Most stressful club to follow

[surrey jim]

Football Night C5 now have listed the 5 most stressful clubs to follow,

How the hell have MK Dons come in second, Brighton dont even make the top 10,

 

[British Bulldog]

Football Night C5 now have listed the 5 most stressful clubs to follow,

How the hell have MK Dons come in second, Brighton dont even make the top 10,

What do they know!

 

[surrey jim]

the most stressful club has GOT to be BHA, 10 years no stadium, championship twice (albeit Div 1) god knows how many managers, threat of leaving the league, ripped off by chairmen, gillingham for home games....

 

[ditchy]

who were the top 5 ?

 

[Dawsey]

http://www.footballpools.com/thepools/new/football-fever/index.jsp

There's the whole thing, we are a quite frankly ridiculous 34th.

 

[ditchy]

How can that be acurate based on their criteria ?. what it does show is our plight remaining ignorant amongst over fans and so called experts !

 

[surrey jim]

2. MK Dons
League Two

From the Premiership to League Two in just six years. The Dons (formerly Wimbledon) have certainly put their fans through the wringer over the years. If upping sticks from south London and moving to Milton Keynes (losing a huge chunk of their fan base in the process) isn't enough, they also manage to stress out their fans by having the worst home record in English football - since the War they've failed to win 44% of their home matches. Add to that three relegations in 10 years - plus a narrow escape on goal difference - debts of more than £20m and a period in administration, and you can see why the Dons rate so highly (or should that be lowly?) in our league. AFC Wimbledon, on the other hand, have gone from the Combined Counties League to the Premier Division of the Ryman League in just four years, winning five trophies along the way. How long, we wonder, before they meet in the Football League?

 

[Icy Gull]

I reckon being aWimbledon fan and then a MK Dons fan, assuming there are some who went this route rather than AFC Wimbledon has been dramatically more stressful than being a Brighton fan over the last 6 years.

We really haven't had it that bad two promotions two relegations is far preferable to 6 seasons bobbing around the middle of League 1 or 2, or having your club dismantled and moved like MK Dons

If Falmer gets turned down we will leap up to the top of the list.

Following Brighton is not stressful but it is f***ing annoying, big difference imo. The only time it was stressful is in the days of Stanley, Archer and Bellotti

 

[robbied69]

how the hell are Leeds not there.

 

[Starry]

how the hell are Leeds not there.

Number 18.

 

[robbied69]

I saw us there, but surely going from stadiums like the San Siro to Gresty Road etc, should entitle us to be a lot higher.

 

[Starry]

You could say that about a lot of clubs though.

 

[Dave the OAP]

One could argue that we have the most fans with a victim mentality

just a thought

 

[1066gull]

its very debatable

nothings right or wrong in this case

 

[Man of Harveys]

No other club has been shafted by its owners AND faced us many relegations, promotions, even championships as us recently - yup, even winning the title is pretty stressful and I don't think my nerves have yet recovered from, say, Cardiff - and STILL the Falmer issue isn't sorted out, despite countless campaigns, marches, protests - things haven't calmed down for us since, what 1994? We should be in there!

 

[Deleted member 2719]

How Pompey could ever be ahead of us in this is a joke i don't see many Pompey fans unhappy these days.

 

[robbied69]

You could say that about a lot of clubs though.

Its just like when you see clubs like:

Portsmouth - how can they not be happy

Carlisle - 2 successive promotions

Bury - lost a play-off final (so did Leeds)

Crewe - will always be a selling club
because of location and lack of finances

Palace - a yo-yo team

West Brom - see Palace

Coventry - one relegation yonks ago, nothing team.

 

[1066gull]

brighton - 2 promotions on the trot

oh wait

 

[Zesh Rehman]

8. Portsmouth - Are you having a laugh ?

11. Crystal Palace -

51. Rochdale - should be number 3 behind us and notts county i think, they've been stuck in the same league for 31 seasons.

81. Bristol City - They've been stuck in div 2 for years, very frustrating, but always come close.

92. Liverpool - at present there very frustated, not winning the premiership for ages.

 

[Brovion]

One could argue that we have the most fans with a victim mentality

just a thought

Some truth in that. Also back-to-back Championships and a play-off win probably counted 'against' us.

I agree we are probably a bit low but apart from the temporary ground and the Falmer saga we're actually too well-run a club for following Brighton to be described as 'stressful' - although the Falmer saga is making me ill. I think we need a full-blown financial crisis with the threat of liquidation to move us up the table.