Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
When I was young the TV used to show the top 6 of the league table, then the bottom 6. So I never had any idea where we were in the table. Somewhere in the middle, presumably.

The first team I used to go and watch live was that of Brady, Rix, Sunderland and Stapleton, so it did have some merits. I liked David Price best. I liked his hair and his kind face.
I do think the relentless mediocrity of much of the period 1980-85 does offer some mitigation of the fans' readiness to embrace George Graham and his strange and refreshing interest in actually winning things rather than pootling about in mid-table turning into Aston Villa.