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Good luck to Scunny. They have had a long period of punching above their weight, just as we did, but it doesn't last for ever. Yo-yoing between leagues 1 and 2 is a fine achievement for a club with their fan base. Of course, they have had someone prepared to bank roll them for a while, and if he gets bored and leaves, there may well be a period of downward consolidation (fancy name for relegation  ) in their future. I hope we are playing them the season after next in League 1. No better feeling than turning over Scunny at Glumford Park. Actually, that's not true, turning them over at the Old Show Ground was just as good.  |
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To be fair to our neighbours they looked a decent side going forward and caused Rotherham loads of problems. I liked the look of their forward-thinking players who played with pace and movement that I'd love to see us replicate. Plus, their goalkeeper looks a really good prospect.
I do agree that they've been really fortunate with the backing of a wealthy benefactor but they've spent well for the most part. It will all go downhill fast though if the money dries up!
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Good luck to Scunny. They have had a long period of punching above their weight, just as we did, but it doesn't last for ever. Yo-yoing between leagues 1 and 2 is a fine achievement for a club with their fan base. Of course, they have had someone prepared to bank roll them for a while, and if he gets bored and leaves, there may well be a period of downward consolidation (fancy name for relegation ) in their future. I hope we are playing them the season after next in League 1. No better feeling than turning over Scunny at Glumford Park. Actually, that's not true, turning them over at the Old Show Ground was just as good.
I miss grounds like the OSG it had character and not saying this because I dislike Scunny but GP must be the worst of the new build grounds or certainly the worst by far I have been to? The OSG great away end and acoustics they got dealt a bad hand with that swap I hope Town don`t suffer the same fate? |
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To be fair to our neighbours they looked a decent side going forward and caused Rotherham loads of problems. I liked the look of their forward-thinking players who played with pace and movement that I'd love to see us replicate. Plus, their goalkeeper looks a really good prospect.
I do agree that they've been really fortunate with the backing of a wealthy benefactor but they've spent well for the most part. It will all go downhill fast though if the money dries up!
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They have also had some fairly recent either football fortune or good business decisions as a result of player investment.Martin Paterson,Gary Hooper,Sharp and Keogh that`s helped fill the war chest a bit.
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I miss grounds like the OSG it had character and not saying this because I dislike Scunny but GP must be the worst of the new build grounds or certainly the worst by far I have been to? The OSG great away end and acoustics they got dealt a bad hand with that swap I hope Town don`t suffer the same fate?
One of the few (two!?) clubs whose attendances went down after moving to a new stadium (other one I can think of is Darlo), probably due to lower away capacity. |
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One of the few (two!?) clubs whose attendances went down after moving to a new stadium (other one I can think of is Darlo), probably due to lower away capacity.
Also likely because of accessibility. One plus of the OSG was its position although parking nearby wasn’t easy. I would imagine they lost some trade from people who lived in walking distance because getting to GP is a boring trek. |
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Good luck to Scunny. They have had a long period of punching above their weight, just as we did, but it doesn't last for ever. Yo-yoing between leagues 1 and 2 is a fine achievement for a club with their fan base. Of course, they have had someone prepared to bank roll them for a while, and if he gets bored and leaves, there may well be a period of downward consolidation (fancy name for relegation ) in their future. I hope we are playing them the season after next in League 1. No better feeling than turning over Scunny at Glumford Park. Actually, that's not true, turning them over regularly at the Old Show Ground was just as good.
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To be fair to our neighbours they looked a decent side going forward and caused Rotherham loads of problems. I liked the look of their forward-thinking players who played with pace and movement that I'd love to see us replicate. Plus, their goalkeeper looks a really good prospect.
I do agree that they've been really fortunate with the backing of a wealthy benefactor but they've spent well for the most part. It will all go downhill fast though if the money dries up!
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I'd agree with that..... until they reached Rotherham's penalty area. Their finishing was truly woeful. |
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Thank you Barra. I'd also like to point out that i meant Yoyo-ing between Championship and League 1 is a fine achievement for them. Not League 1 and 2 as i typed. I never watched the game but whenever i heard anything Scunny related on RH after the Saturday games, the consensus was that they played very well but didn't win a lot of the times. Sounds like they have no killer instinct. |
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Maybe you don't remember Jim Lumby and Kevin Kilmore turning us over at the OSG in consecutive seasons 77-78 and 78-79 - we'd sold one of them to Scunny and then bought the other one...they held us at BP both seasons as well. |
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) in their future. I hope we are playing them the season after next in League 1. No better feeling than turning over Scunny at Glumford Park. Actually, that's not true, turning them over at the Old Show Ground was just as good. 
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