10 years since Wembley

[raefil]

60 years of support and that is all there is to cling to! Winning a play off from tier 3 when we should have been promoted automatically with ease.

 

[raefil]

I'd been out in Richmond the night before and was feeling awful that morning, the football definitely brought me back round again, we could do with players with their passion in the squad these days

Oh yes, fantastic passion shown at colchester!

 

[wld]

Can anyone think of any area where we have improved as a club since that promotion 10 wasted years ago?

I can think of one person who’s improved their own position immensely.

 

[No Danger]

I can think of one person who’s improved their own position immensely.

Unfortunately not to the benefit of the club overall

 

[Vodsel]

Oh yes, fantastic passion shown at colchester!

Fucking hell pal, you’re even more dour than usual today

 

[raefil]

Fucking hell pal, you’re even more dour than usual today

Reality was that they were a group of players who barely managed to get us out of that league and nearly didnt.

I dont buy into what our owners have milked since that day.

 

[No Danger]

Reality was that they were a group of players who barely managed to get us out of that league and nearly didnt.

I think the reason MK Dons took second was Dele Alli. They came straight back down without him.
We initially consolidated before stagnating.

 

[Doc Brown]

Reality was that they were a group of players who barely managed to get us out of that league and nearly didnt.

I dont buy into what our owners have milked since that day.

Harsh. That team were a group of warriors.

They got 89 points in the league. That’s some points haul to not get promoted automatically.

That total would have won the league outright in plenty of seasons.

The turnaround from the despair of Colchester to win the Play Offs and aggregate of 8-0 was amazing. And something Grayson and the players deserve huge credit for.

Enjoy it for what it was, you miserable get.

 

[raefil]

Harsh. That team were a group of warriors.

They got 89 points in the league. That’s some points haul to not get promoted automatically.

That total would have won the league outright in plenty of seasons.

The turnaround from the despair of Colchester to win the Play Offs and aggregate of 8-0 was amazing. And something Grayson and the players deserve huge credit for.

Enjoy it for what it was, you miserable get.

True but even on the day I didnt feel confident until that 4th goal went in.

 

[No Danger]

Harsh. That team were a group of warriors.

They got 89 points in the league. That’s some points haul to not get promoted automatically.

That total would have won the league outright in plenty of seasons.

The turnaround from the despair of Colchester to win the Play Offs and aggregate of 8-0 was amazing. And something Grayson and the players deserve huge credit for.

Enjoy it for what it was, you miserable get.

We got promoted on merit at the end of the day and buried a play off hoodoo.
Jermaine Beckford was amazing for us after a dodgy start.

 

[Ando60]

Gentry Bar / Tent.
Electronic Advertising Boards.
LED Floodlights.
Osmajic Transfer Record.

Think that covers it.

Town End roof repaired and dead pigeon removed

 

[TepiOrNotTepi]

The most mediocre team in English football…

 

[JOE TOTALE]

Swindon is a nice place. I went there a long time ago to support the North End and the occasion was marred by bottle throwing in their supporters club by idiots who supposedly supported us - I still feel a sense of shame about that. Maybe they will come up to join us in the Championship some day - assuming we have not risen higher - and if so I might be tempted to travel out there for the match.

Went there in 81, lost 0-4 and a mate ended up in hospital overnight after being jumped by some backward neanderthals acting as supporters on he way to the ground.
Shithole and one of my least favourite clubs in my time of watching us.

 

[wld]

Went there in 81, lost 0-4 and a mate ended up in hospital overnight after being jumped by some backward neanderthals acting as supporters on he way to the ground.
Shithole and one of my least favourite clubs in my time of watching us.

I was 12 at the time and I’d joined the Junior Whites, it was the first season they’d had the club. At the first meeting in the old club on the Monday after that game, they showed a recording of the game to us all!

Happy days 😄

 

[Durutti]

The most mediocre team in English football…

This is my fucking point when the 'get behind the lads' brigade at work pipe up and tell me how cheap the ST's are. I'm just like 'you're just watching lots of meaningless stuff happening'. It's like a pointless side plot in a film going nowhere but doing it for 24 x 90 minute periods.

You wouldn't watch that film would you?

So why the fuck are we all buying into this then?

I'm dead popular.

 

[Muzza]

That took me about 2 seconds.
None.

Gentry Bar / Tent.
Electronic Advertising Boards.
LED Floodlights.
Osmajic Transfer Record.

Think that covers it.

Town End roof repaired and dead pigeon removed

Don't forget the chickeny waffle burger.

 

[Big 1]

A (rare) great day. We have had so many let downs I still wasn't confident we would win till the game went into injury time! Sad we've stagnated since.

 

[Realistic]

Jermaine Beckford was amazing for us

Certainly was and If I ever see him again I'll thank him for putting an end to our catastrophic play off record, in style, too.

 

[justinr73]

A (rare) great day. We have had so many let downs I still wasn't confident we would win till the game went into injury time! Sad we've stagnated since.

I was confident, largely due to the experience, character and quality we had in the side.

Was even wearing a 10th time lucky T-shirt.

Allowed me to thoroughly enjoy the whole day.

Ten times unlucky for the Blades now I think.

 

[wld]

It’s 20 years since we blew our big chance of promotion to the top division and our subsequent failure to build around a core of excellent players for our division.