Just how and why is anyone surprised?! Selles knew the risks and the territory. He kept them up and did wonders with us. He has two big ticks on his CV. Football is a merciless game. I wouldn't be surprised if Hunt is replaced. SJM "surprisingly" binned Evans for Branfoot in 1991 after tak...

I wonder what would have happened and where we’d be now if the Thais hadn’t sold to Dai and couldn’t have found anyone else to offload us to? Especially after the P/O defeat.

Whatever the circumstances behind their achievement this year, congratulations to them notwithstanding.

What greater motivation do we need to immediately take it back from them in League 1 next year.

Most famously, of course, THAT Plymouth game. 2-0 down at HT at home, then 3-0 just after the restart had many thinking about leaving early but then Deano scored from the penalty spot after an hour or so. Then, as the clock reached 80 minutes all hell started breaking loose, first Bremner started p...

I wholeheartedly echo all the thoughts, comments and sentiments above.

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family.

I think the whole board can agree, the mid to late 70s were the best ever days to support RFC. 1978-79 was magic - particularly this time of season with the three local derbys at easter and Steve Death's amazing run. Yeah, I loved that season - like the first hit of a drug that turns you into an ad...

My expectation is that if this drags on till May then the EFL will demand that the club provide them with a full plan/timetable for the sale. If at that stage we just can't provide enough evidence that the club will be sold before the new season then they begin the process to remove us from the EFL...

Surely the one encouraging aspect is that the EFL won’t sanction another turkey and leave us right in it again in the near future

Deathy was definitely one of my favourite players of the era. I remember loads about him. How he used to nonchalantly lean up against the post when we were attacking. His range at goal kicks wasn’t the best especially against the wind. His style of drop-kicking was unique at the time. One of the bes...

Brum are going to do it aren't they? No surprise really although I always thought it would be the financial advantage of going Prem>Championship that would do for us, not Champ>L1 When you've spent over 6 times the rest of the league combined, you'd think you would cruise past the record. I think i...

Does make me laugh all this ‘X’ is from that part of the country therefore he’d want to go to club ‘Y’. Utter togwash.

:lol: Excellent He got a toupe cut? :shock: Paid him too much obviously. The lads in the Southbank used to refer to him as 'Bobby the slap' and we'd all stand there slapping our foreheads :lol: Great times. He allegedly signed for us after being shown the Simod Cup Final video thinking that played ...

Naseem Bashir

Maybe a bit harsh given that he only played 3 games but distinctly remember him inexplicably missing a sitting duck open goal from 6 yards against Chester at the Tilehurst End. He was instantly hauled off and never played again.

Surprised no one has mentioned the much maligned Elroy Kromheer yet.

In fact that whole 1998/9 squad was so awful, you could include the whole lot of them.

Hope Akpan

Alan Lewis.

Signed as a left back and earned the nickname “chicken Lewis”

Maurice Evan’s then put him into midfield and he became a Terry Hurlock type character overnight!

Sadly just seen he died in 2016, aged just 61.

Colin Gordon.

IIRC scored 4(?) in one game (his debut?) and then little else.

John salako my recollection of the John Salako story was that while on loan he was amazing - so much so that Pardew did a data-driven PowerPoint presentation for the Board (before such things became mainstream) to convince them to sign him permanently - with all sorts of Opta style data points (bef...

The pitch at the MadStad has never been good. I remember Coppell once saying he didn’t give a damn what it looked like as long as it was flat.

Still I much preferred the cabbage patch mud and sand pitches of the ‘70s. Much more entertaining and easier to spot a quality player.

Noel Hunt is not, nor ever will be, a Manager. It’s plainly as obvious and as simple as that.