JCH

Dave Pritchard getting a season ending injury was also the nail in the coffin

Of course we have declined, no doubt about that.

Again back in the late 80's when Gerry Francis took over and we were playing at Twerton it wasn't holding us back, as Wimbledon and Oxford were getting to the top flight in similar grounds, Cambridge also came close to getting promoted to the top flight as well.

Fast forward 30 years and The Mem in comparison, moving with the times is far worse than us playing at Twerton back then, The Mem is the main reason for our decline.

We've seen Reading, Wigan, Cardiff, Swansea, Hull, Brighton, Brentford all fly past us because they've improved facilities and infrastructure.

So it's an almighty struggle for us to compete with those clubs of similar stature to ours, let alone the likes of Leeds,Leicester,Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich and Derby who all can still pull in 25k-30k supporters even in the 3rd Division when we're still knocking about in a dilapidated old Rugby ground.

It can be done as Bournemouth and Luton have shown but it's far more difficult for us to compete now with our facilities than ever before.

Pritch, Ronnie and Simon Bryant. It was only going to go south with those three out.

Of course, some drone on and say we deliberately messed up and star strikers weren't interested.

Yawn.🏴‍☠️

However much i try to forget it just never goes away, the excitement of the madejski and us, seemingly going to go up and as champions. I can’t remember specifics but i did not get home until 7 am next day as the OB closed off the outside of the ground, to avoid both sets of support bumping into each other and me and one other had to try and find a way through, ended up on some industrial estate and then we knew our bus would be gone. 
I seem to remember Preston beating us at home and thinking we we not as good as i though we were 

One i will never forget. Another i got home very late from as i had to bloody hide, lucky i was not found as they were like rabid dogs that day 

Does that article suggest that Posh haven't had a single offer of either player?

Is tomorrow the day?

Think we would be better off getting on the phone to Boro trying to persuade them that the best thing for Coburn’s development is to see if he can maintain form for the whole season at a promotion chasing L1 club rather than getting the odd five minute cameo off the bench at championship level when the game is already won or lost.