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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 16:24:46 GMT 1
This has been my 41st season supporting Salop, and in that time there have been a good few highs - the Division 2 years, promotions, cup runs; a good few lows - relegations, that 02/03 season, all the Wembley trips; and a lot of very forgettable mediocrity in between.
But, and despite the fact that we will have stayed up (just), this season has to be a real contender for the one I've enjoyed the least. It promised much, but we ended up with cr@p football, often cr@p results (at home mostly), the manager fiasco, supporter unrest.... I'll just be glad next Saturday evening when it's all over and we can start afresh in August.
Which has been your least enjoyable season?
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Post by tvor on Apr 28, 2019 16:46:05 GMT 1
This has to be right up there I agree.
The 2002/3 season is the obvious worse one, but I also remember the season we were relegated from Division 2 under McNeill as being particularly awful. Not just for how bad we were on the pitch but for loads of off the pitch stuff to endure that season too.
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Post by camdenshrew on Apr 28, 2019 16:53:27 GMT 1
It's been a tale of stop-start across the season and in a lot of the games as well. Some highs, but far too many lows and very little consistency throughout. And considering how much we spent in the summer - and on what we spent it on - it's been a major disappointment. Just glad we managed to stumble across the finishing line.
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Post by horse01 on Apr 28, 2019 16:57:26 GMT 1
2002/03 has to be the worst.
But this season is up there because of the totally inept performances that have been produced. I have witnessed players not trying (Norburn watching the ball roll out next to him), utterly bizarre managerial decisions, ditto for boardroom decisions, a manager influenced by a crowd booing, a lack of leadership, a baffling rotation policy, a crowd abusing a manager after 3 games, supporters falling out with each other.......
and all this after one of the most enjoyable seasons I’ve ever witnessed, a season we should have built on, not regressed from!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 17:05:53 GMT 1
It's not been great but ateast had the excitement of a cup run, theres definitely been worse seasons. Being lazy but I could probably say the last seasons of Mellon, Simpson, Turner and Peter's respectively were dire and did question why I spent time and money going.
Plus then there is the whole Jake King era
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Post by chirkshrew on Apr 28, 2019 17:10:32 GMT 1
73/4 season under Maurice Evans we were dire, and lost to wxm in fa cup
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Post by philharvey on Apr 28, 2019 17:24:42 GMT 1
To be fair this has not been the worst, few highs and plenty of lows, after last seasons effort, with the fact of losing Hurst and so many players leaving was always going to be a big ask, plus Managerial problems, the main thing is we are safe, so it's a case of wait and see, have seen worse seasons .
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Post by Liam on Apr 28, 2019 17:41:06 GMT 1
It's been a bit s**t, but we're still streets ahead of where the club was when I was a lad.
At the time, 3,000 would have been considered a good attendance, and Dean Peer roamed the streets of Shrewsbury, looking for vibes to destroy.
Frustrating as it's been, In the great scheme of things, this has been one of our best seasons for the past 30 years, so let's not go all Temuri Ketsbaia.
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Post by Dale on Apr 28, 2019 17:58:27 GMT 1
This season has been seriously underwhelming compared to where we were last season, I would have been happy with a solid mid table finish this season similar to where Burton are now, I think we have seriously underperformed this season and both managerial appointments have been poor IMO.
In terms of the worst season ever, I guess the cup run gave us a bit of a lift even if the league form was dire, similar to 2002/03 and 2015/16 in that respect. 2013/14 probably ranks as the worst season since we moved as we had no cup runs to get excited about and never looked like escaping the drop all season either, worst altogether probably still is 2002/03 though purely because dropping out of the Football League was a disaster, 1996/97 runs it close though.
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Post by venceremos on Apr 28, 2019 18:31:02 GMT 1
Obviously not a great season but surely a case of most recent memory syndrome if this ranks so low.
Did anyone really enjoy the Turner/Jackson relegation season more? Or the Peters seasons struggling in the bottom half of League 2? Maybe for personal reasons but the football was definitely worse than this time.
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Post by Ambergambler on Apr 28, 2019 18:35:32 GMT 1
The 2003/4 Radcliffe season out of the football league and didn’t look a chance in hell of us bouncing back up 1st time.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Apr 28, 2019 18:46:55 GMT 1
a season to forget with some dire football and we have had a few in the time i have supported town but been relegated out of the football league was the worst as i had real concerns we could just slide into oblivion .
just relived we have scrapped to safety and as always i will be hopeful at the start of next season.
