Luton Preview
By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 21/08/2003
GRIMSBY head to Luton this Saturday hoping to put behind them a miserable week where they crashed out of the Carling Cup, and then went on to lose at home to Port Vale in the opening game at Blundell Park.
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After a week that centred around referees and red cards, Town will be looking to get back to playing matters and get some league points on the board against a Luton Town outfit who have won both of their opening league games and knocked Yeovil Town out of the Carling Cup.
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Unlike Grimsby, Luton have got off two a 100% start in the 2003-2004 campaign with an opening day win over Rushden and Diamonds followed by an impressive 4-1 cup victory against Third Division Yeovil. Last weekend saw the Hatters secure their first league points on the road after a 2-1 win at Stockport's Edgeley Park.
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Tony Thorpe (left). Much-travelled striker now in his fourth spell at Kenilworth Road, the former Bristol City and Fulham front man is hoping to regain the form which saw him leave Luton for a seven figure sum back in 1998.
Steve Howard. Former Hartlepool and Northampton forward who won the 2001-2002 Player of the Season award and the Division Three Golden Boot in Luton's recent promotion season.
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The Mariners last entertained Luton in the Second Division, back in Town's famous 1997/1998 promotion season at Blundell Park, where Grimsby lost 1-0. The game was shortly after Grimsby's AWS triumph against Burnley, and came during a particularly sticky spell before the Mariners finished the season on a high in the Play-Off final at Wembley.
Town Team: Davison, Butterfield, Gallimore, Handyside, Lever (Dobbin), Burnett, Donovan, David Smith (Black), Clare, Lester (Woods), Groves
Luton Team: Davis, James, Thomas, Waddock, Patterson, Alan White, Marshall (Evers), McLaren, Oldfield (Gray), Allen (Doherty), Alexander Attendance: 4,455 Luton Head-to-Head (39th on The Opposition Ladder).
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Tony Thorpe (left). Much-travelled striker now in his fourth spell at Kenilworth Road, the former Bristol City and Fulham front man is hoping to regain the form which saw him leave Luton for a seven figure sum back in 1998.
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