There were posters and flyers everywhere about the proposals for the new stadium for the Club, so perhaps I will have to return again, The next time I'll give St Albans a look for some pre-match drinking.
Hulk Candy Bar, Car parking, however, was a different matter. Two rooms, each with Sky Sports TV'. There really isn't an entrance like it to a football ground anywhere else! We decided to drive down, four friends and I from North Wiltshire, the journey went quicker than first expected, arriving in the Luton area at around 1:15pm. Below is an artists impression of how the new stadium will look. In the end our tactics were spot on and we came away with a thoroughly deserved 3 – 0 victory. Wimbledon's Karleigh Osborne got sent off which was a set back for us. At £2.75 good value also. Overall, an enjoyable away-day. If this changes, we’ll be sure to update this section. Mick O'Sullivan adds; 'A good place to drink is the Beech Hill Conservative Club on Leagrave Road, which welcomes both home and away supporters. Saw lots of home fans who all seemed friendly, lots of families, very relaxed. It was still snowing when we left and a solid 15 minute walk back to the car. Similarly there is a large club shop in Luton’s large shopping mall. This Main Stand only runs around two-thirds of the length of the pitch with another more recent structure 'bolted' onto one end. Once inside there is limited movement within each stand as your match ticket will be for a designated area only.
Southend were 4th and Luton 7th. Trying to get out the stand was slow. I bought a ticket in the Main Stand and it had extremely tight legroom. Then turn right into Collingdon Street.
Leeds dominated the game (75% possession) but needed a 90th minute own goal to clinch the game. Kenilworth Road is walking distance from the town centre, and is well served by both buses and train situated on route to the ground. The toilets are cramped, small and fairly dank. Also popped into bookies to put on customary losing bet.
First port of call was the Bricklayers Arms behind the Railway Station, a good choice. But after speaking to a few home fans as they walked in, they said the journey wasn’t worth it so we stayed. Obviously, as I’m sure with the majority of away fans the first thing that strikes you about the stadium is the away turnstiles. we got to Luton about an hour and three quarters before kick off. Visit the website below to see how much you can save on the price of your tickets: Remember if travelling by train then you can normally save on the cost of fares by booking in advance. Again quite easy. Click the thumbnails above to enlarge an image of each stand and to read a more detailed description of each part of the stadium.eval(ez_write_tag([[468,60],'footballtripper_com-box-4','ezslot_7',116,'0','0'])); Away Fans have a ticket allocation of approximately 1,000 which is distributed along one side of the Oak Road Stand . There is also an 'away fans bar' at the front at the stand to the left that serves several different beers and pies. The game started poorly for us going 1-0 down in the first couple of minutes but we weathered the rest of the Luton storm and equalised on 42 minutes, a Lewis Dunk header from a free kick. I had extremely low expectations of the town itself (all port towns, be they airport etc seem to be rough) and Luton came across, at least to a Northerner, as 'run down but still wealthy' – probably all the money that comes in from people landing/taking off there. I always set off early if going alone as I like to explore the area I am in.
I had an unusual experience when at one point Luton's Andrew Shinnie fell into the away end right in front of me, luckily he and everyone else around was alright.
I got the train from London Blackfriars to Luton and had pre booked seats with Trainline.
The only concern I had was that the gap between us in 22nd and York in 23rd could close to 4 points today if we did lose as I could see them picking up maximum points at home to Leyton Orient. Just need to keep it to banter inside and calm down when the game is over. It was still snowing when we left and a solid 15 minute walk back to the car. Although very tired afterwards from only getting into Heathrow at 5am that morning ( All the way from Australia!
One of the best. The sponsors stand on one side of the ground is rather out of character with the rest of Kenilworth Road and doesn't look great in my opinion. Kennilworth Roard Gate, Photo by Jan Roucka. Address: 1 Maple Road, Luton, LU4 8AW Why were you looking forward to this game and visiting the Kenilworth Road Ground? Oliver Nelson Flute,
The entrance is located in the middle of a road and once through the turnstiles you go up some stairs below someone's house!. We were surprised to find fire escape type stairs apparently within resident’s gardens, leading up to the Oak Road Stand. We headed along Dunstable Road to the Beech Hill Conservative Club, stopping at a KFC en route. Okay. From parking up, I put my five-year-old on my shoulders and jogged a bit of the way to ensure we made it into the ground before kick-off – made it with a couple of minutes to spare. The stewards seemed fine but the police presence seemed somewhat over the top, which seemed to antagonize the visiting fans. They’d been hammered 5-0 at Old Trafford earlier in the season, with Brian McClair scoring two. I left seconds before full time and was surprised to see a cabin outside the ground offering goat curry rice and peas, never seen that before. Overall I enjoyed the visit to a football ground that despite is in need of some TLC. I'm glad to have ticked off Kenilworth Road. The Oak stand is a huge advert for safe standing. A unique ground with plenty of character and it’ll be a shame when Luton eventually move grounds! I recommend to any fan to take a sat nav and also do research a night or to before like I did, the ground isn't well signposted from the west, and the closure of Hatters Way threw us off course a little.
