Luton Town fans’ day is going from bad to worse.
The Championship side are staring down the barrel of back-to-back relegations after dropping down from the Premier League last season.
To rub salt into the wound, the are having a nightmare day against their arch rivals Watford.
Ahead of the derby clash, Luton fans were banned from all the pubs in the vicinity of Vicarage Road.
Licensees had taken the decision to not serve Hatters fans, according to Hertfordshire Police.
Around 230 officers are working at the stadium and behind the scenes to ensure everything goes smoothly.
That is eight times more than when Watford faced Leeds earlier this month.
The travelling fans were bussed in to avoid any fan trouble both before and after the game.
Their day just kept getting worse, however, as they quickly went 2-0 down.
An 11th minute penalty was converted by Tom Dele-Bashiru before Edo Kayembe doubled the lead in the 23rd minute.
Speaking on talkSPORT, former Charlton and Chelsea player Scott Minto said: “This is a million miles from where his [Matt Bloomfield] Wycombe team was playing in terms of the style.
When you jump up a division, and I think the biggest jump is from the Championship to the Premier League, but there is even one from League One to the Championship, you realise actually when players are down there and they’re lacking in confidence.
“To ask them to do sometimes simple things, they seemingly can’t do it. Honestly, I’ve been there and I hear the likes of even Alan Shearer talk about the word confidence.
“When you haven’t got it, you’re a different player. When you have got it, you look absolutely brilliant.
“This Luton side now is about character and it has been about character for a long time.
“Unfortunately it looks like not only have they not got the confidence, they probably haven’t really got the character.”
Luton need to pick up results to avoid consecutive relegations.
Rob Edwards was sacked in January, but the club remain rooted to the bottom of the Championship.
Matt Bloomfield was drafted in from League One side Wycombe, but it looks as though he will be heading straight back to the third tier.
