Originally Posted by
AdrianAlston
I appreciate how it looks statistically, but we played good football under Andrews and Morgan and we made some big signings; Robson, Moore, Kitchen, Robson, Burns, Roberts, Bennett etc. We had some really promising kids; Sayer, Giles, Pontin, Jones, Mickalef, Maddy, Davies and Dibble and we started every season with optimism.
And we had the greatest kit in the history of football kits.
Maybe it was the blind passion of youth (I was 15 when Williams was sacked) but looking back through nostalgic rose tinted spectacles they seemed exciting halcyon days.
There was a strong local influence in the team; the 75-76 promotion winning squad had Dwyer, Showers, Pontin, Attley, Sayer, Giles and Morgan all who had come through the apprentice system as well as Villars and Reece both local lads. We also had the Welsh Captain, Mike England. If you haven't read Paul's excellent book on that year, you should.