westoelad wrote:Wonderfully nostalgic piece for our lockdown cricketfix.
https://www.wisden.com/stories/county-c ... to-the-top
been some good stuff lately. Thanks for that
at the start they talk about how staying up in 2006 was so crucial to winning the FPT in 07 and then the big one in 08
2012 had the same impact, I think, because at the half way point of that season we were win-less and miles adrift at the bottom of the table. I think that was the point that Colly took over and we won 5 of the last 8 matches (was it the last 5? I think we won 5 on the trot) to finish comfortably mid table and set ourselves up for a completely unexpected Championship title in 2013
Aye...... it took a shafting for us to be relegated, because we'd always found a way for the cricket to keep us up when it mattered....... FTECB!
I wonder if this year every first div team will be relegated and handed massive points deductions next year for requiring financial help from their pay masters?