How Luton Town was saved from the hands of John Gurney and his mystery consortium.
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Didn’t think I’d be hearing Tom Baker narrating a luton town documentary but here we are
@johnnysmith5770 Жыл бұрын
Where would we be without those who so cleverly wrestled the club from that scumbag. Many names to mention but Gary Sweet take a bow. It’s almost a miracle what we have achieved since then. That game against Port Vale when we were simply grateful to have a team to support. Never forgotten, but forever appreciative of those who allowed us to dream again.
@deletebilderberg2 жыл бұрын
And look where we are now. Never forgive, never forget. We are Luton Town.
@bertiebarrett54032 жыл бұрын
A masterclass in how the fans can stop bloated suits from destroying a club. Our steady progress over the last few years has been heartwarming. Gary Sweet you are a legend!! 👏👏👏
@Maixo Жыл бұрын
PROMOTED TO PREMIER LEAGUE. REMEMBER THE DATE 27 TH MAY 2023 .
@amanchantamang680211 ай бұрын
20 years later and look at where you are now Luton. Credit to you and all that you've achieved, may something like this never happen to you or any club again.
@007ryanwilliams11 ай бұрын
From the late 70s untill the mid 80s I had a season ticket at LTFC. I was there when we won promotion to the old First Division. I was there when we beat Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs. i was at Wembley when we lifted the cup with a last gasp winner against Arsenal and that wonderful penalty save by Andy Dibble. i was the member of the same snooker club frequented by LTFC players and personally got to know Ricky Hill, Brian Stein, Foster, and the rest. I was there in Kuwait when LTFC played the Kuwait National team. I had a LTFC kit for my brother who wore it to the game. He was he only person in the ground with a LTFC strip. I have not lived in Luton since 1990 but follow them religiously every week and I am rooting for them to go up thi syear. A wonderful chance against some fancied teams in Sunderland and potentially Middlesboro or Coventry. Fingers crossed
@TheOriginalProfG Жыл бұрын
Always enjoyed my trips to Luton with Kidderminster back in the Conference days, glad to see the Hatters doing well again.
@harryurz11 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! Sherrie the chairwoman is one of those quietly amazing women who hold businesses like that together, but the suits just see numbers to be streamlined. What a brilliant doc tho - amazing story and it didn't end there. Has there been a follow up documentary made?
@duncanemmott920 Жыл бұрын
Gary Sweet. Saved us twice. He is Luton Town. COYH
@TheHempman0911 жыл бұрын
Absolutely insane this club has gone from national League to prem league in 9 years. Well done, true Hollywood story here, especially via a penalty shootout.
@LoosSerine11 ай бұрын
Cant write a better story for sure
@KargoolElvalie11 ай бұрын
Coming from a Swansea fan, I know how this feels, we was bought for a quid by our now chairman. Will be good to see you back in the Football League. Well done! RESPECT FROM SWANSEA.
@swansealoyal370610 жыл бұрын
@Swansea Loyal - And look at Swansea AFC now....
@young321bookie6 жыл бұрын
@ Swansea loyal WE R BACK WHERE WE BELONG we made it
@cardjunkie3 жыл бұрын
Loved the comment at the end, "I got a feeling this will be our season" every football fans eternal statement at the beginning of a new campaign, Come on you Hatters !! (You will never take the Oak road)
@cuibono68723 жыл бұрын
Legal papers stated that the "consortium" was just a wealthy Chinese restaurant owning family who had possibly been told they were being sold a cash cow. This "bridging brokering" is all but illegal now. That Craig White fella, up in Scotland, tried the same with Glasgow Rangers.
@geedeecunningham35159 жыл бұрын
As a Luton fan this is so hard to watch! It's a David Brent special
@BenDPB7 жыл бұрын
brent wouldn't threaten to destroy the club if he lost it - on camera
@pudboy1234563 жыл бұрын
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@vincentoboy16212 жыл бұрын
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@vincentoboy16212 жыл бұрын
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@vincentoboy16212 жыл бұрын
Good luck for the premier league
@aishikpanja393111 ай бұрын
Well done Luton. Back in the top flight.
@highflyingdwarf11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing have not seen this before
@68hatter11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this on youtube. COYH
@fireinapetshop11 жыл бұрын
Didn't expect to hear DJ Shadow
@Happyman17737 жыл бұрын
Best mockumentary ever.
@zwelintuli22015 жыл бұрын
To me as a neutral viewer, this almost comes across as a caricatural black comedy show on football (with the comically corrupt and arrogant chairman as its main character), making it all the more tragic and bizarre that this an actual documentary with events shown as they are happening. Thank goodness Luton got out of this catastrophic mess.
