Relegations At A Glance

channys6thswan

channys6thswan

Lingers Long On Cank Street
1969 Gillies off, Cup Final fixture pile-up
1978 Part-time Pub Manager, Tampa Bay Rowdies squad in waiting
1981 Engine Not Started till December
1987 Hamilton Schmamilton
1995 Judas Little replaced by Judas Sheeit
2002 Twatlor’s Poisoned Legacy
2004 The Addams Family (Of Pensioners)
2008 Chill Off, You Caant
2023 Driving a Luxury Car Off A Cliff (At High Speed)?
 
Stats say 75% of teams getting relegated don’t come back first time Get used to the championship fellas
 
Whuru said:
Stats say 75% of teams getting relegated don’t come back first time Get used to the championship fellas
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Yet in three of those eight previous relegations, we did return within one season. And in another three, we were back within two seasons. There were only two relegations that resulted in lengthy spells in the division below (1987-1994 and 2004-2014). Of course this doesn’t mean we’ll definitely bounce straight back this time, but our experiences over the past 54 years suggest that it’s very possible.
 
channys6thswan said:
1969 Gillies off, Cup Final fixture pile-up
1978 Part-time Pub Manager, Tampa Bay Rowdies squad in waiting
1981 Engine Not Started till December
1987 Hamilton Schmamilton
1995 Judas Little replaced by Judas Sheeit
2002 Twatlor’s Poisoned Legacy
2004 The Addams Family (Of Pensioners)
2008 Chill Off, You Caant
2023 Driving a Luxury Car Off A Cliff (At High Speed)?
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8 in my 45 years following, my first season was 77/78.

None for 15 years, my lad hasnt seen any!

So 7 in 30 years previously
 
This one feels by far the worst. The drop to League One was a dark day for sure, at the time it felt horrible but we weren’t exactly setting The Championship alight for the few years before then.

This time it was all so avoidable. Total miss management from top to bottom. We can all see clearly how likely we’ll be struggling for a few years now.
 
DagenhamFox said:
This one feels by far the worst. The drop to League One was a dark day for sure, at the time it felt horrible but we weren’t exactly setting The Championship alight for the few years before then.

This time it was all so avoidable. Total miss management from top to bottom. We can all see clearly how likely we’ll be struggling for a few years now.
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Yes this is the worst I’ve been through, for the reasons you describe. I don’t agree that we necessarily have to face years of struggle, though. If the board somehow manages to break its recent habits and recruit the right manager, our stay in the Championship could be a brief one.

It feels like we’re at a major crossroads in our history. The next managerial appointment will be one of the most important we’ve ever made. Let’s just hope - pray, whatever - that we get it right.
 
My first in 69 was bad as we’d lost the cup final too. But in those days we kept most of our team except Clarke so promotion was achieved within two seasons (should have been one until they decided to play in a monsoon vs Blackpool).
2008 I was mainly in denial about dropping to league 1 for the very first time.
This time I’m just plain angry. Should never have happened.
 
2002 was like this one, a top ten team suddenly sinking from bad management. Maybe 78 as well, too young for that one. 2008 felt the worst, going down to the third tier for the first time, when not having done so had been our boast against several rivals.
 
Is it really worse than 69 when we had broken the transfer record and got to the Cup Final? Or 78 when a club hero blew the whole place apart? Or even 2008 when we lost what at the time was our ‘proudest boast’? (Admittedly we now have an even prouder one!!).

Every relegation hurts at the time .. every one could have been avoided ‘if that twat had done something different’.

The big question now is wether relegation turns out to be a ‘blip’ like Burnley .. or a long term disaster like Derby .. that depends almost entirely on what happens in the summer. New manager, cut out a huge amount of dead wood, retain a few and find 7 or 8 good championship players. If it’s done well, next season could be good fun. If it’s done badly and we don’t make it with the parachute payments it might take many years to turn it around.
 
Frankly the more I think about it the less bothered I am about going down. I’ve not enjoyed the Premier league experience for several years with the almost criminal bias towards the BCCs, VAR and the scouse commentators. A spell without these horrors would be refreshing and, having thoroughly enjoyed the play offs so far (come on Luton), the football seems far more watchable. Fuck the Premier League.
 
DagenhamFox said:
This one feels by far the worst. The drop to League One was a dark day for sure, at the time it felt horrible but we weren’t exactly setting The Championship alight for the few years before then.

This time it was all so avoidable. Total miss management from top to bottom. We can all see clearly how likely we’ll be struggling for a few years now.
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The difference being then we relied on bargain basement buys, loans, free transfers. The riches Bodgers has wasted on garbage makes it, to me the worse relegation that I've witnessed. I've been going since 69
 
Brusselsfox said:
Is it really worse than 69 when we had broken the transfer record and got to the Cup Final? Or 78 when a club hero blew the whole place apart? Or even 2008 when we lost what at the time was our ‘proudest boast’? (Admittedly we now have an even prouder one!!).

Every relegation hurts at the time .. every one could have been avoided ‘if that twat had done something different’.

The big question now is wether relegation turns out to be a ‘blip’ like Burnley .. or a long term disaster like Derby .. that depends almost entirely on what happens in the summer. New manager, cut out a huge amount of dead wood, retain a few and find 7 or 8 good championship players. If it’s done well, next season could be good fun. If it’s done badly and we don’t make it with the parachute payments it might take many years to turn it around.
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Yes, all relegations hurt. The point here is that a combo of appalling leadership of both the Matchday squad and the club as a whole have conspired to deliver an avoidable act of self-harm of epic proportions. Half of that problem has gone, but the timing (and handling) of TCR’s departure was a sharp reminder that the other half of the problem still exists. And unlike 69, or 78, or even 08, a gap between club and support has been opened up that has nothing at all to do with results on the pitch. Yes, a new boss might turn things around in short order. But the challenge they face is much bigger than just another squad rebuild.
 
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