The League One Promotion Race

Discussion in 'Association Football Discussion' started by GIMH, Apr 4, 2013.

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  1. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Highlight of Colchester's League history was being the highest placed team in East Anglia - ahead of Ipswich, Norwich and Southend. Not sure when that was now. 2005? 2006? Sometime around then.

    Things haven't been the same since leaving Layer Road.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 4, 2013
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  2. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Layer Road was a shithole though, wasn't it? Not even like Saltergate which had its own sense of derelict charm, or Gay Meadow which was similar (aside from the lack of running water in the toilets, I kid you not). Layer Road was just tiny and ugly.
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  3. Riddy JH Ridd

    finished 8th in the championship with the prolific jamie cureton and chris imelumo up top!
     
    Riddy, Apr 4, 2013
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  4. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Yeah. An absolutely charmless dump.

    But away teams, especially from bigger clubs, hated going to Layer Road. Cuckoo Farm just isn't as debilitating to away teams.

    Didn't Jamie Cureton win the Championship's Golden Boot. :lol:

    Highlight of that season has to be ensuring that Phil Parkinson got the boot from Hull.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 4, 2013
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  5. Riddy JH Ridd

    haha he may well of done actually!
     
    Riddy, Apr 4, 2013
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  6. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    I went there twice. Our best side since relegation won there in 04, and a pathetic shadow of that side went down 0-1 there the following season and looked to be heading down.

    The benefit of such a tiny place is it always seems full which helps the atmosphere. Seem to remember the area around the ground not being all that bad tbf. Did visit a sex shop on my first visit there.
     
    GIMH, Apr 4, 2013
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  7. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Rumours abounding of Portsmouth being banned from completing their fixtures this season for financial reasons.

    Won't happen, and tbh I don't want it to as I'd not like to see any club go under (though these clubs to need to learn the hard way instead of beign bailed out and rebuilding, see Leicester City, for example) but if it did it would leave the table as follows:

    TEAM, GD, PTS

    Doncaster +17 71
    Bournemouth +14 69
    Brentford +12 67
    Sheff Utd +17 66
    Tranmere +14 65
    Yeovil +13 65
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Swindon +27 62
    Walsall +6 59
    MK Dons +14 58
    L Orient +3 58

    Which leave me feeling slightly conflicted :ph34r:
     
    GIMH, Apr 5, 2013
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  8. Riddy JH Ridd

    dat brentford point with 9 men.

    top 6 look pretty secure now.
     
    Riddy, Apr 17, 2013
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  9. Cevno IV Narang

    Portsmouth relegated to league 2. Will start next season with a 10pt deduction. Has there ever been a bigger fall from grace?

    From playing European football in the 2008/2009 season to the 4th tier all with-in 5 seasons.


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    Cevno, Apr 17, 2013
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  10. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Cunts beat us on their way down though didn't they? And Hartlepool as well. Those two games alone would have been enough to have us sat in 6th now.

    This post was brought to you from my window ledge, I may or may not jump...
     
    GIMH, Apr 17, 2013
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  11. Arheiner SIA Yates

    Not in recent memory. Bradford dropped down 3 tiers pretty quickly, and Leeds went from the Champions League to league 1 in under 5 seasons though IIRC.
     
    Arheiner, Apr 17, 2013
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  12. Julian BJ Taylor

    Go Yeovil./
     
    Julian, Apr 17, 2013
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  13. Riddy JH Ridd

    why?
     
    Riddy, Apr 17, 2013
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  14. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Shame Bournemouth didn't win the League ahead of some Northern monkeys, but as least they'll get a go in the Championship next season. Can't see them doing particularly well, but they'll be there.

    And Colchester stayed up by the skin of their teeth. We'll be looking for some decent transfer activity in the off season as this lot are clearly short of where they need to be.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Apr 28, 2013
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  15. cloughie09 TJ Clough

    We must have got to league two in 7 as we have been here for 6 years which is still pretty shocking, although can see wolves doing a good job of beating us at that
     
    cloughie09, Apr 28, 2013
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  16. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Serves the shandy drinking tosspots right for whining about not being allowed to lift a trophy that they hadnt yet won.
     
    GIMH, Apr 28, 2013
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  17. Riddy JH Ridd

    disagree, bounremouth will do better than doncaster for sure.
     
    Riddy, Apr 28, 2013
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  18. Riddy JH Ridd

    yes! go yeovil.
     
    Riddy, May 7, 2013
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  19. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    AWTA
     
    GIMH, May 7, 2013
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  20. Riddy JH Ridd

    never been as high as the championship. would be pretty cool.
     
    Riddy, May 7, 2013
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