@GregCathalina9 жыл бұрын
Same here. I ended up taking nearly 2 hours to watch this as there were points when I had to pause and watch something else because it was so cringeworthy in the extreme.
@WelshSwan19867 жыл бұрын
GregCathalina God bless ya thankyou for what said
@neilirons88665 жыл бұрын
Agree. Ricky Gervais could dream of writing something like this.
@ianetherington31325 жыл бұрын
its tragic as burys demise
@CARLIN47374 жыл бұрын
How is Mike Newell not picked up to manage these days, did well at Luton, until all the big players were sold... strange. Mike got them to tenth in the championship during all this business. Big achievement.
@roonoronno6562 жыл бұрын
Because he was sexist to a female linesman, I think that damaged his reputation and perhaps his heart wasn't in it so much because he hated agents ruining the game with greed. Google Marvin Johnson my best eleven he did a podcast with Mike Newell in the last year. Very good podcasts with lots of ex football players.
@dabro20802 жыл бұрын
He causes trouble everywhere he goes, always fighting with someone. he's an alcoholic too, goes drinking with the influential players who run the changing room
@Zwia. Жыл бұрын
@@Zwia. never heard that, players liked playing for him, he gave them some slack I heard but in return they loved playing for him and gave everything.
@roonoronno656 Жыл бұрын
Great documentary
@TheKizzywhizzy8 жыл бұрын
'How could anyone invest in a company with a debenture then' 'You did'
@Happyman17737 жыл бұрын
Ive been looking for this for ages :)
@doodiesgirl11 жыл бұрын
Great work Trondy..........
@LUTONVIDS11 жыл бұрын
An article today in The Guardian brought me here and all I can say is, John Gurney, I hope by now his head has fallen off!
@blumphy5 жыл бұрын
That's a little off lol...but he wasn't able to do right by the club
@misskhan60935 жыл бұрын
What happened to the land that Luton Owned?? That's why this club was bought and no other reason.. IMHO
@reaper0606703 жыл бұрын
@@reaper060670We sold that land in 2022 to fund the new stadium and development in the town centre
@KamaalJones Жыл бұрын
What a cracking story. Fans make football. Asset strippers don't. Heart-warming.
@tomdevlin92742 жыл бұрын
Manager idol!! Im so glad muppets like this will never step foot in our club again, nice to see us so well run now and on the way up. New stadium looking more likely than ever to!
@JordanLTFC9 жыл бұрын
4 yearslater, you're right.
@Sephyrulz4 жыл бұрын
"Swing it for me"
@pudboy1234563 жыл бұрын
GURNEY- "If I have to walk away, I'll make sure there's nothing to walk away from." .....Two years later, a Gurney-free Luton won the League One championship and it was Gurney who went down the pan.
@cuthbertspackleader11 жыл бұрын
as a leeds fan i cant help but sympathise
@gazzaamsterdamaged11106 жыл бұрын
If any bastard tried to kill my football club the way gurney tried to kill Luton, I'd happily do time.
@kieranb719 жыл бұрын
I loved it when someone booted Gurney's flash motor in and the little fella was a tough nut to tackle as it took about 4 big coppers to arrest him. Think he went to prison for it.
@djstyles16497 жыл бұрын
Brilliant move by the Supporters Trust to buy shares in Hatters Holdings and then call in their loan in order to force Gurney out. Unfortunately, the Bill Tomlins period was still to come. Despite our promotion season of 2004-05, I would still rate BT on a par with Gurney!
@KebabMusicLtd10 жыл бұрын
Look at us now!! We are Luton Town!
@conorfensome46986 жыл бұрын
Conor Fensome Luton on the way up from the brink of death.
@sparticuzj195 жыл бұрын
Look at us NOW!! Championship team coyh!
@cardjunkie3 жыл бұрын
I'm an LFC fan but Luton are my second team and have been ever since the days of the Stein brothers when they destroyed Arsenal in 87
@pudboy1234563 жыл бұрын
@@cardjunkie premiership
@aishikpanja393111 ай бұрын
To outsource the shop and ticket office would surely have increased the overheads of the club. It would have meant that money going through the turnstiles would have gone straight into Gurney’s pocket. Ironically, the boycott of season tickets saved us. But this underhand sale of Football Clubs is something that the FA and Football League need to outlaw. A similar thing happened at Notts County.
