Luton Airport shows support for Luton Town with giant mural and message

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The airport has had a huge portrait of  Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu portrait painted near the terminal ahead of the club's Premier League appearance this week.  Credit: London Luton Airport

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00:00 We're going to the Premier League.

00:07 Being in the Premier League feels great, man. It's one of the toughest leagues in the world

00:17 and everyone's a player in it, so to be in there, to be battling against the top, it's

00:21 been a long journey but hopefully the journey doesn't stop here.

00:27 Heading into the new season, into the Premier League with the whole town behind us is incredible.

00:32 You can see with things like this now, the town coming together, everyone's supporting

00:36 us, we're on a global stage.

00:43 Luton Airport has been at the heart of the local community for 85 years now. We support

00:47 27,000 jobs so it's critical for the local area, the local businesses that the airport's

00:52 at the heart of that community.

00:55 I think the artwork looks amazing, I've seen the drone shots this morning and I think if

00:58 you see that from a plane it's going to look absolutely amazing. It's going to be phenomenal.

01:07 The excitement at London Luton Airport is building massively for the game on Saturday.

01:12 Everyone's talking about it and I think people can't wait to see it.

01:17 People that work at the airport, their supporters, their fans, and we're going to be supporting

01:20 the team all the way through this journey.

01:22 The fans have been incredible. I'm really excited for them to get the chance to show

01:27 what they're all about on the big stage in front of the biggest audience of all, which

01:32 is the Premier League.

01:34 We're really looking forward to them singing our names, aren't we pal?

01:37 Yeah man!

01:38 Come on you Hatters!

01:40 [Music]

01:43 (music fades)

01:45 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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