This is the season...

[ozzjim]

6 years ago today Palace went into administration and we're docked 10 points in the Championship. We must have been top 6. It is very scary how badly we have been managed as a club since.

[MoetVillan]

Well, you can look about it the other way and look forward to where we are in six years time.  See also Swansea and Southampton

[dave.woodhall]

None of those clubs have ever been as good as we've been, and will be again, nor have we ever been as bad as they've been, and will be again.

[DeKuip]

6 years ago today Palace went into administration and we're docked 10 points in the Championship. We must have been top 6. It is very scary how badly we have been managed as a club since.

Even if every club was run brilliantly and had billions to spend there'd still be three teams relegated and half the teams knocked out the cups each round.

[eric woolban woolban]

And I thought we'd only play Walsall in a friendly game. Just can't believe it could be a league  game next season and Burton too.

[SoccerHQ]

And I thought we'd only play Walsall in a friendly game. Just can't believe it could be a league  game next season and Burton too.

Well to reach the top again Man. City had to go through the embarrassment of playing Macclesfield in a league game so guess Burton would be our equivalent.

[myf]

And I thought we'd only play Walsall in a friendly game. Just can't believe it could be a league  game next season and Burton too.

Well to reach the top again Man. City had to go through the embarrassment of playing Macclesfield in a league game so guess Burton would be our equivalent.

manu fans used to sing about that to the tune of Oasis' champagne supernova "...and city's playing Macclesfield on sky..."

[Villa in Denmark]

6 years ago today Palace went into administration and we're docked 10 points in the Championship. We must have been top 6. It is very scary how badly we have been managed as a club since.

Even if every club was run brilliantly and had billions to spend there'd still be three teams relegated and half the teams knocked out the cups each round.

I can't remember where I heard it, but a quote from the nineties that has stuck with me.

"The problem is, league football is a hierarchical meritocracy which means that someone has to be shit, even if they aren't really."

Thinking about it, it was probably a late night phone in when I was working shifts.

[four fornicholl]

6 years ago today Palace went into administration and we're docked 10 points in the Championship. We must have been top 6. It is very scary how badly we have been managed as a club since.

Even if every club was run brilliantly and had billions to spend there'd still be three teams relegated and half the teams knocked out the cups each round.

I can't remember where I heard it, but a quote from the nineties that has stuck with me.

"The problem is, league football is a hierarchical meritocracy which means that someone has to be shit, even if they aren't really."

Thinking about it, it was probably a late night phone in when I was working shifts.

now that's got me thinking 

[PeterWithesShin]

I can't remember where I heard it, but a quote from the nineties that has stuck with me.

"The problem is, league football is a hierarchical meritocracy which means that someone has to be shit, even if they aren't really."

Thinking about it, it was probably a late night phone in when I was working shifts.

I have a feeling it was a caller talking about Scottish football on something like Over the Moon. Only reason I remember it is i'm sure it was mentioned in an issue of H&V back in the day.

[joe_c]

I can't remember where I heard it, but a quote from the nineties that has stuck with me.

"The problem is, league football is a hierarchical meritocracy which means that someone has to be shit, even if they aren't really."

Thinking about it, it was probably a late night phone in when I was working shifts.

I have a feeling it was a caller talking about Scottish football on something like Over the Moon. Only reason I remember it is i'm sure it was mentioned in an issue of H&V back in the day.

Pretty certain you're right. I remember a Doctor Who themed episode of The Weakest Link where the contestants managed an unbroken chain of correct answers and the maximum amount was added to the prize fund. But someone still had to go and they all voted for K-9. The bastards.

[Villa in Denmark]

I can't remember where I heard it, but a quote from the nineties that has stuck with me.

"The problem is, league football is a hierarchical meritocracy which means that someone has to be shit, even if they aren't really."

Thinking about it, it was probably a late night phone in when I was working shifts.

I have a feeling it was a caller talking about Scottish football on something like Over the Moon. Only reason I remember it is i'm sure it was mentioned in an issue of H&V back in the day.

Maybe it's the H&V article I'm remembering at getting it mixed up with god knows what shite I used to listen to from between 6pm and 6am.

[QuintonVilla]

Bored at work today I did one of those Premier League predictors, we're relegated at Man Utd on April 16th which would be fitting given our record against them in the Premier League.

Sunderland and Norwich went down with us.

[Des Little]

6 years ago today Palace went into administration and we're docked 10 points in the Championship. We must have been top 6. It is very scary how badly we have been managed as a club since.

Even if every club was run brilliantly and had billions to spend there'd still be three teams relegated and half the teams knocked out the cups each round.

I can't remember where I heard it, but a quote from the nineties that has stuck with me.

"The problem is, league football is a hierarchical meritocracy which means that someone has to be shit, even if they aren't really."

Thinking about it, it was probably a late night phone in when I was working shifts.

Yeah, but we are REALLY shit

[Dave]

6 years ago today Palace went into administration and we're docked 10 points in the Championship. We must have been top 6. It is very scary how badly we have been managed as a club since.

Even if every club was run brilliantly and had billions to spend there'd still be three teams relegated and half the teams knocked out the cups each round.

I can't remember where I heard it, but a quote from the nineties that has stuck with me.

"The problem is, league football is a hierarchical meritocracy which means that someone has to be shit, even if they aren't really."

Although it does work both ways - for the last few seasons 17 clubs are technically deemed to be good enough, even if some of them are shit. Us, for example.