Nakamba’s team faces relegation again!

WARRIORS captain Marvelous Nakamba and his Luton Town teammates face the possibility of being relegated from the English Premiership to League One in consecutive seasons after their latest loss in the Championship on Saturday.

The Hatters were beaten 0-1 by Sheffield United at home on Saturday and remain bottom of the Championship table.

Luton Town, who were playing in the Premiership last season, have lost 19 of the 32 league games they have played in the Championship this season and have 27 points.

They have won just seven games and drawn six and with 14 games to go before the season ends, Luton Town are in real trouble.

They sit bottom of the 24-team table, a place below Plymouth Argyle, who have 28 points while Derby and Hull have 29 points and 30 points respectively.

Luton are the only English side to have suffered three consecutive relegations in the 21st century.
The Hatters finished in 23rd place during the 2005/2006 season and were relegated from the Championship.

They finished last in League One and League Two in the next two seasons and were relegated into the non-league Conference.

They suffered a ten-point deduction for entering administration and then started the season on minus 30 points.

Their fall from grace right now appears like a page borrowed from that nightmare.

Nakamba started in their latest loss at the hands of Sheffield United but was pulled out as the Hatters searched for a goal.

The defeat against Sheffield United meant the Hatters have now gone four games without finding the net at Kenilworth Road, following on from matches against Norwich City, Preston North End and Millwall.

Having not scored since the last-gasp winner against Derby County on December 20, then that itself is a new record, beating the three fixtures that Town have done 11 times previously in their history, the last of those coming in the 2015-16 campaign, where they actually managed it twice.

However, based on minutes, Luton are still not yet at their worst sequence, as back in that League One season, they went 378 minutes without being able to celebrate a goal in front of their own fans.

Danny Green scored in the 66th minute during the 4-3 loss to Northampton, followed by blanks against a Wycombe side containing Bloomfield, Cambridge United, in then manager Nathan Jones’ first game in charge and Notts County.

It was finally ended when Alan Sheehan thundered home a superb volley against Yeovil Town, who had taken the lead through now Luton midfielder Liam Walsh.

That is 18 minutes more than the 360 accumulated by Town in their current dry patch, although it should never have reached this stage, Luton Town had some excellent opportunities to end their dire run against the Blades on Saturday, particularly through Adebayo.

The forward, who hasn’t scored in his last 12 appearances, since the 2-1 win over Stoke on December 10, has now missed 25 big chances this term.