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Reply | Exiles to lose their undefeated home record, as the U's finally win away
at 09:50 10 Oct 2026
Nice one mfb, thanks! I must admit I always find it a bit of a quandary whether a reformed club is the same club as the original? Newport Council thought so, which was why they prohibited the new Newport from playing at Somerton Road over unpaid rent owed by the old Newport.
Second trip of the season coming up, looking forward to it. |
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Reply | Happy League 2026/27 Week 9 (of 38) - Deadline Saturday 10th October 12.30
at 09:08 10 Oct 2026
ASTON VILLA v BRENTFORD 1-1
CHELSEA v AFC BOURNEMOUTH 2-0
IPSWICH TOWN v FULHAM 2-0
CHARLTON ATHLETIC v BRISTOL CITY (12.30) 1-2
BLACKBURN ROVERS v CARDIFF CITY 1-1
PRESTON NORTH END v MILLWALL 3-1
BRADFORD CITY v LEYTON ORIENT 3-0
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1-2
CRAWLEY TOWN v CHESTERFIELD 0-2
YORK CITY v NORTHAMPTON TOWN 2-1 |
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Reply | U's Mad As Hatters Take The Win
at 17:19 3 Oct 2026
U's lose in the penalty shootout, but a great equaliser from Brad to give us that chance. For those that care, I believe we still have a chance of getting through to the knockout stages, but I think it relies on Ipshit U21s beating Posh, and then Luton beat Posh and we beat the tractor boys - there might be other scenarios, so happy to be corrected. |
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Reply | U's Mad As Hatters Take The Win
at 15:55 3 Oct 2026
0-0 at halftime, and quite an entertaining game to be honest. Luton are the better side at the moment, but not by much, and neither side have created any really clear cut chances. [Post edited 3 Oct 15:55]
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Reply | U's Mad As Hatters Take The Win
at 10:24 3 Oct 2026
Incidentally, only S3 is open for ticket sales, but it’s looking quite full. Luton have apparently sold more than 500 tickets, so with the West Stand included, probably be around 2,000 attendance. Not bad considering it’s the EFL Trophy, probably more than double what we’d normally get. |
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Reply | U's Mad As Hatters Take The Win
at 21:00 2 Oct 2026
Nice one RS, thanks!
Games against Luton - one date is etched in my memory, on Tuesday 12th September 2006 at Kenilworth Road. This was in the Championship, Luton had started well and were just outside the play-offs, we were just outside the relegation zone. It was always going to be a difficult match, so as I took my place amongst the 429 faithful, it was more in hope than expectation. With regard to the played for both category in the Hatter's squad that season, they had Chris Coyne, Rowan Vine and of course Dean Morgan.
My expectation took control after 32 minutes when, after considerable pressure, Parkin headed home for Luton. Hope was, however, rekindled when Jamie Cureton blasted in an equaliser on 40 minutes with a 25-yard rocket. But we were still under pressure.
However, cometh the hour, cometh the man. My Matches of Yesteryear blog picks up the story from here.
Into the second half, Aidan Davison had already pulled off a number of saves, to give a glimpse of what was to come, but after our equaliser he really came into his own. Wave after wave of Luton attacks crashed against the rock that was Aidan Davison, but he had it all that night. Acrobatic and sublime flying stops that would grace the Premier League, gnarly one-on-one's diving at the feet of on-rushing forwards, dangerous crosses plucked out of the air as if he was picking apples – Davison withheld everything that Luton threw at him. Luton’s manager, Mike Newell, put it quite simply “In the second half we created a number of chances and that is something of an understatement”. We rode our luck a bit too, Richard Langley missing a 50th minute penalty (hitting the bar), Edwards also hit the bar, and Rowan Vine had a goal disallowed in the 53rd minute for offside.
This isn’t the best photo, again from an archived newspaper report, but it conveys the right impression – Aidan defiantly in the thick of things, refusing to let anything past him.
