'It's been quite a week for Luton Town'

Geoff Doyle, BBC Three Counties Radio

It’s been quite a week for Luton Town.

Everyone wondered how they would cope against the mighty Liverpool on Sunday with the eyes of the world on them - and the Hatters were tactically spot on and made it a right contest. A sensational win was on the cards at one point but in the end they had to settle for an excellent draw.

Ross Barkley took many of the headlines and rightly so. Thomas Kaminski was named man of the match and you could understand why.

But dig deeper and consider the performances of Gabe Osho, Teden Mengi, Issa Kabore, Tahith Chong and Chiedozie Ogbene. Not many outside of Bedfordshire know much about these unsung lot and yet they put in very special performances.

So many highs and then the low; reports of a small minority of ‘fans’ with inappropriate tragedy chanting. Luton are investigating and will ban anyone found guilty. We do not want them at Old Trafford this Saturday.

And what another big game for Luton against Manchester United. Compare the revenue and turnover of the two clubs. They should not be competing at the same level but the Hatters may fancy their chances against a top side low in confidence.

For the travelling Luton supporters it will be a special day and for two players I mentioned earlier - Mengi and Chong - it will be too. Mengi joined the Red Devils aged seven and spent all his youth there, only leaving this year.

Chong and his family uprooted from his native Holland for United when he was 16 and spent three years there.

They were not given a Premier League opportunity at United but they are at Luton. And they are thriving.

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