 In 1927–28 heavy defeats of 9–1 and 7–0, to Millwall and Watford respectively, followed by a first-round FA Cup exit to Bournemouth caused Kerr to resign.Lamenting the uninterrupted poor form since World War I, "Evening Telegraph"'s columnist Derek Henderson, who wrote under the pseudonym "Nemo", wrote that "successive managements have either lacked the ambition or the ability to provide us with anything other than a third-rate team".Some fans began to call for the club to be wound up, allowing for a phoenix club to rise in its place.