Things that will forever haunt you from our League 1 era?


Felt nothing for the players then or since
Can't believe how max power was idolised
Mind you he's on £50k a week in the beheaded league


1st meeting with Donald at the club I knew then he had no idea what he had let himself in for
 
Pompey 4 - 0 The Lads in a f*cking monsoon. Made even worse by the fact I lived there. Even that useless plank Marquis scored.
 
Methven greeting the disabled coach at Burton with his fake tan and suede designer shoes, as young autograph hunting fans awaited for his signature.

Methven walking round the SOL sporting a lanyard whilst people applauded him and he acknowledged like royalty .

Methven cringeworthy , but accurate, speech to the admin staff on STID. Making them look foolish whilst asking them to do jobs they aren’t paid for.

Methven on the pitch vs Bradford kissing arse after lambasting the lady from the ticket office in a way only Richard Keys could replicate . (or Alan Partridge)

Methven in the stands on STID explaining the game to those around him whilst putting down the manager.

Methvens snide comments about the fan base , especially around the play off gate vs Pompey & the Wembley final loss.

Methvens whole Tory persona and mocking Sunderland as Brexitland when it was approx 52-48, reflective of the rest of England.

Methven showing up at away games and stinking the place out.

Methven for being Methven.

Oh, the Coventry faux pas rivalry and clubs like Shrewsbury & Scunthorpe thinking they were something else off the pitch.
 
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To be honest, that was the best moment in our League 1 History ... we are where we are now, because of that game and the fact we sacked Lee Johnson on the Sunday and replaced him with Alex The Snake Neill

PS I was there!
My last away game before I moved to the states. Quite the send off.
 
Methven greeting the disabled coach at Burton with his fake tan and suede designer shoes, as young autograph hunting fans awaited for his signature.

Methven walking round the SOL sporting a lanyard whilst people applauded him and he acknowledged like royalty .

Methven cringeworthy , but accurate, speech to the admin staff on STID. Making them look foolish whilst asking them to do jobs they aren’t paid for.

Methven on the pitch vs Bradford kissing arse after lambasting the lady from the ticket office in a way only Richard Keys could replicate . (or Alan Partridge)

Methven in the stands on STID explaining the game to those around him whilst putting down the manager.

Methvens snide comments about the fan base , especially around the play off gate vs Pompey & the Wembley final loss.

Methvens whole Tory persona and mocking Sunderland as Brexitland when it was approx 52-48, reflective of the rest of England.

Methven showing up at away games and stinking the place out.

Methven for being Methven.

Oh, the Coventry faux pas rivalry and clubs like Shrewsbury & Scunthorpe thinking they were something else off the pitch.
Meth head on STID when he said its' great up here, but when he goes back to London and mentions Sunderland, they all say "But they're English and poor, and they voted for Brexit" :lol: This coming from an owner, who worked in public relations ffs :lol: He really fancied himself, but what a bell end man
 
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For a bit of balance, I was happy to see us win games. More importantly, kids that hadn't seen us win on a regular basis for years. To think we almost went a full calendar year without winning a home league game before League 1 is just mind blowing.

Yes we had some terrible, terrible players. Too many to list or even want to be reminded of.

We were the scalp everyone wanted. It's not a case of bigging us up or being disrespectful, but the likes of Rochdale and Accrington Stanley would never have expected to have a league game against us, or sides like Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County etc.

No side has a divine right to be in the top division. We proved that point big style with years of mismanagement. Other 'big' sides will drop like we did, it's only a matter of time with things like administration points deductions.
 
The 4-0 away loss to Portsmouth in torrential downpour a couple year back.
Most miserable day that I can remember.

Aye that was a bad one. 5am start, drenched to the bone, 4-0 down on chav island thousands of miles from home

Seen us lose at Lincoln, Bolton, Shrewsbury, Burton and the likes, but the one that takes the biscuit was Cheltenham.

Finished work at 1pm on a Tuesday after an early start, picked me mate up, drove down in one go, couldn't drink, got beat 2-1, lost me parking ticket, paid £30 to get out of the car park, got home at 4am, back up for work at 6, probably £100 lighter. For what. I think it was Dodds and proctor in charge and Defoe came on for us. How on earth did we get promoted that season

Also big shout out to teams at the SoL time wasting for a nil nil, 30 seconds into the first half
 
Never thought I'd see the day that a club of our stature would fail to sell out a Wembley final, it was unthinkable. But as I looked up at several thousand empty seats in the top tier against Charlton, it hit home just how far we had fallen.
 
Not playing a 3rd round FA Cup game for half a decade. Knocked out by Walsall, Gillingham, Mansfield and Mansfield.

Losing to Barton
 
The fact we were rarely any good. Finishing around the play-offs, and only just making it in the promotion league (playing well at Wembley though). Lots of draws, hoping for late goals that wouldn’t come, never looking close to a top two finish.
 
Missing so many home games, due to Covid, probably only missed an average of 1 per season since 1965/66 until then. FTM
 

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