The Doctor Posted 18 April 2015 Posted 18 April 2015 Remarkable to think Pompey fell from the prem to league 2 in 4 years... Shockingly ran.
One Legged Beaver Posted 18 April 2015 Posted 18 April 2015 Wouldn't be surprised to see QPR added to that list.
Fox92 Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 There's plenty. Plenty of big clubs with a great history who just languish in football league. Look at Huddersfield. The Conference is full of former league clubs too when you consider the likes of Grimsby, Bristol Rovers, Barnet, Lincoln City, Torquay are all in that division.
Guest Bilo Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Forest have to be chosen as well, really. Two European Cups and consistent top 10 finishes throughout the 1980s should have left them in a great position to be a Premier League perennial. They were always overachieving for a club of their size, but no reason why they couldn't have been a fairly stable long term PL outfit like Villa or Everton. Yet since Clough retired in 1993, they've spent almost as much time in the third tier as they have in the first. They haven't kicked a Premier League ball since 1999 and don't look like doing so at any time in the near future. Even Coventry have played in the Premier League more recently. Which reminds me, I'm amazed nobody's picked Coventry yet. It's pretty evident that the club is dying and look set for another relegation battle from the third tier next season. This is a club who've alienated thousands of fans, played to Conference sized crowds 40 miles from Coventry for a season and even the long awaited return to the Ricoh brings in minuscule crowds. In fact, the only one of our regional rivals that appears reasonably well run is Derby.
lavrentis Posted 19 April 2015 Author Posted 19 April 2015 Amazing to think Grimsby used to be challenging for Premier League Promotion
Finnegan Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Forest aren't a disaster they're just a small midlands club playing at their (our) natural level. The genius of Clough was that he took a club like them to Europe and won. Were obviously going back to the doldrums once his bubble burst. Plus, you'll never see a repeat of that in the modern game. You're not going to win the champions league (or even the prem) with, say, Huddersfield in a few years.
bovril Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Plus, you'll never see a repeat of that in the modern game. You're not going to win the champions league (or even the prem) with, say, Huddersfield in a few years. I did on Champ 97/98.
Strokes Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 I can't believe nobody has mentioned Coventy Apart from Bilo, what a dick
bovril Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 I can't believe Bristol Rovers are in the Conference. It seems like only yesterday I was staying up til 2am to watch Jamie Cureton and Barry Hayles banging in the goals on Football League Extra.
Guest Bilo Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Forest aren't a disaster they're just a small midlands club playing at their (our) natural level. The genius of Clough was that he took a club like them to Europe and won. Were obviously going back to the doldrums once his bubble burst. Plus, you'll never see a repeat of that in the modern game. You're not going to win the champions league (or even the prem) with, say, Huddersfield in a few years. They're a bit of a mare considering what Clough built. A club accustomed to top flight football that was able to regroup within 12 months, finish third in the Premiership a year after promotion and make the UEFA Cup quarter-finals a year after and then just.... nothing. They fell so far so quickly in the late 90s and have never really recovered. If anything, they're now a weaker club than the one Clough actually took over back in the 1970s with no realistic promotion challenges for four years and no top flight football for fifteen. Even for a club of Forest's size, that's massive underachievement. You look at similarly sized clubs such as Ipswich and Norwich and they've been in a much healthier state in recent years. Oh, and another one to throw in. Sheffield Wednesday. Huge stadium and fanbase, achieved nothing for decades.
Stadt Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Newcastle? Dickhead owner, perennial underachievers, relegation usually possibility.
The Invincible Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 They're a bit of a mare considering what Clough built. A club accustomed to top flight football that was able to regroup within 12 months, finish third in the Premiership a year after promotion and make the UEFA Cup quarter-finals a year after and then just.... nothing. They fell so far so quickly in the late 90s and have never really recovered. If anything, they're now a weaker club than the one Clough actually took over back in the 1970s with no realistic promotion challenges for four years and no top flight football for fifteen. Even for a club of Forest's size, that's massive underachievement. You look at similarly sized clubs such as Ipswich and Norwich and they've been in a much healthier state in recent years. Oh, and another one to throw in. Sheffield Wednesday. Huge stadium and fanbase, achieved nothing for decades. Sheff Wed were a successful side in the early to mid 90s.
Bayfox Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Tranmere Rovers, Stockport County These 2 for me. Remember going tranmere for the play offs. And Stockport for the 1st away of our l1 campaign. Held us to a draw. look how far apart we are now.
Finnegan Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Again, how are Sheffield Wednesday a disaster? They're just in the second tier. I think some of you are missing the jist of the thread. Portsmouth are an absolute train wreck, Wimbledon ceased to exist, Parma have gone from European football to the verge of non existence. These are all disasters. Some of the examples in this thread are just clubs that are from big-ish towns that have been relegated.
RonnieTodger Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Darlington don't even have a side now do they? Why the **** did they build a stadium holding 25,000. Their record attendance was 12,000 for a friendly with Middlesbrough. EDIT: Just seen they've made a new team called 1883 Darlington, playing in Northern Premier League Division One North, in a stadium holding 2,000. Grim.
Guest Bilo Posted 19 April 2015 Posted 19 April 2015 Stockport are a bit of a catastrophe, it wasn't all that long they were in the Championship but are now 12th in the Conference North. Luton's fall from grace was rapid and painful, but are now starting to recover. Tranmere are pretty diabolical as well, very likely to be in the Conference next season.
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