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SOCCER/Liverpool 5 Luton Town 0:Liverpool finished what the administrators started for Luton Town last night, brutally removing what remained of the elation Kevin Blackwell's men had generated in this season's FA Cup. The financial lifeline that has helped preserve the immediate future of Luton, however, will soon soften the blow.

News that Luton Town Football Club 2020 Limited have guarantees in place to save the club - if not the tenure of its manager - was the result with the greatest consequence for Luton's impressive travelling support last night. The rest paled into insignificance, and especially so as Liverpool forgot their own off-field troubles to secure their place at home to Swansea or Havant and Waterlooville in round four. A banner proclaiming "Dubai SOS - Yanks Out" showed Anfield's problems have not evaporated.