Inexplicable this one!!

Former Luton striker Lars Elstrup has got himself back in the news ten years after he was hitting the headlines in Bedfordshire. The Danish international, who moved to Kennilworth Road for a club record fee of #850,000 in 1989, has embraced a broader church since the early nineties, and for the last seven years has been a member of the 'Wild Goose' religious sect in his native country.

However, things took a turn for the worse after his fellow sect members kidnapped his dog, and he was then arrested for hitting a schoolboy while flashing for money in a Copenhagen shopping centre.

As to his surprising behaviour, he replied: "In some respects, I do this to provoke people. I like experiencing people's reactions.

"Some people may take my message to be 'sod off' and others an offer of sex. I am very aware of people's reactions and love the fact that people recognise me as Lars Elstrup."

Following his brush with the law, he has been expelled by the sect, which is based on the island of Funen, and his hopes of reviving his football career were dashed after he walked out on Odense when they refused to pay him during a trial - (a footballing trial that is).

Now he is planning retribution against the Wild Geese, saying: "They are inhuman, and they even stole my dachshund, Devi. I am now ready to got the European Court of Human Rights."

Before he took to exposing himself in public, Elstrup was quite a useful player. He scored the winning goal in the Euro '92 semi-final against France, and bagged 19 goals in 60 appearances for the Hatters.

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2000

Answers

Didn't "Supermac" play for Luton? Explains a lot doesn't it!

-- Anonymous, August 22, 2000