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NICK OWEN'S 2020 BOARDROOM NOTES

Posted on: Tue 16 Mar 2010

Tonight it's the turn of Chairman Nick Owen to pen the programmes notes from the Boardroom at Kenilworth Road.

Here's a section of what Nick has written. To read the rest make sure you buy a copy of tonight's matchday programme.


It's amazing how many people in diverse places or age groups are affected by our results.

We realise from last season's Johnstone's Paint Trophy final, when around 42,000 Luton fans took Wembley over, that we have a tremendous following.

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Supporters travelled to north London from 20 countries on that wonderful day and how glad they must be that they made the effort! Well, that support doesn't fade away. Even though we are (temporarily!) non-league, we know they are still keeping up to date at all times of day and night wherever they may be in the world via the internet.

I've had a few post-match texts recently from Eric Morecambe's son Gary who's been out in the Far East. There are fans with their fingers on the pulse in Australia, North America and Scandinavia.

My son Chris is in Australia and he heads for bed, utterly bleary eyed, after following our Saturday games on the internet through the early hours of Sunday morning or it's a crack of dawn start on Wednesdays to follow the Tuesday matches like tonight's!

And my mother, who's 88 next month, is still on the edge of her seat every game praying for the right result via Sky Sports. She was watching Luton matches in the old First Division in the Fifties. My late father, who was still asking for Kenilworth Road gossip a couple of days before he died aged 93, used to call Saturday afternoons 'torture by teletext'!

It just goes to show how much we all care for this Football Club. Our support is as important right now as it has ever been.

We know we have an excellent chance of promotion, however it may happen, and encouragement from the stands home and away has a big part to play.

The turnout home and away has been excellent. The players are aware of it and really appreciate it.

The team is flying at the moment, the spirit is good, the end of the season is in sight and we all need to be positive from the first minute to the 90th (or 96th in special cases!).

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