A significant night

but did it really change much?

Saunders was gone just 14 games later (20 pts from his last 35 Lge games) and then Bond arrived.

If we had been relegated in May 1973 would Saunders have stayed? Who knows.
Certainly John Bond's profile was already high at this stage, with a promo & nearly in successive seasons.

Also noteworthy is the similarity between 1972/3 and 1984/5 in the way the season went - good start, getting to Wembley, results nosedive after Xmas.

Posted By: Henclrikus, Feb 8, 11:38:27