I think they would have been promoted before with a different manager, I think Cooper has his moments, but more importantly he has his favourites. Having said that credit to Vince for sticking with managers, Cooper is the 6th longest serving manager in the Football League. They play badly against lower teams, and also they struggle if someone plays them at their game. Not often a Plan B.
I love the Vegan food, it is very tasty, which one or two from here could testify to, and the club ethos. It is helping to change the world. Great stuff!
What I do not like is the Rushden and Diamonds approach to football club ownership. I have said to him that in order to truly show greenness, the club should be making the New Lawn a paragon of sustainability, not knocking it down, replacing it with 90 houses and no jobs, and relocating in a brand new stadium by a motorway junction. I get that the catchment area includes south Gloucester, but hey, how are fans coming to a stadium by a motorway going to arrive? Plus why build a 5,000 seater stadium for a club that is pushing for promotion, when you already have a stadium with 5,000 capacity?
Many clubs have no parking and poor road access - that's a challenge for sustainability, not rebuilding them miles away from town.
Community is important in football - real care needs to be taken to avoid turning a small community club into a franchise.
I've been to MK Dons. Might as well have been anywhere... (I never went to Plough Lane, but have been to lots of grounds of that ilk)