@KebabMusicLtd10 жыл бұрын
And now a Premier League Club 🎉🎉
@snowball916311 ай бұрын
Felt so bad for the lady
@SteveBucemi5 жыл бұрын
Love the Game and people like John Gurney have no place in it. Wish someone would put some much needed funds into my beloved Gillingham
@niallgreathead32685 жыл бұрын
Whats the song ID from 2:16
@bBlandarN8 ай бұрын
Doctor Who Tom Baker doing the voice over great to see Luton Town coming back up the league.
@Baggieboy-zb8lw5 жыл бұрын
Watching this as there now in the Premier League
@JamesMurray19912 ай бұрын
Fair play to Luton what a comeback
@robertmclean36129 ай бұрын
As a Torquay fan we are going through a power struggle with Clarke Osbourne and his mates. They want the land the ground is built on for housing and don’t give a shit about the club. Going from a football league club to the National South is a disgrace.
@michaelelliott78875 жыл бұрын
The only people that want involvement with lower/non-league clubs are purely interested in their assets-land etc. Also massaging their own egos. It's sick
@edprice36903 жыл бұрын
Who’s here after they won promotion to the prem
@oisinmcnevin11 ай бұрын
Is that really how they picked the manager or is this a joke?
@igorjibble973610 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen this for years -- I remember (but want to forget) that horrible feeling that we were potentially going to get destroyed by "our owners". Look at us now - still with a "slightly" older Gary Sweet & 2020 steering us in the right direction. Amazing turnaround especially after the -30 points in 2009 and 5 years in non-league, to now be sitting mid-table in the Championship. It's always been one hell of a ride supporting the "least boring" club in the World. COYH.
@moodychops19882 жыл бұрын
Power Court Approved now!
@jimcreed83815 жыл бұрын
Quite interesting, the field he takes the interviewer through is the field is where the club wants to build Newland Park
@KargoolElvalie5 жыл бұрын
I’m a Lutonian by birth and while I support a London team my family are Hatters, and I’m always glad to see them do well. One group of people I did not see offering support to the lowly paid staff…the players. I apologise if they did weigh in but it seems to me that at whatever club gets into trouble, the support staff always suffer, and the players are nowhere to be seen putting pressure on the owners to get the staff paid. As I say, if I’m being unfair and it did happen I’d gladly apologise.
@The_Hoxton_Hipster3 ай бұрын
STAND. The ole Luton moto. RESPECT.
@swiftcee2666 жыл бұрын
Should have done one about Brighton back in the day. Bhafc.
@CARLIN47374 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they were so calm when the consortium rep. tried to get out of paying the wages on time, stating the owners couldn't understand why they couldn't wait until the end of the month. If they tried that shit in China the workers would have locked her in the office and not let her out until the wages were paid.
@markmccreesh84202 жыл бұрын
what's the music at the start?
@jakeotib32797 жыл бұрын
Amazing where Luton are now
@theguy827511 ай бұрын
David Brent the football chairman
@thegreathadoken68085 жыл бұрын
I know one time Luton Town was the most HATED club in the UK since they banned aways fans, but the Luton Town fans don't deserved this!
@walboyfredo60252 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Luton now in the Premier League
@ExSquaddieTalesАй бұрын
Cherry is life and soul of Luton
@KamaalJones Жыл бұрын
Very clever use of Labi Sifre in the intro
@shaunlever1104 Жыл бұрын
Popular manager Joe kinnear!😉
@CARLIN47374 жыл бұрын
And to think that they're in the Prem now.
@zeinmets355011 ай бұрын
The message has to be....... keep the inspection covers firmly fixed on your sewers. Otherwise a Gurney might crawl out and take over your football club. Or join the Board of a major bank. Or become an MP. Or set up a Payday loan company. Or...(etc, etc). COYH
@secretboxes201011 жыл бұрын
Manager Idol? no wonder the club went tits up lol, love the oak stand btw, brill the way you enter by a normal house, class that
@argylelei10 жыл бұрын
I wonder where those late votes came from lmao
@lodersracing7 жыл бұрын
So glad my club was finally run by good people, true fans 2020. WEMBLEY CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY OFF FINAL ON SATURDAY! Prem here we come? COYH 🧡🎩🧡
@pottsyuk11 ай бұрын
Welcome to the prem bud. It'll be challenging, hope you lot don't go down early like Leeds did.
@zeinmets355011 ай бұрын
14:54 - hillarious !
@forgive74496 жыл бұрын
I am not sure Trust in Luton bought the shares. I did not receive any money for mine. I gave them my shares in order to get rid of Gurney.
@lcw887610 жыл бұрын
"You'll have to sway it then ..." Nods and turns away, remembers he's on camera, comes back "No won't have to ..."
