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The punishment does not fit the crime.
That is the view of both LTFC2020 – the consortium looking to take control of the Hatters – director Gary Sweet and The News/Gazette.
The FA's decision to impose a 10-point penalty on Luton Town has been met with widespread derision by those involved with the club and supporters alike.
And this website, plus The Luton News/Dunstable Gazette, is today launching a campaign asking the FA to reconsider their decision and return the points to the Hatters.
We want you to show your support by registering your objection, which we will then present to the powers that be at Soho Square.
To download a form which you can print out and send in to the campaign click here.
Sweet said: "Previous penalties issued to other clubs – West Ham and the FA bungs inquiry two years ago – were because an on-field advantage was created to the detriment of other clubs."
This view is shared by chairman-elect Nick Owen who said: "Compare this with West Ham. They breached the rule book and appeared to create an advantage on the field of play. Although they received a fine, they were not docked points.
"Why hit little old Luton with a 10-point deduction when the regulation they have transgressed is a mere technicality, with no advantage to any individual or the club?
"We feel we have become a soft target.
"Kicked when we are down."
Sweet is also of the opinion that the current regime, including the 2020 consortium, are being left to pick up the pieces from the misdemeanours of others.
He said: "I believe that the FA are rewarding dishonesty and are also discouraging honest people from getting involved in the game.
"Two years ago Cherry Newbery, who is the fabric of this football club, blew the whistle and since then the perpetrators have left, and when they left so did the perpetration.
"The guilty parties have left the club so the people who are left holding the baby, so to speak, are the ones who are being severely punished."
Sweet also revealed that any appeal, which is likely to cost thousands of pounds, would have a knock-on effect that would prove detrimental to other areas of the club.
He said: "We're about growing the youth development side of things and getting back to the true values of the old Luton Town.
"In doing so we intend to put more money into the youth side of things with the intention of becoming self-sufficient by producing home-grown talent from this region.
"That is the only department that has actually received an increase in budget from previous years, so where do you think the money is going to come from?"
Although LTFC2020 knew what they were getting into when they bid for the club, Owen was at pains to reinforce the commitment of the consortium.
He added: "I must stress that those of us at the heart of LTFC2020 are still utterly committed to turning things round, however victimised we seem to be.
"Whatever the outcome of these tortuous issues, we will stand firm and turn things round.
"I am confident our wonderful fans will stand right behind us too. And, I can assure you, we are deeply grateful for that."
To download a form which you can print out and send in to the campaign click here.
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