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Watch out for Hatters Curse, bosses…

Chris Dunlavy

EXIT: Kolo Toure

Something about playing against Luton clearly infuriates the owners of Championship football clubs.
Of the 12 (yes, that’s TWELVE) managers sacked by second-tier clubs this season, three met their end after facing the Hatters.
Steve Bruce was the first to go, a 0-0 draw at the Hawthorns in October proving to be the final game of a dismal eight-month stint at West Brom.
Next came Dean Smith, whose disintegrating relationship with Norwich supporters reached a nadir on the eve of a Boxing Day trip to Kenilworth Road, when he claimed that he’d rather play on t...

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