Wigan v Luton

Game still on at the minute. Not sure if they have undersoil heating at Wigans ground or not.

Would like to see a Wigan win to be honest.

Hoping foe Wigan
Expect Luton

Accrington off just up road

Quoted from Les Brechin

Game still on at the minute. Not sure if they have undersoil heating at Wigans ground or not.

Would like to see a Wigan win to be honest.

Apparently it has!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DW_Stadium

Ex Premiership club where under soil heating is a requirement so pretty sure they’ll have it.

Should be on ESPN+ might give it a watch

I’m stuck in Blackpool until lunchtime on the 28th. Be lucky, Latics.

Would like to see Wigan win this. 1. It's a new ground for me. 2. We have more chance of getting a result. 3. We will take a bigger following. 4. My knees still hurt from the seat in front of me digging into them the last time we played Luton away.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Game still on at the minute. Not sure if they have undersoil heating at Wigans ground or not.

Would like to see a Wigan win to be honest.

You could have tagged that onto "Luton Town or Wigan Athletic in the Cup".  It has only dropped to page two.

I'm sorry, but people starting unnecessary new threads is a pet peeve of mine.  It clutters the board.

Not everyone is a student of Fishy every living moment
It’s hardly surprising that individuals generate new threads, is it?

Quoted from White_shorts

You could have tagged that onto "Luton Town or Wigan Athletic in the Cup".  It has only dropped to page two.

I'm sorry, but people starting unnecessary new threads is a pet peeve of mine.  It clutters the board.

Perhaps you can talk about it down freemo…

I saw that Tom Naylor is starting for Wigan, I thought "he must be getting on a bit now" so looked him up... He's only 31, seems like an absolute age since he was here.

I presume we’re all Wigan fans tonight!

I won’t start a new thread for fear of upsetting Brown_Shorts and his pet pervs but is someone playing pörn in the background of Lineker’s studio in the BBC FA Cup coverage!?

If Wigan win can Mcatee play for us against them ?

These are the séx noises in the BBC studio…

[url]https://mobile.twitter.com/pwcassidy/status/1615432981195128832/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1615432981195128832&currentTweetUser=pwcassidy[/url]

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

These are the séx noises in the BBC studio…

[url]https://mobile.twitter.com/pwcassidy/status/1615432981195128832/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1615432981195128832&currentTweetUser=pwcassidy[/url]

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Quoted from GyMariner

Should be on ESPN+ might give it a watch

Not on there.
Any ideas anyone??

Quoted from golfer

If Wigan win can Mcatee play for us against them ?

Well why wouldnt he be able too!? Played in the last 2 rounds.

It’s just Luton he can’t play against

Quoted from Hagrid

Well why wouldnt he be able too!? Played in the last 2 rounds.

McAtee could be too sore to play Wigan. Build up of Latic acid.

0-0 Half time

I think it’s gonna be 1-0, Will Grigg. Up the Tics, c’mon!!

Quoted from ska face

I think it’s gonna be 1-0, Will Grigg. Up the Tics, c’mon!!

Unlikely..., he left Wigan years ago

1-0 Wigan

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Now 1-1. Luton fúckers.

Annoying there's no channel to see it on

1-1

A massive 5668 attendees

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

A massive 5668 attendees

Wigan STH could go free to this as well.

Quoted from moosey_club

Wigan STH could go free to this as well.

If they win they will probably have to pay them to watch us.

1-2 last second goal 🥺

Not going to that shithole

FFS

What a shitter!

Useless Wigan ffs

How many does Luton's away end hold again? I've only been once (2011, 1-0 loss when Kenny Arthur was fouled for their goal)

balderdash. 😡

…and that’s the end of our season. Roll on August.

Full time 1-2

Well, we enjoyed a good cup run!..
Gutted because I really don't fancy going to Kenilworth Road, absolute excrement hole ...

It’s a shame. Less fans to go to Luton, no McAtee for us and less chance of a win. I honestly think we had a good chance against Wigan.
On the plus side, if Pepple gets a run out we have a chance.

Look on the bright side, they might give Pepple a run out against us

Luton game will be a bigger gate than it would’ve been at Wigan so a bit more money is the only positive I can take.

Wigan would’ve been better but would’ve been an empty ish stadium.

Just Google it and Wigan have a higher average! So no positives!

Quoted from pizzzza

Look on the bright side, they might give Pepple a run out against us

Yeah, and he’ll go and score a fúcking hattrick. You and I both know it.

Fuc it!

