We can now make sure we cherish every minute of this week. I think if we still had that pressure of relegation then it makes a difference and straight after the final we would be saying 'oh, crumbs, here we go again'.
Quotes about relegation (15 Quotes)
We're doing well because everyone is working hard. We hope the run will continue on Saturday, although we need to keep our feet on the ground because this season we have been close to the relegation zone.
The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.
It is too early to comment on the club and its structure... but all I can say is that with their co-operation, my main aim is to save the club from relegation.
We're in a relegation battle. Anyone who doesn't see it like that isn't seeing it correctly. I've known people deny these situations before.
I thought they'd started to run out of ideas and we'd be ok, but it wasn't to be. It's going to be hard (avoiding relegation) but we're having a go.
I can't see how this loss is going to look good to the inspectors. Like a football team that loses its best players, relegation looms.
It is really exciting as we will be pitting ourselves against several full-time clubs, which will generate a lot of interest for the fans, ... The stage is now set and the fans have been looking for a change. We set a target of about five years to get out of the Third Division, looking to the examples of Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County. That has now been achieved, but we are realistic enough to know that this time next year the club could be involved in its first ever relegation battle.
Relegation is never out of your mind, but I am looking up now. Beating Birmingham has put us 11 points clear of them and it has taken the pressure off.
It was a scrap and we matched, certainly physically, one of the best teams by being tough and resolute. We played some decent football and nearly hit them on the break a couple of times. People have written us off but if we stop believing we can avoid relegation we might as well stop turning up, and if anything, you've seen out there a team that can do it and compete at this level.
The current season has been difficult. We have had an unusual number of injuries to the playing squad, and all our efforts are now concentrated on avoiding relegation.
We need someone who understands the Premiership - its demands, its pressures, the way it functions with its built-in risk of relegation. Probably, we need someone who actually knows what it is to work in this environment.
Two is a bit harsh in a ten-team league, and though the issue of promotion and relegation for next season has not yet been decided, I hope they restrict it to one team down.
After taking temporary charge last season he took us from looking down at the fringes of another relegation scrap, to within a kick of getting into Europe.
We have had great support from our fans and we have one common goal, to avoid relegation, and we see this as the way forward to do this. I am sure Craig would have got it right in the end but there was a limit on the amount of time we had.