September 1955 Home to Fulham in Division 2 (Championship) we lost 3-4, Johnny Haynes scored a hat-trick.

That season (1955/56) we finished 20th avoiding relegation by 3 points, conceding 82 goals.
The following season (1956/57) we finished 20th again avoiding relegation by 5 points, conceding 85 goals.
My third season (1957/58) we finished 21st and were relegated to Division 3 (League 1). Conceding 80 goals.
The next season (1958/59) we finished 23rd and were relegated again, this time to Division 4 (League 2), conceding 96 goals.

My first four seasons we won 40, drew 40 and lost 92. We scored 212 and conceded 344 and were relegated twice.

But as a kid in those days, I didn’t care that we were rubbish. I loved going down to Meadow Lane every other Saturday. Jimmy Linton, George Smith, Peter Russell, Bert Loxley, John Sheridan, Gerry Carver, Don Roby, Ron Wylie, Stan Newsham to name but a few, were all my heroes.

Judging by those results though, maybe they weren’t quite as good as I remember them being.