Just logged back in here for the first time in many years when I saw this thread.
I think that it was around then that I started to check-out as a Cov fan. I still check the score and watch occasional games but losing my Dad (only Cov fan I knew) and then the shit-show of that period meant a lot of that passion for the club disappeared.
My timeline is all over the place but around this point was the game away at Crewe: probably the worst game of football I'd ever experienced. Shaw was in charge and 'toxic' is exactly the word. Much worse than the end of the Strachan era which did get nasty. That Crewe game was just awful (did Kilbane threaten a fan and then retire?) I thought relegation would just be followed by more.
Didn't think anything good would come of it. In fact, another poster mentioned how we thought we'd romp the Championship when we went down. I think we all did. I remember the first game away at Stockport, the atmosphere was fantastic but it was bit of a wake-up call.
So happy (from afar) to see what's happening this season. Especially as my Dad also brought me up a Hearts fan. What a season.
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