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Post by FloreatShrew on Apr 28, 2019 18:54:10 GMT 1
Not a chance, it's been poor but there's been some magical away games. I will remember Stoke away for many years to come. That was special.
Both Wolves matches. We caused them more issues this season than half the premier league.
I'd even mention Salford away as a joyful match.
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Apr 28, 2019 18:59:29 GMT 1
No different to most seasons supporting the Town. Underwhelming overall but still contains some great memories. Maybe last season we took wins for granted, but this season every win has been a proper moment to savour.
The biggest disappointment for me has been the crowd dissent but overall our home and away support has been class for the most part.
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Post by Pilch on Apr 28, 2019 19:34:04 GMT 1
This has been my 41st season supporting Salop, and in that time there have been a good few highs - the Division 2 years, promotions, cup runs; a good few lows - relegations, that 02/03 season, all the Wembley trips; and a lot of very forgettable mediocrity in between. But, and despite the fact that we will have stayed up (just), this season has to be a real contender for the one I've enjoyed the least. It promised much, but we ended up with cr@p football, often cr@p results (at home mostly), the manager fiasco, supporter unrest.... I'll just be glad next Saturday evening when it's all over and we can start afresh in August. Which has been your least enjoyable season? I’ve also followed us for 41 years Some seasons we got relegated and had no cup runs Some season we struggled in league 2 Pick any of those They were far far worse than this season
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 20:13:56 GMT 1
It's been a disappointing season, but no where near the worst, or least enjoyable for me.
Probably Turner's last season here. I seriously thought about packing watching the Town in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 20:52:40 GMT 1
That crestfallen end of season where Town (or rather Robbie Turner) chucked it away at home to Northampton to miss the play-offs under John Bond, would that have been 92-93.
This season is right up there for me. Take the cup run out of it and it might be the worst.
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Post by Namur on Apr 28, 2019 21:08:55 GMT 1
2009/10... the last season of Paul Simpson.
Bang average at best, punctuated by some truly dire results such as Staines in the FA Cup and the loss to a rapidly sinking Darlington side. After that particular game (Darlington) PS immediately decided to publicly berate and blame the fans who’d stuck around to support the team and had the nerve to voice their displeasure. In fact, he increasingly chose to blame and criticise everyone and everything but himself that year.
It really left you feeling that the whole stadium move was a complete waste of time and alienated a lot of supporters, permanently in some cases.
This has been a terrible hangover season from last year and we have done ok. Got over the line, with a decent cup-run for measure.
Hopefully can wipe the slate clean and build on it for next year with SR.
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Post by Namur on Apr 28, 2019 21:14:14 GMT 1
I so let's not go all Temuri Ketsbaia. What a fantastic way of putting it 😀 You also mentioned Dean Peer, so you obviously know how to keep a sense of perspective over this season 😉
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Post by Stowmarket Shrew on Apr 28, 2019 22:14:46 GMT 1
Wow, do some really genuinely think this has been the worst ever?! They must have some short memories. Late 90's early 2000's under King and Ratcliffe must give us 4 or 5 seasons of utter mediocrity way way worse than this. Average crowds of 2500, awful football, bumbling along at best at the bottom of what's now league two, no cup runs, no real expectation of anything other than surviving.
I get the real sense of anticlimax about this season but despite all the rubbish we've put up we've survived, we've had a few decent wins, a run in the cup, seen some big teams home and away. This is my 31st season and I doubt it's anywhere close to my top ten worse.
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Post by Pilch on Apr 29, 2019 0:05:00 GMT 1
Wow, do some really genuinely think this has been the worst ever?! They must have some short memories. Late 90's early 2000's under King and Ratcliffe must give us 4 or 5 seasons of utter mediocrity way way worse than this. Average crowds of 2500, awful football, bumbling along at best at the bottom of what's now league two, no cup runs, no real expectation of anything other than surviving. I get the real sense of anticlimax about this season but despite all the rubbish we've put up we've survived, we've had a few decent wins, a run in the cup, seen some big teams home and away. This is my 31st season and I doubt it's anywhere close to my top ten worse. it is strange I think this season has been far from our worst 2 hat tricks for Fejiri some very memorable fa cup ties including one of our best ever victories in the history of the club after being 2 down, a good win on tv to put class of 92 in their place, and a full house home and away and so near against high flying wolves some promising performance towards the end of the season when we most needed them and still to come a free roll at sending down a rival not a bad season on the back of last seasons disappointments not many really great displays this season but then again I cant remember many last season
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Apr 29, 2019 0:17:58 GMT 1
This season loses out on how it has panned out compared to expectation.
