Darren Purse and Dave Cusack on the contrasting emotions of what lies ahead..

[Toadie]

Evening all..

A direct shootout for survival from relegation*? Wednesday have been here before, haven't they?

 

In 2010 a draw with Palace proved not to be enough and they were sent to League One. 34 years earlier, goals from Mick Prendergast and Eric Potts allowed them to leapfrog Southend United and avoid an unimaginable drop to the fourth tier.

 

I spoke to two men central to those occasions; Darren Purse and Dave Cusack, about their contrasting experiences of what lies ahead this weekend. It was fascinating. Take a read..

(I love writing these longer pieces. This isn't a beg**, but if you like that sort of thing, the more of you that read them, the more often I can spend time churning them out..)

 

*Let's park the Rotherham equation for sake of poetic license
**It is a beg
 

 

[Kopparberg]

Nice article ! 
 

Thanks Toadie. 
 

I do like to hear from a few ex players. 
 

(Some of the ads etc must have gone from the site? because I could read it on my phone with no issues). 

[Rogers]

What a signing Purse was! 

[TbagMcgraw]

6 minutes ago, Rogers said:

What a signing Purse was! 

Cream of the crop!

[TrickyTrev]

I always thought Darren Purse came across as a good bloke who’d had a decent career, we just got him (as we did lots of players during that era) when his career was on the decline and he was past his best.

 

I still think if we’d have signed him 2/3 seasons earlier he’d have been a very good signing.

[SiJ]

O'Connor and Potter with matching head bandages...

 

*shudders*