The local press described it as the “The Aidan Davison Show!”, and I remember at the time the Luton messageboarders were unanimous that they’d never seen such a performance in their life. Aidan was quoted as saying at the time (and very modestly) “It's a long time since I've had so much to do, you have to go back a long time, to the days when I was at Bolton. I remember a game against Tranmere that was similar, which we actually won, but this was just as hectic. In fact, we were under even more pressure tonight. The luck went our way, and it was a good team effort. Luton kept pressing, and we could not relieve the pressure. However, I don't regard this as one of the very best performances of my career, because I was far too over-worked. I had too much to do. Strange as it may sound, I think some of my best games have come when I haven't had that many saves to make, because of the organisation of the defence. We need to tidy things up a little over the coming weeks, but we have a relatively inexperienced team, and the lads are learning all the time. It's a steep learning curve at this level, but we showed in this game that we really want to stay in this division”.
Luton Town 1 (Parkin 32’) Colchester United 1 (Cureton 40’)
We would go on to finish 10th in the Championship, just a few points outside the play-offs for the Premier League. Luton were relegated. |
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Reply | Lubala Proves To Be Shrewd Signing At New Meadow
at 20:56 25 Sep 2026
True, but he's got a few more years and clubs, and at a reasonable level, now under his belt, so fingers-crossed. We do need some attacking flair on the wing, that's for sure.
Nice preview RS - after what seems an age, this will be my first awayday of the season. A combination of family, work and travel logistics have scuppered anything else up to now, so I'm really looking forward to it. On the played for both list, there is of course Jamie Cureton, but given he's still playing, it's becoming more of a rarity these days to find another club he hasn't played for.
My top pick has to be Mike Walker though. Originally on the books at Reading, I think his league debut came when he signed for Shrewsbury. After a handful of other clubs, most notably Watford where he was part of the lower league team that knocked Bill Shankly's Liverpool out of the FA Cup in 1970. He joined the U's in 1973, where he would spend the rest of his playing career, and one of the stars I grew up supporting. Our longest-serving goalkeeper of all time (and unlikely to be beaten ever), he went on to manage the U's briefly, until sacked whilst we were top of the league, allegedly off-pitch bedroom matters were involved. He was 'posthumously' awarded the Manager of the Month award several days after his departure.
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Reply | Can the Common U’s overcome the Posh ‘borough?
at 21:15 22 Sep 2026
Indeed, puts the U's in 3rd place with a +4 GD over the tractor botherers, but we still probably have to win our next two group games at home to proceed. I'm reasonably okay with tonight - 75% of a League 1 team against at best 25% of a League 2 team and we saw the result that would be expected in the first half. Second half, went it went more of 50% of each, we were much better. Posh were still mostly in control, but thanks to a wonder strike from Harvey we won the second half. Well done to the 160+ who made the journey, the real test will be on Saturday at Shrewsbury - can't wait. |
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Reply | Can the Common U’s overcome the Posh ‘borough?
at 13:07 22 Sep 2026
Nice one Ghughes, many thanks! You definitely drew the short straw when it came to predicting a line-up, but I'm certain many of those you've named will make an appearance at some point. For those of you not on the other side of the world, don't forget it's a 7pm kick-off tonight. |
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Reply | Robins again! It’s only bloody September!
at 18:50 19 Sep 2026
It was Alfie's birthday today, so we had a big family lunch in Bristol. As a result, I only caught the last 30 minutes, but it was enough. A great goal on the break from Sesay, but we were already under pressure from Cheltenham. No argument about the penalty, no argument about the red card either. In the end, we did well to get a point, so I have to be content with that. After all of the second half shenanigans, goal celebrations, yellow and red cards, prolonged handbags on the pitch, I couldn't work out why only four minutes were added on, but on this occasion I was mightily relieved. |
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Reply | Happy League 2026/27 Week 6 (of 38) - Deadline Saturday 19th September 12.30
at 09:49 19 Sep 2026
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION v ARSENAL 0-2
CARDIFF CITY v CHARLTON ATHLETIC (12.30) 2-1
STOKE CITY v SHEFFIELD UNITED (12.30) 1-1
LINCOLN CITY v SWANSEA CITY 1-0
OXFORD UNITED v CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1-2
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v STOCKPORT COUNTY 2-2
WIGAN ATHLETIC v WYCOMBE WANDERERS 0-1
CREWE ALEXANDRA v SHREWSBURY TOWN 2-0
GRIMSBY TOWN v CRAWLEY TOWN 3-1
SALFORD CITY v SWINDON TOWN 1-2 |
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Reply | U’s v Port Vale 3/10/26
at 09:46 19 Sep 2026
Shrewd move. Apart from those boycotting on principle, we should get a half decent crowd compared to a Tuesday night. |
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