big mean bunny
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What a season, when the old site died that a few of us migrated here from, I thought I was done with football talk on tut internet, I use twitter but don't really get involved in football talk as it's far too tribal on there, however finding this site and following the league this year has been an incredibly exciting season. Congratulations to those promoted and in the playoffs, there isn't a team that is in the playoffs that I begrudge being there, and not a fan of those clubs that I don't wish well. Commiseration's to the strugglers and those going the wrong way. It may not feel like it, but it will get better. Being a Wolves fan and a follower of my home town team Corby Town I have seen some crappy seasons, I have seen or been around for both being close to going out of business and seen both rise from that (Corby more than once). I had the fortune of being involved in the youth team for Corby when it was first set up and we used to have to train on a field next to the ground when the athletics club were meeting as we needed to use a 40ft/30ft of space that got lit by the overthrow of one of the floodlights as the club was broke and couldn't afford for pay for us to train anywhere with floodlights. I wasn't really good enough for the standard but I loved that club and spent most of my childhood following them so was desperate to be involved and as I was the 2nd keeper the manager kept me involved purely for numbers reasons.
The English Div 2 from that year (96/97) featured Wigan, Fulham, Swansea, Cardiff, Hull. Other than Fulham I would never have tipped any of those lot for ever being in the prem as a 15 or16 year old (I think that's right, it seems a long time ago now!) Football has it's mainstays in every league, but it is no where near as closed a shop as you think and possibilities are there even in todays game, the proof of that is that I have seen Fleetwood, Burton, Yeovil, Crawley and Stevenage rise from a standard that I know or have played with loads of lads that once made it to that level or still play in the Conference North/South or below, knowing a few purely through working with them during the week which brings home the reality of where those clubs came from.
the only thing in football you can truly close off, is your mind. Stay positive. Football without hope isn't football if you ask me!
The English Div 2 from that year (96/97) featured Wigan, Fulham, Swansea, Cardiff, Hull. Other than Fulham I would never have tipped any of those lot for ever being in the prem as a 15 or16 year old (I think that's right, it seems a long time ago now!) Football has it's mainstays in every league, but it is no where near as closed a shop as you think and possibilities are there even in todays game, the proof of that is that I have seen Fleetwood, Burton, Yeovil, Crawley and Stevenage rise from a standard that I know or have played with loads of lads that once made it to that level or still play in the Conference North/South or below, knowing a few purely through working with them during the week which brings home the reality of where those clubs came from.
the only thing in football you can truly close off, is your mind. Stay positive. Football without hope isn't football if you ask me!