channys6thswan
Lingers Long On Cank Street
14th of March 1987.
Like today, we had just lost four top flight matches on the spin. Like today, there were only twelve matches left in the season. Like today, we were just outside the bottom three, in a season where under-performance had not quite reached the stage where we were seen by the national football media as relegation certainties. Like today, our manager had just started a new decade in his life, and was from Northern Ireland. And like today, the club’s supporters had reached a point where they seemed to share the Board’s fatalistic lack of purpose, with a measly 8,159 showing up for the day’s home fixture against Charlton Athletic.
In the event, on March the 14th 1987, we won 1-0, courtesy of a goal by the forever loyal Alan Smith. We went on to win two of our next three fixtures, sparking hopes we would avoid the drop. But one win in the final eight games sent us down, with 42 points.
So okay, Citeh campers, rise and shine today, and don't forget your booties. ‘Cause the big question on everybody's lips...
On their chapped lips...
On their chapped lips, right: Do ya think Phil is gonna come out and see his shadow?’
Like today, we had just lost four top flight matches on the spin. Like today, there were only twelve matches left in the season. Like today, we were just outside the bottom three, in a season where under-performance had not quite reached the stage where we were seen by the national football media as relegation certainties. Like today, our manager had just started a new decade in his life, and was from Northern Ireland. And like today, the club’s supporters had reached a point where they seemed to share the Board’s fatalistic lack of purpose, with a measly 8,159 showing up for the day’s home fixture against Charlton Athletic.
In the event, on March the 14th 1987, we won 1-0, courtesy of a goal by the forever loyal Alan Smith. We went on to win two of our next three fixtures, sparking hopes we would avoid the drop. But one win in the final eight games sent us down, with 42 points.
So okay, Citeh campers, rise and shine today, and don't forget your booties. ‘Cause the big question on everybody's lips...
On their chapped lips...
On their chapped lips, right: Do ya think Phil is gonna come out and see his shadow?’