Sutton defender Ben Goodliffe has been ruled out for six months with a knee injury.

Goodliffe, 23, limped off during the 1-1 League Two draw at home to Newport County on 30 July and scans have revealed a ruptured posterior cruciate ligament.

Sutton boss Matt Gray said Goodliffe's "attitude and character" and the club's medical staff would aid his recovery.

"Ben's been a major player for us and it's a huge blow to lose him," he said.

"I know all parties will work extremely hard to see him back in a Sutton shirt as soon as possible.''

Goodliffe was Sutton's player of the year for the 2021-22 season, helping the club to an eighth-placed finish and a place in the EFL Trophy final.

Luton Town Football Club (/ˈluːtən/) is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknamed 'the Hatters' and affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Kenilworth Road, where it has been based since 1905. The club's history includes one major trophy win, several financial crises, numerous promotions and relegations, and some spells of sustained success. It was perhaps most prominent between 1982 and 1992, when it was a member of English football's top division, at that time the First Division; the team won its first major honour, the Football League Cup, in 1988. Luton Town have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Watford.

The club was the first in southern England to turn professional, making payments to players as early as 1890 and turning fully professional a year later. It joined the Football League before the 1897–98 season, left in 1900 because of financial problems, and rejoined in 1920. Luton reached the First Division in 1955–56 and contested a major final for the first time when playing Nottingham Forest in the 1959 FA Cup Final. The team was then relegated from the top division in 1959–60, and demoted twice more in the following five years, playing in the Fourth Division from the 1965–66 season. However, it was promoted back to the top level by 1974–75.

Luton Town's most recent successful period began in 1981–82, when the club won the Second Division, and thereby gained promotion to the First. Luton defeated Arsenal 3–2 in the 1988 Football League Cup Final and remained in the First Division until relegation at the end of the 1991–92 season. Between 2007 and 2009, financial difficulties caused the club to fall from the second tier of English football to the fifth in successive seasons. The last of these relegations came during the 2008–09 season, when 30 points were docked from Luton's record for various financial irregularities. Luton thereafter spent five seasons in non-League football before winning the Conference Premier in 2013–14, securing promotion back into the Football League. More success soon followed, with Luton being promoted from League Two and One in successive seasons in 2017–18 and 2018–19, meaning Luton now play in the Championship, for the first time since 2006–07. Moreover, in 2021–2022, Luton finished 6th in the Championship and earned a spot in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Huddersfield Town.

https://www.lutontown.co.uk/

LAST TIME OUT



INS AND OUTS

http://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=11472

http://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=11359

http://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=10473

LUTON MUSIC

MICK ABRAHAMS

Jethro Tull
Abrahams was born in Luton, Bedfordshire.[1] He played on the album This Was recorded by Jethro Tull in 1968, but conflicts between Abrahams and Ian Anderson over the musical direction of the band led Abrahams to leave shortly after the album was finished, but not before contributing guitar to one further non-LP single. Abrahams wanted to pursue a more blues/rock direction, while Anderson wanted to incorporate more overt folk and jazz influences.[2]

Blodwyn Pig and later career
Abrahams went on to found Blodwyn Pig and the group recorded two albums, Ahead Rings Out (1969) and Getting to This (1970) before breaking up in 1970. Abrahams soldiered on with the short-lived Wommett, then the Mick Abrahams Band and has continued to release albums by himself and with reunited versions of Blodwyn Pig. He has worked as a driver, lifeguard and financial consultant, occasionally playing gigs, especially to support causes in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.[3]

According to his website, Abrahams suffered a heart attack in November 2009 and would have to recuperate before resuming work. In April 2010 his website revealed that he had Ménière's disease, which would hold him back from performing at least for another year. In December 2013, he posted an update referring to his continuing health problems and mentioning that he hoped to release an album in 2014.

In 2015, Abrahams announced a new studio album called Revived!, with several guests – among them, his replacement in Jethro Tull, Martin Barre.[4]

Albion play Sheffield United at home in the first round of the League Cup tomorrow night at 8pm, with the winner to face Derby away in the next round. Feel free to use this thread for all discussion of this year's competition.

Accrington Stanley will be without defender Jay Rich-Baghuelou for the rest of the season after he was ruled out with an ankle injury.

