Last Season (09/10) Sheffield Wednesday beat Blackpool home and away scoring 4 goals across the two matches. At the end of the season The Owls were relegated Blackpool won the play off final and were promoted.The moral of this story is obvious: If you want to get promoted make sure Wednesday beat you at least twice in the same season.

Knowing this football trivia of course does not improve your life or understanding of anything, but there are a couple of other thoughts it might evoke.

The two Lancashire clubs were promoted, against the odds and despite the twin defeats to the Owls because of one thing – consistency – they just kept on keeping on. A couple of downers didn’t stop them winning enough other matches to put them in the top 6 at the end of the season;.   This attitude, more than genius ideas, more than talent, more than knowledge certified by the highest board of matriculation is the secret of success; well that and getting up again each time you’re knocked down.

Well…. Both of those plus knowing that even if you never “succeed” in the eyes of others just being on the journey is success in itself.

You will have heard many versions of this pondering before but when Government cuts are inevitable, the banks still refuse to dig us out of the mess they put us in and your team has just been relegated – I thought it was worth repeating.