Whilst other ‘big’ clubs recognised, embraced and then reaped the rewards of the influx of money into football in the late-90’s/early-00’s, we were hampered by a small-time, self-interested drama queen of a chairman with no interest in anything other than feathering his own nest and keeping his sickening ego inflated.
Although on the decline since the European ban, the longevity of Chairman Bills reign has meant that the other top teams are no so far out of reach that we will never be challengers for any sort of major honour for decades (and that’s being optimistic).
Bill and his sickening hangers-on like Ms Dynamite, Sharpy et al have killed a near 150 year old institution.