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TownSNAFU5
May 27, 2023, 3:08pm
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That is if they beat Coventry City (who have also done well this season after 1 win in first 10 games).

The Luton Chief Executive Gary Sweet said this week:

“It shows that you don’t necessarily need lavish surroundings to succeed.  You can do it with hard work and guile, with intelligence and and sensible financial management.  Absolute determination and commitment are also essential”.

Luton are a great example of what can be done.  Luton have small, dated ground.  Not the most salubrious of places to attract players to.

We sold McAtee to Luton as they were well-run. Also, the only other EFL club who paid support staff above the minimum wage.  No coincidence that both clubs have had recent success.

Brighton, Hull, Bradford City, Brentford, Fulham and other clubs have all achieved success and high league positions from hardship and lowly league positions.

In my view,  looking at Luton, we should also aim for the stars.  You can always settle for the moon.  Belief, ambition and a can-do attitude can achieve anything.
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And they’ve done it.

They must have hated the VAR decisions going against them today but fair play, they scored all their penalties so deservedly get promoted

And to think we put five goals past then just a matter of months ago… another team who like Plymouth could focus on promotion after we’d turfed them out of the cup 😁
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I wish them all the best for next season. It's quite something to manage what they've done and I think we can take something from this. I used to live not far from Luton and it is indeed not salubrious, however, it is a quick train to London and not far away from some extremely expensive areas which has no doubt made it a little bit more attractive to play for.

Let's use this as inspiration to go as far as we can with what we have.
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May 27, 2023, 8:27pm

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Bim Pepple: Premier League footballer.
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Quoted from LH
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Mmmmm!!!!??
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Makes our win over them despite having a makeshift team and two bites at the cherry for them even more impressive.


'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.  
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Can't knock them it proves it can be done ..
Hard work sort the ground out = new or refurb
Then keeping up in the PL ....Good luck all the best.


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In the words of my Uncle Fred "You can take the man outta of Grimsby BUT  you can't take the Grimsby!  Out the man!"
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Well deserved. We apparently have a good relationship with them, so who knows, might be some good loans coming our way. Better than Pebble hopefully.  
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Location, location, location.

Where would Burnley be in the league if it was located in Grimsby.


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Glad Luton won. They deserved it over the season.
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