Quoted from psgmariner

Luton game will be a bigger gate than it would’ve been at Wigan so a bit more money is the only positive I can take.

Wigan would’ve been better but would’ve been an empty ish stadium.

Who gives a toss how many Wigan fans would have been there with probably 5,000 Town crammed into one stand.

Been to Luton about 3 times.  I've never seen us win there. Remember seeing us grab a draw there about 10 years ago late on. Probably give it a miss this time round.

Absolutely horrendous. What the intercourse did we do to deserve Luton away

Quoted from arryarryarry

Who gives a toss how many Wigan fans would have been there with probably 5,000 Town crammed into one stand.

Atmosphere and shared gate receipts but yeah fair point! I was clutching at straws to find a positive.

Quoted from Poojah

Yeah, and he’ll go and score a fúcking hattrick. You and I both know it.

Having seen his debut against Crewe, and little improvement since, maybe not that, but I’m fully expecting him to come off the bench and get a scruffy late winner.

Bollox!

That is all.

Quoted from Hagrid

Absolutely horrendous. What the intercourse did we do to deserve Luton away

Now the replay is done, I think we can safely say it was the worst possible draw by some margin. Let’s see.

Chances of winning: next to zero
Play our best player: nope
Nice ground: fúcking hell, no!
Big gate: Nah
Big away end: smaller than wacca’s cóck
Not been there for a while: 2017, fúck off
Nice surrounding area: it’s the zombie apocalypse, but the zombies are trying to get away

The positives?

Are we Scunny: thank the Lord we ain’t!

Spirit of the blitz alive and well on here tonight. Shite draw but doesn't mean there's no hope. if Wigan are so beatable and Luton are so unbeatable then how come they've scraped through in the 98th minute of a replay. Free hit to go and have a crack at them - sure everyone was saying similar when we drew Plymouth.

Some people have very short memories, remember the Plymouth game when McAtee didn’t play and Hurst was forced into playing 3 up front and we won 5-1 with 5 different players scoring and 3 of them were defenders, the FA cup produces some strange results so keep the faith. UTM

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Spirit of the blitz alive and well on here tonight. Shite draw but doesn't mean there's no hope. if Wigan are so beatable and Luton are so unbeatable then how come they've scraped through in the 98th minute of a replay. Free hit to go and have a crack at them - sure everyone was saying similar when we drew Plymouth.

I don’t think it’s that. I think it’s that it means going to Luton, where not only does the spirit of the Blitz live on, it’s like a fúcking living museum.

Everyone thinks Luton have won already including most of us. Let them think that, fine by me.

Quoted from Poojah

I don’t think it’s that. I think it’s that it means going to Luton, where not only does the spirit of the Blitz live on, it’s like a fúcking living museum.

😂 It's not the most attractive away day.

Quoted from Ashby mariner

Been to Luton about 3 times.  I've never seen us win there. Remember seeing us grab a draw there about 10 years ago late on. Probably give it a miss this time round.

I saw us win 2 0 there in 1980-81 and lose 6 0 in 1981-82. I've seen several other wins there, another defeat and a draw.

Been there with Brentford a few times including a good FA Cup win. I don't think I'll fight for a ticket for this one. I'm off to Crawley next week and that's enough. Had a right bug and still trying to properly recover.

Last time Paul Hurst managed a Town side at Luton we won, the time before the year they got out of tin pot if memory serves me right it was a draw, only one result missing from that sequence then 🤦

I was at the 6-0 loss in 81. With there being limited tickets I’ll be giving it a miss I think…..

We have a good record there over last 30 years won as many as we have lost despite chickengate and of course the last time we played them in the FA Cup we stuffed them 7-1 all be it at home with Livvo and Jamie Forrester having a field day in the days when we where allowed to play strikers .

Booked my Doncaster to London return 10mins after final whistle.
32 notes on Trainline.
I'm a glass half empty type as I always think if you say it's half full no one will offer to top it up.
It's a giant killing on the cards without them being giants, winnable, a Kings Cross urine up and the latest possible Thameslink to Luton.
Sounds OK to me.

If I was the Luton manager I would be resting players for the Grimsby game and looking at the bigger picture of reaching the play-offs.

I thought we would get done easily by Palace, but we put up a great show with 10 men for most of the game.

You never know, but it looks a tough ask.

Wigan had no confidence at all and Luton were awful in defence, very poor game and the Wigan fans were a good bunch with lots of praise for Town fans.

O' Neil scores a second half brace to win the game.

