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Youth Team
1991-92 14th home: Played 5 Won 2 Draw1 Lost2 F 6 A 6 -Away: Played 5 Won2 Drew2 Lost 1 F 4 A3 d1 15Pts
1992-93 20th home: Played 4 Won 1 Draw2 Lost1 F 4 A3 - Away: Played 6 Won1 Drew1 Lost4 F5 A10 d-4 9Pts
1993-94 9th home: Played 4 Won 2 Draw1 Lost1 F6 A3 - Away: Played6 Won2 Drew1 Lost3 F9 A11 d1 14 Pts
1994-95 13th home: Played 5 Won 3 Draw0 Lost2 F6 A6 - Away: Played5 Won1 Drew1 Lost3 F5 A14 d-9 13Pts
1995-96 14th home: Played 5 Won 3 Draw1 Lost1 F5 A3 -Away: Played5 Won1 Drew1 Lost3 F5 A7 d0 14 Pts
1996-97 18th home: Played 5 Won 2 Draw2 Lost1 F10 A8 -Away: Played5 Won0 Drew1 Lost4 F1 A14 d-11 9Pts
2006-07 22nd home: Played5 Won2 Draw2 Lost1 F7 A7 - Away: Played5 Won0 Drew1 Lost4 F2 A10 d-8 9Pts
Thought that I would compare our first 10 game stats from our seven seasons in the second tier. There were a few things that helped put our start so far this term into perspective.
Firstly, our home record: we currently have a better home record under Tilly than we did under Dave Webb in 91/92 and Barry Fry in 93/94- both of which, at the time, were remembered as good starts to the season. This feeling of a 'good start' may have helped by our away form, though in 93/94 our 9th and 10th league games were a 2-1 home defeat by Tranmere and a 4-0 loss away at Grimsby. Very similar to our 3-0 losses at home to Cardiff and away to Derby, in the sense that we conceeded 6 goals over the two games and we didn't score any (our goal against Tranmere was an own goal by Higgins).
On away form, if we had won 1 more game, then we would be matching pretty much our record, with only 91/92 and 93/94 being the exception.
There is also another positive to be drawn with the identical 96/97, 06/07 seasons: 1- IMO we have a better team this season with better consistency. 2- we have still had better results this season:
in 96/97 we lost away (amongst other games) 5-0 to Oxford, 6-1 to Palace and drew 0-0 Norwich.
So what does this add up to? IMO we have still had quite a good start for a young team stepping up to a new level. There is also something that statistics won't show- that the standard of football being played this season in the Championship is considered to be of a better quality than our previous 6 seasons in the second flight. If anything, I feel a bit better looking through these stats than I did travelling home from Derby on saturday. No one likes to lose- but I still think by the end of the season, we will be safe.
1992-93 20th home: Played 4 Won 1 Draw2 Lost1 F 4 A3 - Away: Played 6 Won1 Drew1 Lost4 F5 A10 d-4 9Pts
1993-94 9th home: Played 4 Won 2 Draw1 Lost1 F6 A3 - Away: Played6 Won2 Drew1 Lost3 F9 A11 d1 14 Pts
1994-95 13th home: Played 5 Won 3 Draw0 Lost2 F6 A6 - Away: Played5 Won1 Drew1 Lost3 F5 A14 d-9 13Pts
1995-96 14th home: Played 5 Won 3 Draw1 Lost1 F5 A3 -Away: Played5 Won1 Drew1 Lost3 F5 A7 d0 14 Pts
1996-97 18th home: Played 5 Won 2 Draw2 Lost1 F10 A8 -Away: Played5 Won0 Drew1 Lost4 F1 A14 d-11 9Pts
2006-07 22nd home: Played5 Won2 Draw2 Lost1 F7 A7 - Away: Played5 Won0 Drew1 Lost4 F2 A10 d-8 9Pts
Thought that I would compare our first 10 game stats from our seven seasons in the second tier. There were a few things that helped put our start so far this term into perspective.
Firstly, our home record: we currently have a better home record under Tilly than we did under Dave Webb in 91/92 and Barry Fry in 93/94- both of which, at the time, were remembered as good starts to the season. This feeling of a 'good start' may have helped by our away form, though in 93/94 our 9th and 10th league games were a 2-1 home defeat by Tranmere and a 4-0 loss away at Grimsby. Very similar to our 3-0 losses at home to Cardiff and away to Derby, in the sense that we conceeded 6 goals over the two games and we didn't score any (our goal against Tranmere was an own goal by Higgins).
On away form, if we had won 1 more game, then we would be matching pretty much our record, with only 91/92 and 93/94 being the exception.
There is also another positive to be drawn with the identical 96/97, 06/07 seasons: 1- IMO we have a better team this season with better consistency. 2- we have still had better results this season:
in 96/97 we lost away (amongst other games) 5-0 to Oxford, 6-1 to Palace and drew 0-0 Norwich.
So what does this add up to? IMO we have still had quite a good start for a young team stepping up to a new level. There is also something that statistics won't show- that the standard of football being played this season in the Championship is considered to be of a better quality than our previous 6 seasons in the second flight. If anything, I feel a bit better looking through these stats than I did travelling home from Derby on saturday. No one likes to lose- but I still think by the end of the season, we will be safe.
