richard_portland
Very well known Exeweb poster
Your question interested me as well so I had a look and the results are quite positive. I actually went back 57 seasons to when the football league became a four division system without a North South split and our average placing is 77.35. The equivalent of ninth in league two.Historically we are lower league 2(Div 3 or 4 dependent on your age).
I do wonder what our avg league position is over the last 40 or so years. One day i might bother to work it out.
Not to say we shouldn't aspire to be better or to progress to a decent league one side in the future but without significant input of cash and resources its unlikely to happy on a consistent basis.
I take from that, that while it isn't impossible for us to drop into the conference again I feel there is a better chance historically of us getting back into league one. Obviously doesn't mean it's a failure if we stay in league two, but no reason we can't give it a good go.