Tuesday 22 May 2012

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L-R: Paul Buckle, George Pilkington and Stuart Fleetwood before the Blue Square Bet Premier play-off final

Sweet backs Buckle to bring home the title

Gary Sweet has vowed that Luton Town will not go through the pain of the play-offs again with Paul Buckle in charge for a full season

Willmott hits out at non-league officials

Robbie Willmott

Robbie Willmott slammed the officials' failure to spot the offside goal that broke Hatters hearts and said that poor decisions occur too often in the Conference

Controversial Blair goal breaks Hatters hearts

John Paul Kissock is left bloody and sprawled on the floor

LUTON TOWN 1 YORK CITY 2: There seems to be no end to Luton Town's non-league misery as they were denied their place in the Football League for the second successive season in the play-offs this time by a horrendous linesman's error which saw an offside Matty Blair score the winner for York City

PICTURE SLIDESHOW: Luton fans gear up for Wembley

Luton fans in the town centre wait for the coaches to arrive to take them to Wembley

We took a few pictures of Luton fans ahead of the big play-off final game between the Hatters and York at Wembley. Were you one of them?

Buckle slams 'shocking' decision

Paul Buckle

Paul Buckle has described the linesman's decision not to flag for the offside goal that promoted rivals York City to the Football League as "shocking."

VIDEO: Fans hopeful ahead of playoff clash

Before Luton's battle with York to determine who will regain Football League status, we caught up with some fans both in our town and also outside Wembley Stadium for their thoughts on today's game.

Kovacs Hungary to follow in footsteps of legend Puskas

Janos Kovacs

Defensive rock Janos Kovacs can hardly wait to follow in the footsteps of his national hero and grace the famous Wembley turf

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Irvine welcomes Championship shake-up

Geoff Irvine

Bedford Blues chairman Geoff Irvine believes the scrapping of the Championship play-off pool stages will improve English rugby union's second tier league competition

Queen Vic can switch on ruthless streak

Victoria Pendleton in the Beijing Olympics

Victoria Pendleton has been hailed for her ability to unearth a ruthless streak when she prepares to do battle in a cycling velodrome

Kerr hoping Town can win things with kids

Cricket

James Kerr is looking for Ampthill Town's young players to come to the fore again today when they travel to league leaders Luton Town & Indians in the Bedfordshire County Cricket League Premier Division

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Platnauer returns as Eagles boss after Hall retires

Ady Hall

Bedford Town have announced the return of former manager Nick Platnauer to the Eagles hot seat after current boss Ady Hall confirmed his retirement from football due to a promotion at work

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We're in it to win it - Doyle

We're in it to win it - Doyle

Striker Kevin Doyle insists it would be far from madness to consider the Republic of Ireland as potential Euro 2012 champions.

Chelsea may wait over Di Matteo deal

Chelsea may wait over Di Matteo deal

Roberto Di Matteo could be made to sweat over his Chelsea future until his contract expires, chief executive Ron Gourlay admitted on Monday night.

Sinfield landmark overshadowed by loss

Sinfield landmark overshadowed by loss

Leeds skipper Kevin Sinfield scored his 3,000th point for the club, but St Helens put a dampener on his celebrations by completing a Stobart Super League double with a 31-18 win.

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