Some people don’t get it. We go to football for the football. We don’t go for the gourmet food or bowling alleys or any of the other crap. We’ve not chopped and changed our kits. We’ve done it less than most. When managers of clubs who play in front of 60,000 + every other week to warn their players about the hostile atmosphere at Kenilworth Road that says a lot about the dire quality of the modern football fan. The working/poor man’s game has become a middle class game. So many of us have been priced out. Luton have cheap shirts (£54) that cost half of what a glory hunter clubs shirt sells for. Our tickets are the second cheapest. We are treated as fans, not customers.
Great video, I’m a Luton fan and it’s good to see an open minded creator visit The Kenny. The Barnsley fan you spoke to is correct, we did spend roughly £10million but the club has been very adamant that they’re only investing into the stadium in things that’ll either be put in the new stadium or can hold value and be sold on. We’ve been a club riddled with financial struggles but the current owners are the best football owners imo. Great video, keep it up 👍🏼
The a505 (or Dunstable Road as that stretch you were on is called) the stand by the alley is known as the bobbers stand (the old exec boxes) known as the bobbers because it used to visit 1 bob to get in....and behind the main stand is the old railway line, now a busway
I love seeing these older English stadiums! Being from the southeast of the U.S. it reminds me of some of the older minor league baseball stadiums. Tons of unique features and cool history. Hate to see places like that go away.
Lovely report Ry. You're right, I don't think any Luton fans have ever called the Kenny "The Old Girl" apart from our chairman in his programme notes. One little factoid for you: the Happy Harry mascot (we also have a Happy Harriette on match days) is a reference to Harry Haslam, a manager in the 70s, who was known for his consistently happy demeanour! (He needed to be!). And you're spot on about the atmos. The Old Girl (oops!) was really rocking on Saturday as we (hopefully) took our first step on another Great Escape! Do come back and visit us when we have the new stadium!
Thank you so much for featuring our stadium. Just the coverage the sponsors are after. Why do you think Domino’s have named the oak road end. Because of videos like this! Great stuff, keep it coming.
the old Vetch Field was rather unique. surrounded by houses on 3 sides and Swansea Prison on the other. and more pubs than you could hope for! player's entrance was through what looked like someone's front door
haha!! you're more than welcome!! can I recommend you seek out and watch a documentary on the day we avoided the drop into non league. it's a Dutch made film with some sub-titles but well worth a watch to get an idea for the atmosphere at the old ground@@RysFootyParadise
What the hell are these people talking about when they call this the worst premier league stadium?! It’s up there in the top three. They call Tottenham’s the best, but i think newer stadiums are soulless and boring (yes, Saint Mary’s is an exception but I’d still rather be at the Dell) because there’s no history at the London Stadium or King Power, and the atmosphere at these historic and quirky grounds, hidden in the romantically grotty depths of working-class English suburbs, is second to none.
I used to love Chelsea away days at the Dell as there was just something about the place. Shame they could not have upgraded it a bit like Pompey have at there ground.
@@markmay4954 At the end of the day we were quite a big club at a rather small stadium... the Dell held 15,000, which is just over the average for League Two these days. It was one of those that was tucked between the houses, while Fratton Park has plenty of open space behind some of its stands. St. Mary's is what the club needed but the Dell is what we all wish we could have back.
Are you on fucking drugs Southampton have never been a big club never won a top flight league title won the fa cup almost 50 years the only thing famous and historic about Southampton is the Titanic set sail from there on its maidan voyage and sadly sank like Southampton fc and titanic its jinxed just of started its maiden voyage from Liverpool or Belfast
Great content. Only fount your channel from youtube shorts, and i think the past 2 days have binge watched all ur videos. I love the work. Keep making excellent videos cant wait for the next one
A quirky place which I’ve visited several times as an away fan. Won there last season so that tempered the experience. Solid fans, not the friendliest stewards but I like its character. Heading to The Den today. Up the Albion.
