David Cain

Luton Reliance 1909 from another site with captain J Holdstock. Any relation @rogerholdstock.bsky.social

Requiem for a team It was the best of times. Then, in the blink of your blood-oranged eye, it was the worst. Again.

Alright. I wrote this about all this. #LTFC

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Every word a truth.

This is true. What makes me thing we are a poor team is that we don’t ever develop. It’s like being stuck in pre season. I see a few promising players, but not a promising team. And 30 games I still couldn’t tell you what the Managers style of play is. It’s never settled.

The more I watch us this season, unfortunately the more I come to the conclusion we are just a poor team. I don’t disagree on the character. I think we are just not good enough.

Have that naysayers…Luton Town’s new third kit was on trend all along. Mint chocolate chic is the fashion flavour of the month in the @lutontown.co.uk @ftweekend.com

It was great to be in Luton to share my new book To Wake Up In The Promised Land. The poems are all about Luton and Dads and grief and football. Thanks Utter Lutonia and The Hat Factory. Book is available from tonicstapress.bigcartel.com/product/to-w...

Join us for some poetry tomorrow night Thursday 7.30pm) at Utter Lutonia. I will be reading from my new book all about @lutontown.co.uk and dads and loss and how love of football helps us through the hard times www.culturetrust.com/whats-on/utt...

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I’m looking forward to reading some poetry from To Wake Up In The Promised Land at Utter Lutonia on 4 September. Dads and Luton and football and poetry. See you at The Hat Factory. www.culturetrust.com/whats-on/utt...

I agree on Naismith as a stay at home LB if we went to a four. To me that’s the way ahead. Personally at moment I’d also go Yates with Wells and Alli behind. Our strength is through the middle, not out wide Even Alli wants to cut back inside). So play narrow.

Bloomfield is a 4-2-3-1 man. That’s his system. He needs to be brave . It reeks of trying to accommodate Naismith and to play a system to fit Doughty and. Jones. One was going to leave and the other we might not see this side of Christmas. We are left with confused manager and a perplexed Squad.

I’d agree. I was expecting the open attacking play from WW, and understood last season the grind. Will wait and see this time around. I’d say we need a maverick.

Completely agree. And telling when MOM and bright spots were defence when at home against a newly promoted team. Found the patterns of play very similar to last season, which is worrying. Is this Bloomfield’s style?

I think back to when we were last promoted from League One. And that went down to the 44th game. Collins scored 25, Lee 12, Hylton 8 and so on. Cornick and Lua Lua were the back up strikers. We shinnie, Stacey and Justin with assists. That’s the type of firepower we may need to win the league.

Which feels as though it was like that the whole of last season too. Only 45 league goals tells a story. I’m not sure who makes the goals this season, let alone who will score them.

Think tank would imply sentience, but we really do need to replace Morris / cover Adabayo’s injury.

Positive pre season so far for @lutontown.co.uk Keep feeling the new signings are actually ones that we should have made 12 months ago. Feel if we add a forward and some midfield creativity ( might be same player) we will challenge.

The away stand has in the manner of the Shinning ‘ Always been there’.

Sorry to be that guy, but our non lamented pvc chalets did not come into being until 1985.

What to do until the start of next season? Have a read of my new poetry book! Football, Dads and how the game holds us up when the world is falling down. To Wake Up In The Promised Land shares a personal story of Luton’s promotion to the Premier League. tonicstapress.bigcartel.com/product/to-w...

Also, your job is to be Nobby Horton to Ricky’s , well Ricky Hill.

Thanks so much for the positive words Kevin. And thank you for reading it at the very beginning.

Book cover of To wake up in the promised land by David Cain

The acknowledgements page featuring a starting XI including my name next to Ricky Hill

Was privileged to read (and cry quite a bit at) an earlier version of this, so lovely to get the finished article. Obviously buzzing to feature in that midfield. A beautiful thing, cheers @davidmarkcain.bsky.social

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David Cain’s ‘To Wake Up in the Promised Land’: tablet poetry, football, grief, and connection David Cain is, among a number of other things, a poet. For those interested in these sorts of things, he’s also quite a heavy-hitting cultural champ, notably in his role as Public Engagement and Ca…

Want to find out more about why football is perfect for poetry and an insight into my new book? Read on ! wednesdaywriter221052756.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/d...

Voted white is the new remainer glow. This is on the Orangeniers and they have to own it.

Football, Dads and how the game holds us up when the world is falling down. To Wake Up In The Promised Land is a series of poems sharing a personal story of Luton Town’s promotion to the Premier League in 2023 and of my Dad’s death. You can purchase a copy tonicstapress.bigcartel.com/product/to-w...

And an oft forgotten think about that match was how poor we was that day. Like WBA today poor.