reading some of the quotes from pearson and on here, am i alone in thinking that as a club, whilst kath hetherington was ruler, we would always have been second to leeds whilst under her control?

Correct and if she was still about, Briscoe (Tom) would not be here at the end of the 2012 season

i have often thought that. i also wonder what signings we missed out on that ended up at leeds and where we really should have been now if we had kicked on from cardiff 2005.quiet annoying really when you listen to some of the things pearson has come out with. I cant help but think we could be near where Wire are now. We have a bigger fan base etc but i now think if a player was not on the cheap we would just hand them to Leeds on a plate.

one signing we definatly lost out to leeds on that fc were after was ali lautitti, heard numerous times how kath passed him onto leeds!

i had heard that too, I wonder about Buderous aswell,and also, not just players but sponsors and other opertunities. i just think we have been competly done over recruitment and business wise too.

Some of us are just stoopid. I include myself in that group clearly.

Thought back to the day FC won in Cardiff. About the only time I'd seen Kath interviewed whilst at FC. The "It's all I've ever wanted, yes, yes, yes!" comment rang a bit hollow at the time, now it just looks ridiculous. Jon Kear paid with his job for that win. Had to leave it for a bit to look less obvious

Great attitude AP has,best of luck for the season folks.

Can see it being fun.

Yep. The first nail in Peter Sharp's coffin was that Grand Final.

Good interview the guy really does seem intent make us great again. Any improvement on recent seasons will see crowds rise. As for future recruitment, build it and they will come

Great interview. What a guy!

So glad the old lot are well out of here. Always said within the family that we'd be here long after they'd gone.

Too true.

Also told people that our injury problems weren't only down to "bad luck" (which kosh now acknowledges doesn't exist)

I haven't denied it. In mitigation though, if FC had been more successful, she'd have been able to milk it more. And if she hadn't put money in with the rest of the Gateshead board, the club would have gone out of existence.