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Icing on the cake for me was having Beckford in for a while too. An amazing curler at home to (?) followed by a near identical goal at Gresty Road in mid-week. Really spoilt. As if we didn’t have enough gems.
Rotherham. We played terribly and then Beckford did that. Later in the game, their German midfielder Bopp missed a penalty. A German missing a penalty? It really was our year!
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Exactly this, my lad never got see the fantastic times we had, when he’s in the Iron Bar with me he stares at the pictures of a full GP and players celebrating and he can’t believe how good we were. And i’m not just talking about success and winning every week, when I was his age we were at OSG and crap BUT we felt we were part of something and as crap as the team was EVERY SINGLE ONE of them gave 100% for Scunthorpe United, week in , week out.
I completely agree with that sentiment but I’m glad I didn’t start supporting the Iron when we were so good, just imagine how much harder the bad times would be if you had grown up seeing us beating all-comers? Sometimes I’m glad I’m a bit older and can remember less successful times! It helps you really appreciate the good times.
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Played 37, lost 12.
I’d definitely take that sort of record for us next season!
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That was quite the hobby: the club was “self-sustainable”, the accounts showing a loss of just £16,000.
“We now have a club, virtually debt-free, playing in the Championship League for the first time in almost 50 years. Season ticket sales are at a record level of 4,000, double the 06/07 season and revenue from the Football League will increase by at least £1.3 million. It is your directors’ intention to increase the players’ budget by a further million pounds and to support Nigel as much as is prudently possible to strengthen his squad in the January transfer window.”
We really didn’t know just how good we had it!
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SS after the horse has bolted! Swann steps down as chairman, announces his intention to sell, has potential new owners in the stand THEN you decide it’s a good time to ‘protest’.
Surely you see how ridiculous that is?He’s right, we should have been doing this months ago.
But for people like UTI, there is never an acceptable form of protest, there is always a reason not to do something. You have to wonder why.
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For the name, we should borrow the original Middlesbrough team’s name and be Scunthorpe Ironopolis.
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The difference Barton is that I completely lost interest in football altogether. I don’t even bother watching MOTD on a Saturday night, something unthinkable years ago. Whereas others, who would still love to go are being stubborn and deliberately boycotting the club just because of Swann. Cutting your nose off to spite your face so to speak.
No matter how much we support our club, the club is not ENTITLED to our money. It needs to EARN it.
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If we finish 12th in the Conference, we’ll have won roughly 15 to 18 games, which would be AMAZING after recent seasons!
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Not just the results, it’s the lack of any positives. What sort of football does a Keith Hill team play? We still have no idea. We don’t score more goals under Hill. Our defence isn’t any better. It’s very hard to see any progress at all.
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Do you want him to go to Toronto
It’s better to run to Toronto than to run to somewhere you don’t want to.
TBH, I felt that Hill’s post-match comments on Saturday suggested he may not be on as firm ground as he originally thought. I got the impression he may not be staying next season after all.
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The accounts seem to indicate last season’s wage bill was close to £3m, which given how bad the team was, is an incredible number!
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When all that’s left at the bottom of the biscuit barrel is crumbs, it doesn’t matter how many times you dip your hand in, you’re only going to come out with crumbs!
A crumb of comfort would be quite welcome at this stage!
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You could argue that we are due a stint in national league due to the size of our club- and I’d intend to agree with you- however the manner in which we’ve fallen is disgraceful; the endless list of poor recruits, the fact we’ve got the Chairman’s son as chief scout, mustering 24 points at nearly the seasons end, the fact we barely register more than a shot a goal a game.
I agree. It’s not the relegation that is so shocking, that can happen, it’s the manner of the relegation. 4 wins! 24 points! 10 points adrift! 26 goals! It’s truly record-breaking stuff.
Add to that all the other issues which you list in your post and it’s a heady cocktail.
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Thinking about it a bit more, I think the real disappointment with Hill is the way he’s not given my any hope for the future.
I didn’t expect him to keep us up but I thought we were getting a positive presence and someone who could at least give us a bit of the Adkins effect, galvanising supporters. Instead, we are told to revise our expectations and “embrace” our current situation. Not particularly inspiring!
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I think this season has been so damaging, a completely fresh start is required this summer. New players, new manager, ideally a new chairman. Well, we can dream!
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