Following our relegation in 1997, Stuart opted to stay at Altrincham despite interest from many clubs. Many people felt that his efforts during our first season in the Unibond League were somewhat lacking and that he was only interested in picking up his money - to make matters worse, at the end of the season he departed for Northwich. I believe that he said one or two things in the local press which antagonised many Alty fans and when we came up against Northwich on New Year's Day 2000 Stuart was subjected to some of the worst barracking I have ever seen. It was all such a long time ago now that I've forgotten a lot of the details of what went on but that's the basic jist of it.