Own goal?

[alexbarmy]

I remember years ago when some fans would complain saying the club didn't want promotion-and then got promoted to The Championship.
Well Smurthwaite told a Vale forum last night that they don't want promotion as their gates can't support it so he prefers to be a top end League 1 team to a bottom Championship one.
So that's their season over then!

[fatfakir]

Norm has already said this season that the crowds aren't as big as they budgeted for, although he blamed the other guy for setting that target.

Anyway, a bit later on in the meeting, he also said this:
The Chairman tells fans: "I'm the bank. You should be more worried about me having a stroke than anything else. If I drop dead, you are shafted."

Own goal number two...