On the other hand because you’ve were brought up eating white bread it doesn’t mean you always have to eat the stuff. I was one of those who saw our season at the highest level and was also at Shrewsbury and then at Chesterfield on a grim day when we finished in a relegation place but were only saved from the Conference by Kidderminster’s ground not being up to EFL standard requirements.
You and ST Ed seem to be white bread people. I am not. I want and expect better. However, I realise that to achieve that the ground and the club’s infrastructure and wider relationship with the people of Northampton has to be much better. As we have seen, what the club has now whether it is its bricks and mortar, ownership and management is not good enough to either mount a serious promotion challenge or, if we get promoted, maintain a place in the league above for more than a season or two. That is where we are.
My own take is that the conventional private ltd company ownership vehicle is broken for many clubs in the lower divisions, including NTFC. The sad demise of Bury illustrates the point. Others will follow. I know that many disagree with fans ownership and always hope the next owner will be a wealthy benefactor rather than an opportunist with land development profits the real agenda. I very much doubt that these hopes will ever be realised and so things needs to fundamentally change. Think of the German 50+1 ownership model and the long term sustainability and growth of the club before coming back and saying “ twas always thus” at NTFC. It needn’t be.
White bread is the best....FACT!