Luton Town have risen from non-league football just eight years ago and now have Premier League ambitions… But first, passionate boss Nathan Jones, his players and a rocking Kenilworth Road crowd are hoping to send Chelsea crashing out the FA Cup

Kenilworth Road will shake and rattle and when Luton Town get on a roll against the world champions, it may well feel as though the roof is going to come off the ramshackle old place. With a plush new stadium inching ever closer, the Hatters’ home of the last 117 years may not get to…

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Luton Town have risen from non-league football just eight years ago and now have Premier League ambitions… But first, passionate boss Nathan Jones, his players and a rocking Kenilworth Road crowd are hoping to send Chelsea crashing out the FA Cup

Kenilworth Road will shake and rattle and when Luton Town get on a roll against the world champions, it may well feel as though the roof is going to come off the ramshackle old place. With a plush new stadium inching ever closer, the Hatters’ home of the last 117 years may not get to…

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Luton Town 2-3 Chelsea: Romelu Lukaku ends his goal drought to seal progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals for crisis-hit Blues after they fell behind TWICE against Championship opposition

So the farewell tour started with a frightful scare for Chelsea in the humble surroundings of Luton Town followed by a sigh of relief as Romelu Lukaku, the most expensive of all the footballers signed under Roman Abramovich, came to the rescue. Twelve minutes remains when Lukaku, the club’s £97.5million record signing, turned in a…

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Luton Town 2-3 Chelsea: Romelu Lukaku ends his goal drought to seal progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals for crisis-hit Blues after they fell behind TWICE against Championship opposition

So the farewell tour started with a frightful scare for Chelsea in the humble surroundings of Luton Town followed by a sigh of relief as Romelu Lukaku, the most expensive of all the footballers signed under Roman Abramovich, came to the rescue. Twelve minutes remains when Lukaku, the club’s £97.5million record signing, turned in a…

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Southampton 3-1 West Ham: Romain Perraud nets brilliant long-range strike as Saints book spot in FA Cup quarter-finals with win over Hammers

Ralph Hasenhuttl raised eyebrows by ringing the changes and needed one of his first-choice picks to come off the bench and inspire Southampton into the quarter-finals. ‘Trust every player we have,’ he urged after introducing nine new faces for this fifth round tie. But, regardless of the faith he may have in his back-ups, in attack…

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Southampton 3-1 West Ham: Romain Perraud nets brilliant long-range strike as Saints book spot in FA Cup quarter-finals with win over Hammers

Ralph Hasenhuttl raised eyebrows by ringing the changes and needed one of his first-choice picks to come off the bench and inspire Southampton into the quarter-finals. ‘Trust every player we have,’ he urged after introducing nine new faces for this fifth round tie. But, regardless of the faith he may have in his back-ups, in attack…

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Antonio Conte’s Tottenham troubles: Struggling to break teams down, an over-reliance on Kane and Son, while arrivals are still bedding in… the issues facing the Italian as they look to save their season with a top-four finish after FA Cup exit

Another season and another trophyless one for Tottenham. Spurs’ hopes of ending their silverware drought were ruined by Middlesbrough on Tuesday night. Antonio Conte’s side suffered a shock 1-0 defeat by the Championship outfit after extra-time to knock them out of the domestic cup competition. Spurs were beaten in the Carabao Cup semi-finals by Chelsea…

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Antonio Conte’s Tottenham troubles: Struggling to break teams down, an over-reliance on Kane and Son, while arrivals are still bedding in… the issues facing the Italian as they look to save their season with a top-four finish after FA Cup exit

Another season and another trophyless one for Tottenham. Spurs’ hopes of ending their silverware drought were ruined by Middlesbrough on Tuesday night. Antonio Conte’s side suffered a shock 1-0 defeat by the Championship outfit after extra-time to knock them out of the domestic cup competition. Spurs were beaten in the Carabao Cup semi-finals by Chelsea…

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‘I don’t have time to watch Match of the Day, I was struggling to name Everton’s players!’: Boreham Wood boss Luke Garrard eyes another FA Cup shock at Goodison Park… but boyhood Arsenal fan admits he’ll be starstruck by Ashley Cole

Luke Garrard finds sleep elusive as Everton loom and he plots more FA Cup thrills for Boreham Wood and wonders how he will react if he bumps into Ashley Cole inside Goodison Park. ‘I’m driving my wife mad,’ admits Garrard. ‘She says I’m thinking too much. I’m wired. Up at 4.30am after going to bed…

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‘I don’t have time to watch Match of the Day, I was struggling to name Everton’s players!’: Boreham Wood boss Luke Garrard eyes another FA Cup shock at Goodison Park… but boyhood Arsenal fan admits he’ll be starstruck by Ashley Cole

Luke Garrard finds sleep elusive as Everton loom and he plots more FA Cup thrills for Boreham Wood and wonders how he will react if he bumps into Ashley Cole inside Goodison Park. ‘I’m driving my wife mad,’ admits Garrard. ‘She says I’m thinking too much. I’m wired. Up at 4.30am after going to bed…

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