The worst season in our clubs 124 year history. 7 supposed businessman took this club by the neck and nearly threw it out of business.
What started as a season full of hope, my dreams of a promotion push got big as we beat Southampton away on the opening day of the season. But as Peter Reid said "Its a good start, nothing more than that. There will ups and downs" and without knowing at that time, Peter Reid couldn't of been more right. From there we slipped down the table, the team wasn't doing great. We lost to Exeter in the JPT, in a game marred by crowd violence, and that hurt. But BWP and Noone were firing on all cylinders, Conor Clifford a new loanee helped defeat Exeter in the league and the team was getting stronger.
But, the HMRC soon come knocking on our door and our best players had to be sold- BWP, Noone, Johnson etc, all gone at knockdown prices. We lost 3-1 to Tranmere at home, and thats when we knew, we was in a relegation battle. And by the end of February, we had 10 points deducted for going into administration. It needed a great escape, and at one point it looked a possibilty. But defeat away to Exeter and then to Southampton confirmed our relegation to League- Where we was 10 years ago, until Sturrock took us to the Championship. A Full circle.
But in the darkest storm, it was the unity and spirit of fans, players and manager that kept us alive. The fans, who did their all in supporting the team and raising money for the unpayed staff stuck to the team like glue. The unpayed office staff who could of easily walked and sent us down the mire, who were struggling to put food on the table, stayed and helped us fight on. The unpayed players and Peter Reid, who put in their all every-week. And it was all summed up with one final round of appreciation after the last game of the season against Leyton Orient. Very emotional scenes for me and other fans.
Sorry for making it so long, but yeah... At least we have a club.. and by the way Exeter... In your famous words..
I don't know where
I don't know when
But one day sunny day..
We'll meet again!
Resurgam! :wub:
) he has had a very good season for, This season has been an transitional season where we still managed to win the league( being top since 12th december). A lot of players started to mature this season, Nani, Anderson, Rafael and Fabio to name a few. We also found a gem in Chris Smalling, Eye brows and questions where asked when We paid nearly 10million for the man, but he has been a great deputy for Rio. In a season where, we where constantly questioned with **** about not being a typical united side, we demonstrated when of the best traits known to Manchester United, We never given up and kept going to the end. 
Finished 4th!!!
