[St Charles Owl]

Those were the days   when no one had a clue who would win the League, 1st division, EPL, whatever you choose to call it   at the start of a season  

There'll never be anymore Forest's, Derby's. Ipswich's or Wimbledon's   and frankly, it's shit  

I know we all thought that at the start of the season but if you look back before the prem existed three of the top 5 teams you see now, Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal won 70% of the league titles anyway.  Sure Derby, Everton, Forest and L**ds broke that up a bit but did it with exceptional teams even by todays standards but if you go back to the great Bill Nicholson Spurs team in 1960-61, including that season only 12 teams have won the title over the next 54 years!!!  The top flight in England has during my lifetime always had teams you could consider were dominant for a number of years, with little chance of others winning much at all.

But you are right, there was a chance it could happen for your team, but that now sadly has virtually disappeared.  We are still not as bad as Scotland (1 winner now every year), Germany (1 winner + a couple of possibles), France (2 winners) or Spain (2 winners + 1 possible), but it will be very difficult to get a CL spot as we stand for anyone other than the top 5.

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I'm going to put it out there now ...

If it means paying £60 odd quid a game at home for a ticket in the prem then I'd rather the prem fuuck off up its own arse and the championship become our top league. No way do I want to pay that much to sit in 12th every season doing **** all. Thats not what football is to me.

But as you point out yourself, this season you are paying 11 quid a game, I assume on a student discount, so I don't think he is going to ask for any season ticket holder to pay 60 quid a ticket.  I think he has done this to improve, or even force, season ticket sales, he wants fans to commit like he has done, albeit at a lower cost.  If you are a fan that goes to 10-15 home games per season, then I think he will make it so its better for you to get a ST and attend every game if you want.  I even wonder if you might see ST prices at least stay the same for a few seasons, maybe even go down in the prem due to the immediate increased revenue streams, but he will ask those who only attend a few games to pay more, not great but supporting your ST holders should be the first priority!!

I thought 'closed shops' were outlawed by the f ucking cow from Grantham 

Its not a closed shop, its open to anyone who can afford it!!!