Things you miss from the football league

[daverichards]

I'm enjoying the prem don't get me wrong, but already there are things I miss about lower league football, and I can't be the only stokie. My missus has openly said she preffered following wigan in the lower leagues, to the point where she barely goes a wigan game any more. She just no longer enjoys it, she misses the good old days of a few hundred same faces every wigan away game we went to down south.

Maybe its because its the first time I have ever seen stoke play at this level, and older stokies who were there during the glory years will see it differently, but its the little things that are different that I miss.

Being a bigger fish in a smaller pond, i quite liked that and the mentality that went with it. I liked that some grounds still had terracing, that tickets were cheaper, that we had 46 league games.

I miss midweek games, we have so few in the Prem
I miss winning more games than we lost (most seasons)
I miss some of the quaint old grounds
I even miss that damn apache indian music they played when Wycombe had a corner.

Dont get me wrong I really am enjoying the prem, but only the upsides, not the downsides

[ilikelamp]

haha that wycombe game!! people started to get up and dance to it

[Deleted]

I miss winning away matches

[Big J]

EIEIEI O Chants :<

[eddyscfc]

- Atmopshere
- Winning away (which will hopefully change soon)
- Cheap ticket prices

[lurcherman]

Sat 3 pm kick offs

[StokieSC]

The upside is, IF we go down, we could very well have another Promotion Party in May 2010.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

[twisty]

FUCKING NOTHING,,,

LIVING THE DREAM ;D

[crimesy]

have to agree with you there mate! so many things i miss about the football league..

watching the highlights on sunday morning before sundayleague game in the afternoon.
no gloryhunters.
less packed at half time and in the car park.
not rushing for away tickets.
same set of people around you every week (usually).

however, i would obviously prefer to be in the prem and there are sacrifices to being here. i have loved the season (mostly) so far and firmly beeive we'll be here for a while yet.

[offthewall]

I still miss standing up

[daverichards]

Jan 15, 2009 22:15:45 GMT @offthewall said:

I still miss standing up

i still stand up, I only use my seat at half time ;D

[Dazzlerscfc]

I miss cheaper ticket prices, and since i'm turning 17 in june i'll get charged a fucking shite load as i'm on EMA
I miss the empty seats, Sure, Its great we are selling out but now me grand father can't even get a seat nevermind afford it.

[smiler_andy]

nope

[swampySCFC]

Bolton Away (Burnden park)

Could you see TJ climing a floodlight pylon in a prem ground without being banged up for 12 months and banned for life?

[white wall boy]

some times in the championship we had a mini midlands league, away games never seemed that far away and there was always plenty of banter with Wolves, Brum scum, Leicester........sheep shaggers

[boothenendboy]

fairer refs
real fans
being able to put my feet up on the seet infront of me at home games ;D
being able to get a drink anywhere near the ground
more matches


I have been a bit disappointed with the prem to be honest.

[KevinWhimper]

Jan 15, 2009 22:11:05 GMT Big J said:

EIEIEI O Chants :<

Beat me to it mate, what a quality chant, 2-0 up against Bristol City and the whole stadium singing that was brilliant!

[kkkkken]

Looking ahead to each fixture thinking we can beat them , in saying that i never though we would beat Villa , Arsenal, Tottenham and get 2 points off Liverpool , on reflection i miss nothing about it at all.

[stokemark]

I dont mean to be rude about Wigan Dave but if their own fans dont want to go (and judging by their support then there are quite a few) then what a sad state of affiars.

They have a cracking team at the moment too - real shame IMHO

[daverichards]

Jan 15, 2009 23:08:08 GMT stokemark said:

I dont mean to be rude about Wigan Dave but if their own fans dont want to go (and judging by their support then there are quite a few) then what a sad state of affiars.

They have a cracking team at the moment too - real shame IMHO

yeah I know they do, she still supports them, she just says the cost isn't worth the enjoyment factor anymore, as the cost has gone up, and the enjoyment gone down (in her eyes)

[snazzer]

Not having to listen to Linekar and friends taking the pi55 out of us every saturday night.

[trend.......]

my old seat. this year some FAT FUCKING CUNT; has had it.

[jemma1989]

being able to get the pie you want at half time!

[Pretty Little Boother]

Tell you what I don't miss, fucking yellow on names/numbers on the backs of shirts.

[stoke624]

dont miss much, 1st time ive seen stoke in top flight so love it....but for some reason i still think the best times(for me) bein a stokie were between 92 and 96....always seemed sunny!

[swampySCFC]

The carrot of getting promoted to the best league in the world.

Been there now.

[wilfherman]

Grounds with mad names like The McCain stadium, Moss Rose and Mill Moor. You would also never get players with mad names playing in the top flight - can't see the likes of Jermaine McSporran or James Brown or Michael Jackson cutting it at the top !

[onlyonesirstan]

Don't miss it at all. Long may we stay away from the football league

[monkeycat]

chicken balti pies at Sheff Utd....yummy

[Block 26]

Jan 15, 2009 22:11:06 GMT eddyscfc said:

- Atmopshere
- Winning away (which will hopefully change soon)
- Cheap ticket prices

Atmosphere? ??? It's better now than it has been in along time.