\u00cd kv\u00f6ld ger\u00f0i Luton sitt fyrsta jafntefli \u00ed 5tu deildinni. Erum \u00fev\u00ed me\u00f0 t\u00edu stig eftir fj\u00f3ra leiki, reyndar einir \u00ed efsta s\u00e6ti eftir a\u00f0 Wimbledon tapa\u00f0i s\u00ednum leik. Luton og Wimbledon hafa hvorugt leiki\u00f0 \u00ed Evr\u00f3pukeppni. Keppnisbanni\u00f0 sem skellt var \u00e1 ensku li\u00f0in eftir a\u00f0 Liverpool-bullurnar komu af sta\u00f0 bl\u00f3\u00f0ba\u00f0inu \u00ed Brussel, ger\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 verkum a\u00f0 \u00feessi li\u00f0 misstu af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 keppa \u00e1 \u00feeim vettvangi.<\/p>\n
Andst\u00e6\u00f0ingar Luton \u00ed kv\u00f6ld hafa hins vegar teki\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed Evr\u00f3pukeppni og voru meira a\u00f0 segja h\u00e1rsbreidd fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 fara \u00ed undan\u00farslitin. \u00deeim \u00e1rangri n\u00e1\u00f0i Newport County \u00ed byrjun n\u00edunda \u00e1ratugarins, me\u00f0 John Aldridge fremstan \u00ed flokki.<\/p>\n
Newport er fr\u00e1 Wales og er eitt af 6-7 velskum li\u00f0um sem kosi\u00f0 hafa a\u00f0 leika \u00ed enska f\u00f3tboltap\u00edram\u00eddanum (UEFA til s\u00e1rrar skapraunar). \u00deessi li\u00f0 t\u00f3ku lengi vel \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed velsku bikarkeppninni og g\u00e1tu sem sl\u00edk unni\u00f0 s\u00e9r keppnisr\u00e9tt \u00ed Evr\u00f3pukeppni bikarhafa. S\u00fa kynduga sta\u00f0a gat \u00fev\u00ed komi\u00f0 upp a\u00f0 evr\u00f3psk st\u00f3rli\u00f0 kepptu vi\u00f0 li\u00f0 \u00far 3ju e\u00f0a 4\u00f0u deild enska boltans – og fur\u00f0u oft n\u00e1\u00f0u Walesverjarnir g\u00f3\u00f0um \u00farslitum.<\/p>\n
Undir lok n\u00edunda \u00e1ratugarins lenti Newport \u00ed verulegum peningavandr\u00e6\u00f0um. Li\u00f0i\u00f0 f\u00e9ll \u00far 4\u00f0u deildinni og var a\u00f0 lokum gert gjald\u00ferota. Sl\u00edkt er afar f\u00e1t\u00edtt. \u00de\u00f3tt \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 n\u00e1nast f\u00f6st regla a\u00f0 atvinnuf\u00f3tboltali\u00f0 s\u00e9u meira og minna \u00e1 hausnum, \u00fe\u00e1 er \u00feeim n\u00e1nast alltaf bjarga\u00f0 \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu stundu. Newport County var hins vegar lagt ni\u00f0ur, \u00c9g man eftir a\u00f0 hafa lesi\u00f0 fr\u00e9ttir um \u00feetta \u00ed Shoot og Match af miklum \u00e1huga, enda h\u00e9ldu menn a\u00f0 \u00feetta v\u00e6ri bara byrjunin \u00e1 skri\u00f0u gjald\u00ferota – sem ekki var\u00f0.<\/p>\n
Sama \u00e1r var li\u00f0i\u00f0 endurstofna\u00f0 undir n\u00e1lega sama nafni, m\u00f6rgum deildum ne\u00f0ar. \u00deeim t\u00f3kst me\u00f0 harmkv\u00e6lum a\u00f0 kn\u00fdja \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed gegn a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 spila \u00e1fram Englandsmegin landam\u00e6ranna. (Afar \u00f3l\u00edklegt er a\u00f0 n\u00fdju velsku li\u00f0i yr\u00f0i leyft \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed dag.) En lei\u00f0in til baka var l\u00f6ng.<\/p>\n
\u00cd vor komst Newport upp \u00ed 5tu deildina \u00ed fyrsta sinn fr\u00e1 gjald\u00ferotinu fyrir r\u00famum tuttugu \u00e1rum. Stu\u00f0ningsmenn Luton eru svekktir yfir a\u00f0 hafa ekki unni\u00f0 leikinn \u00ed kv\u00f6ld, ekki hva\u00f0 s\u00edst eftir a\u00f0 v\u00edtaspyrna f\u00f3r \u00ed s\u00faginn undir lokin. En Newport er v\u00edst me\u00f0 f\u00ednt li\u00f0 og enginn \u00feyrfti a\u00f0 vera hisa \u00fe\u00f3tt gamla li\u00f0i\u00f0 hans Aldridge ver\u00f0i komi\u00f0 aftur \u00ed deildarkeppnina innan 4-5 \u00e1ra. Svona hefur f\u00f3tboltinn n\u00fa tilhneigingu til a\u00f0 leita aftur \u00ed sama fari\u00f0 a\u00f0 lokum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00cd kv\u00f6ld ger\u00f0i Luton sitt fyrsta jafntefli \u00ed 5tu deildinni. Erum \u00fev\u00ed me\u00f0 t\u00edu stig eftir fj\u00f3ra leiki, reyndar einir \u00ed efsta s\u00e6ti eftir a\u00f0 Wimbledon tapa\u00f0i s\u00ednum leik. Luton og Wimbledon hafa hvorugt leiki\u00f0 \u00ed Evr\u00f3pukeppni. Keppnisbanni\u00f0 sem skellt var \u00e1 ensku li\u00f0in eftir a\u00f0 Liverpool-bullurnar komu af sta\u00f0 bl\u00f3\u00f0ba\u00f0inu \u00ed Brussel, ger\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Newport County (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-3953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953","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=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}