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Give me the Rovers any day
In the old days of the first division (ie pre Premier League) there was always a chance that a "lesser" team would do rather well or even win it.From 1970 to 1974 you had 5 different winners (Everton,Arsenal,Derby,Liverpool,Leeds) and even during Liverpool's dominance in the late 70's and 80's you still had a varied selection of victors (Forest,Villa,Everton,Arsenal)And think of all those runners up during that time.QPR only lost out to Liverpool in 1976 on the last day.Ipswich,Watford,Swansea,Southampton all put in strong displays and even West Ham stood a chance in 1986.That any of those teams could do anything like that nowadays is unthinkable,Leicester last year excepted.Nowadays it's the same old,same old battling for the top 6 with the odd team breaking in every few years (Everton,Southampton)Same with the FA cup.Again,with the odd exception,the last 20 years seem to be one of Arsenal,Chelsea,Liverpool or Man UtdReally dont care about the Premier League and Sky.Give me the Rovers any day
That any of those teams could do anything like that nowadays is unthinkable,Leicester last year excepted.
You had real fans in those days rather than the plastic fans that only support teams to be able to brag on a Monday morning at work.The price is driving traditional working class fans away to be replaced by the more affluent in the Premier League stands.All sports must progress but top level football seems like a greedy, obese child that is demanding more and more. Eventually the child will die through ill health, and all self inflicted.RTID rather than til a better more successful team comes along.
Quote from: idler on February 25, 2017, 09:32:46 amYou had real fans in those days rather than the plastic fans that only support teams to be able to brag on a Monday morning at work.The price is driving traditional working class fans away to be replaced by the more affluent in the Premier League stands.All sports must progress but top level football seems like a greedy, obese child that is demanding more and more. Eventually the child will die through ill health, and all self inflicted.RTID rather than til a better more successful team comes along.That's been happening since God was a lad Idler. The numbers of Donny folk who hitched a ride on top flight teams of the day is proof of that.