Handolucifer wrote:Well, Feb 89 we were lost to the wilderness. Spring of 89, a group of people Coordinated a number of County supporters to take the leap to create a new club ( which we all knew meant, continuing the Old club!). The travails and financial commitment of those committed fans going to Wantage, Kintbury ( 3-0 defeat!), Shortwood etc! 500 + at our first game at Moreton. Look where we are now. And we have so many supporters who have grown up with this club and have their own experiences. I do despair at the negativity shown by some of the posters on this forum. We are playing Man City this sarturday. I was part of the group establishing our new club. Our object was to regain English football league status. It had attachments including FA Cup access. This week, 30 years of guts delivers. Now, can we all just enjoy this fantastic moment, please?

Stan A. Einstein wrote:1979, we beat West Ham. 1980, the season of triumph. 1981 Quarter Final of a major European competition. 1983 Easter, 1-0 v Cardiff, top of the old third division. And five years later oblivion.

Are we negative or are we just fans able to see that unless in good times you lay down solid foundations it can all implode very quickly?

Handolucifer wrote:Well, Feb 89 we were lost to the wilderness. Spring of 89, a group of people Coordinated a number of County supporters to take the leap to create a new club ( which we all knew meant, continuing the Old club!). The travails and financial commitment of those committed fans going to Wantage, Kintbury ( 3-0 defeat!), Shortwood etc! 500 + at our first game at Moreton. Look where we are now. And we have so many supporters who have grown up with this club and have their own experiences. I do despair at the negativity shown by some of the posters on this forum. We are playing Man City this sarturday. I was part of the group establishing our new club. Our object was to regain English football league status. It had attachments including FA Cup access. This week, 30 years of guts delivers. Now, can we all just enjoy this fantastic moment, please?

aberexile wrote:

Handolucifer wrote:Well, Feb 89 we were lost to the wilderness. Spring of 89, a group of people Coordinated a number of County supporters to take the leap to create a new club ( which we all knew meant, continuing the Old club!). The travails and financial commitment of those committed fans going to Wantage, Kintbury ( 3-0 defeat!), Shortwood etc! 500 + at our first game at Moreton. Look where we are now. And we have so many supporters who have grown up with this club and have their own experiences. I do despair at the negativity shown by some of the posters on this forum. We are playing Man City this sarturday. I was part of the group establishing our new club. Our object was to regain English football league status. It had attachments including FA Cup access. This week, 30 years of guts delivers. Now, can we all just enjoy this fantastic moment, please?

I think this says more about the durability of some of our supporters. Is three or four promotions from lower leagues in 30 years and the last two years of cup runs really that much of a return? Especially for a city of our size. I believe we should hold in our hearts what supporters have done since our rebirth but we were reborn an awful long time ago.

Stan A. Einstein wrote:1979, we beat West Ham. 1980, the season of triumph. 1981 Quarter Final of a major European competition. 1983 Easter, 1-0 v Cardiff, top of the old third division. And five years later oblivion.

Are we negative or are we just fans able to see that unless in good times you lay down solid foundations it can all implode very quickly?

Alan G Bryant wrote:

Stan A. Einstein wrote:1979, we beat West Ham. 1980, the season of triumph. 1981 Quarter Final of a major European competition. 1983 Easter, 1-0 v Cardiff, top of the old third division. And five years later oblivion.

Are we negative or are we just fans able to see that unless in good times you lay down solid foundations it can all implode very quickly?

I think the difference being that this time if a Jerry Sherman comes forward, all the owners will all have a choice as to whether we want someone like that involved.

Justanordinaryfan wrote:"]Well, Feb 89 we were lost to the wilderness. Spring of 89, a group of people Coordinated a number of County supporters to take the leap to create a new club ( which we all knew meant, continuing the Old club!). The travails and financial commitment of those committed fans going to Wantage, Kintbury ( 3-0 defeat!), Shortwood etc! 500 + at our first game at Moreton. Look where we are now. And we have so many supporters who have grown up with this club and have their own experiences. I do despair at the negativity shown by some of the posters on this forum. We are playing Man City this sarturday. I was part of the group establishing our new club. Our object was to regain English football league status. It had attachments including FA Cup access. This week, 30 years of guts delivers. Now, can we all just enjoy this fantastic moment, please?

Alan G Bryant wrote:

Stan A. Einstein wrote:1979, we beat West Ham. 1980, the season of triumph. 1981 Quarter Final of a major European competition. 1983 Easter, 1-0 v Cardiff, top of the old third division. And five years later oblivion.

Are we negative or are we just fans able to see that unless in good times you lay down solid foundations it can all implode very quickly?

I think the difference being that this time if a Jerry Sherman comes forward, all the owners will all have a choice as to whether we want someone like that involved.

Stan A. Einstein wrote:

Alan G Bryant wrote:

Stan A. Einstein wrote:1979, we beat West Ham. 1980, the season of triumph. 1981 Quarter Final of a major European competition. 1983 Easter, 1-0 v Cardiff, top of the old third division. And five years later oblivion.

Are we negative or are we just fans able to see that unless in good times you lay down solid foundations it can all implode very quickly?

I think the difference being that this time if a Jerry Sherman comes forward, all the owners will all have a choice as to whether we want someone like that involved.

Anyone who thinks Jerry Sherman caused County to go under is wrong. Sherman was a vulture. He turned up merely to try to pick the bones of a dead club.

We went bust because we wrongly believed that building a team was more important than building a club. Put simply we didn't put the infrastructure in place.