Brilliant! Yes you are absolutely right about football in the doldrums. But we had a decent side in 1987; remember a really good match against Sunderland at the Goldstone when we won 3-1. Gabbiadini had been scoring loads and I think they were top. Even if we weren't playing well that season...
Did anyone else see us tonk them in the cup in the late eighties? I was working in London and went to the match. It was a midweek game, one of the lightweight cups like the Leyland Daf and we won 5-0 or 6-0 (sorry can't remember exactly, it was long time again and I'd already had a few post-work...