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Luton Away
Sept 21, 2021 13:12:57 GMT 1
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Post by COWSHEDPHIL on Sept 21, 2021 13:12:57 GMT 1
Any ideas if there’s an away pub of some sort ?
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Post by westislandterrier on Sept 21, 2021 14:57:08 GMT 1
I know Luton Town are earmarked for moving to a brand new stadium and was wondering if this will be the last time Town visit on League duty...
One of the last of the old type relic grounds around in the football league surely..
I see on the official HTAFC website tickets are available for the match, but by pinching the pic of Kenilworth Road to make it bigger, what a memory reminisce it brings indeed..
An asbestos roof... gutters hanging off and chipped and broken... some sort of debris covering broken asbestos below the scoreboard... advertising boards hanging from below the guttering... the uprights propping up the roof appear to be nailed with wood to secure them from coming apart...
Old and aincent and yet beautiful and I’ll bet the atmosphere will be electric in that stand !
Had it not been for a wedding in Paisley that day I may have looked into getting a ticket for The Town end just to capture the very last of the ‘museum’ type grounds just one more time as they’re so few and far between nowadays.
EasyJet were doing reasonably cheap flights direct from Glasgow to Luton so would’ve been a fairly straightforward away Town match an overnight piss up there and back to Glasgow the next day and the West Island that night..
If it’s to be the last Huddersfield Town match there then it’s something to maybe savour and I’m sure many will fondly reminisce about a similarity to beautiful old Leeds Road !
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Post by benhomly on Sept 21, 2021 16:01:37 GMT 1
I know Luton Town are earmarked for moving to a brand new stadium and was wondering if this will be the last time Town visit on League duty... One of the last of the old type relic grounds around in the football league surely.. I see on the official HTAFC website tickets are available for the match, but by pinching the pic of Kenilworth Road to make it bigger, what a memory reminisce it brings indeed.. An asbestos roof... gutters hanging off and chipped and broken... some sort of debris covering broken asbestos below the scoreboard... advertising boards hanging from below the guttering... the uprights propping up the roof appear to be nailed with wood to secure them from coming apart... Old and aincent and yet beautiful and I’ll bet the atmosphere will be electric in that stand ! Had it not been for a wedding in Paisley that day I may have looked into getting a ticket for The Town end just to capture the very last of the ‘museum’ type grounds just one more time as they’re so few and far between nowadays. EasyJet were doing reasonably cheap flights direct from Glasgow to Luton so would’ve been a fairly straightforward away Town match an overnight piss up there and back to Glasgow the next day and the West Island that night.. If it’s to be the last Huddersfield Town match there then it’s something to maybe savour and I’m sure many will fondly reminisce about a similarity to beautiful old Leeds Road ! As eloquently put as ever westislandterrier. My memories of a trip to Kenilworth Road are less romantic however and include dodging the dead rat lying in the street by the open air markets dotted around the ground. Admittedly going through someone's house to get to the away stand (not quite but those that have been will know what I mean) is quite quaint but not a ground I see as a 'must' this season. And as for the idea of a Luton weekender for an overnight piss up it's even less appealing than an overnighter in Huddersfield town centre to be fair. Town centre's like ours and theirs are in desperate need of regeneration and no matter how long they've been talking about it the feckless long time leaders of our council never seem to extract their digits out of their backsides and get on with it. But it's OK we'll keep voting them in no matter what. |
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Post by Huddy Town Black Sox on Sept 21, 2021 16:02:23 GMT 1
Last time i went we got beat in the cup,, That was before Millwall played on the pitch frisby with the police.
