Trust in Luton
Further details about public meeting
As the situation at Luton Town FC becomes more and more strange, the fans are making final preparations for the first public meeting of the new Supporters' Trust.
Fans will be congregating in the Kenilworth Road ground (via the Kenilworth Road press entrance) on Saturday 7th June at 3pm to listen to speakers from a variety of backgrounds. Ian Pearce from Three Counties Radio is one of the confirmed speakers. Other Luton fans of long standing will be explaining why they think a Trust is the way forward, along with members of other successful Trusts, and a representative from Supporters Direct, the government-funded organisation, will explain how a Trust works, why so many other fans of other clubs have followed this route, and why it is the best way to secure the club's future.
MESSAGES OF SUPPORT
Former director Graham Kelly and TV personality Nick Owen are both unable to attend but have sent written messages of support, which will be read out, urging all Luton Town supporters and anyone else who cares about the future of the football club to be at this meeting.
THE SAGA CONTINUES
This week, the club confirmed that the much-loved Luton legend, Mick Harford, had been offered his job as first team coach back, after new and anonymous owners sacked him and manager Joe Kinnear, triggering angry protests outside Kenilworth Road. They have also admitted to being in talks with Joe Kinnear with a view to reinstating him as manager. They qualified this, however, by saying that any new appointments had to be approved by "the democratic process"; that is, fans must ring a phone line at a cost of 50p per call to state that they agree with the reinstatement. Since then, Mr Harford has declined the opportunity to return to his job with the way things stand, but thanked the fans for their support.
Roger Terrell and Lee Power, the proposed chairman and vice-chairman of the new regime, have decided not to take the positions offered to them due to the angry fans' reaction they encountered on their first visit to the ground. Peter Miller, who has apparently been acting on a consultative basis for the owners, has issued a statement distancing himself from all events at Kenilworth Road, saying that he was asked to sign the letters sacking both Kinnear and Harford. The club has issued its own statement, putting the blame for the sacking squarely on Miller's shoulders. On top of all this, the new owners remain anonymous.