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 may well need all 30 of the remaining 30 points available to them, whilst they also had to push up their goal difference (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%

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Luton's remaining 5 fixtures:

H Northampton (15 Apr)

A Mansfield (18 Apr)

A Rotherham (21 Apr)

H Barnsley (25 Apr)

A Bolton (2 May)

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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

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Gap/Margin: 

Need 15 from 15 PTS (+13 more GD)

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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.

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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)

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Bradford:

A Barnsley (18 Apr)

H Plymouth (21 Apr)

H Bolton (25 Apr)

A Exeter (2 May)

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Stevenage:

A Bolton (14 Apr)

H Lincoln (18 Apr)

H Barnsley (21 Apr)

A Doncaster (25 Apr)

H Wigan (2 May)

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Bolton:

H Stevenage (14 Apr)

H Huddersfield (18 Apr)

A Bradford (25 Apr)

H Luton (2 May)

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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 the former 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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