Says it all. As I approach the 50th anniversary of my first game nothing has changed. Notts County away 01/05/71 final day of that season in which we finished 9th - 50 years on and we are still ninth in the 4th bloody division- what was the point of it all?Yes, league 2 is good. League 1, just another bloody league. Same game, same pre match day, same pre match food and drinks, same chant on the bank. Just another team with a different name playing us. Its sunday, the sky is blue, all is good. Chill.
All the stuff in between.Says it all. As I approach the 50th anniversary of my first game nothing has changed. Notts County away 01/05/71 final day of that season in which we finished 9th - 50 years on and we are still ninth in the 4th bloody division- what was the point of it all?
The journey to get there of courseSays it all. As I approach the 50th anniversary of my first game nothing has changed. Notts County away 01/05/71 final day of that season in which we finished 9th - 50 years on and we are still ninth in the 4th bloody division- what was the point of it all?
Exactly what I was going to post. Several of the teams in that division 4 have pretty much disappeared. The only two that have noticeably done anything are Bournemouth and Brentford.The journey to get there of course
From that season, nine clubs are still with us in L2. Six are above us although Northampton are close to coming back down. The eye opener is the nine clubs that are now below is scattered throughout non league.
I guess the point of it all was we were alive and we are still living? A lot happened in that time, some of it very bad, some of it absolutely brilliant. I guess the brilliant things were made even more intense when balanced against the bad. When I look back at that journey, from 50 years or so ago to now, I dont feel frustrated about where we are at this point. The fact that we havent seen a stellar rise in our fortunes simply doesnt bother me as much as it does some others. We've survived, and not only that we have a club that is on far safer ground, has far better facilities, is more financially stable and is more respected in football circles for its ownership model and its academy than ever was the case all those years ago.Says it all. As I approach the 50th anniversary of my first game nothing has changed. Notts County away 01/05/71 final day of that season in which we finished 9th - 50 years on and we are still ninth in the 4th bloody division- what was the point of it all?
It's not about that. It's about the nature of football. Over an extended period of time as much changes as it stays the same. Most clubs over that time span will have been in one division longer than others. But they will all have had different ways of getting there.At least we still have a club then !