Quote Originally Posted by Glad2BeAPie View Post
They didn't have Trew, Hardy, etc as owners and shed loads of managers who hadn't a clue
I don’t know about the owners but they did shed loads of managers. Brentford spent 12 years in the old division 4 1966/78 and had 10 managers, they then spent 14 years in div. 3 and had 6 managers.
Burnley spent 7 years in div.4 1985/92 and had 5 managers and nearly went out of existence.
Brighton spent 2 seasons in division 4 and 10 years in division.3 had 6 managers and had no ground for a while.
Bournemouth did far better only using 3 managers in div. 4 75/78 and div.3 83/87. But they were deducted points and again were nearly relegated to non league, plus they have survived on crowds of 11,000 and less.
So it’s possible for sides like us to progress but I agree you need good owners.