(D Telegraph) League 1 need not be so bad...

[.comsaint]

so say's Sam Green.

 

League One need not be so bad for Southampton - at least they will exist.

Football fans are adept at gallows humour, but it will be difficult for Southampton fans to muster much to smile about when their team completes a wretched season at Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

 

Over the past nine months, we have seen the acceleration of one of the most harrowing falls from grace suffered by a football club in recent times.

 

The recriminations for what has happened at the St Mary's Stadium will, understandably, be long and bitter. The responsibility must lie with those in charge of the club at board level over the past five years.

 

 

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/samgreen/blog/2009/04/30/league_one_need_not_be_so_bad_for_southampton__at_least_they_will_exist

Edited 1 May, 2009 by Pancake
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[St Landrew]

The wider football community is certainly awaiting the revival of SFC with keen interest, because I haven't seen anything like the column inches devoted to Charlton Athletic who, although they don't have anything like the history, are going through a relegation experience, and have been a Premiership club more recently than Saints.

 

Let's just hope that the Daily Telegraph article doesn't turn out to be an epitaph.

[chocco boxo]

Did we not used to be everyones second favourite club? ;-)

[ITKSaint]

I haven't seen anything like the column inches devoted to Charlton Athletic

 

They haven't gone into administration (yet).

Edited 1 May, 2009 by St Landrew
Tidying up. FOC

[The Dogman Of Bassett]

Did you read the sticky about cutting and pasting?

 

"You must not copy and paste articles from other news sources onto this forum."

 

I suggest you edit your post and simply use the hyperlink.

[JustMike]

Did you read the sticky about cutting and pasting?

 

"You must not copy and paste articles from other news sources onto this forum."

 

I suggest you edit your post and simply use the hyperlink.

 

mod in training

[ozzmeister]

Did you read the sticky about cutting and pasting?

 

"You must not copy and paste articles from other news sources onto this forum."

 

I suggest you edit your post and simply use the hyperlink.

 

Thought it was agreed that it was ok providing the source is quoted, which said article is.

[Trader]

Good article - spot on in my view

[aintforever]

Complete ****** comparing us to Leeds or Leicester, chances are we will get bought by a bunch of paupers and get relegated due to the -10.

 

If we fall on our feet with a wealthy owner we might stand a chance of avoiding a nasty relegation battle, until then to compare us to those two clubs is daft.

[Scummer]

That Crouch statement is going to keep coming back at us isn't it.

 

For what it's worth, I don't think he meant it as it came out. He wasn't saying 'we set ourselves up like this to avoid punishment', rather 'because we are set up like this we felt we wouldn't get punished'.

 

There's a subtle difference there, but of course people don't like subtlety.

[oxfordshire_saint]

In a twisted way, I am looking forward to visiting grounds like Swindon, Bristol Rovers, Carlisle (if they avoid the drop, makes a good excuse for a Lake District weekender), Stockport, Huddersfield, Leyton Orient and Walsall

[St Landrew]

I haven't seen anything like the column inches devoted to Charlton Athletic

 

They haven't gone into administration (yet).

 

No, but they have fallen very quickly into League One. And have become a club far more used to Premier and Championship status.

Edited 1 May, 2009 by St Landrew

[SaintBobby]

No, but they have fallen very quickly into League One. And have become a club far more used to Premier and Championship status.

 

I agree. Kind of strange (and flattering) that we have had so much more coverage than Charlton and Norwich.

[Barry the Badger]

I agree. Kind of strange (and flattering) that we have had so much more coverage than Charlton and Norwich.

 

We weren't getting the coverage until administration hit.

[CB Fry]

No, but they have fallen very quickly into League One. And have become a club far more used to Premier and Championship status.

 

 

"Far more used to Premier and CCC status" - eh? - they only became top flight fixtures in the nineties. We've way ahead of them on that front.

 

And they got relegated the season after us.

 

Edit: sorry, I was wrong. Charlton's consecutive run of seasons in the Premier League started in, er, 2000. Saints had been in the top flight for twenty odd years at that point.

Edited 1 May, 2009 by CB Fry