Our most forgetful season since...

[Darlington82]

Same here. Weird, I can remember where and with who I was with when the results came in. JFK assassination and 9/11 nowhere near as much trauma. We’re cursed aren’t we !

Macro watching it on teletext ffs, with a pig, sorry the wife!

 

[SwissBlade]

Definitely the adkins season

 

[MagnifiqueShorehamStreet]

I find, being 60 points better than Wednesday, in the same league,quite entertaining!

 

[ml1997]

Really? We got to an FA Cup Semi Final as a league one side that year.

I meant that this (25/26) is our most forgettable season in my time

 

[Proper Blade]

This will be remembered as the season we sent Wednesday down.

After the disastrous appointment of Selles, it was all about damage limitation from that point on.

 

[pedro]

Remember when Fleetwood Town were one of our bogey teams?

Can anyone call themselves a real football fan if they haven't experienced a loss to all these woeful teams?

Also Walsall

 

[shorehamview]

Yes this has been a bad one, mainly for the number of losses, and the inexcusable self-destructive ways we engineered them.
Couple of highlights in the Wednesday victories, but overall not quite as dreary as the last Atkins season.
Mid-table League One is pretty grim.
Oh and yes those playoff defeats to Yeovil will be long seared in the memory, as well as all those times we were consistently bummed by friggin’ Scunthorpe.

I remember when we played Scunthorpe off the pitch and managed to lose. 4 Four nil at home to fucking Scunthorpe, even Martin Bloody Woolford scored for them. Fucking Scunthorpe.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Mid table in division 3 isn't anywhere near as bad as relegation to division 4.

But I agree that the Adkins season has to be up there as one of our most dreary seasons.

I dunno, it spawned a pretty awesome season in Div4. The only silverware in my lifetime for many years until Billy lifted the League One trophy.

 

[dellasthunderbolt]

Has to be Adkins season.

Could you not argue that was memorably shite though. We all still recall the lap of shame and Dean fucking Hammond even if we’d rather forget

 

[Revolution]

Seasons in which we have finished below halfway in the second tier and not been relegated:

1977-8: 12th (22 clubs at the time)
1984-5: 18th
1999-2000: 16th
2001-2: 13th
2025-6: 13th

All of our other bottom half finishes in the 2nd tier (1979, 1988, 2011) and our sole bottom half finish in the 3rd tier (1981) resulted in relegation.

I am not old enough to remember 1977-8.

We started well in 1984-5 but this turned out to be a false dawn (we got 8 points from 4 games, but 3 of the teams we played were relegated). We struggled most of the season but we were saved by Glenn Cockerill, Mel Eves and the poor quality of the 3 relegated teams (Notts County, Wolves, Cardiff) and Boro who finished 19th. Most memorable moment was either beating Leeds when their cro-magnon fans caused trouble, or the Unexploded Bomb game.

In 1999-2000 Warnock bailed us out of the mess Heath had created with some good work in the transfer market and getting better performances out of some people who were already there. We had a run of 15 games or so where we were very good and once safety was secured the team tossed it off for the last 9 games and didn't win any of them. We beat WBA 6-0 which was pretty memorable, and of course who can forget the Port Vale game.

We never really got going in 2001-2. We drew the first 5 games and were off the pace throughout. Defence was decent but goals were a big problem. Most memorable moment by a mile was the battle of Bramall Lane. After that we were close to the relegation pack but a couple of good wins saw us safe easily.

This season has some similarities with 1999-2000. beating the Pigs home and away is the standout highlight surely: I will always remember relegating them.

We also had pretty boring top half seasons in 2000-1 and 2009-10 where playoff challenges faded away pretty early and there were few highlights, though we beat Wednesday in both seasons. 1998-9 similar although we had the Arsenal void cup game. 1982-3 and 2015-6 in the third tier - both 11th place finishes - were more frustrating than boring in my eyes.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

I understand why many fans feel negative after the club shot itself in the foot and underachieved this time out and it pains to read posters saying that they're not planning to renew their season tickets but if you were in amongst that away crowd at Derby you couldn't help but long for the next season to kick off.

 

[bruce]

Seasons in which we have finished below halfway in the second tier and not been relegated:

1977-8: 12th (22 clubs at the time)
1984-5: 18th
1999-2000: 16th
2001-2: 13th
2025-6: 13th

All of our other bottom half finishes in the 2nd tier (1979, 1988, 2011) and our sole bottom half finish in the 3rd tier (1981) resulted in relegation.