I was visiting London from the US a couple of weeks ago. I got to see my first Premier League match at Stamford Bridge and tour the Tottenham stadium. However, when visiting with a local friend who is a Villa supporter, he said that he thought Kenilworth Road was a fun stadium to see a match - said there was a great atmosphere there. I’d like to go to some of the smaller stadiums next time. Loved the video!
hope you enjoyed the trip 🏴 visit some towns further North as most of the country is a bit different than London - lots of good clubs around the midlands too :)
@@RysFootyParadise Thanks, Ry. I’ve been to the Lake District and to Scotland several times but there are a lot of other places in England I’d like to visit. I’m working on it. 🙂
My fiancée is from Dallas, Texas and “supports” Man United. I took her for a stadium tour at Old Trafford and then I’m a season ticket holder at Luton. So we went to watch a game at Luton and she’ll never admit it but I think she supports my team now 😂
Im a newscastle supporter but i found luton's games the most entertaining they won me over i was sad they got relegated but that just gave me a reason to start watching the championship i even bought a luton home kit to have along side my newcastle home kit@Jaaack.Harding
I've watched a few of your videos. They're an enjoyable watch. I like the way you regularly tour the stadium surroundings on your visits. I'm sure it helps newbies going to grounds. I think you're also very measured and fair in your comments. Kenilworth Road is full of dated charm and character and most certainly a throwback to previous decades. If you like old school grounds, you should come over to Ireland. We've a few in Dublin to start with.
When the Bradford fire happened it was against Lincoln city and two of Lincoln players died. The away stand at Lincoln is named after them, the Stacey West stand. Kenny is a old school stadium I'm sure it's great to visit but probably wouldn't want it as your home ground
Funny this has come up on my feed. Earlier, I had a site come up which gave AI versions of Premier League grounds. Yours was by far the prettiest, gave you a Victorian retro frontage. By far the best of the lot. Luton deserve a beautiful ground, you deserve it, hope it happens.
Tours: Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Fulham, West Ham, Wolves, Newcastle, Brighton, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Unofficial tour: Nottingham Forest Game only: Luton, Burnley, Sheffield United, Bournemouth, Aston Villa Club shop items: 19/20
i have seen better non league club shops then that i am old enough to remember the old away end was terracing lol been to luton many time be sad to see another old school ground go forever hope you are well mate can not keep up with these i have missed so many going to have to spend a couple of hours catching up will look forward to wathing the portsmouth one fantastic supporters and a proper old school ground all the best mate steve
Went to this ground a few times in the 80s with tottenham i think the away end was opposite to the 1 now, it was open air then, a bit of a blurr and remember being packed to the rafters
Always remember, that you have missed on this video, Most clubs are bank rolled by rich over seas companies, Luton’s Kenilworth Road is unique possibly the only ground like it.
The clip you claim is 1987 is actually 1985, thats when the plastic pitch went in, also that bobbers stand was replaced with executive boxes a year later and a roof installed over the Kenilworth stand
This was in no way a comment directed at you kind Sir. I was just preempting all the negative unkind comments which will follow. Im just a Lutonian sticking up for my hometown. Keep up the great content, really enjoy watching your videos
@@jamie3093 my bad 🤣 fantastic club mate, loved the unorthodox look & feel of the Kenny 🧡🤍 …did a little wander around Power Court too to get a feel for what the new stadium might be like 👍🏾 thanks for the kind words & checking out the video 😊
It's a time capsule of a stadium.if Luton had not fallen in the 90s it prob wouldn't be there now. You have 3 new stadiums to go to in aug so it's not over.
Kenilworth Road represents hard work, fan loyalty, and teamwork. It is what football should be about. When those wooden stands are rocking, its the best atmosphere in the footballing world. Stick to your massive, souless, sponser owned stadiums. COYH.
They did go all the way to non league though. Because they caused an FA Cup giant killed Premier league Norwich in 2013. I was there for that game. Was an embarrassing moment.
