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St. Charles Owl   "Let myself down" you say.

Please re-read the sentence that gives you so much concern.

If you look carefully you will see that I used the word relatively (as in comparison with).

I did NOT suggest that it was a COMPLETELY level playing field; just that you are unlikely to find Clubs who can afford to pay £50M+ for one player and are one of only six Clubs who have any realistic chance of silverware.

IMO there is unlikely to be parity at any level even down in Division 2 where I follow the fortunes of Cheltenham Town my now local Club.

The Robins can expect a gate of between 2500 and say 2800 home supporters for any one home game with perhaps 200 or so away supporters making up the numbers. How can they possibly hope to compete against the likes of Portsmouth, Blackpool or Plymouth Argyle who have a much larger fan base and a stadium to match.

No-one ever said that life was fair but at least in playing terms you can hope and expect your Club to at least give a good account of themselves in the lower divisions.

Play in the Premiership and you know in advance that there are at least a dozen games that you cannot possibly hope to win.

I will not comment on whether Match Officials are always even handed when you are up against one of the Big Boys.