Thread: Where did it all go wrong?
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Old 13th May 2008, 01:37 AM
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Re: Where did it all go wrong?
Another thing not to be underestimated is the lack of European football. Even when we were sweeping all before us domestically, we still had European competition to guage our true worth, and show what needed improving.

There's no question that the English league had deteriorated by the early 90s (Leeds Utd under Wilko, as champions? Give me a fucking break). We still look back fondly on the Beardsley-Barnes wonder years. I wonder, perhaps that blinded us at the time. Sure, we were head and shoulders above our domestic rivals, but the occasional ass-kicking in Europe would have kept our noses to the grindstone - and would have ensured that we wouldn't ignore the constant need to rebuild.

So yeah - Heysel and Hillsborough.
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