I remember being coined and i have no idea what to call small pieces of concrete.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Sept 21, 2021 17:00:57 GMT 1
I know Luton Town are earmarked for moving to a brand new stadium and was wondering if this will be the last time Town visit on League duty... One of the last of the old type relic grounds around in the football league surely.. I see on the official HTAFC website tickets are available for the match, but by pinching the pic of Kenilworth Road to make it bigger, what a memory reminisce it brings indeed.. An asbestos roof... gutters hanging off and chipped and broken... some sort of debris covering broken asbestos below the scoreboard... advertising boards hanging from below the guttering... the uprights propping up the roof appear to be nailed with wood to secure them from coming apart... Old and aincent and yet beautiful and I’ll bet the atmosphere will be electric in that stand ! Had it not been for a wedding in Paisley that day I may have looked into getting a ticket for The Town end just to capture the very last of the ‘museum’ type grounds just one more time as they’re so few and far between nowadays. EasyJet were doing reasonably cheap flights direct from Glasgow to Luton so would’ve been a fairly straightforward away Town match an overnight piss up there and back to Glasgow the next day and the West Island that night.. If it’s to be the last Huddersfield Town match there then it’s something to maybe savour and I’m sure many will fondly reminisce about a similarity to beautiful old Leeds Road ! As eloquently put as ever westislandterrier. My memories of a trip to Kenilworth Road are less romantic however and include dodging the dead rat lying in the street by the open air markets dotted around the ground. Admittedly going through someone's house to get to the away stand (not quite but those that have been will know what I mean) is quite quaint but not a ground I see as a 'must' this season. And as for the idea of a Luton weekender for an overnight piss up it's even less appealing than an overnighter in Huddersfield town centre to be fair. Town centre's like ours and theirs are in desperate need of regeneration and no matter how long they've been talking about it the feckless long time leaders of our council never seem to extract their digits out of their backsides and get on with it. But it's OK we'll keep voting them in no matter what. It is like going through someone's house to get in. It's a bit of a hotch potch down the side, differing styles of stands but quirky. The view from the away end is diabolical though. |
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Sept 21, 2021 17:01:44 GMT 1
Last time i went we got beat in the cup,, That was before Millwall played on the pitch frisby with the police. I remember being coined and i have no idea what to call small pieces of concrete. Concreted??? |
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Post by menstonterrier on Sept 21, 2021 17:05:20 GMT 1
If you can stomach it.....the Conservative Club is where the away fans are usually directed.
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Post by bluedogs, Esq. on Sept 21, 2021 17:55:53 GMT 1
If you can stomach it.....the Conservative Club is where the away fans are usually directed. Huddersfield fans to wear a Gannex raincoat and smoke a pipe |
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Post by artysid on Sept 21, 2021 18:44:36 GMT 1
Not sure if I can put it as eloquently as Westie but I'll try
"It's a shithole"
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Sept 21, 2021 18:48:45 GMT 1
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Post by COWSHEDPHIL on Sept 21, 2021 18:48:45 GMT 1
Cheers for the comments guys.
I think London beers most probably the best bet
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Luton Away
Sept 21, 2021 19:35:51 GMT 1
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Post by sapphireblue on Sept 21, 2021 19:35:51 GMT 1
Globe
Bricklayers
Gt. Northern.
and (if you "do" Spoons) White House.
