Luton Town (2) 3 Bell 17 Furlong 27 Spring 80 (pen)
Gillingham (1) 1 Bentley 22
Att. 6,178
Entrance: £22.50
Programme: £3
Mileage: 194/976
Match Report
One of those days (or just another one of those days) when you have to ask yourself, "Why do I bother". Let's go through all the adjectives, Clueless, Woeful, Desperate, Useless. Today was a murderous journey, stop-start M25, just stop M1 (where we saw the team coach, so they couldn't have arrived much before 2 pm), 3 hours 25 minutes for a journey that took me 1 hour 55 minutes to get home. Parking a nightmare and then a seat with legroom that would make a 5-year-old uncomfortable and a piss-taking £22.50 to watch League One football, back to the beginning, "Why do I bother".Apart from the seats, the parking and the cost, Kenilworth Road is a dump. Luton have a new stadium in the offing and it is well overdue. I like traditional old football grounds no matter that they may be a bit run down, but Kenilworth Road is downright ugly. Those stupid corporate boxes along the length of one side look like cast-offs from double glazing stands at a county fair. The main stand is a hotch-potch of fill-ins that looks disjointed and viewing from the away end is obstructed.
As a match report this is going to sound the same as the two previous games. Hoofed balls into nowhere, defenders chasing shadows, non-existant midfield and David Graham feeding on scraps, Facey playing the "Am I bothered" card. I cannot think of one single player that is worthy of mention as a possible man of the match, perhaps Bentley, he did score and put himself about. Armstrong, enough said without saying anything and the rest of the back four spent the game three yards behind the players they were supposed to be marking. Lomas, what a disappointment he has been so far, made absolutely no impression and some of his passing was dire. Cogan started, tackled back more than Brown, but going forward did very little. Marvin Hamilton came on for Brown, and with Gillingham fans desperate to cling onto anything positive, he showed a good deal of effort and chucked in one mighty long throw. Royce made some decent saves, could be questioned (perhaps harshly) that he was beaten on his near post for the first goal, but it was a really good shot. Southall, proving he is no full back, contributing to the goal. Royce would also take some of the blame for the second goal when he chased a ball that he wasn't going to get, ending with a cross to Furlong who was left with an open goal.
The most worrying thing is we appear to be getting worse. Luton were not a bad side, they had some good movement, missed a lot of chances, it could easily have been five or six at half time. There seemed a lack of spirit, I've heard whispers that there is not a great togetherness in the camp and on the pitch it shows. Jepson left the pitch at the end of each half with non-complimentary chants ringing in his ears from the disenchanted away support.
Elsewhere . . . The day goes from bad to worse as Tonbridge 2-0 up in the 89th minute, manage to lose 3-2 at Hendon with goals in the 89th, 93rd and 97th minutes.
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