Its very fantastic, 2 goals from pinalty kick.

It’s published by LSN Media Ltd, a branch of Cambridge-based Iliffe News & Media. Originally it was part of a two-title series together with Dunstable on Sunday; both shared a website. Both were in turn part of a wider group covering northern Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, including Bedfordshire on Sunday, the MK News (for Milton Keynes) and the Leighton Buzzard News.

luton on sunday

It merged with Dunstable on Sunday in August 2008 as Luton & Dunstable on Sunday, before being relaunched as the Luton & Dunstable Express and shifting to Wednesday publication on New Year’s Eve 2008. It was revived in August 2010 in response to demand from readers and advertisers in the area. The Luton & Dunstable Express (with which it shares a website) continues in existence. There’s an e-edition available free on the website.

United Sporting Luton Awards Night 2007

by Emdad Rahman
A slap up curry feast was shortly followed by the eagerly awaited awards ceremony. Club co founder and General Secretary Shakayet Hussain presented awards with the Azad Ali, assistant Manager (co-founder) and prime Sponsor Bashir Ahmed from Barket finance.

Hussain spoke of his pride at the progress of the club, which now boasts four teams. Manager Steve Blackhurst was in poignant mood; “We have had a good season and now is the time for us to analyse and look at ways to improve. The key is to keep aiming high.”

Miah spoke of his pride at the progress of the club, which now boasts four teams. Manager Steve Blackhurst was in poignant mood; “We have had a good season and now is the time for us to analyse and look at ways to improve. The key is to keep aiming high.”

Star of the night was hotshot Yasir Rashid who picked up a hattrick awards, namely, the golden boot, management award and joint winner with Dean Aston (not the recovering West Ham star) of the player of the year accolade for the 2006/07 season. It was not difficult to single out Yasir as during a season of personal triumph, the blazing centre forward notched an astonishing 53 goals.

The full awards list:

Fair Play – David Mitchell

Player Of The Year – Dean Ashton & Yasir Rashid

Best Newcomer – Daniel Owens

Management Award – Yasir Rashid

Top Scorer Award – Yasir Rashid

Most Improved Player – Shamim Ali

Appreciation Award – Alan Shury

Appreciation Award – Steve Blackhurst

Most Consistent Player – Peter Wilson

Community Award – Bashir Ahmed – Barket

Sunday leagues are sanctioned by the local County Football Association. There is no organised promotion or relegation between leagues, unlike in the National League System, which covers the top few levels of amateur football, although many leagues operate several divisions with promotion and relegation between them. However, ambitious Sunday teams may apply to join a Saturday league for a higher standard of football, and from there graduate to the FA-sanctioned leagues.

The FA Sunday Cup is a national knock-out competition for English Sunday league football teams administered by the FA. It was first staged in 1964.

Sunday League Football

The most prominent single location for Sunday league football is Hackney Marshes in east London.

Sunday leagues also exist in Scotland, where they make use of local council-owned pitches and facilities for nominal fees and are known as Sunday amateur football, mostly coming away from the perception of “pub leagues”.

Women’s football and futsal are usually played on Sunday, but it is not considered Sunday league football.

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LUTON and Dunstable will fall silent this weekend

The annual remembrance service will take place in Luton on Sunday, November 13 from 10.57am at the war memorial outside the Town Hall.

A number of organisations will parade from Park Street West to the war memorial where at 11am a two minutes’ silence will be observed. The silence will start and end by the sounding of the Last Post and Reveille.

A similar ceremony will take place starting in Grove House Gardens in Dunstable at 10.15am with a special Remembrance Day service at All Saints Parish Church in Houghton Regis at 10.30am.

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The Karen Trust was set up in 2009 in memory of Karen Singh who died from a brain tumour. The charity supports families that are dealing with terminal cancer and has worked with both the Luton & Dunstable Hospital’s cancer unit and Keech Hospice Care.

Karen’s brother

Now in its third year, the charity event returns to Wardown Park on November 27. Karen’s brother, Joe, said: “Like so many other people, Karen was taken from us far too soon and the charity gives us the opportunity to keep her memory alive by supporting families that are dealing with terminal cancer.

“Our mission is to raise money to build a retreat for cancer sufferers to enjoy a holiday with their loved ones and spend some quality time together, and hopefully create some important precious memories.” The race starts at 10.30am and entry costs £10 for adults with under 16s free.

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The new route is part of Monarch’s significant expansion into the Mediterranean during summer 2012.

From March 2012, Monarch will operate three flights a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays from Luton to the Italian capital.

Monarch will operate three flights a week to the Italian capital.