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Post by andyeastleake on Sept 21, 2021 19:45:36 GMT 1
Not sure if I can put it as eloquently as Westie but I'll try "It's a shithole" TBF I think that is an understatement. |
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Post by 28901 on Sept 21, 2021 22:08:58 GMT 1
As eloquently put as ever westislandterrier. My memories of a trip to Kenilworth Road are less romantic however and include dodging the dead rat lying in the street by the open air markets dotted around the ground. Admittedly going through someone's house to get to the away stand (not quite but those that have been will know what I mean) is quite quaint but not a ground I see as a 'must' this season. And as for the idea of a Luton weekender for an overnight piss up it's even less appealing than an overnighter in Huddersfield town centre to be fair. Town centre's like ours and theirs are in desperate need of regeneration and no matter how long they've been talking about it the feckless long time leaders of our council never seem to extract their digits out of their backsides and get on with it. But it's OK we'll keep voting them in no matter what. It is like going through someone's house to get in. It's a bit of a hotch potch down the side, differing styles of stands but quirky. The view from the away end is diabolical though. When I last went that was the home end. We were in a third of the then open end. FA cup 1984.Luton were first division and did Town 2 0. |
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Luton Away
Sept 21, 2021 22:10:21 GMT 1
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Post by 28901 on Sept 21, 2021 22:10:21 GMT 1
Last time i went we got beat in the cup,, That was before Millwall played on the pitch frisby with the police. I remember being coined and i have no idea what to call small pieces of concrete. Bricks and all sorts going backwards and forwards over the fence in that open end |
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Sept 21, 2021 22:42:57 GMT 1
It is like going through someone's house to get in. It's a bit of a hotch potch down the side, differing styles of stands but quirky. The view from the away end is diabolical though. When I last went that was the home end. We were in a third of the then open end. FA cup 1984.Luton were first division and did Town 2 0. I've been since but that day was a bit of an eye opener. The natives were in the mood for fun and games . And on the pitch their internationals tore us a new one |
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Post by Champers on Sept 22, 2021 8:03:50 GMT 1
Last time i went we got beat in the cup,, That was before Millwall played on the pitch frisby with the police. I remember being coined and i have no idea what to call small pieces of concrete. Debris? |
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Post by Ibiza Town on Sept 22, 2021 23:08:00 GMT 1
I know Luton Town are earmarked for moving to a brand new stadium and was wondering if this will be the last time Town visit on League duty... One of the last of the old type relic grounds around in the football league surely.. I see on the official HTAFC website tickets are available for the match, but by pinching the pic of Kenilworth Road to make it bigger, what a memory reminisce it brings indeed.. An asbestos roof... gutters hanging off and chipped and broken... some sort of debris covering broken asbestos below the scoreboard... advertising boards hanging from below the guttering... the uprights propping up the roof appear to be nailed with wood to secure them from coming apart... Old and aincent and yet beautiful and I’ll bet the atmosphere will be electric in that stand ! Had it not been for a wedding in Paisley that day I may have looked into getting a ticket for The Town end just to capture the very last of the ‘museum’ type grounds just one more time as they’re so few and far between nowadays. EasyJet were doing reasonably cheap flights direct from Glasgow to Luton so would’ve been a fairly straightforward away Town match an overnight piss up there and back to Glasgow the next day and the West Island that night.. If it’s to be the last Huddersfield Town match there then it’s something to maybe savour and I’m sure many will fondly reminisce about a similarity to beautiful old Leeds Road ! Really enjoyed the awayday there a couple of years ago, even if we were terrible. Proper old school ground. Ill be there |
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Post by keithAM11532 on Sept 22, 2021 23:18:36 GMT 1
Worst place I have ever been (to watch Town). I even enjoyed the drenching in the Shrewsbury goat shed than I did the away day to Luton.
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Post by herefordaway on Sept 23, 2021 8:54:53 GMT 1
It's one aspect of football that annoys me,so much money sloshing around but never gets used right,infrastructure and grass roots etc.Towns ground was a dump in the 70/80s but probably not as bad as Lutons
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Post by covterrier on Sept 23, 2021 10:36:19 GMT 1
If you can stomach it.....the Conservative Club is where the away fans are usually directed. It's closed, according to a fella I work with, undergoing repair following a fire. |
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Post by shawsie on Sept 24, 2021 7:44:49 GMT 1
It's one aspect of football that annoys me,so much money sloshing around but never gets used right,infrastructure and grass roots etc.Towns ground was a dump in the 70/80s but probably not as bad as Lutons Leeds road was palatial compared to kenilworth road!!! Played on their ground years ago when they had a plastic pitch and it was a rough place even with 80 in the crowd watching us!!!! Luton is the land that time forgot! |
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Post by Five Lamps on Sept 24, 2021 10:23:32 GMT 1
Crumbling ground, zero leg room, pissing in someone's shed, no pubs nearby in a no-go zone.
Cracking away day!
