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Everton 1 Luton Town 2

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...

Luton 1 Wolves 1

We've got a point. Stop the clocks, and all the silly pundits who were talking about Luton losing all 38 games or going down by Christmas (Crooks). Five games in, and demonstrable improvements game by game, saw The Hatters deserve to take all three points, in a game they dominated from start to finish. But one defensive lapse cost us the victory, in a league where mistakes cost more than anywhere else. Sir Robbie made two changes from the Fulham game, with Chieo in for his first start, and Alfie Doughty recalled on the left. That partnership ran rings around a poor Wolves side all day long. Chong and Andersen dropped to the bench. Tough on Mads given his performances but Rob does like the left sideness of Bell at centre back, and unless you're going to drop the captain, the selection made sense. The little known Josh Smith took charge of this game, one of the newly promoted referees. And he was in the centre of the action. Edwards took to the field in his now trademark knitwear...

Fulham 1 Town 0

Massive improvement. A change of system. Should have come away with at least a point. Some shocking refereeing. Another dismal day for VAR. Over a minute eulogy on Match of the Day to Palhinha who wanted to go to Bayern. Yes, a good player, but somehow the ref completely missed a potential career ending tackle, not even a yellow card. Where is the consistency? Sir Robbie Edwards made 4 changes as Brown got a first Premier start. As did new signing Sambi Lokonga. Tommy Lockyer and Kabore also returned to the XI. It was definite tactical change of approach from the gaffer with Morris through the middle, and Chong and Brown providing support in attack, reverting to a much more solid base when wirhout the ball. So to the match incidents involving the Hatters. And there were plenty. On 5 minutes Lokonga sent Chong away, he raced down the flank but had no support but still made the keeper work. On 25 minutes Morris had a fantastic chance as the ball fell to him unmarked but his first-time vo...

Luton Town 1 West Ham 2

A Friday night like no other under the bright, bright lights at the Kenny packed with just under 10,000 passionate Luton fans. The game may have been lost, we may have no points after three Premier League games, but sometimes you just have to look at the bigger picture   Into the action Those thoughts below. But first the action. Luton were straight into it and, rather like the first few minutes at both Brighton and Chelsea,  showed great determination and fight. One moment just before half time and a bit of quality - Paqueta given time outside the box to curl a ball into the far post, and Bowen stole in between Bell and Giles to head past Kaminski from two yards. Perhaps the keeper could have done better but the header was from such close range there was very little time to react. The Hammers second goal late in the second half came from a Ward Prowse corner that went high just beyond the near post and was met by a firm header from the cat kicker.  Into injury time and ...