The 22-year-old was forced off after just 21 minutes during Saturday's 1-0 victory at Shrewsbury.

A scan revealed the extent of the damage and it was confirmed that the Australian will not return this season.

"He's positive and he's going to work hard on his rehab," manager John Coleman told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"Plenty of people have come back from serious injuries like this."

Rich-Baghuelou joined the club in January and started the first two matches of the new League One season.

Stanley were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Tranmere 12-11 on penalties after a 2-2 draw on Tuesday.

After a win and a draw so far in the league, they host Burton Albion on Saturday.

Boreham Wood 1-2 Notts County
Bromley 1-1 Altrincham
Chesterfield 4-1 Aldershot
Eastleigh 2-0 Wealdstone
Halifax 0-2 Torquay
Gateshead 3-1 Barnet
Maidenhead United 2-0 Scunthorpe
Maidstone United 0-2 York
Solihull Moors 2-1 Southend
Woking 2-1 Dag & Red
Yeovil 1-2 Wrexham
Oldham 0-1 Dorking

League Table After Matchday 1
Dancing - 31
Amelia - 23
Devon - 17
Lord Snoots - 17
SaltergateBorn - 17
Spireitematt - 8

Premier League

Minizin 14pts 2CS 4CR 0GB 3BB 1SB
SCO 4pts 0CS 3CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
Snooty 3pts 1CS 3CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
Sanjay 3pts 0CS 2CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
Zinman 2pts 0CS 2CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
Derby -2pts 1CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Blue Baggie -2pts 0CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Stairs -4pts 0CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB


Oh dear, it seems like most of us have forgotten how to do this over our summer holidays. As usual, we seemed to have trouble with our balls, particularly the Gamball where only one player got it right (and he chose not to play it!) An early lesson in never trusting either the Dingles or SG's Villa to get anything right!

Minzin leaps into an early season lead as the only player to reach even a mediocre score. 14 points from 2 correct scores and 4 results but he lost out on an extra 6 points by chickening out of the gamball. after that there's a gap - a very long gap to the other 4 players managing to stay positive. SCO takes 2nd place just a point above Snotty and Sanjay with Zinman celebrating his promotion/Cup double (have I mentioned that before?) by amassing an incredible 2 points - saved from a negative score by his bonus.

3 players all ended the first week with less points than they started - reigning champion Derby appears not to have recovered from his title winning celebrations and ended up with minus 2 points alongside Blue Baggie while Stirs was only saved from a complete washout and lowest possible score by a correct result on the final match.

Long way to go and I suspect we'll see some improvement in the next few weeks. To echo SCO below, if anyone reads this who isn't playing along, come and join in - you'll actually start with more points than 3 of the Premiership participants!

Zin


Championship


Baggieone 19pts 2CS 2CR 10GB 3BB 0SB
Themaclad 16pts 2CS 2CR 10GB -3BB 1SB
Dingle 13pts 0CS 6CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
BBB 11pts 1CS 2CR NPGB 6BB 1SB
Twerton 3pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
Lady Jane 2pts 0CS 2CR -3GB 3BB 0SB

New season begins and it would seem some made good use of the pre-season to get them ready for the long road ahead, while others might still be tanning themselves on a beach somewhere!! Leading this week is parachute payment laden BaggieOne who scored 19 points off the back of a spot on Gamball and a CR Bonus ball. Themaclad is in 2nd spot with 16 points, he too scored the maximum on the Gamball. Dingle rounds out the top 3 with 13 points, he managed to score on 6 of the 10 games but wasn't able to get any correct scores which kept his score down a bit.

Relegated BBB is 4th with 11 points, he is maybe taking over the Stairs mantle in the Championship by not playing the Gamball and that saved him 3 points in week 1. Twerton is 5th on 3 points, a classic score for someone who missed on the main balls!! Lady Jane is in last place with just 2 points, her poor form at the end of last season could be in danger of flowing into this season, lets hope she can find the form from the first half of last season before she drops too far behind.

Slightly down on numbers this season, so everything to play for for everyone. Would be good to see Amelia and the newly relocated AAA join in going forward and if they get in quick then they won't be starting that far behind the others!! Also would be good to see others take part, its still open to anyone who wants to prove their ability to make complete guesses of scores or, as in Blue Baggies case, the ability to twiddle his thumb and finger to toss a coin as a way of predicting.

