[theo_luddite]

You appear to use some of my sauces for your threads themaclad. This is also not quite a copy and paste of an email I send to Town fans across the pond and darn unda (and no I don't mean that Darn Unda that frequented 606 in the day) that have fallen into Town's sticky web - with a little persuation from me.

Your local cricket threads are a good read in the summer too. A reminder that life still goes on at a slower pace on some of our Village Greens than in the rest of the mad, mad, mad, world.

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Never let the truth get in the way of good yarn ritchie.

Our politico's wouldn't recognise either anyway which is always worth remembering when you use your votes. Oop's little bit of politics sneaking in there as Ben Elton used to say ...

I won't embed this so ignore it if you wish, but change a few names, has anything changed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptx_H2XWGV8

As the year of reference, back in 1986 at this end of the season, Town were in the same division as ...

Norwich
Hull
Millwall
Stoke
Leeds
Sunderland
Blackburn
Boro'

We finished 16th, 6 points above Carlisle. It was then called Division Two.

The following season you could add the relegated ...

Ipswich
Brum
West Brom

and the promoted Plymouth to the mix, though Norwich escaped upwards and Boro' headed south.

Yes that was the old 2nd Division, now known as The Chumpionship, so no, nowt much has changed.

We also parted company with a well loved manager, Mick Buxton, and replaced him with the recently deceased Steve Smith.