\u00c1hugam\u00f6nnum um enska boltann \u00e1 n\u00edunda \u00e1ratugnum \u00e6tti a\u00f0 hl\u00fdna um hjartar\u00e6tur vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a stigat\u00f6fluna \u00ed utandeildinni (sem \u00e9g \u00e6tti l\u00edklega h\u00e9r eftir a\u00f0 kalla 5. deildina – \u00fev\u00ed h\u00fan er vissulega s\u00fa fimmta efsta \u00ed enska knattspyrnup\u00edram\u00eddanum.) Luton er nefnilega efst og Wimbledon \u00ed \u00f6\u00f0ru s\u00e6ti. \u00deetta eru einu li\u00f0in sem unni\u00f0 hafa b\u00e1\u00f0a s\u00edna leiki \u00ed fyrstu tveimur umfer\u00f0unum.<\/p>\n
Andst\u00e6\u00f0ingar Luton \u00ed \u00feessum leikjum hafa svo sem ekki veri\u00f0 neinir st\u00f3rsp\u00e1menn: Altrincham og Kettering. En \u00e1 hitt ber a\u00f0 l\u00edta a\u00f0 \u00ed fyrra fengum vi\u00f0 bara eitt stig gegn hvoru \u00feeirra.<\/p>\n
\u00c1 papp\u00edrunum er Luton me\u00f0 sterkasta leikmannah\u00f3pinn. \u00deetta er l\u00edka langtekn\u00edskasta li\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed deildinni. Um \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki deilt. Vandinn er hins vegar a\u00f0 flest hin li\u00f0in eru n\u00f3gu skyns\u00f6m til a\u00f0 breg\u00f0ast vi\u00f0 \u00feessum me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 pakka \u00ed v\u00f6rn og vonast til a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00e6la inn eins og einu marki \u00far f\u00f6stu leikatri\u00f0i e\u00f0a skyndis\u00f3kn. Og \u00fea\u00f0 er vissulega \u00e1hyggjuefni a\u00f0 \u00ed b\u00e1\u00f0um leikjunum h\u00f6fum vi\u00f0 fengi\u00f0 \u00e1 okkur j\u00f6fnunarm\u00f6rk eftir a\u00f0 hafa r\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 l\u00f6gum og lofum.<\/p>\n
\u00cd kv\u00f6ld sigru\u00f0um vi\u00f0 Kettering \u00e1 \u00fativelli 1:3, \u00fear sem Luton \u00e1tti 17 markskot en heimali\u00f0i\u00f0 fj\u00f6gur. Matthew Barnes-Homer skora\u00f0i \u00ferennu (en reyndar tv\u00f6 \u00far v\u00edtum). Hann \u00e1tti svo sigurmarki\u00f0 \u00e1 88. m\u00edn\u00fatu \u00ed fyrstu umfer\u00f0inni.<\/p>\n
Matthew Barnes-Homer (e\u00f0a MBH eins og hann er oftast kalla\u00f0ur) er \u00feess vegna n\u00fdja hetjan \u00ed kl\u00fabbnum. \u00dea\u00f0 er \u00feeim mun merkilegra \u00ed lj\u00f3si \u00feess a\u00f0 fyrir h\u00e1lfu \u00e1ri var hann hata\u00f0ur. Hann f\u00e9kk endalausa s\u00e9nsa \u00ed li\u00f0inu, \u00f3\u00f0 \u00ed f\u00e6rum en skora\u00f0i ekki rassgat. Stu\u00f0ningsmennirnir baulu\u00f0u \u00e1 hann og spjallbor\u00f0in voru full af form\u00e6lingum. En svo d\u00f3 pabbi hans.<\/p>\n
Daginn sem pabbi MBH d\u00f3 (e\u00f0a hvort \u00fea\u00f0 var daginn eftir), \u00e1kva\u00f0 str\u00e1kurinn a\u00f0 halda s\u00ednu striki og l\u00e9k deildarleik. A\u00f0 venju var baula\u00f0 \u00e1 str\u00e1ksa, sem \u00e1tti enn einn slakan daginn. En eftir leik kvisu\u00f0ust \u00fat fr\u00e9ttirnar af dau\u00f0a pabbans, sem haf\u00f0i v\u00edst barist vi\u00f0 erfitt krabbamein \u00ed einhverja m\u00e1nu\u00f0i. Og sagan br\u00e6ddi hj\u00f6rtu allra. Skyndilega var\u00f0 MBH a\u00f0 t\u00e1knmynd f\u00e9lagstrygg\u00f0ar og \u00e6\u00f0ruleysis. Eftir \u00e1 a\u00f0 hyggja fannst m\u00f6nnum \u00feeir sj\u00e1 sk\u00fdringarnar \u00e1 slakri spilamennsku – \u00f3har\u00f0na\u00f0ur unglingurinn hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 f\u00f3ta sig hj\u00e1 n\u00fdju li\u00f0i \u00e1 sama t\u00edma og hann var a\u00f0 missa pabba sinn… Og \u00feegar MBH skora\u00f0i mikilv\u00e6gt mark sk\u00f6mmu s\u00ed\u00f0ar, var\u00f0 hann a\u00f0 eftirl\u00e6ti allra. (Knattspyrnu\u00e1hagendur eru mj\u00f6g gefnir fyrir mel\u00f3drama.)<\/p>\n
N\u00fana leikur MBH eins og hugur manns. Stu\u00f0ningsmennirnir elska hann og d\u00e1sama snilld stj\u00f3rans, Richard Money. Lengi lifi gullfiskaminni\u00f0!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c1hugam\u00f6nnum um enska boltann \u00e1 n\u00edunda \u00e1ratugnum \u00e6tti a\u00f0 hl\u00fdna um hjartar\u00e6tur vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a stigat\u00f6fluna \u00ed utandeildinni (sem \u00e9g \u00e6tti l\u00edklega h\u00e9r eftir a\u00f0 kalla 5. deildina – \u00fev\u00ed h\u00fan er vissulega s\u00fa fimmta efsta \u00ed enska knattspyrnup\u00edram\u00eddanum.) Luton er nefnilega efst og Wimbledon \u00ed \u00f6\u00f0ru s\u00e6ti. \u00deetta eru einu li\u00f0in sem unni\u00f0 hafa … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Barnes-Homer (b)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}