@wotsitalabowt3 жыл бұрын
Even says “…consider it” before remembering not to say “done” so as not to make the whole thing look as crooked as it so obviously was 😂
@thecornedbeefcouncil9792 Жыл бұрын
This is a mockumentary right ?
@Theraiman6164 жыл бұрын
Expect to see you back in the league next season, its where you belong IMO.
@horwichlad35010 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We hope to be back with a vengeance!
@KargoolElvalie10 жыл бұрын
Felt it for luton so many idiots running clubs now even in non league. Am glad they got promoted but that antique stadium has had its day and they deserve a championship sized ground
@PeaveyPV209 жыл бұрын
And the new one has just got through planning
@misteryreviewer14265 жыл бұрын
Keep the Faith. Albion.
@CARLIN4737 Жыл бұрын
How could John Gurney and the consortium not know about the debenture prior to buying the club, that has got to be a rookie mistake for not spotting that beforehand, questions their ability as businesspeople.
@TheSRGILL01 Жыл бұрын
The financial director is Charlie kray double!!🤣🤣
@sas22thebest482 жыл бұрын
and now in the championship play offs!
@pianostool442 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately lost in the semi, it's would be great if them promoted to pl next season
@falihsaukhan53652 жыл бұрын
You have the resources and fanbase to start going up the league now. It wouldn't surprise me to see you in the Championship within 5 years. You should have gone up the year that we topped the Conference because you were the better team in the playoff final against AFC Wimbledon. Not so easy getting out of the Conference as there's only one guaranteed spot.
@MrPaulc22210 жыл бұрын
MrPaulc222 in 2027/18 Luton are going up #COYH
@No-zf5bt6 жыл бұрын
Right about the championship
@aldlsllalsapdpapal84303 жыл бұрын
You were right we are in the championship
@milageen13403 жыл бұрын
Fucking incredible how Luton have gotten outta the shite. Jesus, things were fucking dire. I hate seeing smaller football clubs get fucked over.
@SMC01ful2 жыл бұрын
London Luton wtf it is Luton town
@philipmahon43066 жыл бұрын
Reminds me when Joe Spano tried to buy the New York Islanders. IT was a big three card monty scheme
@antr74933 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the club secretary in this, Sherry Newburry it sounds like to me? (Might be misunderstanding Baker's (?!?!?!?!) lilt). Anyone have any information on her now? Would love to know how she's feeling.
@aughhelpmeimdead11 ай бұрын
He sure is!
@KargoolElvalie10 жыл бұрын
They're Premier League bound now.
@seand101111 ай бұрын
Series producer Kate Middleton? 38:22
@drumtracksdirect7 жыл бұрын
What was the whole point of the voting if you still choose the coach as management?
@subz73526 жыл бұрын
50p per call
@thegreathadoken68085 жыл бұрын
Anyone got any idea what John Gurney is up to now?
@harbster26 жыл бұрын
He was made bankrupt in 2008.
@matthewsalisbury4789 Жыл бұрын
In business any old clown can sometimes slide through. Here he is.
@Mr-zx8fu6 жыл бұрын
What happened to Gurney in the end?
@BenL-gk9jc7 жыл бұрын
BenL1812 dunno mate, hope he went bankrupt
@harrygood96817 жыл бұрын
Money laundering and drugs money handling I believe he went to prison. Just did a little research and found this PDF on a twitter feed called "John Gurney Criminal" - here's an interesting copy/paste from that PDF; "By way of background, John Gurney has previously been convicted of Conspiracy to Obtain Property by Deception in the UK and has been deported from the US. According to information from UK based confidential sources, he has several convictions and has served sentences of imprisonment, both in the US and in UK. There is information that JG has worked of some of the most violent and dangerous criminals ever convicted in the UK. He can certainly be linked to the infamous ‘Brian WRIGHT’ Cocaine Trafficking Organisation by virtue of a bank draft issued on one of his company accounts, which was used to purchase a small yacht, which was later used to smuggle Cocaine into the UK. Please see the below appendices for relevant information: - " thuledrilling.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/mh-jg-criminal-activity.pdf
@Jez2008UK7 жыл бұрын
@@Jez2008UK The "consortium"...
@thegreathadoken68085 жыл бұрын
@@thegreathadoken6808 Don't understand.
@Jez2008UK5 жыл бұрын
Always sad to see this mess in Football.... as a neutral it’s good now to see Luton on the cusp of the second tier after spending time in the Non League.... we have seen it with Portsmouth and currently Coventry, how do these Clowns get to buy Clubs!
