Conference Anybody getting faintly nostalgic for the National League

[Marked Ox]

This should disabuse you of such notions.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

No, when I look at it now with Brackley in it and Oxford City before them you realise how far we fell. Never again.

 

[Basham Wonderland]

Its like when you're renovating your first house. Horrible and cold at the time, but you look back on it fondly.

 

[ECYellow]

No, absolutely not.

What a quite ridiculously question.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Enjoyed the away days but some things are best off leaving in the past.

 

[Gregortheox]

No…
Moderators….shut this down at once please.

 

[Carpy]

The only thing I remotely miss about it was the fact that we were a massive fish in what was effectively a puddle. I never want to see it again though.

 

[90syeIlow]

Watching us lose on Setanta to teams is never heard of wasn’t particularly enjoyable.

 

[m]

'Angry from Wantage' was about to start typing.

It's a hard no from me.

I enjoy having become the kind of w****r who has to check which division MK Dons are in nowadays given our recent cup draw.

 

[SamLongSlidingTackle]

 

[Billyox]

Sunday 16th May 2010 was about the only enjoyable part of our time there

 

[Lost Marbles]

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C'mon that was an entertaining game and a crackling atmosphere. Plus Billy Turley

 

[tim lane]

Absolutely not! And I should add that I love our being in the Championship. Yes, it's a struggle for a variety of reasons, but bring it on, I say!

 

[ThatSlopesATwelfthMan]

As an OUFC fan absolutely not. Even a bit. As a general footy nerd and nostalgist the odd visit to court place farm or non league grounds on holiday scratches the grassroots itch just fine.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Of course not - but it did lead to that day at Wembley, which was a brilliant and emotional occasion. There is *some* good in most things!

 

[unification]

The YouTube algorithm threw this up for me the other day. No, I do not want to watch that again.

When we were in Leagues 1 and 2, drawing a Conference or lower side in the FA Cup first or second rounds was always fun. Having to do that every week became a chore in the Conference. The second season in particular (2007-08) was particularly drab as we went nowhere.

Never again, thanks.

 

[Sutton Yellow]

The Conference was mostly awful. Arriving at estuary towns like Grays where you would hardly know there was a game on. Like a football deployment nobody asked for.

If I'm watching the league 2 highlights, in my head I hear the circus music, league one is just about watchable, but the Championship is where it's at, thank you very much.

I hope supporters are in agreement on that, because we are going to need to be all in over the next few months.

 

[Marked Ox]

No, absolutely not.

What a quite ridiculously question.

It was from 3 years ago! It wasn't a serious question and was based on a quite mad end of season NL event.

 

[Left Wing Cross]

C'mon that was an entertaining game and a crackling atmosphere. Plus Billy Turley

That game is the reason we signed Ryan Clarke

 

[Northstandboy]

The worse period of football i can remember.

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

What I’m confused about is how a thread that had zero replies three years ago is getting multiple replies now…

How does anyone even see the thread? It would be about a hundred pages down the “unread posts” tab. Weird.

Not confused about my answer to the question. No - it was horrible. Literally the only good thing that happened (apart from the denouement at Wembley) was that beautiful Andy Burgess goal vs Halifax.

 

[Left Wing Cross]

What I’m confused about is how a thread that had zero replies three years ago is getting multiple replies now…

Is any thread ever really closed?

 

[Village-Yellow]

Hmmm...... Southampton at home on Boxing Day.

It's a tough question

I'll sleep on it.

 

[Stranger]

That game is the reason we signed Ryan Clarke

I thought we'd already agreed to sign him before that game?

 

[Lost Marbles]

I thought we'd already agreed to sign him before that game?

That's right, it's on his episode of the Behind the Badge podcast.

 

[Twiggy85]

I think it’s easy to look back and think ‘wasn’t that fun’ since there was a novelty to rocking up at some tinpot grounds (I’m looking at you Tamworth) - but it was bleak in reality. When people ask who you support and you have to explain which division we are in.
Was there some fun times and good memories- yes, do I ever want to do it again- nope!

 

[TheDukeOfBanburyshire]

The YouTube algorithm threw this up for me the other day. No, I do not want to watch that again.

When we were in Leagues 1 and 2, drawing a Conference or lower side in the FA Cup first or second rounds was always fun. Having to do that every week became a chore in the Conference. The second season in particular (2007-08) was particularly drab as we went nowhere.

Never again, thanks.

I think I'll make myself watch this every time I feel like moaning about GW.

 

[Village-Yellow]

I think I'll make myself watch this every time I feel like moaning about GW.

@Bicester Yellow loves this

 

[WuTang]

The away days and the ultras, absolutely. Everything else, never again!

 

[werthersoriginal]

In theory it might have been fun to be the big fish and win most of our home games, but in fact it was often quite dreary as we seemed to sink to their level pretty fast. I remember the odd good game against the likes of Crawley, Dagenham, and Stevenage.