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arryarryarry
January 31, 2021, 3:01am
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Mate, it ain't nowhere near as bad as it used to be. The way the leagues operate now is TOTALLY different to how it was back in the 20th Century. Back then, a committee of chairman decided your fate. A team could have won what would now be called The National league by 20 pts and still be denied entry to The Football League. Nowadays, as long as you meet a few mainly ground safety requirements, promotion back if you win it, is guaranteed. I see the National league nowadays as just another tier of football. A drop down isn't the life sentence it once was. Take my local non league club where i live now " Gainsborough Trinity ". On several occasions during the 20 century they won what is now called the National League and were eligible for promotion to the Football league(and most of us nowadays would accept it as a given), but not back then. They were denied entry because...well..they just were'nt sexy enough at the time. Can you begin to imagine how that must have felt for the supporters of the "other" GTFC?. At least nowadays we know what we have got to do to get back. UTM


You seem to be forgetting the huge loss in income. When we went down in 2010  we were told we would be losing £500,000 a season.

Do you think the new investors are going to be singing the praises of going to the likes of Bromley, Solihull, Kings Lynn, Wealdstone again.
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It concerns me that maybe GTFC isn't a priority with the new owners.

Isn't this just part of the overall package?

Even without a purpose built new ground, perhaps Blundell Park may become just another housing development.
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