@theguichardsadventures37205 жыл бұрын
4:41 Idols Theme
@zidannemaulana15377 жыл бұрын
This all sounds so very familiar, 40 years of bad management brought us to were we are now---> 10 years in second division with 22 million € of debts and a stadium that is falling appart. We have managed to avert bankrupcy the last 3 years and now a part our fans, the Antwerp Community Trust, ACT as 1, are trying to take over the club, wich won't be for now just yet....Our old president, Eddy Wauters, the man who left us behind (he was kicked out by the new management) and created all these debts in his 40 year reign, also started a procedure to get his 5 million € he alledgedly invested in the club, better said filled the gaps he's responsable for, with his own money to keep the club all this time alive. Anyway, happy to see you Luton guys in a few weeks. Greetings with respect from a Royal Antwerp fan!
@stepanovicci10 жыл бұрын
Thank god the club is now in a much better place. I hope Gurney rots in hell for the damage he did. Poor Cherry, I really feel for her as she has put her heart and soul in to the club.
@welcome2mytruth10 жыл бұрын
Now in the Premier League for season 2023/24.
@shanemoran51811 ай бұрын
So glad Preston are the only club that is debt free and that's thanks to a owner who wants successs but won't go out a pay millions
@paulpnepreston29267 жыл бұрын
Barnsley are also debt free. Might not have quite been when you said this, although I think they were.
@thegreathadoken68085 жыл бұрын
John Gurney what a prick... only cared about his pocket and that piece of land instead of the damage he was doing to the club, the fans and the staff. He did not give one shit about that fellow losing his home either, disgraceful. I really felt for everybody else especially Cherry in that video knowing what we know know, that they were going to be in for a tough couple of years.
@turnpiketumbler89386 жыл бұрын
Thought they would have got Simon cowell and a judging panel to do manager idol!!
@mrkipling22015 жыл бұрын
Tranmere fan here an its sad to see people like that gurney to buy clubs when they have no interest in the club whatsoever an then ruin it ! And its not a company. its a club!!!
@mattybarnes9610 жыл бұрын
To this day that man isnt welcome back at our club
@erinandadam3 жыл бұрын
How are Luton Town doing now ?
@lodersracing7 жыл бұрын
Not doing to badly, in top 5 in League 2 after fighting back having been in non league for 5 years. Turns out the people that took over after Guerney and his consortium was just as bad!
@KargoolElvalie7 жыл бұрын
championship
@milageen13403 жыл бұрын
In the championship unfortunately!
@lucaschapman2188 Жыл бұрын
See Notts County and Munto Finance.
@robertmorley36097 жыл бұрын
You’ve got to feel sorry for Luton Town FC. After David Evans and his stupidity they get this lot in charge.
@mrkipling22015 жыл бұрын
It even got worst! The consortium that took over after this guy was the guys that got us -30 points at the start of the 2007/2008 season!
@KargoolElvalie5 жыл бұрын
Alex Nyheim if it doesn’t rain it pours !! Least you’re on the up now with promotion to the championship hopefully secured soon.
Didn’t think I’d be hearing Tom Baker narrating a luton town documentary but here we are
Where would we be without those who so cleverly wrestled the club from that scumbag. Many names to mention but Gary Sweet take a bow. It’s almost a miracle what we have achieved since then. That game against Port Vale when we were simply grateful to have a team to support. Never forgotten, but forever appreciative of those who allowed us to dream again.
And look where we are now. Never forgive, never forget. We are Luton Town.
A masterclass in how the fans can stop bloated suits from destroying a club. Our steady progress over the last few years has been heartwarming. Gary Sweet you are a legend!! 👏👏👏
PROMOTED TO PREMIER LEAGUE. REMEMBER THE DATE 27 TH MAY 2023 .
20 years later and look at where you are now Luton. Credit to you and all that you've achieved, may something like this never happen to you or any club again.
From the late 70s untill the mid 80s I had a season ticket at LTFC. I was there when we won promotion to the old First Division. I was there when we beat Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs. i was at Wembley when we lifted the cup with a last gasp winner against Arsenal and that wonderful penalty save by Andy Dibble. i was the member of the same snooker club frequented by LTFC players and personally got to know Ricky Hill, Brian Stein, Foster, and the rest. I was there in Kuwait when LTFC played the Kuwait National team. I had a LTFC kit for my brother who wore it to the game. He was he only person in the ground with a LTFC strip. I have not lived in Luton since 1990 but follow them religiously every week and I am rooting for them to go up thi syear. A wonderful chance against some fancied teams in Sunderland and potentially Middlesboro or Coventry. Fingers crossed
Always enjoyed my trips to Luton with Kidderminster back in the Conference days, glad to see the Hatters doing well again.