Quoted from Mayaman

O' Neil scores a second half brace to win the game.

He’s cup tied I believe…

What is worth noting, we could have a very different looking team in two weeks… Or not? Who knows.

Not overly fussed about no McAtee for this. Looked very ineffective with the current system, through no fault of his own.  

As I’ve stated before, it’s not time for panic stations yet. However, it’s impossible to deny it’s not all a bit “meh”.

UTM

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

I won’t start a new thread for fear of upsetting Brown_Shorts and his pet pervs but is someone playing pörn in the background of Lineker’s studio in the BBC FA Cup coverage!?

Yeah bizarre wasn't it.

"BBC apologises after sex noises heard during FA Cup coverage."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64310338

Go and enjoy one of the excellent curries on the main Rd near the ground. Sing Tommy Robinson is a male masturbator at the top of your lungs and revel at it being one of the last grounds where you go in via a gap in sone terraced houses (a la Filbert St).
Hope Hurst can find some chink in their armour and we sneak through.

Stick Shaun up front and hoof it!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Stick Shaun up front and hoof it!

Last 15min if we need a goal.

And don't forget he can take a penalty as well.

I bet Shaun does a stepover as he runs up to take the penalty.

I think its going to be tough. A quick look at the weekly wage bills reflect that as well .Lutons weekly wage bill is £139,640 per week and Grimsbys only is £42,530 per week.  Football by and large tends to be market forces. The best players tend to end up at the top clubs and so forth. Having said that a championship player can pick up a half decent wage . In the 2021 -22 season the average wage was £35,000 a week .

Quoted from Rick12

I think its going to be tough. A quick look at the weekly wage bills reflect that as well .Lutons weekly wage bill is £139,640 per week and Grimsbys only is £42,530 per week.  Football by and large tends to be market forces. The best players tend to end up at the top clubs and so forth. Having said that a championship player can pick up a half decent wage . In the 2021 -22 season the average wage was £35,000 a week .

not to be pedantic Rick but of course its going to be tough... they are 2 leagues higher than us and a really good side

Quoted from Hagrid

not to be pedantic Rick but of course its going to be tough... they are 2 leagues higher than us and a really good side

I know Hagrid but it wasn't that long ago when Grimsby use to play Luton and how fortunes have changed.

I wonder what the chat was on the Steven*ge site before their tie with Villa. I'd love to see a wage comparison between those two.

Quoted from Rick12

I know Hagrid but it wasn't that long ago when Grimsby use to play Luton and how fortunes have changed.

Agree Rick but Luton were not held back by their tight fisted chairman unlike us.

Who knows where we will be in five years under 1878  

Quoted from barralad

I wonder what the chat was on the Steven*ge site before their tie with Villa. I'd love to see a wage comparison between those two.

A trip to Villa would be infinitely more palatable than Luton. I expect most are feeling that this is now a crap tie because of the location more than anything else.

Quoted from pizzzza

A trip to Villa would be infinitely more palatable than Luton. I expect most are feeling that this is now a crap tie because of the location more than anything else.

Plus the attendance it would have been a lot better if we got Villa and it was on tv so a good whack from the gate money and Tv .

So we will just have to beat them then get a prem side away on the tv to make up for it.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Agree Rick but Luton were not held back by their tight fisted chairman unlike us.

Who knows where we will be in five years under 1878  

Fair point Pete.  I would add though that being a football fan isnt cheap . I go every now and then to watch Grimsby play and its £20 a game. You can go to a restaurant for that and get a main dish and a side at least.

Quoted from Poojah

Now the replay is done, I think we can safely say it was the worst possible draw by some margin. Let’s see.

Chances of winning: next to zero
Play our best player: nope
Nice ground: fúcking hell, no!
Big gate: Nah
Big away end: smaller than wacca’s cóck
Not been there for a while: 2017, fúck off
Nice surrounding area: it’s the zombie apocalypse, but the zombies are trying to get away

The positives?

Are we Scunny: thank the Lord we ain’t!

Ha ha, you've found your way onto the Luton forum with that post Poojah!

https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/thread/1673994536.html

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Now the replay is done, I think we can safely say it was the worst possible draw by some margin. Let’s see.

Chances of winning: next to zero
Play our best player: nope
Nice ground: fúcking hell, no!
Big gate: Nah
Big away end: smaller than wacca’s cóck
Not been there for a while: 2017, fúck off
Nice surrounding area: it’s the zombie apocalypse, but the zombies are trying to get away

Pretty fair assessment I’d say

Quoted from thornemariner

I saw us win 2 0 there in 1980-81 and lose 6 0 in 1981-82. I've seen several other wins there, another defeat and a draw.

