’s new stadium is bigger than any football result

September 26, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: Last major hurdle for Luton’s new stadium is bigger than any football result

As I found myself reflecting on the Carabao Cup defeat to Leicester City on Tuesday evening, I couldn’t bring myself to be too disappointed. Of course, no football fan likes to see their team lose […]

Gary Brabin
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Opinion: We can’t change the past – all I care about is what Brabin does now

September 21, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: We can’t change the past – all I care about is what Brabin does now

Towards the middle of last week, as I was doing some research for the latest recording of the Luton Town Supporters’ Trust podcast that evening, a notification flashed up about a video of Town assistant […]

James Collins
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Opinion: James Collins is everything that’s good about Luton Town right now

September 11, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: James Collins is everything that’s good about Luton Town right now

When it comes to international football I am 100 per cent English, but I do take a keen interest in the home nations sides, even more so when there is a chance that a Luton […]

A packed Kenilworth Road end before the clash with Middlesbrough
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Kenilworth Road ‘was at its enchanted best’ against Boro

August 6, 2019 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Kenilworth Road ‘was at its enchanted best’ against Boro

Luton Town Supporters’ Trust Media Officer Kevin Harper gives his view of the 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough and a special night under the lights at the Hatters’ home. Despite the changes, the magic remains inside […]

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