by ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:00 pm
I won't celebrate until it's mathematically impossible for us to be caught, I remember once under Roy Evans we went into the final game of the season in second place 3 points ahead of the 2 teams immediately below us and we had a healthy goal difference advantage over them too.
That was the famous or should I say infamous 'finish fourth in a two horse race' season, we ended up getting beat about 3-1 or 4-1 away at Sheff Wed (or somewhere like that) and as luck would have it the two sides below us had big, big wins, those were the days when only 2 teams qualified for the CL so it was a huge kick in the teeth, especially considering we'd been neck and neck with United all season contesting the title never mind a CL place.
The club was reeling after that one, we'd spent a lot of money in an effort to try and break into the CL places and earn some big money and to blow it when we had it in the palm of our hands was sickening, it was a terrible summer.
We should make the most of these good times, god knows we've had some kicks in the teeth over these last 23 years, if we do somehow win the league I honestly think I'll be in floods of tears, it's been a long wait, especially to someone of my generation who grew up knowing nothing but triumph after triumph.