1. Dave Richards

Ravey Dave just has to be at number one. He’s presided over seven years of steady decline. He led us into that Charterhouse stuff. His insistence on not sacking Wilson hamstrung the entire season. And then he buggers off to the Premier League. There’s no shirt waiting for you in football heaven, Dave.

2. The Wednesday Board

Same reasons as most of the above, but also for not having the balls to stand up to nice Mr Richards. Now they’re blaming it all on him. Bloody hell – you were there!

3. Danny Wilson

Yes there are loads of reasons why Desperate Dan got a raw deal.
But who signed the Low Counties let downs? Who signed Phil Scott when everybody knows anything at all knows he has a fitness record that made Hirsty look like Charles Atlas? Who carried on feuding with Benni when it was all supposed to be settled? We wanted to love you Danny but you are guilty.

4. David Pleat

By popular consent the man who if he didn’t actually start it, at least caused the rot to set in. And he sold Kovacevic. And he’s a whinger. That’ll do.

5. Joe Ashton

Mr Opinion was quick enough to start having a go at the board, neatly forgetting that for most of the years of the decline he was on the board. For a man living in a glass house he threw a lot of stones.

6. Trevor Francis

For some revisionists Tricksome Trev was the man who nudged Wednesday on to the Teflon slope. He had some success with largely Ron’s team. He brought players back before they were fit. He started that dressing room grumbling and non-bonhomie that carried on. And if we had signed Cantona…..

7. The Gang of Four

Second placing for Joe Ashton ,the only man with 2 entries on the chart. We think that in retrospect the GoF were well meaning but misguided in their timing and the way they stirred up the opprobrium of all the football types – it kept Desperate Dan in the job.

8. Paolo Di Canio

Always loads of reasons to love and hate the mutton-chopped marauder in equal measure. After he belted Alcock we all knew he was going to go, but we’ve carried on paying for his (and Carbone’s) knock down prices ever since. He remains barmy but brilliant, with his neat scissor volleys rubbing a whole packet of Saxo into our wounds.

Ps. His since revealed political views remove any love we once felt for him.

9. The Blue and White Owl

The Nero that carried on fiddling while Rome burned. Its chin-up, everything’s fine, Dave and Danny at home cheeriness typifies the whole misplaced attitude that got us into this mess in the first place. Cheer up Ozzie!

10.Vim Jonk

If BAWO typified the off-field wrongs, no one has so completely summed up the problems on the pitch as Un-vigorous Vim. He won’t run, won’t challenge, won’t tackle. He has a bucketful of talent but has begrudged us a thimble full all season. Certain to go, and good riddance.

11. Player’s Agents

Whenever things have begun to move towards the shape of a pear there have been the agents stirring up dissatisfaction with nary a care about the effect on the club. Think Di Canio, Carbone, Thome, de Bilde; theme emerging?

12. Gilles De Bilde

Stands accused on 3 counts. First, came with an animal reputation but turned out to be as animal as a daffodil. Second, he gobbed off to the Belgian papers and then whinged about being misquoted. And third, whilst Sibon took all the stick he just got on with being crap and doing nowt.

13. Benito Carbone

No higher than 13th because the midget moaner was provoked and sore tried by Danny’s sulking. When things had supposedly been sorted out Wilson still kept him on the bench in a childish outburst ot tantrumming. However Beni still did a bad thing walking out at Southhampton, cost us a lost fortune in transfer fees, and (lest we forget) was instrumental in St David Hirst leaving S6, and as we all know if Hirsty had stayed none of this would have happened…..

14 Malcolm Christie

There are already 23 different moments Wednesdayites have identified as when “ I knew it was all over “, but when young Malc scored Derby’s equaliser we all knew deep down the game was up.

15. Player’s Contracts

Some are already listed but there are others too: Phil Scott, Andy Hinchcliffe, Simon Donnelly all on wage stuffed long contracts that have delivered zero value. Thanks for your contribution lads.

16. Goalkeepers

Pav picked up a bit towards mid-season, but let’s be right Flap-a-check and Kevvy Bunter have been pretty much u/s all season, while Matt Clarke’s been doing alright at Bradford.

17. Gerald Sibon

Say-ooh Sibon at least tried his best, but in all honesty his best was stunningly average. Never buy players from watching them on video (unless it’s Jennifer Aniston). Made goal of the month though (ha-ha).

18. Graham Mackrell

Can’t say exactly what, but we’re sure he had some part to play in the decline of recent seasons. How we sobbed when he messed up at West Ham and fell on his sword.

19. Darko Kovacevic

Because if he’d stayed here we’d still be in The Premiership, and because if he’d stayed until the end of last season and we’d sold him to Juventus, we’d have enough money to finish mid-table and still some left over to go to Cleethorpes on holiday. Remains the most potent symbol of what might have been.

20. Coventry, Southampton and Derby

Why couldn’t you just be crap like you usually are? Bastards!