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Post by Uddersfield on Sept 24, 2021 12:11:10 GMT 1
Shit place but I love it. Proper away end!
Last time we stayed in the centre in some dingy side pub. Was decent enough though with sky on tv.
Looking forward to it!
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Post by mosher on Sept 25, 2021 13:55:40 GMT 1
Worst place I have ever been (to watch Town). I even enjoyed the drenching in the Shrewsbury goat shed than I did the away day to Luton. Is that the game featured in the end of season DVD where Warnock essentially says fuck how ya play in the second half, we shouldn't even be playing! If it is all I remember about THAT day out was me and mate having to buy dry clothes before mate's dad would let us in his car for the journey home! I don't think I've ever been as drenched, before or since 😂 |
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Luton Away
Sept 25, 2021 14:04:47 GMT 1
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Post by Malvern Tom (WAHLS) on Sept 25, 2021 14:04:47 GMT 1
When I last went that was the home end. We were in a third of the then open end. FA cup 1984.Luton were first division and did Town 2 0. I've been since but that day was a bit of an eye opener. The natives were in the mood for fun and games . And on the pitch their internationals tore us a new one Different people, different memories Ted. I remember Laws being sent off for next to nowt and Luton scoring their 2nd from the free kick. Town held their own, both on and off the pitch. Chilly bus was parked in an old railway yard and it was dodgy to say the least. |
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Luton Away
Sept 26, 2021 17:02:22 GMT 1
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Post by 28901 on Sept 26, 2021 17:02:22 GMT 1
I've been since but that day was a bit of an eye opener. The natives were in the mood for fun and games . And on the pitch their internationals tore us a new one Different people, different memories Ted. I remember Laws being sent off for next to nowt and Luton scoring their 2nd from the free kick. Town held their own, both on and off the pitch. Chilly bus was parked in an old railway yard and it was dodgy to say the least. That's how I remember it. Town wee on top and hit the post before they scored. |
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Luton Away
Sept 26, 2021 18:23:27 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2021 18:23:27 GMT 1
As eloquently put as ever westislandterrier. My memories of a trip to Kenilworth Road are less romantic however and include dodging the dead rat lying in the street by the open air markets dotted around the ground. Admittedly going through someone's house to get to the away stand (not quite but those that have been will know what I mean) is quite quaint but not a ground I see as a 'must' this season. And as for the idea of a Luton weekender for an overnight piss up it's even less appealing than an overnighter in Huddersfield town centre to be fair. Town centre's like ours and theirs are in desperate need of regeneration and no matter how long they've been talking about it the feckless long time leaders of our council never seem to extract their digits out of their backsides and get on with it. But it's OK we'll keep voting them in no matter what. It is like going through someone's house to get in. It's a bit of a hotch potch down the side, differing styles of stands but quirky. The view from the away end is diabolical though. Filbert Street used to be like going through someone’s house. |
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Post by crux on Sept 26, 2021 19:29:46 GMT 1
It is like going through someone's house to get in. It's a bit of a hotch potch down the side, differing styles of stands but quirky. The view from the away end is diabolical though. Filbert Street used to be like going through someone’s house. That was the weirdest entrance into a football ground ever. I presume at some point they actually had to buy a house in that terrace row. |
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Post by Merseyterrier on Sept 28, 2021 8:22:16 GMT 1
Last time i went we got beat in the cup,, That was before Millwall played on the pitch frisby with the police. I remember being coined and i have no idea what to call small pieces of concrete. Pebbledashed !! That was the last time I was there, and we ran out of petrol on the way home, near Rotherham, on the M1…..not my car your honour. |
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Post by artysid on Sept 28, 2021 9:16:56 GMT 1
Last time i went we got beat in the cup,, That was before Millwall played on the pitch frisby with the police. I remember being coined and i have no idea what to call small pieces of concrete. Pebbledashed !! That was the last time I was there, and we ran out of petrol on the way home, near Rotherham, on the M1…..not my car your honour. An even better chance of running out of petrol this time probably.  |
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