When Jimmy Hill took over we were a lowly third division club with no aim and going nowhere which sounds similar to our current status.but he had his dream of a Sky Blue revolution and he turned us into a first division club. Sadly he's suffering with dementia I've heard,but he would be like all of us depressed and bewildered at the state of our club.how would the older regime i.e. jimmy hill take this current shit
Jimmy wouldn't let it happen. He would put on his white suit and ride around the pitch on a horse and it would all be alright and the 1970s again.
Jimmy wouldn't let it happen. He would put on his white suit and ride around the pitch on a horse and it would all be alright and the 1970s again.
He had reason to ride around the pitch .......its called winning games something the sisu regime are incapabale of
Doubt you were around then when some us became proud of our team!
I was around in the early 80s when people protested on the pitch after a game shouting "Hill Out" - we don't like to remember that though do we?
I was around in the early 80s when people protested on the pitch after a game shouting "Hill Out" - we don't like to remember that though do we?
No, I don't remember it, but I do remember waving my rattle in Broadgate celebrating promotion to the first division. A bit more of a memory than watching City in Northampton.
I was around in the early 80s when people protested on the pitch after a game shouting "Hill Out" - we don't like to remember that though do we?
Two big differences between then and now: Jimmy Hill was given financial support to buy players by the Chairman Derrick Robbins. And generally speaking he was successful in bringing in better players than we already had in the team - something which SP has not done. Whether this is due to his poor judgement, or whether it's due to the constraints he's being forced to work with, we'll probably never really know. Maybe a bit of both?
To be fair it was the era before the Bosman ruling so you had to pay for players even out of contract, It was also the era before transfer windows. I think that makes a big difference in terms of scouting, taking your time to get players in and not panic buying. I remember hearing Hill on the radio being interviewed, he talking about that and also that he had his own version of the bomb squad, if a player didn't perform as expected he'd just bin them off into the reserves, sell them and get a replacement in. With the transfer window always open it gives you far more options
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No, I don't remember it, but I do remember waving my rattle in Broadgate celebrating promotion to the first division. A bit more of a memory than watching City in Northampton.
I remember "Kill Kill Jimmy Hill" chanted by mobs of the disgruntled, and lads running on the pitch ripping up STs and throwing down shirts in front of the Sky Blue Stand. Early Eighties, when we were in a near-Sisuesque death spiral Jimmy having spunked our dosh on NASL & The Washington Diplomats. About 5-6 years later saw our finest hour. Worth remembering and having some hope.
Mmm. Might put the Cup Final DVD on at the weekend rather than schlep all the way down to Yeovil. Don't judge me.
I was around in the early 80s when people protested on the pitch after a game shouting "Hill Out" - we don't like to remember that though do we?
I was around in the early 80s when people protested on the pitch after a game shouting "Hill Out" - we don't like to remember that though do we?
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