and could it possibly be wider of the mark that this effort last year!
http://www.thisisworthing.co.uk/worthing/archive/2002/08/07/SPORT35ZM.html
First published on Wednesday 07 August 2002:
Comment: Ian Hart
I think it was The Fast Show's Ron Manager who said football management was like wallpapering because ninth-tenths of it was preparation.
It won't take that long to find out if Albion manager Martin Hinshelwood and his assistant, Bob Booker, have been given enough time to prepare the team.
It is 14 years since the Albion last re-entered what was then the old Second Division with an August home game against Bradford City.
Times have changed. The Goldstone is, sadly, no longer with us. But the one thing that will never alter is the fanatical support the club enjoys.
Whatever the early results, I hope fanatical continues to outweigh fickle.
The expectations of supporters I have spoken to go right across the spectrum.
There are the doom and gloom merchants who are predicting Albion will go straight back down.
A number want Dick Knight to open the chequebook and spend money the club doesn't have on players.
I even met one fan who is convinced Albion will reach, and eventually win, the play-offs. He reckons this time next year he will be looking forward to a Premiership campaign. Now there's confidence for you.
The majority of supporters I have spoken to share the same opinion as yours truly.
As I have stated before, Hinsh is the right man for the job. The current squad is better than at least seven others in Division One. So, barring disasters with injuries, the next nine months will be a very enjoyable journey.
Aside from avoiding relegation, which is a nailed-on certainty anyway, I have two hopes.
They are that we do the double over Palace and hopefully not have to wear that disgusting black away kit, complete with the bat on the front, at Selhurst Park!
NICE ONE HARTY
Any wise predictions for this season ??
http://www.thisisworthing.co.uk/worthing/archive/2002/08/07/SPORT35ZM.html
First published on Wednesday 07 August 2002:
Comment: Ian Hart
I think it was The Fast Show's Ron Manager who said football management was like wallpapering because ninth-tenths of it was preparation.
It won't take that long to find out if Albion manager Martin Hinshelwood and his assistant, Bob Booker, have been given enough time to prepare the team.
It is 14 years since the Albion last re-entered what was then the old Second Division with an August home game against Bradford City.
Times have changed. The Goldstone is, sadly, no longer with us. But the one thing that will never alter is the fanatical support the club enjoys.
Whatever the early results, I hope fanatical continues to outweigh fickle.
The expectations of supporters I have spoken to go right across the spectrum.
There are the doom and gloom merchants who are predicting Albion will go straight back down.
A number want Dick Knight to open the chequebook and spend money the club doesn't have on players.
I even met one fan who is convinced Albion will reach, and eventually win, the play-offs. He reckons this time next year he will be looking forward to a Premiership campaign. Now there's confidence for you.
The majority of supporters I have spoken to share the same opinion as yours truly.
As I have stated before, Hinsh is the right man for the job. The current squad is better than at least seven others in Division One. So, barring disasters with injuries, the next nine months will be a very enjoyable journey.
Aside from avoiding relegation, which is a nailed-on certainty anyway, I have two hopes.
They are that we do the double over Palace and hopefully not have to wear that disgusting black away kit, complete with the bat on the front, at Selhurst Park!
NICE ONE HARTY
Any wise predictions for this season ??
