Thanks Swanny. I guess the emphasis on the decline, from my POV, comes from a place of ignorance in some respects. We know and saw the good times, and you're right, there are aspects like Enda putting in one of the greatest seasons I can remember, that don't get the attention they deserve. But at the same time, I have a bit of a preoccupation with the COVID period, probably stemming from a gut sense that it wasn't just a lack of fans that wrecked our season(s), but that it had a personal impact on Wilder, and probably the team as a whole. Everything, leading up to that point, was about connection in a literal, not just metaphorical way. Wetherspoons pints. Beers on the coach. Fans in stands. Alan Knill on shoulders. Think as a whole club, we were cut off from that connection. And as much as we were poor, part of it all was this physical disconnection that is still quite hard to pin down years later.
That, and I'm a sucker for a sob story.