{"id":79601,"date":"2023-10-07T11:20:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T11:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=79601"},"modified":"2023-10-07T11:20:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T11:20:30","slug":"ex-luton-boss-david-pleat-delighted-by-old-clubs-progress-and-hails-man-of-the-people-ange-postecoglou-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/ex-luton-boss-david-pleat-delighted-by-old-clubs-progress-and-hails-man-of-the-people-ange-postecoglou-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Luton boss David Pleat delighted by old clubs' progress – and hails 'man of the people' Ange Postecoglou | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
HE is so embedded in the history of both Luton and Tottenham that Saturday's clash at Kenilworth Road might as well be rebranded the David Pleat derby.<\/p>\n
Pleat played for Luton in the 60s before managing them in the 80s and 90s across two spells.<\/p>\n
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He also had two stints in the dugout at White Hart Lane, as well as two caretaker posts, and became Spurs' first-ever director of football in 1998.<\/p>\n
Tottenham and Luton may be playing in the same division for the first time in 31 years but have very different goals.<\/p>\n
Ange Postecoglou is striving to get Spurs back into the Champions League \u2013 with some fans even dreaming of a title challenge \u2013 while Rob Edwards' only aim with the Hatters is avoiding the drop.<\/p>\n
Yet Pleat, now 78 but whose connections to both clubs and the people who run them remain close, sees many similarities between his two former sides.<\/p>\n