Kenilworth Road, home of Luton Town based in Bedfordshire and play their trade in the Championship. Nicknamed the “Hatters” due to Luton’s history of Hat making.
It’s one of England’s iconic away ends where I’ll be tonight with the West Brom fans and in particular Will Burford! Through someone’s house into the ground… Where else can you find that? Also a ground on borrowed time as the club are looking to move on to bigger and better things so definitely good to get it off the list!
But first it’s down the M1 and into Luton and into Crawley Road car park followed by the short walk to the ground where *BUZZ* from Will, crash on the M1, might miss kick off… Oh dear! So I’m stood outside the away end wondering who lives here and also wondering if I’ll make kick off…
A bit later, *BUZZ* 10 minutes away, this is at 7:15pm, missing kick off averted and Will arrives 10 minutes later! In we go! £30 for this one! Oh well! So it’s up the steps through someone’s back garden and into the away end! How about it!
“WE ARE ALBION! SAY WE ARE ALBION!” West Brom fans in great spirits as the players take to the field! It’s Luton Town vs West Brom here live on Sky Sports… “F*** SKY TV!” From the West Brom fans… Oh dear!
Kick Off! 24th minute and Luton’s Carlton Morris gets into the box and unleashes a powerful shot… Alex Palmer saves. You can feel the tension building in the away end now… Almost everyone is on edge, Luton are growing and growing here…
Stoppage time in the first half and West Brom get the ball into the Luton box, it’s played across low and Josh Maja flicks the ball towards goal… AND IT’S ROLLED IN!!! WEST BROM FANS ERUPT!!! How have they taking the lead here!!!?? “BOING BOING! BOING BOING!” West Brom somehow lead! 0-1! And that is how it stays at half time!
Second half, 60th minute and Tahith Chong wins the ball on the left, sloppy from West Brom there… He drives into the box and he goes for goal… It’s there! Luton are level! Just like that! That’s poor from a West Brom perspective… 1-1!
75th minute, Chong drives into the box again, he fires a shot at goal… palmer just about keeps it out! The tension in the air is palpable… Both sets of fans are urging their teams forward, knowing that one goal could change everything.
In the 88th minute now, West Brom have a throw in from the right and it’s a long one… It’s flicked on towards Devante Cole who goes for an acrobatic strike… It’s straight at the keeper! Play goes on… But the game stays level at 1-1.
FT: Luton Town 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
Ratings
- Atmosphere: 8/10 – West Brom fans were class tonight! Luton fans gave it a good go as well!
- The Ground: 6/10 – Controversial! I didn’t like the away end unfortunately as it felt really cramped and had restricted views… However, outside the ground I couldn’t fault it! No other ground like this in the world but inside the ground, I just wasn’t feeling it unfortunately! Maybe a different response if I was in the home end?
- Expense: 8/10 – £30 a bit steep for a game like that.
- Overall Experience: 6/10 – Great to see Will, the game could’ve been a bit better but for me the away end let the experience down overall as I had to move around a lot to get comfortable at times.
28/40