Coventry & Luton - every dog has its day

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Ground share with MK Dons for a season?

£10m for stadium upgrades.. £100m for a nee stadium which is on it way this year anyway.

How about.. just buy MK Dons? What a fitting end to a non club that would be!

Drop MK Dons.. keep Hartlepool in league two and keep Morecambe in league one.

Pretty sure I read somewhere that MK Dons was worth £8m.. they’d save £2m there straight away.. then there’s the player sales.
(new Hartlepool owner could get a reet deal)

£100m saved from the new stadium, sell off Kenilworth Road, sell off the land at Power Court..

You mean do a Wimbledon?

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

We’re a bigger club than Coventry.

Geordie/Mackem alert!!!!

 

[newyddion]

You mean do a Wimbledon?

Exactly!

Maybe change the name of Milton Keynes to.. Luton.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Exactly!

Then the fans could campaign, set up a new club called FC Luton and spend millions trying to build up their new club in Luton

 

[newyddion]

Then the fans could campaign, set up a new club called FC Luton and spend millions trying to build up their new club in Luton

Just call Milton Keynes town Luton too!

Everyone thinking Milton Keynes is naff anyway.

Like moving Stockton to Darlington..

Wimbledon to MK was like Middlesbrough to Leeds.

 

[Bernies_quiff]

Football has been the loser in these playoffs.
Us and Sunderland were the two footballing sides, both were battered by two cynical teams of cloggers, I won’t be watching the final.
Whichever of the two go up will be the first team relegated next year

 

[coluka]

Would they be forced to ground share

They should kick them out and promote whoever finished 3rd, as they can’t do that (obvs) whoever finished 4th or worst case scenario hold a play off between Boro and Coventry

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

Luton STicket holders can buy 6 tickets according to Lad at work who is fan .....mental policy

They took 42,000 to the Papa Johns Final they were in apparently.

I wont be watching. Twickenham for me now Saracens v Sale in the Premiership Final.

 

[Funky_Chicken]

The cloggers final - two teams who don’t know what midfield is. Hope Luton win though just to píss off everyone in the Premier League

 

[Abel Tasman]

They took 42,000 to the Papa Johns Final they were in apparently.

I wont be watching. Twickenham for me now Saracens v Sale in the Premiership Final.

Strange to have both games on at the sane time and so close to each other?

 

[Abel Tasman]

nah, not having that. They have only had one run in the top flight in their entire history, yes it was a long run from 68 to 01, yet only finished above 10th 3 times. Always there to make up the numbers. 33 years total, but it puts them well behind us in top flight seasons.

Some of the attendances in those years were in the bottom 2 for top flight sides often averaging 12-16k.

The 87 cup final win was obviously the big moment for the club, but it still remains the only senior cup final they have ever had.

It's never really been a footballing city, certainly wasn't when I lived and worked there. Maybe now the prem is all pervasive and attracts more middle class money, maybe they could support a prem club, maybe finishing 4th bottom every season will see fans be a bit meh.

Dont get the preoccupation amongst fans about who is a bigger club than another. If Coventry get to the PL you can say that now they would be a bigger club than us because of their income potential.And in terms of heritage they may not have won much but certainly are higher in that regard than Bournemouth and dare I say it Brighton and Hove Albion. Robins has done a remarkable job there considering their recent turnoils.

 

[newyddion]

Ground share with MK Dons for a season?

£10m for stadium upgrades.. £100m for a nee stadium which is on it way this year anyway.

How about.. just buy MK Dons? What a fitting end to a non club that would be!

Drop MK Dons.. keep Hartlepool in league two and keep Morecambe in league one.

Pretty sure I read somewhere that MK Dons was worth £8m.. they’d save £2m there straight away.. then there’s the player sales.
(new Hartlepool owner could get a reet deal)

£100m saved from the new stadium, sell off Kenilworth Road, sell off the land at Power Court..

This would be one hell of a deal for Luton imo.. and a fitting end to MK Dons

Instead of paying £10m for improvements to their stadium they spend £8m on buying MK Dons.. stadium done job done.

Then buy Hartlepool for £2m and merge the teams. Hartlepool United back in league two with potential promotion winning squad to boot

MK Dons double donned!!


Would only need a weekend of swapping some seats around

Luton Town average attendance 9854 MK Dons average attendance 8411
Stadium capacity 30,530.. job done.

 

[HolgateCorner]

I may be reading it wrong but amongst a few there seems to be a Coventry and, to a lesser extent, Luton love in on this forum and I can’t quite understand it.

Both are very physical, fairly ugly teams who stretch the rules and the weak refs to the limit.

My view is that whoever goes up will be bottom of the Prem with a manager change sometime around November. That’s not sour grapes, it’s just what I think will happen.

Luton sharing with MK Dons makes a lot of sense because if they can ride the year out they can return to Kenilworth without having broken the bank to lift the standard of the ground just for 19 matches. I lived in Luton nearly 40 years ago and they were talking seriously about a new stadium even back then.

As for Coventry they have better infrastructure and crowds but appear very fragile just can’t see them surviving on Gyokeres if he stays and Hamer and a few journeymen alone.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Dont get the preoccupation amongst fans about who is a bigger club than another. If Coventry get to the PL you can say that now they would be a bigger club than us because of their income potential.And in terms of heritage they may not have won much but certainly are higher in that regard than Bournemouth and dare I say it Brighton and Hove Albion. Robins has done a remarkable job there considering their recent turnoils.

Coventry s FA Cup trumps our League Cup. A success we share with Luton.

 

[BoroMart]

We do a lot better than both sides on silver medals though

 

[HolgateCorner]

We do a lot better than both sides on silver medals though

You are completely right that we are a much more substantial club than either Coventry or Luton, I’m surprised anybody can be bothered trying to argue against it.

 

[Frozen Horse]

One embarrassment I'll admit to is believing Luton Town were a major force In English football as a kid.

In my defence, they won the league cup and reached the fa cup semifinal in the first season I really became aware of professional sport. They were on TV as much as any club except Liverpool. They reached the final again the next year

I also thought their ground looked very futuristic . The plastic pitch, the stand that is just boxes, and the very large clock at one end meant that it looked complete lly unique. It didn't occur to me that it was tiny.

As for Coventry, they were midway though 30 years in the top flight.

I don't see it as every dog has its day, but as what goes around comes around.

 

[Muttley]

I'm probably one of the few Boro fans relieved in a way that we didn't make. After watching Luton v Sunderland I will however state a preference for our sky blue conquerors. Better team, better players, better to watch.

I shall be enjoying myself at Catton Hall for Bearded Theory Festival, I had planned to dip out to catch the final in a pub or something like that if we had made it but I just had a feeling when I booked it (automatic promotion was still a possibility) that we wouldn't be in the final.

We've had a great season.

We go again UTB.