tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271905914818553317.post1721605176500036291..comments2023-10-30T10:11:56.364+00:00Comments on HUNGRY TED - The Mind State Of A Battle-Weary Addick!: The Valley; A Story of Destiny and Desire... Hungry Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591962303259932382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271905914818553317.post-43666202767518744082013-12-03T13:06:35.773+00:002013-12-03T13:06:35.773+00:00Thanks for the comment Mike – much appreciated.
Y...Thanks for the comment Mike – much appreciated.<br /><br />You make a very good point and I've often thought about whether I'd have gone to Selhurst or not if I was around in them days. In all honesty, I'm pretty sure I would have and I agree that those fans who did were essential in the club surviving even if they are not recognised in the same way as those responsible for bringing the club home. I guess we’re seeing the same thing at the moment with Coventry City.<br /><br />That said, I recall that when my local non-league side (of whom I was a regular supporter at the time) left their home and went into exile for a number of years I never watched them once. That’s something I still feel guilty about to this day. I was heartbroken when they lost the stadium I grew up watching football in, but actually, it was because of that turn of events that became the main reason I ended up finally going to the Valley in ’94. And the rest, as they say, is history! <br /><br />Funny how things work out… <br />Hungry Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591962303259932382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271905914818553317.post-58413737858043063282013-12-03T12:12:17.453+00:002013-12-03T12:12:17.453+00:00Good article especially for those that have little...Good article especially for those that have little knowledge of the past (and endorsed by me on CAFCPICKS).<br />My only comment is that whilst it s true that many fans were not prepared to countenance the move to Selhurst to and make the trip to support the side, they missed some good football and without those who were prepared to eat hiumble pie at the time and support the side, the club would have certainly disappeared into oblivion (like it would have if we had previously lost the play off final to Leeds some years before, and might still go to the wall of current takepver negotiations fail).<br />MikeB (CAFCPICKS contributor)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com