It was worth it just for the equalizer against Brizzzle.
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I was living in South Wales at the time so travelled back down the M42 / M5 with the Brizzle fans. Safe to say they were not happy at all.
They still aren't over it (Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History - Stephen Byrne, Mike Jay - Google Books)... and Foster was definitely not injured. It was a time wasting effort gone wrong, and anyway, you play to the whistle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84HPCJlHjs
Clubs promoted up from the 3rd tier within x years of the Taylor report recommendations had a longer deadline than other top tier clubs, which included Notts.
The plans to press ahead with phase one were announced 6 days after Rideout was sold in January 1992, when we were 4 points clear of the drop.
We can never discuss Pavis and the re-building of the ground though without his famous quote "Hindsight is a wonderful thing", which tells us that he would have almost certainly done things differently had he known the outcome. I think he said it would have cost more putting it off, in which case he must have gambled on us staying up, as of Jan 92 when it looked as though we might. As it was, it would have been worth paying more whilst still a PL club a year later than paying less but back in the FL.