Quote Originally Posted by MagpieMeltdown View Post

That game changed the course of history and to be brutally honest l wouldn’t actually change a thing..
Three out of the Trews' five seasons in tier 3 went to a final day of the season battle to stay up, and he was talking about selling up by mid-way of the 3rd one, so a return to tier 4 under them definitely looked inevitable.

Probably would have delayed it though for at least another season if they'd stuck with Paul Hart instead of bringing in Moniz who was totally unsuitable for a last ditch relegation battle, especially given the fact he'd just lost his mother and was seemingly reluctant to take the job before the end of the season.

A delay in a drop to tier 4 may have been enough for the market to have changed enough in time to avoid the indignity the NL, or we'd have been in Stevenage's position where we got out of jail as a result of Bury's demise. Being in the NL is a stain on the club's history I'd rather not have, so I think I would still go back and change things if I could - at this stage - but obviously if we end up going into tier 2 then it will have been worth the pain. Not so if we end up on a similar curve to the Trews, going up to tier 3 only to come back down again.