[warfey is a spireite]

Has to be most exiting season in coxs tenure , just fell short , oh for that again , i thought afew matches ago we were going to replicate that season , as did many other older town fans ,its looking less likely now week by week

[martatcross]

warfey is a spireite, on 26 October 2014 - 08:04 AM, said:

Has to be most exiting season in coxs tenure , just fell short , oh for that again , i thought afew matches ago we were going to replicate that season , as did many other older town fans ,its looking less likely now week by week

cast your mind back Dave and think what missing out cost us finacially we over stretched and when that gamble didnt pay off including just after Cox i.e Barlow . Look where we fell and the cost of it Yes it was great yes it will be remembered but we cannot go there again. The club debts are much to high. It is rumoured that Higdon wanted 6K a week to play for us we cannot afford big wages anymore.

[whittman]

warfey is a spireite, on 26 October 2014 - 08:04 AM, said:

Has to be most exiting season in coxs tenure , just fell short , oh for that again , i thought afew matches ago we were going to replicate that season , as did many other older town fans ,its looking less likely now week by week

In that season I remember us winning 2-1 at a strong Oxford side and thinking if we keep this side together till end of season we have a

chance of going up

What did Cox do? He made several big money signings and changed the team for a big home match against fellow contenders Blackburn

We lost 1-0 and everyone moaned about the team being changed and we were always on the back foot for the rest of the season

Time dulls the memory of what everyone thought was all sweetness and light under Cox

And he jumped ship to Newcastle at the start of the season after leaving us nearly bankrupt because we failed to get into what is now the Championship

This post has been edited by whittman: 26 October 2014 - 08:17 AM

[warfey is a spireite]

martatcross, on 26 October 2014 - 08:15 AM, said:

cast your mind back Dave and think what missing out cost us finacially we over stretched and when that gamble didnt pay off including just after Cox i.e Barlow . Look where we fell and the cost of it Yes it was great yes it will be remembered but we cannot go there again. The club debts are much to high. It is rumoured that Higdon wanted 6K a week to play for us we cannot afford big wages anymore.

what a great ride though ,in comparision felt we were heading same way last two away have dulled my optimism

[azul]

warfey is a spireite, on 26 October 2014 - 08:04 AM, said:

Has to be most exiting season in coxs tenure , just fell short , oh for that again , i thought afew matches ago we were going to replicate that season , as did many other older town fans ,its looking less likely now week by week

Ultimate failure with the prospect of financial meltdown

Be careful what you wish for

[essexspireman]

if I remember rightly, 3 points for a win came in the season after we finished one place outside the promotion places. We would have been in the Championship if 3 points for a win had been brought in a season earlier

[whittman]

essexspireman, on 26 October 2014 - 08:45 AM, said:

if I remember rightly, 3 points for a win came in the season after we finished one place outside the promotion places. We would have been in the Championship if 3 points for a win had been brought in a season earlier

Correct we would have gone up instead of the Bowels

[60s 70s Spireite]

whittman, on 26 October 2014 - 08:16 AM, said:

In that season I remember us winning 2-1 at a strong Oxford side and thinking if we keep this side together till end of season we have a

chance of going up

What did Cox do? He made several big money signings and changed the team for a big home match against fellow contenders Blackburn

We lost 1-0 and everyone moaned about the team being changed and we were always on the back foot for the rest of the season

Time dulls the memory of what everyone thought was all sweetness and light under Cox

And he jumped ship to Newcastle at the start of the season after leaving us nearly bankrupt because we failed to get into what is now the Championship

If that team needed one addition, it was someone to challenge Walker for the second striker position, a true sniffer. The heartbeat of the team was doing great and indeed needed no change.

