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September 2011 News

On Thursday 8th September 2011, Luton Town Supporters club held their first “fans forum” event of the 2011/12 season.

In front of the fans, for the night were Luton Manager Gary Brabin together with his management team of Alan Neilson, Paul Carden, Simon Parsell and Dmitri Kharine.

The event was held in the newly refurbished Eric Morecambe lounge at the football club and was well attended with over 50 fans in attendance.

Gary Brabin and the team faced a number of questions about the team, new signings, and performances so far this season and the general response was that a great evening was had by all. The event was also recorded by LTFC’s Andrew Barringer and we hope that footage of the event will be made available on the web for fans who could not make this event.

During the event we were also able to announce that two forthcoming events in aid of SOLYD are underway.

The first is on 29th September 2011 when there will be a Quiz evening.

Then on December 8th 2011, Mark Joseph (www.markjoseph.co.uk) will be perfoming a exclusive concert in aid of SOLYD. Keep your eye out for further details of these and other events.

LTSC will also be planning for another fans forum event shortly, and we would welcome your suggestions for players who you would like to see. Please use the contact us page to send us your ideas.

Fixture change angers fans

Luton Town supporters find themselves inconvenienced yet again by the decision on police advice to switch the match at Hayes & Yeading from 3:00pm on a bank holiday Monday to a Tuesday evening kick-off. Three fixtures in the first month of the season will not take place on their original dates which is simply unacceptable.

As ever it seems that football supporters are the last people to be considered when these decisions are made. Football bemoans the lack of young supporters and yet fixtures are moved to a time which precludes many from attending. This is not good for fans or for the club’s gate.

Luton Town Supporters Club understands that one of the reasons given for moving the Hayes & Yeading game is that police resources will be stretched due to the Notting Hill Carnival. If that is the case then why did the Conference ever schedule this match for Bank Holiday Monday? The dates of the carnival were well known before the fixture list was drawn up.

While LTFC had little say in this fixture change, the Supporters Club have been in contact with them to express our disgust at another fixture change and the inconvenience it will cause supporters. We are also in dialogue with the Football Supporters Federation whose Fans’ blueprint for the future of the beautiful game includes a call for

An end to constant fixture changes to suit television or policing

The FSF certainly have our full backing on that one.