David Conn skrifar stórgóða grein um hina nýju eigendur Manchester City og þróun enska boltans.
Efsta færslan í athugasemdakerfinu er hins vegar mögnuð. Hún er sett upp sem leikþáttur og Luton Town kemur mjög við sögu:
Transfre Day : A play in one part. A modern fairy tale.
Act One, Scene 1
May 11th 1968, Maine Road, England.
Manchester City have just defeated Newcastle in a pulsating match to become First Division Champions………just behind the goal in the City end a young man, maybe 22, stands and applauds and stays, long after the celebrations are over. His eyes are moist as he finally looks around and sees an older man, balding, mid to late 40s looking at him. We don’t know them but we will call them CitySteve3 and FarMan.
CitySteve3 : Wow, that was amazing – I can’t believe we are Champions !
FarMan : I know what you mean, it’s incredible.
CitySteve3 : Do you think we can do it next year?
FarMan : No, Son.
CitySteve3 : How can you be so sure? Bell, Lee, Summerbee…..we are invincible!!
FarMan : Well I hate to say this, but I am from the future and I am certain. Actually the next couple of years will be ok, we will win the FA Cup and the League Cup, and do ok in Europe, but nothing much after that…
CitySteve3 : Are you mad, from the future you say? Yeah right…..!!!
FarMan : OK, I don’t expect you to believe me now, but time will tell. How old are you, son?
CitySteve3 : 23 mate.
FarMan : Well I haven’t been beyond 2008 but you will be at least 63 before we win this league again.
CitySteve3: What! You must be joking, you’re a nutter. I don’t like you, go away you old git!
FarMan : No problems, see you again maybe? No hard feelings?
CitySteve3 : No wait, sorry….ok, ok, let’s pretend you do know. Hopefully United won’t win anything either? Haha?
FarMan : mmmm…….. sorry pal.
CitySteve3: Well, tell me… what is the best thing I will see, standing here for the next 40 years? There must be something?!!!
FarMan : Well, there is one thing…..
CitySteve3 ; What, what,… go on….you’ve got me now….!
FarMan : Well there will be, was, a funny man with crinkly hair in a beige suit who dances across the pitch to this very goal in front of you……..I think it was in 1983…it was amazing!…. City fans, just like you a minute ago had tears in their eyes again.
CitySteve3 : Wow!! What happened? What did we win?
FarMan : Nothing! Actually we went down that day, and Luton stayed up.
CitySteve3 : Oh Brilliant!! Relegated! By Luton!!! What happened to them?
FarMan : Well, that’s a long, long story son, and it’s not done yet. When I left, they were bottom of Divison 4 with minus 23 points.
CitySteve3 : Minus 23 ! Now I know you’re fookin mad pal! OK where were City in 2000?
FarMan : 2008 you mean?
CitySteve3 : Sorry two thousand and EIGHT, hahahah…
FarMan: Well City had just been sold by the Prime Minister of Thailand to some businessmen from Abu Dhabi.
CitySteve3 : Aboo where…?
FarMan : It doesn’t matter son, but they had just brought a Brazilian for 32 million pounds.
CitySteve3 : you mean thousands ! Was it Pele?
FarMan : Pele ! No he’d be old by then with erection problems….and I mean millions….actually a couple more than United paid for a Bulgarian from Spurs.
CitySteve3 : Man alive….. you are a piece of work! Nuttier than a Topic (continuity please check), but I like you. See ya next season?
FarMan : No, actually I am going back to 2008, I want to see what happens to Luton.
CitySteve3 : Luton ! Why, why, why? They are bottom of the whole pile,mate – minus 100 points or summat !
FarMan : Well yes, maybe. But you know, I think they matter more than we will ever know?
CitySteve3 : For fooks sake mate, hahahahaha! See Ya !!
FarMan : Yeah perhaps.