I love Luton Town for that iconic, quirky stadium. The club has been to hell and back in recent times, preventing the club from any progress off the field. I hope they bounce back to the Prem straight away and are there when they move to the new stadium. Look what Brighton have done since they were 'homeless' and moved to their new ground.
@@RysFootyParadise Yes, beach path, very famous for all Luton town fans. Haven't sat in the maple road since 1992 been a Kenilworth road stand (stand to your right) since. Will miss the old girl once she's gone. Great vid BTW.
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How could you go there and not get a hat?!?!
I went to Luton with Villa this season and it was one of my favourite away days. The atmosphere was fantastic.
Some people don’t get it. We go to football for the football. We don’t go for the gourmet food or bowling alleys or any of the other crap. We’ve not chopped and changed our kits. We’ve done it less than most. When managers of clubs who play in front of 60,000 + every other week to warn their players about the hostile atmosphere at Kenilworth Road that says a lot about the dire quality of the modern football fan. The working/poor man’s game has become a middle class game. So many of us have been priced out. Luton have cheap shirts (£54) that cost half of what a glory hunter clubs shirt sells for. Our tickets are the second cheapest. We are treated as fans, not customers.
The Kenny is like a holy pilgrimage. You don’t know a ground until you’ve almost fallen off the steps of the main stand and on to Hatter’s Way
Hahaha 😅🍻
I was born and grew up right next to the stadium. Used to break in to the stadium when I was little. Now its a premier league stadium. Surreal.
I love these old stadiums , full of character, not like the soulless new builds that are now popping up
Absolutely 👏🏽🍻
then also stop using technology which ur using to type this message
This is just Nostalgia, if a newly built stadium looked like this you would say it was a shithole.
Great video, I’m a Luton fan and it’s good to see an open minded creator visit The Kenny. The Barnsley fan you spoke to is correct, we did spend roughly £10million but the club has been very adamant that they’re only investing into the stadium in things that’ll either be put in the new stadium or can hold value and be sold on. We’ve been a club riddled with financial struggles but the current owners are the best football owners imo. Great video, keep it up 👍🏼
Fair play! Good to know 😊
Also, there were certain things that had to be done to the stadium in order to meet premium league requirements.
Great video, we love our Kenny 🧡🎩
Kenilworth Road is an iconic stadium and really cool the way that it's like a national league stadium and it goes through peoples houses
So iconic it will be demolished by 2027.
Well done mate, you certainly did your homework, you showed it as it is, glad you mentioned about the tickets, they are like gold dust
The a505 (or Dunstable Road as that stretch you were on is called) the stand by the alley is known as the bobbers stand (the old exec boxes) known as the bobbers because it used to visit 1 bob to get in....and behind the main stand is the old railway line, now a busway
I love seeing these older English stadiums! Being from the southeast of the U.S. it reminds me of some of the older minor league baseball stadiums. Tons of unique features and cool history. Hate to see places like that go away.
Lovely report Ry. You're right, I don't think any Luton fans have ever called the Kenny "The Old Girl" apart from our chairman in his programme notes. One little factoid for you: the Happy Harry mascot (we also have a Happy Harriette on match days) is a reference to Harry Haslam, a manager in the 70s, who was known for his consistently happy demeanour! (He needed to be!). And you're spot on about the atmos. The Old Girl (oops!) was really rocking on Saturday as we (hopefully) took our first step on another Great Escape! Do come back and visit us when we have the new stadium!
Thanks for the info and I very much look forward to returning 😊👍🏾
I liked that they were selling an old fashioned straw hat in their shop @10:55 like they have on their badge ~
They had some cool novelty items in there - almost bought the oven gloves but they wanted £25 for those 😅 tad pricey
Thank you so much for featuring our stadium. Just the coverage the sponsors are after. Why do you think Domino’s have named the oak road end. Because of videos like this! Great stuff, keep it coming.
Great show,no bias keep up the good work m8!
