It was last February 9, the penultimate home game of Paul Buckle’s reign, when the Kenilworth Road PA man read out the Luton team to take on Forest Green.
Former Thurrock manager Hakan Hayrettin has told of his fears that match-fixing could have been going on in Non-League football for years – and how he voiced his suspicions over players in his own team.
Alex Lawless got man-of-the-match in the 3-0 win over Dartford and that was as predictable as it was deserved; Luton’s fit-again midfield talisman scoring on his first start of the season.
As Freudian slips go, it’s a mild one, but when Paul Benson says: “I’m back here now”, it is understandable that the on-loan Swindon striker can confuse Skrill Premier big guns Luton Town for League Two minnows Dagenham &?Redbridge.
If I’d had a fiver for every time I’ve been asked this summer which Conference club had done the best business, I’d be able to bankroll Hammonds FC to the top of the budget table.
The name Luton Town might be more famous for actually reaching the FA Cup final in 1959, and more recent Wembley wins inthe Littlewoods Cup and Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.
Luton Town have signed two players from Conference North outfit Histon, while telling six players they are not being offered new deals at Kenilworth Road.