If you thought we had it bad (Brighton 1980's).

Great story here about Brighton nearly slipping out of the football leagues and familiar stories of the suits carving up our clubs. A really good read and a great video of the '83 cup final between Gulls and ManYoo when if you drew after extra time you had a replay five days later. A great line was, "Fans had taken bits of the pitch home with them after the final game at the Goldstone," he says. "We still had to train on it."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65101524