Thank you mate 😊👍🏾
Just found your Chanel , have subscribed, will watch the rest . Can’t me on you Hatters 🎩
the old Vetch Field was rather unique. surrounded by houses on 3 sides and Swansea Prison on the other. and more pubs than you could hope for! player's entrance was through what looked like someone's front door
What’s there today in 2024 mate? Might pay the site a visit when heading to Swansea 🦢
it's community allotments now. growing cabbages on the pitch now instead of them playing on it!!@@RysFootyParadise
@@duringthemeanwhilst 🤣🤣🤣 I’m stealing that line for the video!
haha!! you're more than welcome!! can I recommend you seek out and watch a documentary on the day we avoided the drop into non league. it's a Dutch made film with some sub-titles but well worth a watch to get an idea for the atmosphere at the old ground@@RysFootyParadise
What the hell are these people talking about when they call this the worst premier league stadium?! It’s up there in the top three. They call Tottenham’s the best, but i think newer stadiums are soulless and boring (yes, Saint Mary’s is an exception but I’d still rather be at the Dell) because there’s no history at the London Stadium or King Power, and the atmosphere at these historic and quirky grounds, hidden in the romantically grotty depths of working-class English suburbs, is second to none.
I used to love Chelsea away days at the Dell as there was just something about the place. Shame they could not have upgraded it a bit like Pompey have at there ground.
you'll love the classic Saints shirt I've just bought ;)
@@markmay4954 At the end of the day we were quite a big club at a rather small stadium... the Dell held 15,000, which is just over the average for League Two these days. It was one of those that was tucked between the houses, while Fratton Park has plenty of open space behind some of its stands. St. Mary's is what the club needed but the Dell is what we all wish we could have back.
@@RysFootyParadise Which one is it? :D
Are you on fucking drugs Southampton have never been a big club never won a top flight league title won the fa cup almost 50 years the only thing famous and historic about Southampton is the Titanic set sail from there on its maidan voyage and sadly sank like Southampton fc and titanic its jinxed just of started its maiden voyage from Liverpool or Belfast
Great content. Only fount your channel from youtube shorts, and i think the past 2 days have binge watched all ur videos. I love the work. Keep making excellent videos cant wait for the next one
thanks Katie! Much appreciated
A quirky place which I’ve visited several times as an away fan. Won there last season so that tempered the experience. Solid fans, not the friendliest stewards but I like its character. Heading to The Den today. Up the Albion.
Loved this series mate , hope you do every ground in the country
deffo! Germany trip at the end of April first ;)
used to stop in a hotel on the main road opposite the ground in the early 70s but never went mores the pity great vlog ry
Great vid of the old girl! We will miss the Kenny when we finally move. Nice glimpse of Stampy from Hashtag United at the beginning.
I was visiting London from the US a couple of weeks ago. I got to see my first Premier League match at Stamford Bridge and tour the Tottenham stadium. However, when visiting with a local friend who is a Villa supporter, he said that he thought Kenilworth Road was a fun stadium to see a match - said there was a great atmosphere there. I’d like to go to some of the smaller stadiums next time. Loved the video!
hope you enjoyed the trip 🏴 visit some towns further North as most of the country is a bit different than London - lots of good clubs around the midlands too :)
@@RysFootyParadise Thanks, Ry. I’ve been to the Lake District and to Scotland several times but there are a lot of other places in England I’d like to visit. I’m working on it. 🙂
My fiancée is from Dallas, Texas and “supports” Man United. I took her for a stadium tour at Old Trafford and then I’m a season ticket holder at Luton. So we went to watch a game at Luton and she’ll never admit it but I think she supports my team now 😂
Im a newscastle supporter but i found luton's games the most entertaining they won me over i was sad they got relegated but that just gave me a reason to start watching the championship i even bought a luton home kit to have along side my newcastle home kit@Jaaack.Harding
I've watched a few of your videos. They're an enjoyable watch.
I like the way you regularly tour the stadium surroundings on your visits. I'm sure it helps newbies going to grounds. I think you're also very measured and fair in your comments.
Kenilworth Road is full of dated charm and character and most certainly a throwback to previous decades.
If you like old school grounds, you should come over to Ireland. We've a few in Dublin to start with.
