Another Pre-Season Road Trip...

Luton v Killie in Pictures

I was going to fly down to this one but a few of the lads from the website were going so we decided to get Rusty's mini-bus and go on another road trip...staying overnight this time because I was driving and there was no way I fancied a 24 hour gig again! We left at 7am from the Theatre of Pies and took our time (plenty of "rest" stops) on the disco bus and arrived in Luton at the digs around 4pm. The digs were awful, but functional for the price so we mustn't grumble...the bags were duly ditched and while the rest of the lads went to the wee Irish boozer round the corner, the sensible ones (all four of us) went for some grub and then round to the ground early for some pics.

A service station about half way there...not sure what was with the Finland flag but Gaz managed to lose the rest somewhere along the line!

The Killie players warm up before the game. Spoke to Mixu and he said that he really appreciated that Killie fans would travel so far for a friendly.

Pasca does some stretching. The big man likes a bit of banter with the crowd.

Killie fans were moved twice and finally ended up behind the goals. Believe it or not Shortie is the bloke with the white Luton top on at the end...nicknames can be deceptive...even worse karaoke singer than Hughie Parker and that is saying something!

Most of the guys who travelled on the killiefc.com mini bus and a few extras. Dennis was up in the press box trying to explain to the local journos who was who.

At last some sensible Killie fans. Good job the kids had long hair, drowned out  some of the more 'colourful' songs on offer.

We defended the end where the Killie fans were in the first half.

Lucky Mixu was first in line at the pie queue.

Bryso didn't have a great game but he came over and gave the fans a good round of applause at the end of the match.

Silva has apparently just signed a two year deal, again, the Portuguese winger didn't have the best of games but there is potential there for him to do well for us.

Dodgy going's on from Luton...some of the players didn't have names or numbers on their strips at all so it was hard to tell who their trialists were.

Danny always gets in the frame somewhere. Played up front himself to not much effect...no service though.

Another Danny pic...so few turned out I'm having to use them all that (nearly) did!

Silva again, he was playing down the wing where I took up position.

Tim fails, in this instance, to spot the runner...had a steady enough game though.

In the immortal words of Archie...a goal mouth stramash.

This was the goal that gave Luton the win...spot the ball.

Trialist Owen Morrison came on to replace Danny.

Apologies for the focus, this was meant to be Dayton.

This looks like Fowler taking the corner, but to be honest I'm not entirely sure!

Morrison didn't have too long to impress and looked like he could be fitter .

Dayton has featured in nearly all out pre-season games so far.

Random shot just to show you a bit more of the stadium.

My mate Andy Bulled and his son Josh. Andy is a West Ham (and Killie) fan who has travelled north from Harlow to see us on and off for years now. This is his lads first Killie game so worthy of a picture for the record books!

Managed to catch Cammy on the way off...next time I may position myself at our end to get some more pictures.

It has to be said, the pics I got of the game are mince. Billy White (KFCSA) gave me a big fancy camera (cheers mate) with a massive lens but my inability to get decent focus coupled with Killie's inability to get forward with the ball very often made things a bit of a nightmare. I got some decent pics of the fans, but the action shots leave  a lot to be desired and in future I will probably stick to the camera I used last time and leave the fancy stuff to the experts. Nice to get a chance to speak to Skydog and  Jimmy Superscot again...always a pleasure gents and apologies about the no-show in the pub later...I went looking for you in the town centre (the White Horse?) and never realised that you went back to where we were based.