Absolutely brilliant! Sherrie the chairwoman is one of those quietly amazing women who hold businesses like that together, but the suits just see numbers to be streamlined. What a brilliant doc tho - amazing story and it didn't end there. Has there been a follow up documentary made?
Gary Sweet. Saved us twice. He is Luton Town. COYH
Absolutely insane this club has gone from national League to prem league in 9 years. Well done, true Hollywood story here, especially via a penalty shootout.
Cant write a better story for sure
Coming from a Swansea fan, I know how this feels, we was bought for a quid by our now chairman. Will be good to see you back in the Football League. Well done! RESPECT FROM SWANSEA.
@Swansea Loyal - And look at Swansea AFC now....
@ Swansea loyal WE R BACK WHERE WE BELONG we made it
Loved the comment at the end, "I got a feeling this will be our season" every football fans eternal statement at the beginning of a new campaign, Come on you Hatters !! (You will never take the Oak road)
Legal papers stated that the "consortium" was just a wealthy Chinese restaurant owning family who had possibly been told they were being sold a cash cow. This "bridging brokering" is all but illegal now. That Craig White fella, up in Scotland, tried the same with Glasgow Rangers.
As a Luton fan this is so hard to watch! It's a David Brent special
brent wouldn't threaten to destroy the club if he lost it - on camera
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Good luck for the premier league
Well done Luton. Back in the top flight.
Thanks for sharing have not seen this before
Thanks for putting this on youtube. COYH
Didn't expect to hear DJ Shadow
Best mockumentary ever.
To me as a neutral viewer, this almost comes across as a caricatural black comedy show on football (with the comically corrupt and arrogant chairman as its main character), making it all the more tragic and bizarre that this an actual documentary with events shown as they are happening. Thank goodness Luton got out of this catastrophic mess.
Same here. I ended up taking nearly 2 hours to watch this as there were points when I had to pause and watch something else because it was so cringeworthy in the extreme.
GregCathalina God bless ya thankyou for what said
Agree. Ricky Gervais could dream of writing something like this.
its tragic as burys demise
How is Mike Newell not picked up to manage these days, did well at Luton, until all the big players were sold... strange. Mike got them to tenth in the championship during all this business. Big achievement.
Because he was sexist to a female linesman, I think that damaged his reputation and perhaps his heart wasn't in it so much because he hated agents ruining the game with greed. Google Marvin Johnson my best eleven he did a podcast with Mike Newell in the last year. Very good podcasts with lots of ex football players.
He causes trouble everywhere he goes, always fighting with someone. he's an alcoholic too, goes drinking with the influential players who run the changing room
@@Zwia. never heard that, players liked playing for him, he gave them some slack I heard but in return they loved playing for him and gave everything.
Great documentary
'How could anyone invest in a company with a debenture then' 'You did'
Ive been looking for this for ages :)
Great work Trondy..........
An article today in The Guardian brought me here and all I can say is, John Gurney, I hope by now his head has fallen off!
That's a little off lol...but he wasn't able to do right by the club
What happened to the land that Luton Owned?? That's why this club was bought and no other reason.. IMHO
@@reaper060670We sold that land in 2022 to fund the new stadium and development in the town centre
What a cracking story. Fans make football. Asset strippers don't. Heart-warming.
Manager idol!! Im so glad muppets like this will never step foot in our club again, nice to see us so well run now and on the way up. New stadium looking more likely than ever to!
4 yearslater, you're right.
"Swing it for me"
GURNEY- "If I have to walk away, I'll make sure there's nothing to walk away from." .....Two years later, a Gurney-free Luton won the League One championship and it was Gurney who went down the pan.
as a leeds fan i cant help but sympathise
If any bastard tried to kill my football club the way gurney tried to kill Luton, I'd happily do time.
I loved it when someone booted Gurney's flash motor in and the little fella was a tough nut to tackle as it took about 4 big coppers to arrest him. Think he went to prison for it.
Brilliant move by the Supporters Trust to buy shares in Hatters Holdings and then call in their loan in order to force Gurney out. Unfortunately, the Bill Tomlins period was still to come. Despite our promotion season of 2004-05, I would still rate BT on a par with Gurney!
Look at us now!! We are Luton Town!
Conor Fensome Luton on the way up from the brink of death.
Look at us NOW!! Championship team coyh!
