by Mid Sussex Royal » 25 Apr 2023 13:35
by Dirk Gently » 25 Apr 2023 13:50
by PATRIQT » 25 Apr 2023 13:51
Mid Sussex Royal Was the last time Reading were relegated from the second tier
by AthleticoSpizz » 25 Apr 2023 15:44
by Dirk Gently » 25 Apr 2023 15:54
AthleticoSpizz ……and a few weeks later,
Gilksies testimonial, team managed by the FSB no less, Simon Shepherd motm complete with a penalty save.
Times….
by Snowflake Royal » 25 Apr 2023 17:51
Dirk Gently Didn't we have a massive injury crisis that year, with at least a whole team injured? That was one of my favourite ever seasons, despite the relegation.
Strange how history repeats itself - we were looking good for a lot of the season - in the first week of January we were sitting comfortably mid-table and still in both cups (and in the quarter-final of the League Cup, having beaten top of the First Division Leeds at Elland Road in the previous round.
Then George Cain ("the butcher of Bootle") gave a crap decision late in that League Cup game and the whole season seemed to disintegrate.
A whole series of injuries (especially to 'keepers) and after the end of Jan we only won two more matches (against the two teams relegated with us, Stoke & Man City) and lost 15. Our last 17 league games were:
P: 17, W: 2, D: 0, L: 15, F: 9, A: 36 GD: -25, Pts : 6.
It was the season of the disastrous Nick Colgan, the "magnificent seven", Terry the Taxi blaming "internet subversives" for the demo at Poxford - and saying goodbye to Elm Park with a pathetic whimper.
by stealthpapes » 25 Apr 2023 18:17
by stealthpapes » 25 Apr 2023 18:19
Football is cyclical
by Sutekh » 25 Apr 2023 18:21
Dirk Gently Didn't we have a massive injury crisis that year, with at least a whole team injured? That was one of my favourite ever seasons, despite the relegation.
Strange how history repeats itself - we were looking good for a lot of the season - in the first week of January we were sitting comfortably mid-table and still in both cups (and in the quarter-final of the League Cup, having beaten top of the First Division Leeds at Elland Road in the previous round.
Then George Cain ("the butcher of Bootle") gave a crap decision late in that League Cup game and the whole season seemed to disintegrate.
A whole series of injuries (especially to 'keepers) and after the end of Jan we only won two more matches (against the two teams relegated with us, Stoke & Man City) and lost 15. Our last 17 league games were:
P: 17, W: 2, D: 0, L: 15, F: 9, A: 36 GD: -25, Pts : 6.
It was the season of the disastrous Nick Colgan, the "magnificent seven", Terry the Taxi blaming "internet subversives" for the demo at Poxford - and saying goodbye to Elm Park with a pathetic whimper.
by Mid Sussex Royal » 25 Apr 2023 18:44
SutekhDirk Gently Didn't we have a massive injury crisis that year, with at least a whole team injured? That was one of my favourite ever seasons, despite the relegation.
Strange how history repeats itself - we were looking good for a lot of the season - in the first week of January we were sitting comfortably mid-table and still in both cups (and in the quarter-final of the League Cup, having beaten top of the First Division Leeds at Elland Road in the previous round.
Then George Cain ("the butcher of Bootle") gave a crap decision late in that League Cup game and the whole season seemed to disintegrate.
A whole series of injuries (especially to 'keepers) and after the end of Jan we only won two more matches (against the two teams relegated with us, Stoke & Man City) and lost 15. Our last 17 league games were:
P: 17, W: 2, D: 0, L: 15, F: 9, A: 36 GD: -25, Pts : 6.
It was the season of the disastrous Nick Colgan, the "magnificent seven", Terry the Taxi blaming "internet subversives" for the demo at Poxford - and saying goodbye to Elm Park with a pathetic whimper.
Brought in one time Barcelona assistant to Terry Venables, Alan Harris, after the dreadful start to the season (1 point from 6 games) and though results did improve it seemed by the new year the management didn’t really know what they were doing or who was meant to be taking responsibility for what. Season really ended with the loss of Lee Hodges to injury in the win over City. Other than that it was just a catalogue of utter cr@p from February onwards covering class results that even the current shambles may have trouble matching like losing 5-1 to Stockport in fron of 38 or so away fans on a Tuesday night.
