It was real unfortunately.
It still makes me smile the notion of waiting all that time for a vegetarian option and then when it finally arrives they then offering me pigs in blankets to go with it.
Yep, but not the same pressure as a promotion match I wouldn't have thought. The Checkatrade was a bit of fun and relief from the league. Sure, we wanted to win it, but there wasn't that great need to win it.
The implications of promotion or non promotion are that much greater.
I know people have been baffled he hasn't been picked, but Robins quite clearly said he didn't believe he was giving enough in that one game and I do wonder if his attitude is a bit suspect.