I'm an LFC fan but Luton are my second team and have been ever since the days of the Stein brothers when they destroyed Arsenal in 87
@@cardjunkie premiership
To outsource the shop and ticket office would surely have increased the overheads of the club. It would have meant that money going through the turnstiles would have gone straight into Gurney’s pocket. Ironically, the boycott of season tickets saved us. But this underhand sale of Football Clubs is something that the FA and Football League need to outlaw. A similar thing happened at Notts County.
And now a Premier League Club 🎉🎉
Felt so bad for the lady
Love the Game and people like John Gurney have no place in it. Wish someone would put some much needed funds into my beloved Gillingham
Whats the song ID from 2:16
Doctor Who Tom Baker doing the voice over great to see Luton Town coming back up the league.
Watching this as there now in the Premier League
Fair play to Luton what a comeback
As a Torquay fan we are going through a power struggle with Clarke Osbourne and his mates. They want the land the ground is built on for housing and don’t give a shit about the club. Going from a football league club to the National South is a disgrace.
The only people that want involvement with lower/non-league clubs are purely interested in their assets-land etc. Also massaging their own egos. It's sick
Who’s here after they won promotion to the prem
Is that really how they picked the manager or is this a joke?
I haven't seen this for years -- I remember (but want to forget) that horrible feeling that we were potentially going to get destroyed by "our owners". Look at us now - still with a "slightly" older Gary Sweet & 2020 steering us in the right direction. Amazing turnaround especially after the -30 points in 2009 and 5 years in non-league, to now be sitting mid-table in the Championship. It's always been one hell of a ride supporting the "least boring" club in the World. COYH.
Power Court Approved now!
Quite interesting, the field he takes the interviewer through is the field is where the club wants to build Newland Park
I’m a Lutonian by birth and while I support a London team my family are Hatters, and I’m always glad to see them do well. One group of people I did not see offering support to the lowly paid staff…the players. I apologise if they did weigh in but it seems to me that at whatever club gets into trouble, the support staff always suffer, and the players are nowhere to be seen putting pressure on the owners to get the staff paid. As I say, if I’m being unfair and it did happen I’d gladly apologise.
STAND. The ole Luton moto. RESPECT.
Should have done one about Brighton back in the day. Bhafc.
I can't believe they were so calm when the consortium rep. tried to get out of paying the wages on time, stating the owners couldn't understand why they couldn't wait until the end of the month. If they tried that shit in China the workers would have locked her in the office and not let her out until the wages were paid.
what's the music at the start?
Amazing where Luton are now
David Brent the football chairman
I know one time Luton Town was the most HATED club in the UK since they banned aways fans, but the Luton Town fans don't deserved this!
Nice to see Luton now in the Premier League
Cherry is life and soul of Luton
Very clever use of Labi Sifre in the intro
Popular manager Joe kinnear!😉
And to think that they're in the Prem now.
The message has to be....... keep the inspection covers firmly fixed on your sewers. Otherwise a Gurney might crawl out and take over your football club. Or join the Board of a major bank. Or become an MP. Or set up a Payday loan company. Or...(etc, etc). COYH
Manager Idol? no wonder the club went tits up lol, love the oak stand btw, brill the way you enter by a normal house, class that
I wonder where those late votes came from lmao
So glad my club was finally run by good people, true fans 2020. WEMBLEY CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY OFF FINAL ON SATURDAY! Prem here we come? COYH 🧡🎩🧡
Welcome to the prem bud. It'll be challenging, hope you lot don't go down early like Leeds did.
14:54 - hillarious !
I am not sure Trust in Luton bought the shares. I did not receive any money for mine. I gave them my shares in order to get rid of Gurney.
"You'll have to sway it then ..." Nods and turns away, remembers he's on camera, comes back "No won't have to ..."
Even says “…consider it” before remembering not to say “done” so as not to make the whole thing look as crooked as it so obviously was 😂
This is a mockumentary right ?
Expect to see you back in the league next season, its where you belong IMO.
Thanks! We hope to be back with a vengeance!
Felt it for luton so many idiots running clubs now even in non league. Am glad they got promoted but that antique stadium has had its day and they deserve a championship sized ground
And the new one has just got through planning
Keep the Faith. Albion.
How could John Gurney and the consortium not know about the debenture prior to buying the club, that has got to be a rookie mistake for not spotting that beforehand, questions their ability as businesspeople.
The financial director is Charlie kray double!!🤣🤣
and now in the championship play offs!
