League 2 relegation thread 14/15

[SomeMightShay]

It's one of the toughest things in football, the realisation that you're a non-league club (for one season at least). Those who get relegated from the Premiership with their parachute payments don't know how good they have it (with all due respect to Pompey, but they've suffered from more than simply dropping to the Championship).

And albeit on a lesser scale you have no idea how how much of an advantage the parachute payments from the football league will give you next year over a big chunk of the division, as the Mansfield fan says though it is a hell of tough division as Torquay and others have found out. Those sides coming down with a decent fanbase and the FL money should have no excuses for not being in the clutch of sides challenging for the two promotion spots. But the club has to be sensible and keep things lean off the pitch as matchday revenues will fall a great deal. Key is getting back up within a couple of seasons as each year after that gets tougher and tougher, just ask Lincoln, Wrexham and Grimsby fans.

 

[Cheese & Biscuits]

Tranmere and cheltenham deserve to go down and deserve it.

Their fans have no idea the hell and the shit that awaits them, they've no idea.

Still, Wrexham, tranmere and Chester will provide a nice little trio of derbies for the 3 of them.

What a nob.

 

[Baratheon]

Tranmere, Cheltenham, we know exactly how you feel. Keep your chins up. It's not great down there but it's a great feeling when you come back up, which I'm sure you will. Trust me, you will feel better next season when you are challenging for promotion.

 

[shoddycollins]

And albeit on a lesser scale you have no idea how how much of an advantage the parachute payments from the football league will give you next year over a big chunk of the division, as the Mansfield fan says though it is a hell of tough division as Torquay and others have found out. Those sides coming down with a decent fanbase and the FL money should have no excuses for not being in the clutch of sides challenging for the two promotion spots. But the club has to be sensible and keep things lean off the pitch as matchday revenues will fall a great deal. Key is getting back up within a couple of seasons as each year after that gets tougher and tougher, just ask Lincoln, Wrexham and Grimsby fans.

Didn't know there were parachute payments... when did they get introduced?

 

[Amber Nectar]

Didn't know there were parachute payments... when did they get introduced?

Don't know when but we got one when we dropped out of the league. I don't think it's very much though.

 

[SomeMightShay]

Didn't know there were parachute payments... when did they get introduced?

Not sure just know that our chairman has gone on record as saying that it happens

Don't know when but we got one when we dropped out of the league. I don't think it's very much though.

Doesn't need to be much though when a playing budget of £1m should see you very competitive, unless you are FGR when two or three times that is needed.

 

[hellogregory]

Didn't know there were parachute payments... when did they get introduced?

We got a parachute payment when we went down. I'm not sure hoe much but i remember reading it somewhere.

 

[CTFCfan99]

So surreal seeing the contrast in emotions at the end, Shrews fans invading the pitch at one end and our end just completely silent and flat. Gutted especially as we played well enough to at least draw, and the goal took such a horrid deflection. Well done to Hartlepool though, a truly great escape - I'd written you off completely 6 weeks ago.

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

I never gave up hope to be honest, I have a 6 point theory , if your 6 points behind what your chasing , promotion or safety , then you always have a chance of a daft couple of games or a silly week going in your favour, admittadly when it was 10 I was wobbling, however we had Ronnie then, and there's just something about the guy that inspires you... honestly though, this is the worst Pools squad ever assembled in my 36 years of watching them, assembled by the woeful Colin Cooper, how 2 other teams knocked together 2 poorer squads is a mystery that I will never work out

 

[StagsForLife]

Unlucky Tranmere and Cheltenham as long as you keep it together financially down there then you will come back a stronger team.

 

[hellogregory]

I predicted months ago in this thread that Hartlepool would stay up. People laughed.

I also predicted that we'd go down.

1 out of 2 isn't too bad.

 

[CTFCfan99]

Didn't think it would hit me as hard as it has Braintree away next year...christ

 

[Conker]

You'll be rate, it's football.

Plus the non-league section is superior to the L2 section on here, so that is something to look forward to.

 

[shoddycollins]

Unlucky Tranmere and Cheltenham as long as you keep it together financially down there then you will come back a stronger team.

Are they going to merge?

Cheltenmere Rovers

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

I predicted months ago in this thread that Hartlepool would stay up. People laughed.

I also predicted that we'd go down.

1 out of 2 isn't too bad.

