{"id":2397,"date":"2010-09-24T17:26:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2011-05-18T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T09:53:33","slug":"great-minor-football-scuffles-cardiff-city-vs-luton-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/great-minor-football-scuffles-cardiff-city-vs-luton-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Great minor football scuffles: Cardiff City vs Luton 1994"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/cardiff\/images\/cardiff-luton-feb-1994-01.jpg\" alt=\"Great minor football scuffles: Cardiff vs Luton 1994\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember what sent us all scuttling off in the direction of a half-empty Grange End on a cold Winter afternoon in 1994, but here&#8217;s the scene from our Fifth Round FA Cup clash with Luton Town on the 20th Feb.<\/p>\n<p>Note the guy in the checked jacket at the back helpfully propelling\u00a0those\u00a0in front of him closer to the gate.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/cardiff\/images\/cardiff-luton-feb-1994-02.jpg\" alt=\"Great minor football scuffles: Cardiff vs Luton 1994\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can remember it was a bitterly disappointing game: after our incredible\u00a0triumph\u00a0over Man City in the Fourth Round, big things were\u00a0expected against a distinctly\u00a0unglamorous Luton, but we ended up losing 1-2.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/cardiff\/images\/cardiff-luton-feb-1994-04.jpg\" alt=\"Great minor football scuffles: Cardiff vs Luton 1994\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/cardiff\/images\/cardiff-luton-feb-1994-03.jpg\" alt=\"Great minor football scuffles: Cardiff vs Luton 1994\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not quite sure where the guy climbing over the gates was headed.<\/p>\n<p>No one from the Luton end seems particularly interested in some\u00a0wintry\u00a0fisticuffs, and as I recall everything soon calmed down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> thanks to the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccmb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">CCFC Online<\/a> (who clearly have better\u00a0memories\u00a0than me), the\u00a0rumpus\u00a0was because Luton&#8217;s last goal was offside, and there&#8217;d been trouble outside the ground &#8211;\u00a0plus\u00a0an\u00a0earlier\u00a0pitch invasion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 2:<\/strong> Here&#8217;s the controversial Luton goal:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"580\" height=\"460\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lFnn3TyXOgc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember what sent us all scuttling off in the direction of a half-empty Grange End on a cold Winter afternoon in 1994, but here&#8217;s the scene from our &hellip; 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