I'm surprised it has the necessary safety certificates.
What you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions of away end then other sides of Kenilworth Road? On this occasion, the toilets were smelly and inadequate.
Thankfully nobody brought anything stupid or illegal in as far as I'm aware. Fortunately it was only for a few moments, as we then went on to produce the best performance of the season and win 3-1! I eventually found my way in with not too much drama! It joined the Football League before the 1897–98 season, left in 1900 because of financial problems, and rejoined in 1920.
Locals appeared friendly and we were even offered a place to park at a local service garage but decided it was too cramped and opted to park in a side road. Entering the away end at Kenilworth Road was definitely an experience! But an easy route back onto the M1 for a much quicker journey home! © 2014 - 2020 Copyright Football Tripper. You certainly couldn’t confuse it with anywhere else!
Keep Right On! 2. Kenilworth Road is a football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Paul Ince Wife Claire, The Kenilworth Road ground is signposted from the station. Walking up through a couple of back gardens is a new one for me. In the corner between the Kenilworth Stand and the boxes is the stadium clock. We found out that York had only managed to draw 1-1 at home to Leyton Orient, which means we are nine points clear of the drop with a game in hand.
Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: I enjoyed going to Luton but I'm not sure if I would go back. The stewards were top class, friendly to talk to and not overzealous at all. The club offers a variety of standard hot food (burgers, hot dogs, pies) and drinks from tea, coffee to a variety of soft drinks. The stadium itself may have some old fashioned charm but seems to be made up of about 10 different shapes and sizes of stands. A throwback to the 1970's one bloke near me said. The fact that we strolled to a 3-0 win, and found an excellent curry house in the other direction – The Alankar on Dunstable Road – which was welcoming, clean, and reasonably priced, made the day much better than the Bedfordshire Police Force would have wished us to have. Why you were looking forward to going to the ground (or not as the case may be): Both sides were in good form and enjoying good results in the league. Thanks to Roger Butler for providing the directions above.
We left the Lamex Stadium at 1.30pm for the short journey and were met by the local constabulary as we crossed in to Luton to be given a police escort all the way to Kenilworth Road. Unfortunately, up against the top of the league Luton at home, they were faster, more physical, better quality and more attacking – frankly 4-0 was a bit of a let off, it could have been 5, 6, or 7-0 to the home side. My 14 year old son accompanied me and I am always telling him stories of how I used to watch football in old decaying stadiums. The Executive Box side looked a bit feeble but I thought the Main Stand looked okay. plus they had to cut a hole in the roof of the Main Stand to fit one in! This truly is a great stadium, if situated in a less built up area, it would be one of the best around. This area is known as the 'David Preece Stand' (after a former player) was opened in 1991 and is used as a family area. Kenilworth Road is a relatively friendly place to visit, with passionate and dedicated supporters. A new ground ticked off, and a good win. The atmosphere was good throughout Tamworth and Luton fans made some good noise and some good banter between the two sets of fans. I queued up at half time to sample the ground grub, but they only had hot dogs left and I got the penultimate one! where you can catch the bus back to the ground. Since the closure of the Bedfordshire Yeoman Pub Hatters fans have bemoaned a lack of choice of pubs near Kenilworth Road with some even having to resort to drinking at the Beech Hill Conservative Club on Leagrave Road.eval(ez_write_tag([[250,250],'footballtripper_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_1',118,'0','0'])); In the centre of town there is The Wetherspoons pub on Park Street known rather fittingly as as the London Hatter.
The designated away fans pub didn't, in contradiction of what we read, charge us entry. We did manage in the end to get into a very small car park that only had eight spaces. 10,260 v Leeds United Championship League, 21st October 2006. Just inside the away turnstiles, is located a small bar, which serves both draught and bottled beers. Very scrappy. Why were you looking forward to this game and visiting the Kenilworth Road Ground? Luton regained the lead with a penalty before Pompey again drew level. The Luton fans were very quiet, to say that they were the home team. Games at Dortmund are an 81,000 sell-out throughout the season. It was definitely an experience in so many ways. Well, as everyone says, it's one of the most bizarre entrances to a football ground there can possibly be. The next puzzling feature was the fire escape style stairs you have to climb before going through an almost makeshift doorway into the back of the Away end itself. But we both like this. Norfolk Flag, We ended up winning 2-1, bedlam in the away end when the winner went in but Luton were poor and I'm not surprised they currently sit bottom of the pile. The bus station which goes to the airport was directly outside the exit for where I was sitting so was quite easy to find. Kenilworth Road 'Oak Stand' Print - by Ground Designs £11.99 Size A4 Unframed - £11.99 A4 Framed - £27.99 A3 Unframed - £21.99 A3 Framed - £44.99 A3 Canvas - £35.99 We parked at the railway station multi-storey car park as suggested on this site, a good call with only a 15 minutes walk to the Kenilworth Road ground.
I travelled up by train to the game from Chichester. It was, in the end, a good day (the result being the best bit).
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The entrance to the away end is right in the middle of some houses so it's quite unusual.
This was my third visit, but my first since the 1970's.
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