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Post by JohnnyNeptune on Apr 16, 2011 22:45:54 GMT 1
you'd take cheer from the fact blackpool are going back where they belong, but, you know, division 2 is two divisions higher than where they belong so...
it's a tricky one. it's a start i guess.
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Post by plumbs on Apr 17, 2011 17:13:00 GMT 1
You're asking for the wrath of the football gods to strike you down sith,which is what happens when you diss another club in the seasons run-in.Daley did it last week with Bornmuff now they've started to plummet down the Huddersfield division  Is that Stoke I hear packing some bags for a day out? |
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Post by Wizaard on Apr 18, 2011 16:45:18 GMT 1
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Post by fgrfc_dan on Apr 18, 2011 17:06:34 GMT 1
They don't lie but our being 18th mainly reflects the fact we've spent most of the last 100 years beating nearly everyone in Division 3 (South) and rarely ventured into leagues where other teams might beat us.
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Post by brispie on Apr 18, 2011 17:10:35 GMT 1
15th?
It's all about perception at any given time. Most younger fans see Blackpool as a lower league team on a good run. Those with longer memories probably think they are back where they belong.
I reckon that Blackpool and Notts would both be in the 2nd tier if all things were about right.
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Post by markelt on Apr 18, 2011 17:32:43 GMT 1
Isn't this a more accurate refelction of things, covering just the top division. Which means Balckpool are still handily placed and Bournemouth and Port Vale aren't on it at all. www.rsssf.com/tablese/engalltime.html |
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Post by JohnnyNeptune on Apr 18, 2011 17:34:01 GMT 1
oi stabber. i appear to have booked myself on a course in bristol by mistake. name a pub where we can meet on the 11th may. i say meet, a pub where we can go outside and discuss this in the street, like gentlemen.
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Post by markelt on Apr 18, 2011 17:42:09 GMT 1
Oi Bris. I think it depends who you associate them with. For me Notts County = and Jimmy Sirrel so that outs you in the top half of the second tier, I reckon. Blackpool, is Matthews and Mortensen so definitely a Top Division club. Boirnemouth is Ted MacDougall which measn third / fourth Division.
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Post by JohnnyNeptune on Apr 18, 2011 17:43:46 GMT 1
manchester united and scotland striker ted mcdougall?
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Post by markelt on Apr 18, 2011 17:45:56 GMT 1
Yes. Him.
Wasn't he personally responsible for getting Manchester United relegated in an attempt to find his level?
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Post by JohnnyNeptune on Apr 18, 2011 17:48:31 GMT 1
i'm pretty sure that was denis law.
"Before the season was over, MacDougall had left Old Trafford, transferred to West Ham United, as Docherty set out to fashion a new United. In his brief time at United he scored five goals in only eighteen games. His stay at West Ham was short. A dressing-room punch-up with Billy Bonds following a 5–1 defeat at the hands of Leeds curtailed his stint at the London club"
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Post by jaymz on Apr 19, 2011 15:22:22 GMT 1
We're 33rd according to Wiki. Wiki is bollocks.
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Post by Wizaard on Apr 19, 2011 15:48:21 GMT 1
Ted McDougall played for us as player coach when we had to apply for re-election under Alan Ball in the early 80s. We'd got enough points to stay up but they forgot to post off some registration forms. Cost us 2 points. Bear in mind that Bloomfield Rd to the Football league HQ in those days was about three miles and the incompetence just gets worse.
And some are moaning about how we might drop out of the Premiership, and that it's a disgrace.
Get some perspective.
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Post by AndyM on Apr 19, 2011 15:57:44 GMT 1
Second tier of English football should be
PNE, Blackpool, Bolton, Blackburn, Burnley, Hull, Sheff U, Hudders, Cardiff, Middlesbro, Charlton, Palace, Brizzle C, Leicester, Coventry, QPR, Pompey, Millwall, Norwich, Plymouth, Brum, Fulham, Watford, Brighton
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Post by brispie on Apr 21, 2011 15:48:39 GMT 1
Top flight for us eh? Probably a bit too much, but thanks for that.
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