by Snowball »
30 Aug 2019 23:09
Personally I think it's a GOOD THING that Bury have gone.
I feel for the fans, and as a life-long Newport County fan, I sympathise.
My own NCAFC went out of the league and bust, but came back in The Hellenic League
and slowly but surely worked their way back up.
Since their demise Newport have twice been to Wembley (FA Trophy [lost] and National
League Play-offs - WON)... They have beaten Leeds, Leicester and Middlesboro in the FA Cup
and had a great game v Man City until shipping three goals in the last five minutes.
Instead or being (almost) perennial strugglers, by dropping out, dropping down
and re-starting (with a far sounder idea of financing) they have experienced a fair
few promotion seasons, and not a little praise.
The Newport fan-base is more committed, more a part of the club, has raised funds etc etc,
has its "Amber Army" paying £5 a week to under-write finances.
BUT if you screw up financially, tough. The fact that it could have happened
to Reading (and might still happen one day) is IRRELEVANT. We can't keep bailing clubs
out because of history, tradition, or a few logistic issues like recording sham 3-0 wins
agains a non-existent opponent (or having one less opponent for one season)
IMO we need more brutality so that owners are less likely to think
they are bound to be saved "because"
I wish Bury all the very best. Expect them to reform as Bury 2019 and begin
the long climb back. The fans will be quickly converted and far happier when
they discover they are now a BIG club, probably the biggest at their level.
They will start winning a lot more games, will be at the top of their leagues
until they reach The National, which, IMO is these days a very decent level.
Then the really hard work will start, but there is no reason why, in 7-12 years time
they can't be a Football League side again