Glad you like them! Deffo on the bucket list! The beauty of touring stadiums is there's so many to visit 😁
@@RysFootyParadise I wish you well on your continued adventures.
Amazing content mate, keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
I love your stuff ..... Best thing onyoutube
When the Bradford fire happened it was against Lincoln city and two of Lincoln players died. The away stand at Lincoln is named after them, the Stacey West stand. Kenny is a old school stadium I'm sure it's great to visit but probably wouldn't want it as your home ground
Funny this has come up on my feed. Earlier, I had a site come up which gave AI versions of Premier League grounds. Yours was by far the prettiest, gave you a Victorian retro frontage. By far the best of the lot. Luton deserve a beautiful ground, you deserve it, hope it happens.
Great video Ry!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love Luton ground
Tours: Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Fulham, West Ham, Wolves, Newcastle, Brighton, Crystal Palace, Tottenham
Unofficial tour: Nottingham Forest
Game only: Luton, Burnley, Sheffield United, Bournemouth, Aston Villa
Club shop items: 19/20
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18:14 that is me in the blue ish Barbour jacket eating away at BBQ chicken strips and chips
Haha get it down ya! 😁
Love it ❤ Love it ❤ Love it
i have seen better non league club shops then that i am old enough to remember the old away end was terracing lol been to luton many time be sad to see another old school ground go forever hope you are well mate can not keep up with these i have missed so many going to have to spend a couple of hours catching up will look forward to wathing the portsmouth one fantastic supporters and a proper old school ground all the best mate steve
Here he issss… I’ve got a pompy pin for ya 👍🏾 we go live every Wednesday evening now mate, be good to get involved 😊
@@RysFootyParadise do you have a e mail adress mate
Yeah their is also a club shop in the town centre that is bigger
@@shanesadlier5751 nice one
what an awesome stadium
Sad to see all these historic grounds disappear 😢
its an historical place, love too se a match in any of the classic stadiums in UK @@RysFootyParadise
The stand is called ‘the bobbers’ as the tickets in there used to cost ‘a bob’
It isn't a train track its a busway 😂 i'm an Arsenal fan ❤ love the vids
Looks great.This Stadium is unique
Good one you Ry for going back to the City ground, what's next then ?
Have a backlog of about 8 videos to edit so lots! 😅👍🏾🍻🍻
Went to this ground a few times in the 80s with tottenham i think the away end was opposite to the 1 now, it was open air then, a bit of a blurr and remember being packed to the rafters
@user-by2dz4ms2n thank you sir for that.👍
Always remember, that you have missed on this video,
Most clubs are bank rolled by rich over seas companies,
Luton’s Kenilworth Road is unique possibly the only ground like it.
It’s lovely 👍🏾
The stadium is iconic, but times have caught up with this ground and it needs to be replaced.
I love those old school English stadiums
The road that you were saying that you were on a5O5 was dunstable road and where the shops are it's bury park area off luton
Cheers 😊👍🏾
The clip you claim is 1987 is actually 1985, thats when the plastic pitch went in, also that bobbers stand was replaced with executive boxes a year later and a roof installed over the Kenilworth stand
I nicked it off the BBC who said it was 1987 😅
I hope someday you visit all club stadium in my country, Indonesia
If you don’t like it. Don’t come
Notice the “⁉️” …I LOVE IT 👉🏾 it’s what other RUclipsrs have called it 😉
This was in no way a comment directed at you kind Sir. I was just preempting all the negative unkind comments which will follow. Im just a Lutonian sticking up for my hometown. Keep up the great content, really enjoy watching your videos
@@jamie3093 my bad 🤣 fantastic club mate, loved the unorthodox look & feel of the Kenny 🧡🤍 …did a little wander around Power Court too to get a feel for what the new stadium might be like 👍🏾 thanks for the kind words & checking out the video 😊
Hope they don’t move! This ground’s gorgeous!
