Biggest team to get relegated to the conference

[Jerome'SAle]

Apart from us obviously

Chesterfield looking like they could go down there this year, who is the "biggest" club ever to suffer the ultimate shame?

 

[Northstandboy]

Apart from us obviously

Chesterfield looking like they could go down there this year, who is the "biggest" club ever to suffer the ultimate shame?

They need a miracle to not go down.

Perhaps Lincoln?

 

[Gary Baldi]

Looton Town? Stockport, more for their recent history of Championship football

 

[Northstandboy]

Looton Town? Stockport, more for their recent history of Championship football

Could add Tranmere too?

 

[outsidethebox]

Bristol Rovers? Scum ..... one day maybe!?

 

[Gary Baldi]

Could add Tranmere too?

I did think about them and possibly Wrexham. Looton are the most recent trophy winner to leave the football league.

 

[Belgium Yellow]

Orient innit?

 

[MarkG]

Orient innit?

Didn’t they change names a few times in the 80s?

 

[unification]

As much as I hate to admit it, Luton are the biggest side from the FL to go into the non-league. 10 years as a top flight club and a League Cup to their history. I think we’d place second to them.

There are plenty of League stalwarts down there nowadays - Tranmere, Wrexham, Hartlepool etc. However, it’s more concerning seeing familiar faces drop even further. York and Stockport recently and Torquay today who will be visiting Oxford City next year.

Just think what could have happened had we not made the right appointment after Patterson left ...

 

[MJB]

Yep, Luton followed by us I’d say.

 

[Marked Ox]

Has to be Luton.

 

[Steve McAvoy]

As an aside, happened to pick up an interview with Martin Gray, playing legend here and now managing (unsuccessfully) York City.Everyone’s fault but his. If he is ever in the running for a managerial job here, run like the wind!

 

[Marked Ox]

As an aside, happened to pick up an interview with Martin Gray, playing legend here and now managing (unsuccessfully) York City.Everyone’s fault but his. If he is ever in the running for a managerial job here, run like the wind!

Yes, apparently he is a bit rubbish.

 

[holdsteady]

It’s Luton then us, not really an argument, both played in the top flight and both had won a trophy. The two clubs with the biggest fanbases, the most potential to grow as well.

No comparison with the others named.

 

[Marked Ox]

I would chuck in Bristol Rovers near us though.

 

[Gary Baldi]

Chesterfield were relegated last night. Will they pull a Stockport next season?

 

[McVicar]

Are Luton a bigger club than us?

 

[MJB]

Are Luton a bigger club than us?

I would day so, yes. Slightly bigger crowds, longer football league history and more time in the top tiers.

 

[Sarge]

Are Luton a bigger club than us?

Debatable and if they are, only marginally

 

[Peterdev]

Tranmere are a fair size. Probably the biggest grounds of those relegated to the Conference. Although everyone is forgetting Darlington ground which was huge after their move from Feethams

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Lincoln City are getting bigger crowds than Oxford, Bristol R and Luton.

They have been relegated to the Conference twice - in 1987 and 2011
but for me Luton have been the biggest club to lose their FL status when they lost
it back in 2009. They’ll do well again next season in L1 - I would think.

L1 is a good standard and will be very competitive again next season.

Next season the Conference will host Chesterfield, Wrexham, Leyton Orient,
Hartlepool United, possibly Tranmere Rovers and possibly Stockport County.
All decent size clubs.

 

[Oldham]

Lincoln City are getting bigger crowds than Oxford, Bristol R and Luton.

They have been relegated to the Conference twice - in 1987 and 2011
but for me Luton have been the biggest club to lose their FL status when they lost
it back in 2009. They’ll do well again next season in L1 - I would think.

L1 is a good standard and will be very competitive again next season.

Next season the Conference will host Chesterfield, Wrexham, Leyton Orient,
Hartlepool United, possibly Tranmere Rovers and possibly Stockport County.
All decent size clubs.

Apart from Leyton Orient, they are a small puss filled pimple of a club on the a**e end of East London

 

[Peterdev]

Leyton Orient could do worse than merge with their great rivals Dagenham and Redbridge