Unfortunately lost in the semi, it's would be great if them promoted to pl next season
You have the resources and fanbase to start going up the league now. It wouldn't surprise me to see you in the Championship within 5 years. You should have gone up the year that we topped the Conference because you were the better team in the playoff final against AFC Wimbledon. Not so easy getting out of the Conference as there's only one guaranteed spot.
MrPaulc222 in 2027/18 Luton are going up #COYH
Right about the championship
You were right we are in the championship
Fucking incredible how Luton have gotten outta the shite. Jesus, things were fucking dire. I hate seeing smaller football clubs get fucked over.
London Luton wtf it is Luton town
Reminds me when Joe Spano tried to buy the New York Islanders. IT was a big three card monty scheme
Does anyone know the name of the club secretary in this, Sherry Newburry it sounds like to me? (Might be misunderstanding Baker's (?!?!?!?!) lilt). Anyone have any information on her now? Would love to know how she's feeling.
He sure is!
They're Premier League bound now.
Series producer Kate Middleton? 38:22
What was the whole point of the voting if you still choose the coach as management?
50p per call
Anyone got any idea what John Gurney is up to now?
He was made bankrupt in 2008.
In business any old clown can sometimes slide through. Here he is.
What happened to Gurney in the end?
BenL1812 dunno mate, hope he went bankrupt
Money laundering and drugs money handling I believe he went to prison. Just did a little research and found this PDF on a twitter feed called "John Gurney Criminal" - here's an interesting copy/paste from that PDF; "By way of background, John Gurney has previously been convicted of Conspiracy to Obtain Property by Deception in the UK and has been deported from the US. According to information from UK based confidential sources, he has several convictions and has served sentences of imprisonment, both in the US and in UK. There is information that JG has worked of some of the most violent and dangerous criminals ever convicted in the UK. He can certainly be linked to the infamous ‘Brian WRIGHT’ Cocaine Trafficking Organisation by virtue of a bank draft issued on one of his company accounts, which was used to purchase a small yacht, which was later used to smuggle Cocaine into the UK. Please see the below appendices for relevant information: - " thuledrilling.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/mh-jg-criminal-activity.pdf
@@Jez2008UK The "consortium"...
@@thegreathadoken6808 Don't understand.
Always sad to see this mess in Football.... as a neutral it’s good now to see Luton on the cusp of the second tier after spending time in the Non League.... we have seen it with Portsmouth and currently Coventry, how do these Clowns get to buy Clubs!
4:41 Idols Theme
This all sounds so very familiar, 40 years of bad management brought us to were we are now---> 10 years in second division with 22 million € of debts and a stadium that is falling appart. We have managed to avert bankrupcy the last 3 years and now a part our fans, the Antwerp Community Trust, ACT as 1, are trying to take over the club, wich won't be for now just yet....Our old president, Eddy Wauters, the man who left us behind (he was kicked out by the new management) and created all these debts in his 40 year reign, also started a procedure to get his 5 million € he alledgedly invested in the club, better said filled the gaps he's responsable for, with his own money to keep the club all this time alive. Anyway, happy to see you Luton guys in a few weeks. Greetings with respect from a Royal Antwerp fan!
Thank god the club is now in a much better place. I hope Gurney rots in hell for the damage he did. Poor Cherry, I really feel for her as she has put her heart and soul in to the club.
Now in the Premier League for season 2023/24.
So glad Preston are the only club that is debt free and that's thanks to a owner who wants successs but won't go out a pay millions
Barnsley are also debt free. Might not have quite been when you said this, although I think they were.
John Gurney what a prick... only cared about his pocket and that piece of land instead of the damage he was doing to the club, the fans and the staff. He did not give one shit about that fellow losing his home either, disgraceful. I really felt for everybody else especially Cherry in that video knowing what we know know, that they were going to be in for a tough couple of years.
Thought they would have got Simon cowell and a judging panel to do manager idol!!
Tranmere fan here an its sad to see people like that gurney to buy clubs when they have no interest in the club whatsoever an then ruin it ! And its not a company. its a club!!!
To this day that man isnt welcome back at our club
How are Luton Town doing now ?
Not doing to badly, in top 5 in League 2 after fighting back having been in non league for 5 years. Turns out the people that took over after Guerney and his consortium was just as bad!
championship
In the championship unfortunately!
See Notts County and Munto Finance.
You’ve got to feel sorry for Luton Town FC. After David Evans and his stupidity they get this lot in charge.
It even got worst! The consortium that took over after this guy was the guys that got us -30 points at the start of the 2007/2008 season!
Alex Nyheim if it doesn’t rain it pours !! Least you’re on the up now with promotion to the championship hopefully secured soon.