What a day. It began at Luton bus station shortly before 9am, and ended in a similar location just before Match of the Day kicked off. What a shame the BBC didn't recall Garth Crooks to the pundit sofa for one night only to reflect on his ridiculous comments made a few weeks ago. 3,000 Luton fans who were up on Merseyside know that this Hatters side are going to hold their own in the Premier League. A dash from the bus just after 3pm meant we missed the first few minutes but by the time we were standing in the Bullens Upper Luton were well on top. A succession of corners delivered expertly by Alfie Doughty gave the Toffees warning. At the third time of asking Carlton rose like a colossus to thunder a header on to the bar via a Pickford flick. As the ball came rocketing down, Ashley Young must have imagined he was back at the Watford training ground and thought it was time for a shimmy. He had reckoned without Tommy Tommy Lockyer who charged forward and the ball crashed into the ne...
9,500 at the reborn Kenny to see the new stand, check whether the ground was ready for the Premier home debut against West Ham, and see the reserves hold off a spirited Gillingham in the EFL Cup. Robbie made 8 changes from the Chelsea starting XI and it didn't take long for one of those looking to get a start to make an impact. New signing Jacob Brown firing home in clinical fashion. We then saw one of the best set piece goals I can remember Luton scoring. A free kick miles out saw a 1-2 started and finished by Alfie Doughty who curled an unstoppable shot into the top left corner. Gillingham came back into and scored with relative ease before another superb finish, this time from Cauley Woodrow, made it a comfortable close to the game until the Gills pulled another back. Some good saves despite a few long balls and long throws to deal with saw the Hatters into Round 2 and a long trip to Exeter. But we were there to see the ground improvements, and what a job the club have done to ...