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Didn't they get relegated into the bargain?

Well the strength of feeling seemed strong among the fan base when Rafa went but aye, it was all talk. Our fans don't do protest very well. Few banners outside sports direct etc. Blackpool did it properly when they wanted rid of Oyston. Crowds went down to sub 1k I'm sure and protests were regular outside Bloomfield Road during games.

Was there last night. Not a nice atmosphere. Daftness. Too many kids trying to wind each other up.

I really wasn't having a go at you huss9. Each to their own. As I say I can understand people staying. Ashley was still in charge when I went back so I could be criticised for that. I just feel a mass exodus might have hastened his departure.

Very similar circumstances to myself. After 29 years I gave my ST up when we failed to keep Rafa. On a deal also. Loyalty pts wiped. Expected 10s of thousands staying away and doing the same but nowhere near as many did in reality. Wondered why I'd bothered and felt let down by our fan base. Still do if I'm honest. After missing it and thinking my staying away was futile I gambled on going back. After all I could walk away if nowt changed. I can understand why people persevered. It's hard to stop doing what you've enjoyed doing all your life. Some worried about the loyalty point aspect but those who walked away did so to improve the club. So that there would be cup finals as there is now. Only thing is the ones who tried to make a difference are now missing out and have people like Magdad mocking them, along with the disabled. Out of order Magdad. We all have opinions but shouldn't resort to personal insults.

Swansea v Bradford in a cup final man. There was even Portsmouth v Cardiff in an FA cup final one year. All those years when cups were practically there for the taking and our lot weren't interested.

You surprise me with Dundee Utd. Didn't realise they'd actually won anything in Europe. Can remember them going very close. Seen them lose the 87 Scottish cup final to St Mirren...up the saints! Then think they lost a European final a few days later. Had they beaten Barcelona in the semis?

Class! That "It's a goal" jingle brings back memories. Can hear it vividly in my mind. The tension when you heard it was massive.

It's NUFC. Anything can happen on any day. Never know what we're going to get.

Yes, I think most thought it was job done. For any club other than ours a 4-1 lead should be a formality.

Without checking records, most of what they achieved in those 50 years was about 45 years ago. You can't take those achievements away but don't recall them achieving much, if anything more than us since the very early 80s.

I pondered driving down for the York game yesterday in case they do go up. That way I'd be helping keep my 92 club membership intact. Ended up going down the road to Blue Star for a dull 1-0 win v Penrith. Another time I suppose. As you say, sadly top spot is sliding away but who knows in the play offs.

And they're forgetting their very lowly finish last season. As for their free/cheap ticket policy. People will get used to that. Unless they're doing really well, the same fans will begrudge paying real ticket prices when asked.

Exactly. Overpriced "beer" in plastic glasses for a mere few hours pre match.

Apologies if I've missed it on previous pages but this is canny for looking up your seat. I used this while choosing mine. https://www.wembleystadium.com/plan-your-visit/stadium-guide/view-from-your-seat

😄 No worries. I must have just been lucky. Hope it continues that night.

Just an option for leaving London late enough that didn't cost the earth. From past experience I've always found the buses comfortable enough. Much prefer the train of course and getting the train down but a chunk of the journey is replaced by a bus anyway.

9.30 Megabus? Only 6 and a half hours ☺. Gets me home straightforwardly anyway. Edit to say I've just noticed the teacher bit. Might be a bit tired at school that day.

They've committed to saying those in pots 1-3 Will get a ticket and I'm guessing they're able to say this based on them knowing how many are eligible in each pot. When you think of it, we have just short of 32K tickets and have a similar number of ST holders I believe. IF so, very few ST holders should miss out...he said desperately trying to reassure himself as much as you Jack ☺

Very good of her but I thought they'd already said they won't be postponing engineering work for the final. Hope they do change their mind of course.

Waiting for the KO time is like waiting for the outcome of a VAR call. Taking way longer than it really should.

Aye, That's right now you've reminded me. We went...very briefly, until we realised it was full of mancs, and plastic mancs.

Im sure for the last final someone put out a great list of places for those not going to the game. London Mags maybe?

Think loads would be pissed up by that time of night, especially as most will be staying down there or arriving in London as early as possible on the Sunday. This in itself would make it harder for the Met' so hopefully it won't happen but who knows nowadays.

Aye, can't grumble with our draws. We've drawn a B team every round.