Originally Posted by
Jocksgloves1
I'm old enough to remember a family called the Purshouses running the club. Lauded as a progressive set up with money in the bank, they were held up as an example of how to run a club.
Some fans got sick of steady 3rd tier football with the occasional dip into league 4. They were hounded out and sold to an exciting entrepreneur from down South.
He gave us 2 and a half seasons of brilliant excitement, winning matches and a title with arguably the best team since the mid-60s. Sadly the team was funded with the money left by the previous owners. He was even generously paying Derby County's bills as well.
The money ran out, so did the chairman, leaving 15 years of turbulence and unpaid bills and administrations. It was great while it lasted, but we are very fortunate we don't have an F C Rotherham United in the County senior league.
(Cliché alert). Be careful what you wish for.