A Luton Town Managerial Blast From The Past

Reading through the comments that the Vital Luton Town fraternity leaves beneath articles, one caught my eye.

With the Hatters, seemingly, no nearer deciding who will be the next incumbent of the managerial hot seat, one name was left in the comment facility that brought back a few memories, that of Kevin Blackwell.

Blackwell occupied the Hatters hotseat from March 2007 until January 2008, not the lengthiest of spells in charge but a period in the history of Luton Town that was a turbulent one.

When Blackwell signed on the dotted line, on 27-March-2007, the Hatters were entrenched in the bottom three in the Championship, 9 points from safety with just 3 games to go. A forlorn situation which saw the Hatters, consequently, relegated.

Needing to rebuild the side, Blackwell was responsible for the departures of:

• Leon Barnett
• Kevin Foley
• Russ Perrett
• Adam Boyd
• Markus Heikkinen

As for recruits, among others, Blackwell brought the following to the club:

• Paul Peschisolido
• Chris Perry
• Don Hutchinson
• Paul McVeigh
• Paul Furlong
• Alan Goodall
• Richard Jackson
• Dave Edwards

But as we said earlier, these were turbulent times for Luton Town and on 22-November entered administration whilst also suffering the indignity of having 10-points deducted as a punishment.

With the club under financial pressure, Blackwell inferred he would be leaving Luton after serving a months’ notice but instead found himself axed, by the administrator, before his month was up.

Blackwell was replaced by Mick Harford but the Hatters favourite couldn’t save the club and Luton were relegated for the second consecutive season.

But, one good thing to come from the carnage was the emergence of the 2020 consortium who took the club over.

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