[newbold ken]

whittman, on 26 October 2014 - 08:16 AM, said:

In that season I remember us winning 2-1 at a strong Oxford side and thinking if we keep this side together till end of season we have a

chance of going up

What did Cox do? He made several big money signings and changed the team for a big home match against fellow contenders Blackburn

We lost 1-0 and everyone moaned about the team being changed and we were always on the back foot for the rest of the season

Time dulls the memory of what everyone thought was all sweetness and light under Cox

And he jumped ship to Newcastle at the start of the season after leaving us nearly bankrupt because we failed to get into what is now the Championship

Still left a good side for 80/1 season mate - not his fault Barlow failed to take us up after being 4/5 to WIN the league in oct 80, although we were perhaps too successful in the cups resulting in 60 odd games played that season

[newbold ken]

martatcross, on 26 October 2014 - 08:15 AM, said:

cast your mind back Dave and think what missing out cost us finacially we over stretched and when that gamble didnt pay off including just after Cox i.e Barlow . Look where we fell and the cost of it Yes it was great yes it will be remembered but we cannot go there again. The club debts are much to high. It is rumoured that Higdon wanted 6K a week to play for us we cannot afford big wages anymore.

Cant have sunk that low - we won the fourth div championship in 84/5

[martatcross]

newbold ken, on 26 October 2014 - 09:36 AM, said:

Cant have sunk that low - we won the fourth div championship in 84/5

It was a great time but I remember the near bankrupcy getting the ground trashed by Millwall and no money to repair it. Having hardly any players left and the club having a critical time finacially almost facing closure the point is the gamble cost us I wouldnt want to see us over stretch again football needs to be more financially aware these days.

[60s 70s Spireite]

newbold ken, on 26 October 2014 - 09:36 AM, said:

Cant have sunk that low - we won the fourth div championship in 84/5

To be fair that was a minor miracle. Very few players left from the Cox era, and playing kids like young Phil Brown. The signing of Bob Newton sealed it for us. Watching the side that was relegated the season before, I felt we were returning to 1960s level.

[Wooden Spoon]

essexspireman, on 26 October 2014 - 08:45 AM, said:

if I remember rightly, 3 points for a win came in the season after we finished one place outside the promotion places. We would have been in the Championship if 3 points for a win had been brought in a season earlier

yep, and then the following season we had an injury to Wilson in the anglo Scottish cup, our form dipped and we missed out.

Was it bonnyman that was brought in mid season and it seemed to disrupt the side for a couple of games?

Our home form back then was awesome. away not so good. You expected a win everytime at saltergate, and the football was superb.

Is it a coincidence that everytime we did well from 1970 (ish) to 1985(ish) Ernie was our striker?

newbold ken, on 26 October 2014 - 09:36 AM, said:

Cant have sunk that low - we won the fourth div championship in 84/5

we almost went bust!!!!!!!!!!




had to sell a lot of the houses near the ground we owed and the council helped us out with a loan IIRC

[clarevoyant.]

a kick in the balls, on 26 October 2014 - 10:34 AM, said:

yep, and then the following season we had an injury to Wilson in the anglo Scottish cup, our form dipped and we missed out.

Was it bonnyman that was brought in mid season and it seemed to disrupt the side for a couple of gam

It was Bonnyman along with John Stirk whose sole purpose seemed to be in giving the pigeons on the stand roof a hard time

[newbold ken]

clarevoyant., on 26 October 2014 - 10:42 AM, said:

It was Bonnyman along with John Stirk whose sole purpose seemed to be in giving the pigeons on the stand roof a hard time

Brought in transfer deadline day 1980 , as Whitman rightly says changed the team for the Blackburn game which we lost

[martatcross]

clarevoyant., on 26 October 2014 - 10:42 AM, said:

It was Bonnyman along with John Stirk whose sole purpose seemed to be in giving the pigeons on the stand roof a hard time

If in doubt kick it out

[warfey is a spireite]

martatcross, on 26 October 2014 - 11:28 AM, said:

If in doubt kick it out

he cost 40 k too

[clarevoyant.]

martatcross, on 26 October 2014 - 11:28 AM, said:

If in doubt kick it out

He was full of doubt

[frearsghost]

clarevoyant., on 26 October 2014 - 11:41 AM, said:

He was full of doubt

The only Town player I recall who got a huge cheer for actually playing a ball down the line that stayed in.

[martatcross]

frearsghost, on 26 October 2014 - 11:45 AM, said:

The only Town player I recall who got a huge cheer for actually playing a ball down the line that stayed in.

bet it was windy

This post has been edited by martatcross: 26 October 2014 - 12:04 PM