Sat watching the TV last night, although the fare served up was average, I suddenly bucked up when the 3rd round draw for the Carabao Cup came on.
When it was completed, I could not help but think what might have been.
In fact, it was a little like the hit game show of the 1980’s Bullseye when the host, Jim Bowen, used to say to contestants who had failed to hit the jackpot:
“Look what you could have won?”
On reflection, if the Hatters had of managed to beat Stevenage in the 1st round, instead of making a right pig’s ear of it and failing to convert a single penalty of the three they took, we would have faced Wycombe, at Kenilworth Road, in the 2nd round.
It would have been a tie you would have expected to win and, subsequently, put us in the draw for the 3rd round last night.
If that had of been the case, we would all now be contemplating a trip to take on Manchester City.
I know it is all ifs and buts, but what a trip that could have been!
Or, perhaps based on our last performance, against Birmingham City, maybe not!
COYH’s
Luton v Sheffield United?
Luton Town to Win!
Sheff Utd to Win
A Draw!
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To right been there done that never had a good experience up there. May have dodged a bullet with the one!!! (
went there circa 1968 for an FA Cup tie, with my dad, our coach got lost, got in at half time, we lost 1-0 to a penalty! First ever away trip.
That was the game where as I was getting back on the bus I had my scarf ripped off my kneck an punched in the head!!!!
bloody trophy hunters lol
One of the best times up there raddy goals and dp dancing a cross the pitch but didn’t see that bit running out of Maine road with about ten men chasing me and my brother happy days
I remember looking out the back of the away end and seeing thousands of City being held back by hundreds of coppers, they were after blood!
I don’t think we would have got Man City as there seems to have been a convoluted draw system related to alphabetical order.