Great post Thirkers. I am also one who lived through those agonies, and can recall such desperate disappointment as the 1970 quadruple collapsing to nothing.
However, with respect, I think there was one crucial difference between those crushing blows and the current disasters: in those days, there was always the consolation that "well, there's always next season", when we knew we would be back again and surely our luck would finally change. This season, if we don't make it up, there is the horrible thought behind everything that permanent Div 3 status may be awaiting. Beckford will go, followed by who knows..............Snodgrass, Howson ? Crowds will dwindle. Recruitment of good replacements will be impossible. Etc etc. We all repeat over and over the mantra that WE KNOW THAT ONE DAY WE WILL GET BACK TO WHERE WE BELONG, but I think we all fear that actually we may not. Ever. The only similar feeling from the Good Old Days was after the 75 EC Final when we knew the great old team was breaking up and we had just blown our one and only chance to get our name on the top honours list..............plus we were facing a ban from European football. I thought this the other day when Dr. Loopy mentioned how hard it is to support Arsenal. It is a totally different order of disappointment for all those fairweather fans who support the Big 4 (OK......3). Whatever happens, they are still going to have another season of visits from the likes of Barcelona or Inter etc. _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
