The teacups rattle on the draining board at 83 Oak Road when Gabriel Osho’s early goal goes in for Luton Town and the visceral roar from the stadium on the other side of the fence drowns out the television. Watching Waterloo Road is not really viable when the team are playing at home in a Championship play-off against Sunderland.
Ambia Begum, who lives here, had warned it will be like this. ‘It’s like a mini-earthquake when the game starts,’ she says, though Tuesday night’s decibel levels seems to be even greater than usual. A second Luton goal goes in, sending even bigger tremors back through the kitchen, as the team take a stride back towards the Premier League.