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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376

  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Gareth Bales first trophyless season after leaving Tottenham was when he was on loan at Tottenham. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    8/10 games had at least 6 goals. Just the 66 goals in total.

    May be an image of text that says BOXING DAY 1963 DIVISION ONE RESULTS BLACKPOOL 1-5 CHELSEA BURNLEY 6-1 MAN UTD FULHAM 10-1 IPSWICH LEICESTER 2-0 EVERTON LIVERPOOL 6-1 STOKE NOTTM FOREST 3-3 SHEFF UTD SHEFF WED BOLTON WEST BROM TOTTENHAM WEST HAM BLACKBURN WOLVES ASTON VILLA 2-8 3-3
  • 995632
    995632 Posts: 319
    Addick Addict said:
    8/10 games had at least 6 goals. Just the 66 goals in total.

    May be an image of text that says BOXING DAY 1963 DIVISION ONE RESULTS BLACKPOOL 1-5 CHELSEA BURNLEY 6-1 MAN UTD FULHAM 10-1 IPSWICH LEICESTER 2-0 EVERTON LIVERPOOL 6-1 STOKE NOTTM FOREST 3-3 SHEFF UTD SHEFF WED BOLTON WEST BROM TOTTENHAM WEST HAM BLACKBURN WOLVES ASTON VILLA 2-8 3-3
    But there was no football before the Premier League? What witchcraft is this?!? 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited November 2022
    Addick Addict said:
    8/10 games had at least 6 goals. Just the 66 goals in total.

    May be an image of text that says BOXING DAY 1963 DIVISION ONE RESULTS BLACKPOOL 1-5 CHELSEA BURNLEY 6-1 MAN UTD FULHAM 10-1 IPSWICH LEICESTER 2-0 EVERTON LIVERPOOL 6-1 STOKE NOTTM FOREST 3-3 SHEFF UTD SHEFF WED BOLTON WEST BROM TOTTENHAM WEST HAM BLACKBURN WOLVES ASTON VILLA 2-8 3-3
    And the over 2.5 mega acca still didn't pay out!  Nor the BTTS.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    Addick Addict said:
    8/10 games had at least 6 goals. Just the 66 goals in total.

    May be an image of text that says BOXING DAY 1963 DIVISION ONE RESULTS BLACKPOOL 1-5 CHELSEA BURNLEY 6-1 MAN UTD FULHAM 10-1 IPSWICH LEICESTER 2-0 EVERTON LIVERPOOL 6-1 STOKE NOTTM FOREST 3-3 SHEFF UTD SHEFF WED BOLTON WEST BROM TOTTENHAM WEST HAM BLACKBURN WOLVES ASTON VILLA 2-8 3-3
    And 2 days later when the return fixtures against the same sides were played, Man Utd, Ipswich and West Ham all had big victories.
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,883
    Addick Addict said:
    8/10 games had at least 6 goals. Just the 66 goals in total.

    May be an image of text that says BOXING DAY 1963 DIVISION ONE RESULTS BLACKPOOL 1-5 CHELSEA BURNLEY 6-1 MAN UTD FULHAM 10-1 IPSWICH LEICESTER 2-0 EVERTON LIVERPOOL 6-1 STOKE NOTTM FOREST 3-3 SHEFF UTD SHEFF WED BOLTON WEST BROM TOTTENHAM WEST HAM BLACKBURN WOLVES ASTON VILLA 2-8 3-3
    If those results happened today, I would probably fast forward the Leicester Everton game on match of the day 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,015
    The fixture computer didn't do very well that day.

    Boxing day and instead of having two local derbies they sent Chelsea up to Blackpool and Blackburn down to West ham.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    The fixture computer didn't do very well that day.

    Boxing day and instead of having two local derbies they sent Chelsea up to Blackpool and Blackburn down to West ham.
    To be fair they did up grade the valves and vacuum tubes as a result...
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Ref might have a long night writing up this report.


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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954

  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Didnt realise that King Kev was part of the Government now
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600

  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Charlton Athletic are the last London club in the league cup.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,269
    Charlton Athletic's last 3 matches have all been in different cups, with Charlton Athletic progressing in all 3 cups. 

    Quite unbelievable 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Mario Gotze is in the Germany squad, despite last playing for them in 2017.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    The last Premier League team to start a game with squad numbers 1 to 11 was Charlton Athletic 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    Salad said:
    The last Premier League team to start a game with squad numbers 1 to 11 was Charlton Athletic 
    Haven't we had that one before?
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    Probably! Think we played first few games ‘98 with the same lineup.
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  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588


    Gillingham's match stats in the cup win over Brentford.



  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    Salad said:
    Probably! Think we played first few games ‘98 with the same lineup.
    I think he meant haven’t we had that stat before?
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,548
    Salad said:
    The last Premier League team to start a game with squad numbers 1 to 11 was Charlton Athletic 
    Burnley did it last season 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    cafcsinger said:
    Salad said:
    The last Premier League team to start a game with squad numbers 1 to 11 was Charlton Athletic 
    Burnley did it last season 
    Correct 

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15927863/burnley-liverpool-starting-eleven-squad-numbers/amp/

    the article mentions they were first team to do it since us 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Non-Football Fact.

    Since 2017, the winner of the first race of an F1 season, has gone on to finish 2nd in the Championship.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    Another non football fact

    Two of the main contenders for the newly appointed England Women's coach were Jon Lewis (former Gloucester, Surrey and Sussex bowler and England Young Lions Head Coach) and Jon Lewis (former Essex and Durham bowler and Bangladesh batting coach). Jon Lewis actually got the job. The former one that is. 
  • RomseyAddick
    RomseyAddick Posts: 180
    Addick Addict said:
    Another non football fact

    Two of the main contenders for the newly appointed England Women's coach were Jon Lewis (former Gloucester, Surrey and Sussex bowler and England Young Lions Head Coach) and Jon Lewis (former Essex and Durham bowler and Bangladesh batting coach). Jon Lewis actually got the job. The former one that is. 
    Never knowingly underbowled
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    England are the first side to score three goals in the first half of a World Cup match... Since England beat Panama
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Jude Bellingham is the first player younger than GTA: Vice City to score a World Cup goal
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Confirmed as the longest world cup group game ever

     match lengths so far:

    QAT v ECU: 100:18
    ENG v IRN: 117:16 
    SEN v NED: 102:49

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