Boyd scores a goal shock/Runstrom

Last updated : 21 March 2007 By Peter Bulkeley
Since the events on Thursday afternoon, when Mike Newell was sacked by the board, events behind the scenes at Luton have surprised many people across the country who follow Championship football and they have also shocked many Luton fans. From two directors resigning to a financial statement revealing we had no money, and from a protest at the match about the board to a protest by a long-haired striker about the team. However, the most shocking announcement of all came today, when the official website announced that Adam Boyd had scored a goal.

Apparently, the goal came after 87 minutes, the third in a Luton reserves 3-0 win against the Franchise reserves. Fans couldn't believe what they were seeing when they saw that Boyd had not only managed to score a goal but he may even have completed a full 90 minutes. The last time Boyd scored a goal was in November, and one female spectator with the initials AR described the moment he scored in a home match against QPR.

"To be honest, I didn't really see the goal actually. I was struggling to keep up with the game at all. So when I saw that it was Boyd celebrating as if he had scored, I couldn't believe my eyes."

However, followers of events at Luton Town Football Club have pointed out that it was only against Franchise reserves, so the feat maybe isn't as unbelievable as we first thought. One fan pointed out, "Look at the quality of the opposition. Even Feeney and Runstrom after a heated argument would be able to score one each against them. I mean, we had Langley, O'Leary and Holmes in midfield and still won 3-0." Calvin Andrew scored the other two goals against the Concrete Cows.

Also at Luton, Fulham's on-loan Swedish striker Bjorn Runstrom criticised the club's management and criticised Warren Feeney for being useless. The Sun reported, "I wouldn't bet a penny on them staying up. They dug their own grave when they sacked Newell and put me on the bench.

"An iceberg would have a greater chance of making it in Hell than Luton have of staying in the Championship.

"Against Ipswich, we played the same as we have lately - like s**t. I prefer the bench to going out on a pitch where half my team kick the ball as high and far as possible and the other half run away to avoid getting a pass.

"Some of the guys would be good American football kickers. The others should get out of football.

"I hope I don't stay here and be humiliated. For the fans' sake, I still hope for a win. But with these clowns for coaches, I doubt it."

Luton striker Warren Feeney is set to play for Northern Ireland against Sweden next week.

Yet Runstrom said: "He's completely harmless. He's scored one goal in, like, 30 games. And that was when the defenders were out to get their hot dogs!"

These comments would be fair enough coming from someone like Steve Howard's mouth, but from someone who has scored just two tap-ins when he has been here, then surely it is a bit rich. Maybe if Runstrom put as much effort into being a footballer as he does into making funny comments about Feeney, then he wouldn't have to sit on the bench. Comments like this might be true, but they should be coming from the Luton Outlaws messageboard, or from people from me trying to be funny. They shouldn't be coming from someone who is at the club trying to keep the team up.