Absolutely, unfortunately there are countless ex-league sides who get stuck down there. On the other side of the coin the clubs that do go down and get back up generally flourish, but they are usually the 'bigger' clubs and not nonsense like Forest Green etc. (No offence etc)
To have a manager having a laugh about the training ground being haunted is just about palatable if maybe you've finished a season in midtable or something as a bit of end of season giggle etc. But to have this nonsense as we sit bottom of division 4, for the first time in our history really...
Way too long to go into really, but that play-off season was magical. The season began with the takeover and we had 6 players registered. We brought in the liked of Jonny Williams, McKirdy etc and whilst many Town fans expected us to struggle, we hit the ground running and we were a penalty kick...
IIRC it was on a bank Holiday (in England) but we lived in Scotland so I was at school. I sprinted home at 4 o clock, whacked on Ceefax and was horrified to see we had thrown away a 3-0 lead. I listened to extra time on my radio I had in my room but the signal for Radio 5 was shockingly bad so...
Seems to be the same era I grew up watching football in. Bodin is probably most famous for that penalty miss for Wales against Romania, but for us, he scored the penalty that got us, for 1 season only, into the Premier League. He was a regular scorer as a roving left sided defender...
I watched some of the second half, basically after the red card. Obviously Vale having 10 men changed the game, but it was a fascinating game between a clearly decent Crewe side and a Vale team defending brilliantly. Given the garbage I've watched this season, it was pleasant to see a hard...
I'm far too young for those days but I've heard plenty of stories and those were great times. Polar opposite to now, only off being 92nd in the league on goal difference.
Tried to quote but seems to be screwed. DippyDon
Initially the unveiling was supposed to happen today before the Morecambe game but because of the stormy weather it was moved to yesterday. I think that's fair given Sir Don is now in his eighties.
I'm going today so will take a look, I think...