35 years ago today

We played our last home game of the 1988/89 season against Hull, with Mark Yates scoring the only goal in front of 4,686. The second division had been extended to 24 clubs, and we were relegated to the third tier for the first time in our history after finishing 23rd, four points ahead of Walsall. Samesh Kumar had just replaced Ken Wheldon as chairman, and Dave McKay had just replaced Garry Pendrey as manager. Our average attendance was 6,289, and our top scorer was Steve Whitton with 6 goals, followed by Colin Robinson with 5. Seven days later, our game at Crystal Palace would turn out to be an eventful day.

It would have been interesting to see the comments if social media was around then!