Managing director of Monarch, Kevin George said: “The strategy for Monarch Airlines is now firmly focused on its scheduled operations and we are delighted to be adding Rome to our already extensive network of leisure destinations across Europe from London Luton.

“Italy has been much requested by our customers over the past few years and it is great that we are now able to start our expansion into this beautiful country from our home base at Luton.”

Monarch’s plans also include expanding its network to 14 routes to Italy, Coratia and Greece, with two additional Airbus A320 aircraft being added to Monarch’s fleet from May 2012.

Simon Harley, Luton Airport’s business development manager said: “We are delighted with Monarch’s exciting announcement to start this new scheduled service to Rome. It is a welcome addition to the expanding route network at London Luton and will no doubt be a firm favourite with passengers. Rome is a must-see city and a great getaway to the delights of Italy.”

Flights are on sale now, with fares available from £38.99 one way and £65.50 return, inclusive of all taxes at charges at www.monarch.co.uk.

Veterans associations, cadets, scouts and guides proudly paraded through the town, led by the University of Bedfordshire’s Pipe Band, to the war memorial outside the Town Hall, where the service began at 10.57am.

Luton remembers

A two-minute silence was signalled by the sounding of the Last Post by a lone bugle player on the balcony of the Town Hall.

The silence was followed by the recital of the Kohima epitaph by Don Woodcroft, president of the Luton branch of the Royal British Legion, to remember commonwealth forces. Wreaths were laid on the memorial in memory of those who lost their lives, before prayers were read.

For more photographs see the Luton News, out on Wednesday.

The former Great Ormond Street nurse, who brought them up single-handed, died of motor neurone disease in May only three months after being diagnosed.

The Cherry family who raised more than �4,500 running a marathon

The quartet raised more than £4,500 which they hope will be used to provide customised wheelchairs for other sufferers.

Jon, who lives in Wardown Park and works for insurance broker Willis, said: “Mum was diagnosed with frontal temporal disorder – a protein imbalance in the brain – about five years ago.

“But anyone outside the family wouldn’t have known she was ill.” In November she was transferred to the Royal Free after a couple of falls left her with no sensation in her legs.

“Never in a million years did we think it would be MND,” Jon said.

“Even though we were all by her bedside when she died, it was a pretty brutal time.”

For more information visit www.mndassociation.org.

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Luke Potter, who picked up a pass from Mitchell, took the ball on before unleashing an unstoppable 30 yard piledriver into the top right hand corner. The PSG keeper could only watch as the ball flew past him to give Red Star a 1-0 half time lead
The Reds started the 2nd half brighter and with the impetus from the first goal continued to attack. On 50 minutes Red Star won a corner which Lea Sports headed clear. Unfortunately for them it fell to Amar Daved, on the edge of the box, who hit an exquisite volley past the keeper into the top left hand corner to double the lead. Red Star then added a 3rd 5 minutes later. A fluid quick counter attack saw Amar Daved slip in Junior George, who used the outside of his boot to calmly place the ball past the oncoming keeper to grab his first Red Star goal. Junior then turned provider on 65 minutes when his pinpoint cross from the right hand side found Potter unmarked at the back post to head home. Lea Sports continued to attack and fought hard to get back in the game, only a mix of good defending and a few saves kept them at bay. They pulled one back on 75 minutes when a cruel bounce deceived Danny Rowlatt and the Lea Sports striker hit a great half volley into the bottom right hand corner.

The 4 goal cushion was re-opened 5 minutes later when Amar Daved’s corner was met by David Mitchell, who powered through two defenders to head home. Lea Sports then pulled back another when Ashton misjudged the bounce of cross and the ball was tapped in by the Lea Sports substitute. Red Star had the final say with a fantastic team goal. Red Star put together 20 passes from the back all the way through midfield before Matt Brunton fed in Potter who could of shot for his hat-trick but unselfishly pulled the ball back for Amar Daved to grab his second and make the score 6-2

Manager Ashton said ” It was another good performance, improving the good work that we’ve put in during the first two games. We had a couple of players missing but the players who stepped in did really well and have given me some selection headaches. Some of the performances today were really good with Junior, Luke and Martin Richards leading the attack superbly and the midfield trio of Amar, Matt and Ricky Howe really controlled the tempo of the game and played some great passes which kept the attackers happy. We still need to iron out some silly mistakes from our game but overall we seem to be playing well. Lea Sports were a good side and will cause sides trouble so to get a good win early in the season should set the standards that we want to achieve”

Man of the match – Amar Daved
Fair play winner – Ricky Howe
Scorers – Luke Potter 2, Amar Daved 2, Junior George and David Mitchell
Assists – Amar Daved 2, Junior George and Luke Potter