Cheers
SCO

Carlisle United have signed former Preston North End defender Paul Huntington on a one-year deal following his release by the Championship club.

The 34-year-old left the Lilywhites at the end of last season having spent 10 years at Deepdale.

"I've made no secret of the fact that I wanted a senior player to come in at the back," boss Paul Simpson said.

"This has been a long process to get us to this point. I've bided my time and thankfully that's paid off for us."

hello you lovely lot:
been a few months since i last posted
hope your all well

reason for my absence?
have re-located

shall try and post a bit more often now i am settled


take care all of you

Gamball:
Blackburn - WBA

Others:
Brighton - Newcastle
Southampton - Leeds
Brentford - Man Utd
Huddersfield - Stoke
Hull - Norwich
Sunderland - QPR
Wigan - Bristol City
Nottingham Forest - West Ham
Middlesbrough - Sheff Utd

A couple of games into the season and it is now the return of everyone's least favourite cup, unless you are in the lower leagues where I guess there are a few others to dislike, but I'm hoping we don't have to find that out again.
Town enter the game with a 2 defeats in a row, and even though they were by the one goal, the standard of performance was the most disappointing aspects of the defeats, with the side at times looking completely at sea in regards to what they were supposed to be doing. It feels a far cry from what we had most the time last season, coupled with the loss of key players, a head coach and lack of investment to follow, the atmosphere amongst some fans is already starting to become edgy to say the least.
Now the real questions are, what team does he put out, a second string to give game time? a full strength side to try and get some confidence amongst the players? and do we bloody bother going and watching? I've got my ticket as I haven't been to a game yet and wont be getting to one again until September, part of me thinks it could be a waste of 10 quid.

Now how have Preston started? well, we have one more goal than them this season, so there's something, as they have started with two goalless draws. The first being a feisty derby away at newly promoted Wigan. In a game which saw numerous attempts, both sides backlines did everything to keep the ball out and succeeded, Preston finished the game with 10 men as Ched Evans saw red with 10 minutes to go. Their second game of the season saw them host wannabe Simon Cowell's Hull City, again it was goalless but Preston dominated the match and should have won it late on but loanee Troy Parrott wanted to take a touch too many and saw his effort thwarted by Matt Ingram.

So what has happened at Deepdale? Well they are still managed by former Plymouth boss Ryan Lowe who is now having his first summer in charge of the club and is overseeing a big clear-out of players and bringing in his own recruits to replace them. There has been a max exodus of players, including some that would have been good signings for Town, such as the likes of Tom Barkhuizen who joined league one Derby. Also departing Deepdale was former Town loanee Izzy Brown, a bit cruel considering he's got a serious injury, but that does sum his career up so far really. Experienced players Paul Huntington and Scott Sinclair left at the end of their contracts whilst fringe players Matt Hudson and Jamie Thomas also left, all have yet to find a new home. Players to have left and find a new home already include, Josh Earl, the left back has joined Scott Brown's Fleetwood, former Coventry midfielder Tom Bayliss has moved to Shrewsbury, Joe Rafferty has moved to Pompey whilst keeper Connor Ripley has joined Morecambe.


Scott and his more famous wife...whatever she was in

In terms of incomings, Troy Parrott has joined on loan from Tottingham Hotspurs after impressing last season out on loan at MK Dons, whilst the Lilywhites have loaned left back Alvaro Fernandez from Manchester United. A pair of goalkeepers checked in, Freddie Woodman from Newcastle and David Cornell from recently relegated Peterborough. Both were needed since the early retirement of Declan Rudd, with Woodman taking the gloves so far this season, although tomorrow may see Cornell get his chance. The two other incomings were former Liverpool wonderkid Ben Woodburn who has struggled with the pressure of expectation during his career so far and will be hoping that this move offers a new lease of life to his career. The other and a bit of a coup is former Burnley man Robbie Brady who joined on a free transfer after being released by Bournemouth at the end of last season, a player that would have been ideal as a replacement for Toffolo.



