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Luton fans watch their first game for nine months
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Opinion: I felt safe being back at the Kenny and that’s a credit to the club

December 5, 2020 Kevin Harper Comments Off on Opinion: I felt safe being back at the Kenny and that’s a credit to the club

Having expressed the excitement and anticipation I was feeling ahead of the return to football in my last column, it is fair to say that what I experienced lived up to the expectation and more. […]

Luton players clap their Kenilworth Road end after their 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough
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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.  […]

Former director Stephen Browne (centre) alongside chairman David Wilkinson (left) and chief executive Gary Sweet
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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 […]

Kazenga LuaLua
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Opinion: If Luton beat the drop you know what to do with that LuaLua-chilled bottle of bubbly

July 22, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Opinion: If Luton beat the drop you know what to do with that LuaLua-chilled bottle of bubbly

Not so long ago you were telling Kazenga LuaLua, in song, to “put the champagne on ice”. Yes, Luton got promoted twice, but on Saturday in Hull it was even more intoxicating than that.  It was […]

Nathan Jones
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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 […]

Cardboard cuts with the photos of fans are placed around the stands at Kenilworth Road
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Opinion: Without fans football is nothing… and mostly rubbish

June 27, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Opinion: Without fans football is nothing… and mostly rubbish

I felt it when Callum McManaman said his important goal against Preston North End last Saturday ‘didn’t feel as good’ as it should. In simpler times it would’ve been cloud nine stuff. Not now. The […]

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
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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 […]

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