Tommy came in, eventually, JM had wanted him in the previous summer but he had elected to stay and see what happened to his career at Newcastle (not a lot as it happens) so we ended up with a coach rather than a manager late in that close season which hardly helped things but then that was JM! If only he hadn’t have dumped off Q&G, I think the club would have survived and been better positioned for the new stadium.
Anyway Tommy said all the right things and also, I believe, instigated the fan’s forums - seem to remember him with a mike talking to the south bank one evening about the situation at the club and telling everyone what he hoped to be able to do to get the team to survive. Certainly in his games at the end of the season the club looked better but that wasn’t saying much given the appalling turdness of what had gone immediately before (culminating in what is still possibly the most shockingly awful Reading display ever as the club lost 3-0 at the Manor on a Tuesday evening and prompted a sit down protest in front of the team coach afterwards. Not sure if that was the final game of the taxi’s reign or whether it was the 3-0 stuffing by Port Vale at home when fans invaded the pitch afterwards and upset JM by singing “nice ground, no fans” and “Bullivant out”. JM took to the mike and stated he would not be bowed by mob pressure - those were the days, wonder if we could get Dai to do the same thing at some point ).
by Mid Sussex Royal » 25 Apr 2023 18:47
Dirk Gently Didn't we have a massive injury crisis that year, with at least a whole team injured? That was one of my favourite ever seasons, despite the relegation.
Strange how history repeats itself - we were looking good for a lot of the season - in the first week of January we were sitting comfortably mid-table and still in both cups (and in the quarter-final of the League Cup, having beaten top of the First Division Leeds at Elland Road in the previous round.
Then George Cain ("the butcher of Bootle") gave a crap decision late in that League Cup game and the whole season seemed to disintegrate.
A whole series of injuries (especially to 'keepers) and after the end of Jan we only won two more matches (against the two teams relegated with us, Stoke & Man City) and lost 15. Our last 17 league games were:
P: 17, W: 2, D: 0, L: 15, F: 9, A: 36 GD: -25, Pts : 6.
It was the season of the disastrous Nick Colgan, the "magnificent seven", Terry the Taxi blaming "internet subversives" for the demo at Poxford - and saying goodbye to Elm Park with a pathetic whimper.
by Snowflake Royal » 25 Apr 2023 19:26
stealthpapes 'Magnificent' 'Seven'
Yeah, last game of season and Fleck gets presented with Norwich's player of the season. Gr8 one.
by Snowflake Royal » 25 Apr 2023 19:27
stealthpapesFootball is cyclical
It's not. It's really not.
by stealthpapes » 25 Apr 2023 19:33
by Jackson Corner » 25 Apr 2023 19:34
by AthleticoSpizz » 25 Apr 2023 19:36
by stealthpapes » 25 Apr 2023 19:36
by Snowflake Royal » 25 Apr 2023 20:19
stealthpapes Although it's probably telling that one person looks at that data and sees noise over some broader trends and someone else sees a shorter term pattern.
If I get bored, I'll put it through a Fourier transform & see if there's any underlying structure.
by AthleticoSpizz » 25 Apr 2023 20:22
by Sutekh » 26 Apr 2023 06:49
Mid Sussex RoyalDirk Gently Didn't we have a massive injury crisis that year, with at least a whole team injured? That was one of my favourite ever seasons, despite the relegation.
Strange how history repeats itself - we were looking good for a lot of the season - in the first week of January we were sitting comfortably mid-table and still in both cups (and in the quarter-final of the League Cup, having beaten top of the First Division Leeds at Elland Road in the previous round.
Then George Cain ("the butcher of Bootle") gave a crap decision late in that League Cup game and the whole season seemed to disintegrate.
A whole series of injuries (especially to 'keepers) and after the end of Jan we only won two more matches (against the two teams relegated with us, Stoke & Man City) and lost 15. Our last 17 league games were:
P: 17, W: 2, D: 0, L: 15, F: 9, A: 36 GD: -25, Pts : 6.
It was the season of the disastrous Nick Colgan, the "magnificent seven", Terry the Taxi blaming "internet subversives" for the demo at Poxford - and saying goodbye to Elm Park with a pathetic whimper.
Wow - that tail off in form is even worse than I remember and even worse than this season.
5 of those goals scored were in the 2 wins V Man City and Stoke 3-0 & 2-0....
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