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Just seen on bcc sport website Luton to start next season with 30 point deduction could only be one relegation spot to fight over!!!!!!!

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Could still go to us if we don't meet the ground requirements. ;)

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There's more about Luton's points deduction and about Rotherham and Bournemouth's position on the Football League website: http://www.football-league.co.uk/pag...341988,00.html.

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On the above site the Football League mention a 20 points deduct but teletext mentions a 30 points deduct ! Which is right ? Was ther a previous 10 point deduct?

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Yep ! the thirty is right ! I cannot see the Hatters staying up with such a handicap.

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The other ten points was given weeks ago for the issues they had regarding illegal dealings with agents.

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I would expect that they will probably run concurrently. A 30 point deduction would pretty much relegate them immediately so would they not tak ethe view that we are down regardless so lets just let 15 kids play? etc etc and for example only. They may as well save on wages and put it towards next seasons Conference campaign

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Well the league table makes interesting reading for you lot. Long way between top and bottom :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...es/default.stm

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dont think you be happy till we are in conf again tin chimp

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:) Will we wont we im sure we will and with a new stand built once everthink is sorted and funding is in place :)

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Got to say, I think Jimmy Bell has put both feet in it in tonights Evening Telegraph. Very crass comments that the club could well do without, especially when you consider what happened to Stanley in 1962. Sorry JB but you made a mistake with those.http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/sp...nts__cushion_/

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Couldn't agree more with you OUTBACK..we can think that (having a 'cushion') but to say so publicly?-very immature me thinks. I think Jimmy probably regrets saying it now.

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For anyone thinking of buying a season ticket the thought we might need such a cushion might not be the greatest encouragement to pay up hard earned cash.

In any event we need a new stand to stay up ourselves and there is another relegation place. We do not know what if any points deduction Rotherham or Bournemouth may get.

Got to say that the obstacles Rotherham look to face before any start to the season look extremely daunting.

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Whilst Bell is out of order making public his views, I find it hard to have much sympathy for Luton. They've been over-spending for years, trying to achieve successes on the pitch and now they are facing the consequences of doing that. Three administrations in 10 years says it all. Other clubs have had to struggle year in and year out for any success they may or may not have had. What makes Luton so special?

What goes around, comes around.

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Oop's ...some Quotes ffom the telegraph Banquo, Milton Keynes says...
11:51am Fri 11 Jul 08
Really great to see solidarity between clubs. When Accrington next face going bust - Us Luton fans will you remind you of the comments made above. It is a sad state of affairs that Jimmy Bell takes pleasure in another clubs misfortune.
Really great to see solidarity between clubs. When Accrington next face going bust - Us Luton fans will you remind you of the comments made above. It is a sad state of affairs that Jimmy Bell takes pleasure in another clubs misfortune.



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razorsharp1, Luton says...
12:14pm Fri 11 Jul 08
I have to echo the previous comment. It is sad to see that Jimmy Bell has the same narrow-minded mentality as Mawhinney. This could be any number of clubs in the FL, including Accrington.

Lower league football needs each other to survive the big guns and cronies that make up the top 4 club pact currently driving the game out of recognisable exisitence.

I wonder if Jimmy Bell reads this and if he, or the club, would care to re-comment on his comments?
I have to echo the previous comment. It is sad to see that Jimmy Bell has the same narrow-minded mentality as Mawhinney. This could be any number of clubs in the FL, including Accrington.

Lower league football needs each other to survive the big guns and cronies that make up the top 4 club pact currently driving the game out of recognisable exisitence.

I wonder if Jimmy Bell reads this and if he, or the club, would care to re-comment on his comments?



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remember 1962, bolton says...
3:17pm Fri 11 Jul 08
I can't understand such a crass statement coming from one of our senior management team, imagine how the poor fans of Luton must feel (remember we have been there)what must Luton think of our once great club with comments like these, i really hope Eric disciplines & fines him or even better sacks this idiot, i really feel ashamed to be associated with the club at this point in time.
I can't understand such a crass statement coming from one of our senior management team, imagine how the poor fans of Luton must feel (remember we have been there)what must Luton think of our once great club with comments like these, i really hope Eric disciplines & fines him or even better sacks this idiot, i really feel ashamed to be associated with the club at this point in time.



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remember 1962, bolton says...
3:36pm Fri 11 Jul 08
PS. I hope and prey the betting scandal episode doesn't rear its ugly head in the non too distant future and ends up with a huge points deduction if we are found to have been a little naughty - just a thought!
PS. I hope and prey the betting scandal episode doesn't rear its ugly head in the non too distant future and ends up with a huge points deduction if we are found to have been a little naughty - just a thought!