Been there with Brentford a few times including a good FA Cup win. I don't think I'll fight for a ticket for this one. I'm off to Crawley next week and that's enough. Had a right bug and still trying to properly recover.

From the sublime to the ridiculous those two games Chris.... enjoyed the first one even if it was a bit scary before & after the game. The second one of course not so much!

My favourite visit there was when we won 4-1 and Paul Groves got a hat-trick

Last time I went was just before Xmas in the 2017-18 season when they got promoted and we just escaped relegation .....I'd say our chances of getting a win in this cup tie are about as good as the odds then

Not a particularly inspiring destination at all....  used to go to some of their games with a fan of theirs I knew when I lived in MK when they were riding high with David Pleat in charge (promoted that season after that 6-0 drubbing)

Played there a couple of times too when they had their artificial surface.... still never really warmed to the place, although the post match sandwiches were tasty. They literally flew off the plates

Quoted from Rick12

I think its going to be tough. A quick look at the weekly wage bills reflect that as well .Lutons weekly wage bill is £139,640 per week and Grimsbys only is £42,530 per week.  Football by and large tends to be market forces. The best players tend to end up at the top clubs and so forth. Having said that a championship player can pick up a half decent wage . In the 2021 -22 season the average wage was £35,000 a week .

I dread to think what you're earning if £35,000 a week is only half decent  

I remember that 6-0 defeat well. drunk it down all game too IIRC. The Sports Telegraph headlines that night was WHITE HOT, as Steve (I think) White scored 4.

Quoted from mariner91

I dread to think what you're earning if £35,000 a week is only half decent  

It doesn't last though Mariner and the pressure on the players to get that and maintain it is tough. I look at some of the players who have done well in the premiership and for then to it all go to pot via injury(Jack Wilshire) or even personal problems. There's things we dont always see that go on behind the scenes in a players lives(applies to all levels in the professional set up eg from premiership to league 2)  that can affect them negatively which  doesn't come out in the media. Paul Scholes loosely touched this in a interview. He has a disabled lad and he was having problems. It affected him during a game which resulted in poor performance and Alex Ferguson took him off early .

Quoted from Les Brechin

I remember that 6-0 defeat well. drunk it down all game too IIRC. The Sports Telegraph headlines that night was WHITE HOT, as Steve (I think) White scored 4.

That's the one Les - got absolutely rinsed both on and off the pitch  

I can't remember which season it was but I am sure they had a large open end and the Luton fans were obviously feeling sorry for us as and they didn't feel we had enough and they had had a whip round for a couple of tons of rubble and countless darts as they were kindly throwing them over the fence for us.  

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

From the sublime to the ridiculous those two games Chris.... enjoyed the first one even if it was a bit scary before & after the game. The second one of course not so much!

My favourite visit there was when we won 4-1 and Paul Groves got a hat-trick

Last time I went was just before Xmas in the 2017-18 season when they got promoted and we just escaped relegation .....I'd say our chances of getting a win in this cup tie are about as good as the odds then

Not a particularly inspiring destination at all....  used to go to some of their games with a fan of theirs I knew when I lived in MK when they were riding high with David Pleat in charge (promoted that season after that 6-0 drubbing)

Played there a couple of times too when they had their artificial surface.... still never really warmed to the place, although the post match sandwiches were tasty. They literally flew off the plates

Tim, I saw what you did there!

I went to the 4 1 win there. Good day out.

I went to see Worsbrough Bridge U23 v Frickley U23 a week last Monday and there is a cracking programme stall in the clubhouse. I picked up the programme for that game. I had it somewhere at home but thought it'd save me rooting it out. Happy memories. Been one of my happier hunting grounds.

Always thought Luton's fans were snidey but they won't bother you unless they heavily outnumber you. I got chased all over the place after that 2 0 win in 1981. There were about ten of them so that would have been about their favoured odds.

Paul could tell you about how unpleasant they can be when they have one or two rival supporters on their own.

Wonder what sort of ticket prices we'll have to pay for this.

Quoted from Mariner_09

Wonder what sort of ticket prices we'll have to pay for this.

On the Luton forum, they're saying it should be a tenner!!

14 pound for adults

u22/over 65's 10 pounds

Quoted from Les Brechin

On the Luton forum, they're saying it should be a tenner!!

So, unless we win the game, we will make the square root of nowt from the tie.