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Could We Do A Hull ?
- Thread starter TORKY
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Lord Bracknell
On fire
Listen carefully. I shall say this only ONCE.
If the Albion reach the premiership, I, for one, am perfectly prepared to tolerate being runners-up in three competitions. Even one would be acceptable.
mona
The Glory Game
Hull have as much chance of staying up in the premiership next season as we have of being promoted with 110 plus points.
BensGrandad
New member
That may well be the case but at least they have got there and will come back down with a handsome cash windfall.
alan partridge
Active member
Considering the success we've had in the shitty circumstances of the last 10 years I think it's possible. I put it partly down to the club being run well. If that continues when we're in our shiny new stadium, I wouldn't put it past us.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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If they do like West Brom appear to have done and don't go mad on what they spend trying to stay up and do a Bradford. I believe it is possible to be a yo yo club by spending wisely and that is the best way to give a smaller club the chance to gradually become well funded enough to survive in the Premiership. I can see the Albion being in with a shout over the next 6 years and doing a Reading. I would expect Reading to be in with a good shout of going back up next season having not spent beyond their means in the ascent and fall. I'd be more than happy if we followed that route, although from our last experience in the top flight I have to say I enjoyed being a big club in the 2nd tier far more than I enjoyed our time in the top division.
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The Orange Seagull
Time Traveller
Is the correct answer.
Just look at Reading,Fulham,Wigan etc.
NO major investor=NO chance of Prem football.
We can only hope!
withdeanwombat
Well-known member
Hullby County?
Nemesis
SERIOUSLY!
steward 433
Back and better
PISS OFF has everyone forgotten about Wimbledon
Top flight football for a few seasons finishing in EUROPE places once and never bought a million pound player until they bought Ainsworth and that's when they started to slide
Sorry forgot F.A. cup beating Liverpool as well (IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT THE BIG MONEY)
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The Orange Seagull
Time Traveller
That was then,this is now.
Do you really think that another team could do a wimbledon and go from non league to the multi million pound industry that is the premiership without huge investment...........dream on!
Oh,anyway are you telling me that Wimbledons MULTI-MILLIONAIRE chairman during their top flight years,Sam Hammam,had nothing to do with their success then!
steward 433
Back and better
That was then,this is now.
Do you really think that another team could do a wimbledon and go from non league to the multi million pound industry that is the premiership without huge investment...........dream on!
Oh,anyway are you telling me that Wimbledons MULTI-MILLIONAIRE chairman during their top flight years,Sam Hammam,had nothing to do with their success then!
YES it could be done take a lot longer though !! BUT we are already in a better position than Wimbledon were, We have the new stadium around the corner now ETC
Hamman may have been a very rich man BUT never invested heavily in the club until they started to slide out the top division!!!!!
Too little too late in his investment
coventrygull
the right one
I don't think having a new ground means success but then again anything is possible.
steward 433
Back and better
No but it's a start increased revenue better players and so on
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
If you look at clubs who have built new grounds most have gone on to a modicum of success, the only one I can think of who hasn't really done this is Darlington.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 74,103
I think that with a smart new stadium, there will be plenty of rich backers able to see the massive potential of the club. Absolutely no reason why we shouldn't be able to do a Hull or a Reading or a Fulham. Nothing very special at all about any of these teams other than they've got a bit of cash to splash
Brighton Breezy
New member
No. Not got the backing or the support base likely to mobilise for more than the odd game like Palace or Play Off finals.
When I was at uni I remember Hull getting 22,000 for Oxford at home on a Tuesday night in the BOTTOM division.
KC going up to 34,000 next season which I expect to be rammed every week.
It will take us a long time to get back 20,000 regular fans once the excitement about Falmer dies down.
Also, as someone else said, they were spending MILLIONS in the bottom league.
When I was at uni I remember Hull getting 22,000 for Oxford at home on a Tuesday night in the BOTTOM division.
KC going up to 34,000 next season which I expect to be rammed every week.
It will take us a long time to get back 20,000 regular fans once the excitement about Falmer dies down.
Also, as someone else said, they were spending MILLIONS in the bottom league.
....let's not forget clubs like Huddersfield, Southampton etc who have build new stadia and gone the other way. It is not as simple as just building a new ground.
