BKIslandersFan
F*** off
f*** Millwall.
Also Sunderland has been finally sold. Things might be looking up again over there.
Also Sunderland has been finally sold. Things might be looking up again over there.
Rude.**** Millwall.
Also Sunderland has been finally sold. Things might be looking up again over there.
"I'm so sad MK Dons got relegated" said no one ever. **** them.
Wimbledon officially safe after their draw in Doncaster
Scunthorpe secure a playoff spot in League 1; last playoff spot is down to Charlton and Plymouth, heavy advantage for Charlton with 3 points ahead and a six goal better GD
Congratulations on Sunderland's relegation. The Schadenfreude certainly seems to be to your taste. As Sunderland's prospective new owner is suggesting he'll be sitting with the fans at our next game I suspect there we'll be providing you with plenty more opportunities to bask in the tepid glow of our incompetence.All for the want of expanded horizons.
Congratulations on Sunderland's relegation.
The Schadenfreude certainly seems to be to your taste. As Sunderland's prospective new owner is suggesting he'll be sitting with the fans at our next game I suspect there we'll be providing you with plenty more opportunities to bask in the tepid glow of our incompetence.
I can't agree with your conclusions about the, disturbingly distant, 2001/02 season. Although European competition would have been pleasant, (although of course the InterToto could never match the heights of the Anglo-Italian), thinking that our failures that season would have been any affected by more ambition ignores the facts in favour of a more pleasing narrative. Broader horizons and more ambition would have only lead to more expensive transfer failures (and more money being put into brown envelopes. Allegedly)
I have to take issue with the idea that Rugby League is the number one sport in Wigan. It isn't. It's important and it could be argued that Wigan Warriors are a bigger club than Wigan Athletic but football is the bigger sport in Wigan. It doesn't take away from your wider point about the small fanbase for Wigan Athletic but it is an annoying tabloid myth that never fails to irk me.
Wigan Athletic has better attendance though. I never understood how Warriors are then a bigger club.Congratulations on Sunderland's relegation. The Schadenfreude certainly seems to be to your taste. As Sunderland's prospective new owner is suggesting he'll be sitting with the fans at our next game I suspect there we'll be providing you with plenty more opportunities to bask in the tepid glow of our incompetence.
I can't agree with your conclusions about the, disturbingly distant, 2001/02 season. Although European competition would have been pleasant, (although of course the InterToto could never match the heights of the Anglo-Italian), thinking that our failures that season would have been any affected by more ambition ignores the facts in favour of a more pleasing narrative. Broader horizons and more ambition would have only lead to more expensive transfer failures (and more money being put into brown envelopes. Allegedly)
I have to take issue with the idea that Rugby League is the number one sport in Wigan. It isn't. It's important and it could be argued that Wigan Warriors are a bigger club than Wigan Athletic but football is the bigger sport in Wigan. It doesn't take away from your wider point about the small fanbase for Wigan Athletic but it is an annoying tabloid myth that never fails to irk me.
Definitely; but without the joy their efforts bring to others it's ultimately worthless. You bring meaning to their existence.Thanks, but those who worked so hard to bring it about are the ones who deserve the credit.
I've read it. In contrast I expected relegation very early on. September's thrashing at Ipswich was probably the point for me when I gave up hope. Of course a degree of fatalism has crept in over the years but I think relegation was unavoidable once Grabbon left in early January.If you read back a page or so, you'll note that even to the end I was sceptical relegation would happen. I still find it incredible.
I still find it incredible. And since I'm counting down the days to:
a) Benitez leaving
b) The Inland Revenue case torpedoing NUFC
c) both of the above, interspersed with large helpings of Ashley's lazy dishonesty being fed into the usual media outlets
An owner sitting with the fans? What can possibly go wrong?
As to 2001/02 - a terribly long time ago, indeed - from the outside looking in it seemed like Reid's team simply went stale. I genuinely think presenting a new challenge for the club would have helped- and it's hard to imagine the fans wouldn't have enjoyed a trip to Belgium, followed by in Munich. Who knows, but if Wayne Quinn could score against Sporting Lokeren, Nicolas Medina and Lilian Laslandes might have managed it too. (I never heard the rumours about brown envelopes, or if I did I'd forgotten. But now you mention it, I can easily imagine).
Whilst I'd argue that historically speaking there can be no question that Wigan Warriors (contrived Sky-era nicknames- eugh) is of greater significance than Athletic, I presume when you say that football is a bigger sport you're referring to the problem of large numbers of locals holding allegiances to one or other of the North-West giants. In which case, I take your point without a word of argument. In my defence, for the Latics' purposes, such people may as well not exist.
Wigan Athletic has better attendance though. I never understood how Warriors are then a bigger club.
To make it more fun, go with a non-league team. Hartlepool?Thinking of adopting a lower league club to adopt. Any suggestions? Have a soft spot for Oldham (Paul Scholes boyhood team), Bury (my late father had a near 40 year career in law enforcement), Scunthorpe (because their name always gets edited by filters) and AFC Wimbledon.
I thought the away goal rule wasn't used in the playoffs? Was that changed?I have a soft spot for Scunthorpe because they were who you always had to start your management career with in 08 or 09.
1-1 at halftime in their first leg playoff semi. They have given up an away goal but responded immediately
I thought the away goal rule wasn't used in the playoffs? Was that changed?
Fulham have always had the most lukewarm, happy-clappy support in London. It’s no shock. They’re still not as embarrassing as Crystal Palace fans though.Fulham in the Championship promotion final having beaten Derby 2:0 (2:1 aggregate) after a completely dominating performance, they play some decent stuff. People on twitter moaning about their fans though, many showed up in their work clothes (suits) and they gave out clappers to everybody