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season remaining, and with relegation looking certain. He turned around their fortunes and it came down to a last-day battle with bitter local rivals Castleford to decide who would go down
relegated straight back down the following season. In fact, of the 43 different clubs promoted in that time, only 16 have dropped back into the National League at all in the subsequent seasons. And never
intensity". But while this mental attitude is certainly a sportsperson's psychological trick, he insists there is nothing forced about it. "It's just the mentality I've always had since
relegation battle. But he knows he will need more than words to appease supporters who have turned on him this season. ## 'I don't think there was a relentless obsession with football success' When Venkatesham