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Gaunty, Luton says...
9:51pm Fri 11 Jul 08
I just hope, Bell, that ASFC's chairman takes the fan above's advice, sacks you and that you never work in football again.

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Says it all really, Bell you're a big mouthed dickhead, lets keep our thoughts private.

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i hope someone sack the big man now :eek:

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Latest on Luton/Rotherham/Bournemouth from The Football League on :-
http://www.football-league.co.uk/pag...341988,00.html

Vairy interestink ??? :hesoff:

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Why sack him just becuase of the things he said we all make mistakes its about learning from the mistakes if he does read the forum than he knows he will have to win some the fans support back (not mine becuase i respect him and stuff already) but who else is going to work that well with coley,only signed 2 new players, with one maybe leaving hopefull not as i like him alot, just forget what he said look foward to a good season in league two, getting a higher position than last year scoring more goals, letting in less having a top defence, more singing on the clayton end

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A very silly comment.

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some things are best unsaid, this is a shoot yerself in head comment.:rolleyes: again though its the ordinary fan that suffers, more suitable would be punishment big time of the people that put these clubs in such a position.

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myself i would not speek like that about a team. if some one said that about us we be **** off . that that :cool:

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Just a word of caution - what we don't know was how the reporter framed the question and how much of Jimmy's answer got printed. I stopped buying papers nearly 20 years back when I saw concrete evidence of a journalist manipulating an interview with someone to produce a story when there wasn't one there for real.May be Jimmy did respond with the obvious that any clubs with a deduction give the rest a comfort zone.Doesn't mean he likes the League's decision anymore than any true football fan.I hope Luton appeal and it would be nice to see Stanley and others support such appeal.

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Accrington Stanley owed money in 1962 and ended up...well we all know how they ended up...but these days clubs like Luton can merely cheat their way into staying alive via administration. It's good to see the FL finally clamping down on this practice.

Although that said, I do also feel for the true Luton fans - after all its not their fault the board cant manage to at least break even, even with a trip to the Kop last season.

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to be fair to jimmy - liberal journalism could have been used.

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Confirmed today Luton WILL start with a 30 point deduction. 10 wins to get to 0pts.

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it was Jimmys weekly column. I understand that people who have columns send an article with however many words max and that is what gets printed. They would only edit for space reasons.

I was flabberghasted when I read the article but 'I knew what he meant'. He has only said what the rest of the league is thinking but he didn't word it very well.

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as fro the points deduction I thought the 10 point from the FA was very harsh in lieu of the circumstances. I also thought the 20 was ridiculous but hadn't realised that it was their third administration in 10 years. Clubs are going to have to learn to keep their house in order because its unfair on the rest - especially clubs like us that have nothing to even borrow against.

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Is this the same Luton Town that banned away supporters a few years back ?, Is this the
same Luton Town that introduced ID cards for Home fans,?is this the same Luton Town Margaret thatcher held up as the future for all football clubs.?Save your tears you bunch of cissies,they have got of lightley.

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Well Said Yonmon

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Luton only fills one of the relegation places - lets hope exeter have a stinker and fill the other, as our squad is not the biggest for next season.
4 or 5 injurys and suspensions and we are in trouble.

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I don't think that anybody knows what our squad is for next season. If you have inside information and know the squad for next season please let everybody else know.

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No need to be confused Red..It's my biggest worry as well !!...but I don't like keep bringing it up in case the quandary begins to depress everyone!!.
Anyway, from his postings, Depechemode appears to have the matter well in hand....so not to worry too much!!.

'What me worry ??'...only because any news about the squad for 2008/9..and those other factors surrounding 'the Reds' which cause us such concern...ISN'T VERY FORTHCOMING !!.

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My dear Yonmon, I, and I'm sure, many others on this forum, enjoy your posts immensely........always witty but to the point, but even you cannot fail to see that some things NEVER change!:D

Oh, and probably never will :o

'What me worry??..........you bet I am!'

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Humble apologies Mr Alfred.E....................(Cowboy now googles Alfred E to find out more!):o

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the stand will be built, maybe a little late but if building is underway league will be happy . cant see eric letting club slip down again and there is always some funding somewhere to be had .

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On Luton overhauling us etc and hopes of leaving us in trouble:

Luton Town - Luton's task: Just how big is it?

Rotherham braced for the worst:

Millers expect to fall foul of points deduction - Yorkshire Post

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Cocko is worried about Rotherham:

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