In fairness, not many people laugh after one of your posts!

 

[Dave-Vale]

Commiserations to both Tranmere and Cheltenham.

Where is that weird Tranmere fan though? He said they would go up to the Championship last season, yet here they are entering non league football. Crazy.

 

[shoddycollins]

Commiserations to both Tranmere and Cheltenham.

Where is that weird Tranmere fan though? He said they would go up to the Championship last season, yet here they are entering non league football. Crazy.

If it's TRFC R GOIN' UP you mean, he never made it to the new forum.

 

[Swedes]

Welcome back to Cheltenham. We still owe you for Wembley '98, it will be good to lock horns again. Commiserations to Tranmere, who really could have dropped to this level in the 1980's prior to their meteoric rise. Welcome to the pub league! Ourselves, Chester and Wrexham will no doubt up our games against you!

 

[thewwfc]

Well done Hartlepool, a greater escape than ours last season although I think we still win for pure down-to-the-last-day brown trouseredness.

 

[Matt_]

Commiserations to Tranmere and Cheltenham, we've been there and know how it feels today.

 

[AdamStag]

Nah, bollocks to all that - they deserve to go down - when we went down in 2007/08 we went down as we were shit on the field, off the field, everything - we deserved to go down - it was bloody awful - but the way the club had been ran for years before led us to where we were - we wennt down and justifiably so - we were fortunate to come back stronger.

Piss off with all the novelty and being nice - if you go down you go down because you are shit - simple - we deserved to go down this season but were fortunate there was other clubs worse than us.

Ive been there seing my club going down and seen us play there for 5 years - so don't lecture me on how it feels to go down or what its like to be in the conference - im not enjoying any side go down but you need to experience pain before you get the rewards.

 

[Pooliepride]

Yesssssssssssss. I am so emotionally drained after that. Lucky escape from what would probably have been a couple of years at least out of the football league. Commiserations to Tranmere & Cheltenham. It feels like we were all in it together so sad to see you guys go!!

Sir Ronnie Moore take a bow!!

 

[Dave-Vale]

Hartlepool will go up next season under Ronnie.

Funny how they've survived under him with Tranmere going down instead.

Really expected Adams to turn things around at Tranmere. Can't help but think he's tarnished his otherwise good reputation as a lower league manager. Although it's partly his own fault for stalling over his new contract (whilst waiting for an offer from a Championship club) rather than bringing in some decent signings last summer.

 

[Duffy]

Tranmere and cheltenham deserve to go down and deserve it.

Their fans have no idea the hell and the shit that awaits them, they've no idea.

Still, Wrexham, tranmere and Chester will provide a nice little trio of derbies for the 3 of them.

You really are a tit at times.

 

[AdamStag]

You really are a tit at times.

Read the thread properly and come back to me buddy

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

It might sound daft to some, but pools losing at home to Blyth on telly was the best thing to happen to us, sometimes you have to hit bottom before you can climb, everything changed after Blyth

 

[LondonOrn]

Commiserations to Tranmere and Cheltenham, but I have to say I'm worried about them.

Both of them have been relegated without appearing to put up much of a fight and on shocking runs of form (Tranmere 5 points from 14 games, Cheltenham 18 from 31). If they don't have a good pre-season and get some positivity back into the team and the club as a whole, they could be having another relegation struggle next season - the difference in quality between League 2 and Conference isn't that great.

 

[Kim Mitten]

Think Cheltenham will be fine, back at their natural level really, they'll bumble about in mid-table for 10 years before maybe having another crack at promotion.
I can't actually believe Tranmere have gone down, are they the first team to be relegated from the 3rd tier to non-league in consecutive seasons?
I don't really know about them off the field, that is where most of the battle is won in the Conference, if you go down a basket case it's more than likely you'll have a long stay, but Bristol Rovers have shown this season that you can adjust quickly even after a devastating relegation.

 

[Gladders]

I can't actually believe Tranmere have gone down, are they the first team to be relegated from the 3rd tier to non-league in consecutive seasons?

Stockport did it recently

 

[LondonOrn]

Rovers got relegated on the last day with a high points total, as did Barnet, so it's probably no surprise where the two are now.

Yes, Stockport did it in 2010/11, after they made the insane decision to sack a proven League 2 manager in Paul Simpson after being two places outside the relegation zone.