What made the Colchester game so bad was

that there was nothing to measure it against. It was the first game following a dreadful season in which we plummeted new depths and the result was a sign of worse to come. The 7-1 against Blackburn in 93 was bearable because we'd had a good season. The 3-1 defeat at Tranmere under Lambert was shrugged off because we still knew we'd be ok. The Colchester game suggested that, not only were we in the third tier for the first time in decades, we were also out of our depth there.

Posted By: tim berry on October 1st 2015 at 11:40:42

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9 (Nine!) years ago today (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 1, 10:07:58
- Some words I wrote about this back then - (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Oct 1, 13:10:33
  - ah, the Doherty rugby tackle... (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 1, 13:25:36
    - i still laugh at the memory of that (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 1, 14:09:55
- 'a little restbite'? (NCFC) - CauldRon, Oct 1, 12:56:22
- A flickfartfanny of a day (n/m) (NCFC) - inutero, Oct 1, 11:07:49
- I backed Worthy all the way until the 4-1 Burnly loss. (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Oct 1, 11:02:12
  - God wanted Worthy out, when it pissed down. (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Oct 1, 11:20:02
    - It certainly was the time for him to go, I still like big Nige though (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Oct 1, 11:26:51
      - The downside was the decisions after (n/m) (NCFC) - inutero, Oct 1, 11:37:34
        
        Thats just the Norwich way though isn't it? (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Oct 1, 11:38:49
        
        In circles, calls for a bit of Billy.... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 1, 13:44:50
  - Remember watching that burnley game (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 1, 11:18:23
    - I can't remember much about the game apart from how shit we were (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Oct 1, 11:22:25
      - The atmosphere was poisonous. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 1, 12:39:31
      - all got very nasty (n/m) (NCFC) - revsimon, Oct 1, 11:42:06
        
        fans waving, and singing "Cheerio Cheerio Cheerio" at him (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 1, 12:38:24
        
        And the whole Keep The Faith / Worthy Out rows on here. (NCFC) - APB, Oct 1, 12:40:51
        
        vmt. Worthy Out car stickers FFS. (n/m) (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Oct 1, 11:48:47
        
        I had a Chase Out Sticker on my car (n/m) (NCFC) - fareastcanary, Oct 1, 12:53:54
- what a day that was! probably my least fave day watching NCFC (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Oct 1, 10:29:22
  - nothing was worse than the 7-1 (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 1, 10:32:06
    - Villa away, Jan 2005. (NCFC) - APB, Oct 1, 12:35:24
      - there is a column of seats about 4 wide at Villa that aren't covered (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 1, 14:06:18
      - And the allocated boozer was chock full by the time i got there, meaning no booze :( (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 1, 13:59:52
        
        (first ever sad face btw). (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 1, 14:00:26
    - For some reason the Villa away game from that season is seared into my brain (NCFC) - Old Man, Oct 1, 10:34:34
      - the thing about the 7-1 (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 1, 10:44:12
        
        What made the Colchester game so bad was (NCFC) - tim berry, Oct 1, 11:40:42
        
        As Hucks said, some players seemed to give up, he was fuming, like the fans. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 1, 11:34:24

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