Brighton were at the bottom of the football league because they didn't go into administration.
Personally I have sympathy with fans of any team that gets into financial trouble because of mismanagement not of the fans making. However, that sympathy ebbs away very quickly, when I hear crowing...
In 1996 whilst the fans were at war with the owners, we were 11 points adrift at the bottom of the football league, due to lose the ground at the end of the season and not sure of being accepted by the conference if we were relegated.
We didn't seem to have as much trouble getting a manager.