In terms of team news, Town only have Matty Pearson and David Kasumu missing through injury, Rolando Aarons appears to have dropped off the face of the earth. B team players Brahima Diarra and Pat Jones are also rumoured to be injured at the present moment. Tuesdays cup game sees 5 subs still allowed, but this time 9 players are allowed to be included so the likes of Danny Grant and Connor Mahoney should find themselves able to take a seat on the touchline at the bare minimum. No out and out selection decisions have been announced by the club, but it would seem like there is going to be a couple of changes with Will Boyle and Yuta Nakayama two likely beneficiaries of the changes.

As for Preston, Bambo Diaby has got a knee issue and is unlikely to be risked whilst Ryan Lowe has already announced that 4 youngsters are likely to be making an appearance on the bench after impressing him during training throughout pre season, Lewis Leigh, Dana Amaral, Mikey O’Neill and Jacob Slater are all due to be with the squad. Matthew Olosunde is potentially out with a groin injury and I'm not sure whether Evans will be suspended after his red card in the first game of the season.

In terms of ones to watch for Preston, it is a touch harder when its not guaranteed who will and wont be playing, but, should he play, Emil Riis Jakobsen will be a key player for the Lillywhites and will be this season if he can kick on from his fine goalscoring campaign last time out. He has a yard of pace and is strong, not to mention that he stands at 6 foot 3 which makes him a complete handful for any defender.

Brad Potts is another handful of a player, also a big lad, but this time plays in midfield and often looks to arrive late into the opposing box to create a little bit of havoc. The former Barnsley man can play down the middle or out on the right and has a history of causing Town problems over the past few seasons.

Robbie Brady has a wand of a left foot and has found himself moving further back down the pitch as his career has gone on. Originally a left winger, he came through the Manchester United system before moving on to Hull where he made his name making over 120 appearances for the Tigers before moving on to Norwich for a spell. It was his time at Burnley under Sean Dyche where he would start to drop deeper, with his frequent injuries causing him to lose a bit of pace, but if given room, his left foot can spell danger for the best of defences... Which we have not.



In terms of head to head, Town have come out on top 37 times with Preston winning 36 times, there has been 24 draws between the two sides. The first meeting between the two came all the way back in 1912 when the two sides drew 1-1 on Leeds Road. One of the more famous games between the two sides, in Towns opinion of course would be the 1922 FA Cup final where Herbert Chapmans Town won 1-0, the game being famous for Preston North End goalkeeper James Mitchell being the first (and only) player ever to wear spectacles in an FA Cup Final. In Preston's opinion, the 1938 FA Cup final will be one of the most famous games as they won 1-0, Their side included a future Town manager in the form of Bill Shankly, but it is also famous as being the first FA Cup final to be broadcast on TV, it also saw after 29 minutes of extra time at 0–0 the BBC commentator Thomas Woodrooffe said "if there's a goal scored now, I'll eat my hat". Seconds later, Preston were awarded a penalty, from which George Mutch scored the winning goal; Woodrooffe kept his promise.
Most recently the two sides played out a boring 0-0 at Deepdale last season, with Town winning the home fixture early in the season, one of Towns first league wins of 2021 and boy was it a boring game, an own goal from Van Den Berg giving Town the three points. It marked Towns first win against the Lilywhites since the 2017 season when Colin Quaner bundled in a 90th minute winner after Aaron Mooy missed a penalty. Town won 3-2 thanks to other goals from Elias Kachunga and little Jack Payne with Jordan Hugill and Aiden Mcgeady scoring for Preston.




Danny Speaks

In terms of the team for tomorrow, I personally feel like we need to revert to a back 3 just to have that sense of solidity, we did it last season and it worked so it is worth trying again. For me I'd like;

                                  Nicholls
          Edmonds-Green    Lees    Yuta

Thomas            Camara      Russell        Jackson
                           
                            Anjorin

                    Ward            Rhodes

bench of Bilokapic, Boyle, Mahoney, Holmes, Hogg, Koroma, Rudoni, Rowe and Ruffels/Turton

in fact that is almost the team I'd go with full stop except Hogg and Pearson when fit come in to the side
         

A few anagrams for you, all Preston related

1) Not the porn nerds

2) No Fiery Mints

3) Moron Sayings

4) Alpha Gull Rage

5) Shark Mime