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* Kenilworth Road Stadium, the home of Luton Town F. C., has a suite named after Morecambe ; he was a vociferous supporter and one-time president of the club and voiced his enthusiasm on the television, often shouting Luton For The Cup!
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Kenilworth and Road
Just off Coventry Road in Kenilworth is a field called the Parliament Piece.
Warwick Road on the B4103, the main road through Kenilworth, near St. John's Parish Church.
Kenilworth Cricket Club fields three senior teams and plays at the Warwick Road pitch south of the town.
Under Keane, the club rose steadily up the table with an unbeaten run of 17 games to win promotion to the Premier League, and were named winners of the Championship after beating Luton Town 5 – 0 at Kenilworth Road on 6 May 2007.
In his first season as Luton manager, Harford guided the Kenilworth Road club to a 3 – 2 win over Arsenal in the League Cup final – the club's first ever major trophy.
Over 800 Wrexham fans were present at Kenilworth Road.
He remained in charge at Kenilworth Road until 2000 when he was sacked by the new incoming Luton chairman, Mike Watson Challis, and replaced with former Luton fans favourite, Ricky Hill.
Wise left the club on 28 January 2008 in a surprise move to take up a role at Newcastle United, his last game in charge being a 1 – 1 draw against Luton Town at Kenilworth Road on 26 January.
Another explanation is that it is derived from a stone cross that marked the boundary of lands held by the Danish Viking Harold family of Rathfarnham in early medieval times, reputedly located at what is now the five-road Kenilworth junction on Harold's Cross Road.
Kenilworth Road Stadium ( almost always known simply as Kenilworth Road ) is a football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
Kenilworth Road hosted football in the Southern League until 1920, and in the Football League until 2009, when Luton were relegated to the Conference National.
Kenilworth Road is opened in 1905
Luton Town moved to Kenilworth Road in 1905, leaving their previous home at Dunstable Road after their landlord sold the site for housing at short notice.
Originally known as Ivy Road, the new ground brought success with it – in their last season at Dunstable Road, Luton had finished second from bottom, but in the first at Kenilworth Road, Luton finished fourth in the Southern League.
The Kenilworth End terrace was extended, the Oak Road End received a roof and major work was done on the Main Stand.
Renovation of Kenilworth Road was neglected for the next two decades – financial difficulties and the club's ambitions to build a new ground meant that regeneration was unaffordable, and would also prove unnecessary should relocation occur.
However, following the rejection of several potential sites for a new ground, the club finally turned their attentions back to the maintenance of Kenilworth Road.
On 13 March 1985, Millwall visited Kenilworth Road for an FA Cup sixth round match.
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Kenilworth and home
Kenilworth spawned " numerous stage adaptations and burlesques, at least eleven operas, popular redactions, and even a scene in a set of dioramas for home display ", including Sir Arthur Sullivan's 1865 cantata The Masque at Kenilworth.
Kenilworth is also home to a Roman Catholic elementary school at St. Theresa ’ s.
It is also the home of Kenilworth Swimming Club and the highly successful Kenilworth Masters Swimming Club.
Kenilworth, the Gothic home in Annandale where Parkes lived until his death in 1896.
The club's chairman, David Evans, reacted by imposing a ban on all away supporters from Kenilworth Road from the start of 1986 – 87, as well as introducing a scheme that would require even home supporters to carry membership cards to be admitted to matches.
Average home league attendances at Kenilworth Road since 1946 – 47 in English football | 1946 – 47
Kenilworth and Luton
The Football League insisted that Luton relax the ban for League Cup matches, but when Evans refused to allow Cardiff City fans to visit Kenilworth Road for their second round tie, the club were thrown out of the competition.
Kenilworth Road also hosts a number of local tournaments and events, including an annual youth competition organised by London Luton Airport.
The highest seasonal average for Luton at Kenilworth Road was 21, 455 in the 1955 – 56 season.
In England, several professional club venues had adopted them ; QPR's Loftus Road, Luton Town's Kenilworth Road, Oldham Athletic's Boundary Park and Preston's Deepdale.
He made his Reds debut on 24 October 1987 in the 1 – 0 league victory over Luton Town at Kenilworth Road.
He is often voted the best ever Luton Town player, such is the regard he is held in at Kenilworth Road.
Jones made his re-debut for Crewe on 29 March 2008, playing 85 minutes in the 2 – 1 defeat to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road.
Mackay was involved in some fantastic defensive displays as well as scoring some vital goals, including one against fierce rivals Luton Town at Kenilworth Road in a 2 – 1 victory.
However, after impressing Luton manager Mick Harford during a trial period at Kenilworth Road, he joined the Hatters prior to the start of the 2008 – 09 campaign, with the club starting League Two on an unprecedented − 30 points.
The two – legged final had seen England recover a one goal deficit at Kenilworth Road in Luton, in muddy conditions described by Powell as " absolutely shocking.
Playing at Kenilworth Road for two seasons, he soon settled and scored 18 goals to keep Luton up in 1990 – 91.
Johnson was also to show his long-range shooting skills in the 4-0 victory over rivals Luton Town at Kenilworth Road, scoring the first goal.
Kenilworth and Town
* 1993 – The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
However, the other notable major races are the Summer Cup, held at Turffontein Racecourse in Johannesburg, and The J & B Met, which is held at Kenilworth race track in Cape Town.
Kenilworth Town F. C., on Gypsy Lane south of the town, played in the Midland Combination until June 2011 when it resigned, preferring to spend money on ground improvements rather than field a team.
* 25 July – Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, open fire on a congregation in St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, killing eleven people and injuring fifty others
* Kenilworth, Cape Town
* Kenilworth Town Website-Includes visitor and other information for the upper Mary Valley region.
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