I am not old enough to remember 1977-8.

We started well in 1984-5 but this turned out to be a false dawn (we got 8 points from 4 games, but 3 of the teams we played were relegated). We struggled most of the season but we were saved by Glenn Cockerill, Mel Eves and the poor quality of the 3 relegated teams (Notts County, Wolves, Cardiff) and Boro who finished 19th. Most memorable moment was either beating Leeds when their cro-magnon fans caused trouble, or the Unexploded Bomb game.

In 1999-2000 Warnock bailed us out of the mess Heath had created with some good work in the transfer market and getting better performances out of some people who were already there. We had a run of 15 games or so where we were very good and once safety was secured the team tossed it off for the last 9 games and didn't win any of them. We beat WBA 6-0 which was pretty memorable, and of course who can forget the Port Vale game.

We never really got going in 2001-2. We drew the first 5 games and were off the pace throughout. Defence was decent but goals were a big problem. Most memorable moment by a mile was the battle of Bramall Lane. After that we were close to the relegation pack but a couple of good wins saw us safe easily.

This season has some similarities with 1999-2000. beating the Pigs home and away is the standout highlight surely: I will always remember relegating them.

We also had pretty boring top half seasons in 2000-1 and 2009-10 where playoff challenges faded away pretty early and there were few highlights, though we beat Wednesday in both seasons. 1998-9 similar although we had the Arsenal void cup game. 1982-3 and 2015-6 in the third tier - both 11th place finishes - were more frustrating than boring in my eyes.

That1982-3 season was a strange and very frustrating one. With the players we had we should have put in a really strong promotion challenge, but somehow we just didn't click. Our away form was what hampered us. Only 13 points all season from away matches. Just 3 wins. A terrible record given the sde we could put out. And yet in stark contrast we got 51 points from our home matches.
At one point in the second half of the season I think we went on a run of 9 consecutive home wins, whilst at the same time losing the same number in a row away.
I suppose another way of looking at it is that our home form saved us from becoming embroiled in a relegation scrap.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Yes this has been a bad one, mainly for the number of losses, and the inexcusable self-destructive ways we engineered them.
Couple of highlights in the Wednesday victories, but overall not quite as dreary as the last Atkins season.
Mid-table League One is pretty grim.
Oh and yes those playoff defeats to Yeovil will be long seared in the memory, as well as all those times we were consistently bummed by friggin’ Scunthorpe.

It’s been an incredibly frustrating season due to our extreme consistency.

The number of times we’ve been playing really well…..better than last seasons team and looking top 2 material then
…..we concede a stupid goal out of the blue……then all of a sudden for 20 minutes we can’t string 3 passes together and look nearer relegation material
Or we do score a deserved goal…..then after going 1-0 up we suddenly stop attacking and defend deep in numbers booting it out anywhere inviting pressure.

Often wondered why Wilder hasn’t addressed this…it’s as though it’s a psychological issue because how can a team be so good and so bad in the same match.

Also it’s as though Wilder is still trying to find his 1st choice starting 11. Since we bought Tanganga….the defense doesn’t seem to have much understanding. They can be good but some of the goals we’ve conceded have been basic errors and so avoidable.

The midfield keeps changing….sometimes it’s good sometimes it’s really poor….especially out of possession….many of our players don’t seem fit.

Up front Bamford has been decent but Cannon still doesn’t convince and Ings hasn’t really done anything.

However my big issue with this team is…..think the talent is there….but the mentality is really weak.
An example is we all accepted Jack Robinson and Ollie McBurnie lacked quality but they were both Wilder type players….characters who wanted to win.

 

[jt64]

Since 23/24. That one was dead on arrival for me and apart from getting to all the tricky grounds because nobody could be arsed going, I can't remember a single thing about it

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Since 23/24. That one was dead on arrival for me and apart from getting to all the tricky grounds because nobody could be arsed going, I can't remember a single thing about it

Let me know how you forgot this.

 

[AWetFlannel]

Could you not argue that was memorably shite though. We all still recall the lap of shame and Dean fucking Hammond even if we’d rather forget

Yeah, definitely this for me. Same applies for our dreadful couple of PL seasons recently, they're memorable for being absolutely soul destroying.

Was convinced we wouldn't go down fairly soon after Wilder arrived and we got a few wins, and never had too much hope for a play off push. Double over the Pigs is the only memorable part, and they're so terrible it somewhat taints it.