You're History!

In an effort to prove how much of our lives we've wasted on Patgod and foisting our unformed and uninformed opinions upon the great Poppies public, we've trawled the archives for our coverage of the previous FA Cup tie against the Cobblers.  If nothing else it shows how little has changed in the 35 years (35 YEARS!!!) since that game.  Times may change.  Players and managers come and go.  Likewise with stadia.  And yet, we Poppies fans continue to happily kid ourselves that with a few good games under our belt that we are a match for anyone.

Below, if you can make it out, from Issue 4 was our attempt at satirising the Cobblers Cup Draw back in 1989, happily falling back on the fact that they shared their ground with the County Cricket team while we lorded it from the lofty glory and permanence of mighty Rockingham Road...ahem.

What WAS the same then as now was the fact that the Cobblers were struggling near the foot of League One (or Division 3 in old money) eventually finishing in one of the relegation slots.  We ended up finishing in our usual mid-Morris period 5th in the National League (again, for older readers, the Vauxhall Conference).  

That latest return to Division 4 for the Cobblers culminated, 4 years later, with the infamous season when they finished rock bottom of the League, exactly TWO PLACES in the pyramid above us, with only Kidderminster bloody Harriers and three bloody points preventing us from replacing the Cobblers in the Football League.  Yes, you young 'uns, we were once THAT close....

The Sheep?
Don't ask....perhaps our version of Page 3.....