But we have seen a lot, lot worse. Far worse.
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Post by TheFoz on Apr 29, 2019 4:02:26 GMT 1
It’s been disappointing after the highs of last season.
But as Salop fans, we just have to accept that seasons like this are pretty common.
We just have to hang around in this league and wait for that season where it all comes together.
If Ricketts can get in a few more talented lads like Williams and Campbell, who knows what could happen?
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 29, 2019 8:57:20 GMT 1
Got to be up there I reckon, if only because both managerial appointments made this season sit one and two in the list of worse starts for a Town manager. To happen the once was a kick in the pips, twice on the bounce was something else... We've had worse of course (but then we were in a different place then) but this really is one to forget. Just seems a complete waste considering what happened last season, we get things moving in the right direction and we've not managed to build on that at all. I think that adds a tad to the feelings around the last 10 months...just wasted, back to square one, we're just not progressing. Unless just sticking around in this division is all we can hope for...
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Post by blueboy62 on Apr 29, 2019 9:51:13 GMT 1
Far from the worst season for me but probably the most Frustrating ever. Full of inconsistency, mistakes, underperforming, good results, great Cup run, good signings, poor signings, hopes raised and hopes dashed.
Last seasons success proved our downfall this season. A chaotic summer with a new manager,new players and no preparation. Come November we repeated the process.
We flirted with relegation but so did half the others. We survived and I'm strangely optimistic for next season.
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Apr 29, 2019 10:00:00 GMT 1
In terms of worst Starts - Here is the record for ALL Managers after 16 League Games
1950/51 Sammy Crooks Division 3 (N) 2 1 9 7 -17 2018/19 Sam Ricketts League 1 1 6 5 9 -8 1957/58 Johnny Spuhler Division 3 (S) 3 1 8 10 -6 2013/14 Mike Jackson League 1 2 5 5 11 -5 1973/74 Alan Durban Division 3 3 2 7 11 -8 1990/91 John Bond Division 3 3 2 7 11 -1 2007/08+2008/09 Paul Simpson League 2 2 6 4 12 0 2018/19 John Askey League 1 2 6 4 12 -2 1999/00 Kevin Ratcliffe Division 3 3 3 6 12 -4 2004/05 Gary Peters League 2 3 3 6 12 -4 1954/55 Walter Rowley Division 3 (S) 3 4 5 13 -5 1968/69 Harry Gregg Division 3 3 4 5 13 -6
Both managers feature in the top 8! Rickets Second worst start!
The actual start to the season I believe was the worst in clubs history. Sure i did the research on that but cant lay my hands on what I posted up then.
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Post by ssshrew on Apr 29, 2019 10:09:16 GMT 1
Not the worst for me at all. It was always going to be tough after last season and what followed. I agree Paul Simpson’s last season is well up there for me. I just couldn’t wait for it to end.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Apr 29, 2019 10:23:58 GMT 1
How can anyone compare this season to the Jake King years is frankly beyond me. Even the infamous 02/03 Ratcliffe year had at least some bright spots, the Everton FA Cup game, and some of our forward play between Rogers and Jamison was a joy to watch at times. We only got let down by a e defence.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Apr 29, 2019 10:35:08 GMT 1
How can anyone compare this season to the Jake King years is frankly beyond me. Even the infamous 02/03 Ratcliffe year had at least some bright spots, the Everton FA Cup game, and some of our forward play between Rogers and Jamison was a joy to watch at times. We only got let down by a e defence. Context is everything. This season came after one of the best (arguably the best) in decades. We started full of hope and we've ended it right back at square one. I honestly can't remember ever being so disappointed, even in the Ratcliffe days. Back then we were basically struggling to survive on and off the pitch. The relegation wasn't entirely unexpected. This season has just veen a disjointed mess full of false dawns and a real disconnect between fans and the club.
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Apr 29, 2019 10:36:42 GMT 1
I guess the question that underpins why so many people are miffed is is this the biggest change from amazing to awful in two seasons....
The king era was gash but generally the football seasons either side of that were pretty average too.
Last year we ride the crest of the wave and this year we almost drowned...
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