"What Are They Talking About?" Quiz - no. 13

[Merthyr Imp]

This is the kind of thing that could have been said on far too many occasions over the years - but who said it this time, and when?

"To the 2,000-plus people who are NOT attending our games - you will miss us when we are gone because you won't even have any reasons to justify staying away."

 

[sedgleyimp]

Plenty of options on this one........I'll plump for John Reames somewhere around 2000/01 when the finances got very dodgy

 

[Merthyr Imp]

Not John Reames.

 

[Red Wimp]

Trying to think of a time when only 2000 people were staying away

 

[sedgleyimp]

Going back a bit then.........the 81/82 season was fantastic as we know but crowds weren't that great so possible Colin Murphy from around that time

 

[exhertsimp]

Bob Dorian 3BC (before Cowleys).

 

[Merthyr Imp]

Not Colin Murphy or Bob Dorrian.

 

[GrotierBranfootLeigh]

Ron Gray 69/70

 

[Merthyr Imp]

Not Ron Gray.

 

[Cricklewoodimp]

Gilbert Blades 1982?

 

[Merthyr Imp]

Not Gilbert Blades.

 

[Merthyr Imp]

A slight clue is that it was a manager who said it.

 

[sedgleyimp]

I'll stick to the events of 2001/02 where we nearly went under and plump for Alan Buckley

 

[57harry]

It could be John Beck in 1997/8.

 

[Merthyr Imp]

Not Beck or Buckley.

 

[Chesterimp]

Simmo?

 

[Merthyr Imp]

Simmo?

Not him.

 

[Merthyr Imp]

Time for another clue.

Just a month or so later the missing 2,000 - and a few more besides - were attending games again.

 

[sedgleyimp]

Possibly Danny Cowley then around early October 2016 ( win over Braintree early that month) getting a few more through the gates??

 

[S6Ian]

Keith Alexander....