It's a time capsule of a stadium.if Luton had not fallen in the 90s it prob wouldn't be there now. You have 3 new stadiums to go to in aug so it's not over.
It's preety much the best one as you can get so close to pitch
Ry's Football Paradise do you think Luton will stay up?
50/50 could go either way
Kenilworth Road represents hard work, fan loyalty, and teamwork. It is what football should be about. When those wooden stands are rocking, its the best atmosphere in the footballing world. Stick to your massive, souless, sponser owned stadiums. COYH.
Still waiting for EA to drop this ground into EAFC. Also off topic but where did you get the OFAH shirt from, I want one!
Insta advert popped up 😁
@@RysFootyParadise 🤣🤣 I actually found it on 'Delboysonlineshop' 🤣
They did go all the way to non league though. Because they caused an FA Cup giant killed Premier league Norwich in 2013. I was there for that game. Was an embarrassing moment.
I know haha I meant the previous yo-yo spells they went from first to forth tier 🤓👍🏾 up the canaries 💛💚
Omg a physical ticket.....where did ya park ur tardis to, as uv obviously gone back in time :)
haha give us a physical ticket every time!
Any chance you could tell us the score of the game!!!!!!!!! Can’t believe you’ve been to a game and not told us!!!!!!!!!
haha uploading a matchday vlog on the game itself that's why ;) this was part of the "every Prem stadium" series 🍻
🎉🎉
Forest have announced their new Stadium tour and Museum, you might be interested.
I looked & it's already sold out :(
I love Luton Town for that iconic, quirky stadium. The club has been to hell and back in recent times, preventing the club from any progress off the field. I hope they bounce back to the Prem straight away and are there when they move to the new stadium. Look what Brighton have done since they were 'homeless' and moved to their new ground.
The new stadium is taking so long to get started because they had to move the sub station from power court!
WEVE DONE IT!!!!!!
Not sure why you didn't walk throughtthe beach path from Oak road?
Was that the alley way?
@@RysFootyParadise Yes, beach path, very famous for all Luton town fans. Haven't sat in the maple road since 1992 been a Kenilworth road stand (stand to your right) since. Will miss the old girl once she's gone. Great vid BTW.
@@RysFootyParadise Yes, the beech path takes you to the Kenilwoth stand.
I collect wolves teddies like wolfie and Wendy ones
There's quirky and there's shit holes....this place verges towards the latter. Great video though
He’s got a soft spot for those rubbish bins 😂
Oi oii 😅
I think the kenny is a good historic ground but how long will Luton survive there for😢
I don’t know I think it the fans started it I hope power court won’t be called god knows what😂😂😂
@@Davo-z8x 😂
I'd rather go to a ground like this than some of these bland modern corporate stadiums.
Best ground
New stadium should be better placed near M1 Toddington junction
This stadium is a complete S@#t hole!
A embarrassment to the premier league!
I've been to non-league stadiums which are far,far
superior!
Great video can you vist yeovil football ground
If you want to do once again at Premier league game can give you Ticket :)
Legend, thank you 👍🏾
Who won the game?
was gonna make a separate video on the game itself 😅👍🏽
Why Luton have blue seats they should have orange
They’ve chopped & changed colours over the years 😊
No Luton colours around ground but plenty of Palestinian flags...says a lot about the area
The hatters!
Luton is the pits.
Stay away then
Are you a Watford fan?
Loads of opposition fans of Premier League clubs loved the place
Character not sterile modern grounds
Did you watch the video? It was rhetorical as people branded it as that 😊 LOVED the ground
My dogs Kenil is better than your Kenil 🤣🤣
What a shit 'stadium"😂😂
It’s gonna divide opinion…
Terburuk di sana , bisa jadi terbaik di Indonesia 😂
Haha stadiums in Indonesia not the best then?…
No one cares about Luton lets be real
PISS OF YOU WHAT CLUB DO YOU SUPPORT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING LUTONS JOURNEY THROUGH THE DIVISIONS
cheers mate nans just triple captained maguire expecting a hat trick
I care...so you're wrong! 🖕