PAUL HURST

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Wow, I didn’t know that, typical Town rollercoaster moment I guess

It's also worth noting that if two teams points were the same then their league position was determined by goal average. This involved dividing the total number of goals scored by the total number conceded. In fact town were relegated from Division 2 in 1963/64 by 0.045 of a goal as calculated by this system.

Back in the 1950s, PNE missed out on winning the league title one season by something like a tenth of a goal when average was calculated.

That's a thought. I know it is almost impossible to but how would the title be awarded in the modern era if two teams finished with identical records, including goals scored and conceded and an identical head to head record? Most money in the bank?

Quoted from Maringer

Back in the 1950s, PNE missed out on winning the league title one season by something like a tenth of a goal when average was calculated.

That's a thought. I know it is almost impossible to but how would the title be awarded in the modern era if two teams finished with identical records, including goals scored and conceded and an identical head to head record? Most money in the bank?

I think it goes next to the team's disciplinary records.

If all else fails, it finishes with drawing of lots.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

So top 5

Buckley
Kerr
Newman

Who else?

Dave Booth who took us to our highest position in the Football League since 1948 and at one point with a few weeks of the season remaining to dreaming of playing in Division 1 what is now the Premiership.

I was always pro-Hurst but I don't mind admitting that he had enough games to keep us up in L2 when he first took over. I think if you asked him directly he'd shoulder some of that blame.

I also think JS & AP acted at the right time to sack him. We failed to rack up the points earlier in the season when we were playing well, then we went to pieces in a way that I'd never seen under Hurst before. That Tuesday night Colchester game in particular was very un-Hurst-like.

Who knows whether we'd have stayed up under Holloway. It's easy to forget now, but it was looking and feeling very ominous leading into that period where firstly he said he was going nowhere, then he did one just a few days later.

Maybe his close relationship with Fenty skewed our opinion of him? Having said that, his appointment was about as universally approved as you could reasonably expect from a fan base that rarely agrees on anything!

I just didn't like the look or feel of the squad Holloway put together when he, Fenty and Day all thought the season would get curtailed. We signed a load of rubbish, let's be honest. Holloway did well to not be bottom with that lot. But we were disorganised. We had a load of players on not a lot of money, then he plays a 15-year-old kid in a trophy game. Nice bit of history but on a practical level it was totally unnecessary.

Holloway's methods were as bizarre as the man himself. They're embraced when things go well, but you just sensed at the time that all wasn't well. The squad didn't look united at all.

Anyway, it's always darkest before the dawn, and all that stuff. All this only made what followed feel even more spectacular!

Hursty and Doigy back in employment, at Shrewsbury. Shrews fans divided with him being back, good luck to him, hope he does well.

Hurst might be playing us next season with a bit of luck, for us not them.

Now confirmed

Good Luck PH

Done good luck to him

Honestly? My feelings are mixed about this.

It’s like jacking in your long-term girlfriend. Lots of great memories, but it just wasn't quite working out. You split on amicable terms, but then a couple of months later, you see her out with someone else. You’re pleased for her, but part of you still wishes you were still together.

Am I the only one? There’s no denying that the dying embers of the Hurst MkII reign were excruciating to watch, but boy, the good times were good, weren’t they?