Daily Diary (DD) - Day 102 of 2026

0327hrs:

I'm not able to avoid these false starts quite yet and I also seem to be alternating between sleeping at night and not being able to sleep at night. This is indeed a tough battle, if not the toughest battle of my life yet.

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Since Luton Town have won a trophy today and they still have an outside chance of achieving promotion from League 1 (3rd tier of English football) to the Championship (2nd tier of English football) I thought I'd assess their performance over the year:

I did predict with 10 games left (after drawing away 1-1 against Doncaster on 11 March) that they would need 30 of 30 points and had to push up their GD to at least +20 (from +1), in order to secure a play-off position. Over the season, I feel Luton have dropped at least 20 points unnecessarily, which if secured would have likely translated into an automatic promotion place.

A Wycombe 1-2 (14 Mar) W

H Exeter 3-2 (18 Mar) W

H Stockport 1-1 (21 Mar) D

H Peterborough 2-1 (3 Apr) W

A Wimbledon 0-3 (6 Apr) W

Half way - Have just dropped 2 points from 15 available and increased GD by +6

Currently 10th (12 April 2026)

P41 W17 D10 L14 F57 A50 GD7 PTS 61

Ave overall: 49.6% of available points derived.

Last 5 games Ave = 86.7%

Ave before last 5 games = 44.4%

Last 5 games:

H Northampton (15 Apr)

A Mansfield (18 Apr)

A Rotherham (21 Apr)

H Barnsley (25 Apr)

A Bolton (2 May)

Targets:

(Top 2 automatic places already out of reach)

3rd - Bradford P42 GD5 PTS 71 

4th - Bolton P42 GD15 PTS 70

5th - Stockport P40 GD9 PTS 67

6th - Stevenage P41 GD5 PTS 67

Gap/Margin: 

Need 15 from 15 PTS (+13 more GD)

Out of control:

Stockport - 9 points (6 games left & if they win game in hand)

Bradford - 7 points (4 games left)

Stevenage - 6 points (5 games left)

Bolton - 3 points (4 games left & 8 goals adrift in GD too)

All other teams below or above Luton have lesser points and/or lesser games left to play.

Upcoming fixtures of rivals:

Stockport:

A Wimbledon (15 Apr)

A Exeter (18 Apr)

H Mansfield (21 Apr)

H Peterborough (25 Apr)

H Port Vale (28 Apr)

A Barnsley (2 May)

Bradford:

A Barnsley (18 Apr)

H Plymouth (21 Apr)

H Bolton (25 Apr)

A Exeter (2 May)

Stevenage:

A Bolton (14 Apr)

H Lincoln (18 Apr)

H Barnsley (21 Apr)

A Doncaster (25 Apr)

H Wigan (2 May)

Bolton:

H Stevenage (14 Apr)

H Huddersfield (18 Apr)

A Bradford (25 Apr)

H Luton (2 May)

Retrospect:

Luton under Matt Bloomfield:

P11 W5 D1 L5 F14 A13 PTS 16

48.5% success rate

Cup Competitions:

P3 W1 D0 L2 F5 A5 :EFL Cup 1, FL Trophy 2  

33.3% success rate

Luton under Jack Wilshere:

P30 W12 D9 L9 F43 A37 PTS 45

50% success rate

Cup Competitions:

P8 W7 D0 L1 F23 A9 : FL Trophy 6, FA Cup 2 (2-1 loss to Swindon in FL Trophy converted to 3-0 win for Luton for breaking rules)

87.5%% success rate

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 

16

Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:

215

Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:

86

Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):

650

Cash in Hand: 34,130

Cash Deposits: 268,313 

Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 327,000 

Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)

Distributed (today): 0

Balance: 327,000

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