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Football shutdown could extend Cranie’s career

April 14, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

Luton defender Martin Cranie hopes the Coronavirus shutdown of football could help extend his career, with the break already serving to solve some niggling leg injury troubles. The Hatters, like all professional clubs, have not […]

We’ll have to get our head around playing behind closed doors, says Cranie

April 10, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

Luton defender Martin Cranie expects the season to finish and says it will be “strange” but players may have to adjust to playing the last nine Championship games behind closed doors, due to the Coronavirus […]

Championship Team of the Season revealed: 15 football writers cast their votes

April 10, 2020 Sportsdesk Comments Off

Football is currently suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak but we are likely to see a thrilling end to the season if and when the Championship does reconvene. With just nine games remaining, you can […]

Football writers pick their Championship Team of the Season

April 10, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

Football writers across the Championship have given their thoughts on who should make the division’s Team of the Season. The only rule was that they could pick a maximum of two players from the clubs […]

‘No-one knows where they stand,’ says Cranie over contract uncertainty

April 9, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

Martin Cranie says the Coronavirus shutdown of football is a concern to his Luton team-mates whose contracts are due to expire in the summer. The Hatters have not played for a month, since all professional […]

Hatters want to help as Cranie says ‘no-one wants to see people out of work or the club going under’

April 8, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

Martin Cranie says that Hatters stars want to help the club survive the Coronavirus shutdown and are awaiting the outcome of discussions over wages between the Professional Footballers’ Association and the EFL. It has been […]

April return scrapped as football placed in limbo until ‘it’s safe to resume’ as Premier League to hand EFL £125m

April 3, 2020 Sportsdesk Comments Off

Luton Town will not return to action on May 2 after The EFL today postponed football indefinitely due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The EFL and National League will also receive £125million from the Premier League, […]

An artist's impression of Luton's Power Court stadium

Stadium on hold but Hatters property arm will be ‘relatively unchallenged’ by Coronavirus shutdown, says Sweet

March 30, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

The property arm of Luton Town Football Club will be ‘relatively unchallenged’ by the Coronavirus shutdown of the game, according to chief executive Gary Sweet, though work on their new stadium is temporarily on hold. […]

Coronavirus crisis shows ‘football is not a sustainable business’ despite £50m EFL fund, says Sweet

March 29, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

Luton Town chief executive Gary Sweet believes that the impending cash crisis brought by the Coronavirus shutdown of English football lays bare that the game is not run on a sustainable model. The EFL last […]

April return for football is not ‘a realistic schedule,’ amid Coronavirus pandemic says Sweet

March 28, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off

Football won’t return by the end of next month, that is the view of Luton Town chief executive Gary Sweet. Matches have now been suspended for the last fortnight due to the Coronavirus pandemic, with […]