It was criminal to have sacked Joyce at the time. The management just assumed he would be out of his depth and wanted a bigger name to "move on" in the next season. Typical crap knee jerk reaction by a regime that had no idea how to run a football club. A bit like the knob-heads at Lesta now.
Joyce was a down to earth football man then, who knew how to energise a squad of ordinary journeymen players who were exhausted by the struggle to win games. He was a tigerish player who always put in a full 90 minutes plus, and he brought that energy to managing them. It payed off big style and saved this club. By all accounts he still has that attitude and it will serve this club well again.