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  • edited April 2023
    The Leeds goalkeeper, Illan Meslier, has let all of the last 11 shots he has faced on target in. This was also the first time in Leeds' history that they have conceded at least 5 goals in successive home games.  
  • edited April 2023
    Make that 12.
  • JaShea99 said:
    Make that 11.
    I've edited that accordingly. To be fair to the lad, though, he did just save one. That will do his confidence the world of good.
  • Probably been mentioned before but there must’ve been something in the water over Xmas 1963

  • Probably been mentioned before but there must’ve been something in the water over Xmas 1963

    That Leicester game was a bit crap all things considered
  • On Saturday January 2nd 1932 a new record was set for the most goals scored in the Football League on a single day. In all 209 goals were scored in 43 matches - 56 in the First Division (11 matches), 53 in Division 2 (11 matches), 43 in Division 3 North (10 matches) and 57 in Division 3 North (11 matches).

    Unfortunately, we were on the wrong end of a 5 goal thriller at Forest.

    The results -

    First Division
    Birmingham4-0Everton
    Chelsea4-0Middlesbrough
    Derby County5-0Blackpool
    Grimsby Town1-4Huddersfield Town
    Leicester City3-8Aston Villa
    Liverpool4-2Newcastle United
    Portsmouth2-1Sheffield United
    Sheffield Wednesday5-1Blackburn Rovers
    Sunderland2-5Manchester City
    West Bromwich Albion1-0Arsenal
    West Ham United3-1Bolton Wanderers
    Second Division
    Bradford City9-1Barnsley
    Burnley1-3Southampton
    Bury2-1Bristol City
    Chesterfield1-3Stoke City
    Leeds United3-2Swansea Town
    Manchester United0-2Bradford Park Avenue
    Millwall4-3Notts County
    Nottingham Forest3-2Charlton Athletic
    Port Vale2-0Plymouth Argyle
    Preston North End2-3Oldham Athletic
    Tottenham Hotspur3-3Wolverhampton W.
    Third Division (North)
    Accrington Stanley3-0Rochdale
    Barrow7-1Walsall
    Carlisle United3-2Hartlepool United
    Darlington0-6Lincoln City
    Gateshead4-0New Brighton
    Halifax Town2-2Hull City
    Rotherham United2-0Southport
    Stockport County1-0Doncaster Rovers
    Tranmere Rovers2-2York City
    Wrexham2-4Crewe Alexandra
    Third Division (South)
    Bristol Rovers4-1Bournemouth
    Cardiff City5-0Northampton Town
    Clapton Orient2-2Watford
    Coventry City5-5Fulham
    Exeter City4-1Thames
    Gillingham4-0Southend United
    Luton Town6-1Reading
    Norwich City2-1Brighton & Hove Albion
    Queens Park Rangers1-2Brentford
    Swindon Town5-2Mansfield Town
    Torquay United3-1Crystal Palace
  • Football looks more fun back then.

    The Boxing Day one you'd have to suspect half of them were still full of beer, turkey and roast potatoes etc.
  • Football looks more fun back then.

    The Boxing Day one you'd have to suspect half of them were still full of beer, turkey and roast potatoes etc.
    Unfortunately, the game has "evolved" over the years to one which was all about finding ways to score to one that is all about preventing the opposition from scoring. Defend from the front, eleven behind the ball, track your man, use the "professional" foul where necessary, feign injury, time waste etc etc. That is why dead ball opportunities are far more important nowadays and why the average number of total goals per game is about 2.7 and why so few games feature teams scoring three goals. In fact, the PL weekend of the 21st January featured just 18 goals in total from the 10 matches.
  • Half of Peterborough’s draws this season have come against the same opposition (Charlton).
  • Chelsea have spent £600m on players and still can't score goals!!
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  • On Saturday January 2nd 1932 a new record was set for the most goals scored in the Football League on a single day. In all 209 goals were scored in 43 matches - 56 in the First Division (11 matches), 53 in Division 2 (11 matches), 43 in Division 3 North (10 matches) and 57 in Division 3 North (11 matches).

    Unfortunately, we were on the wrong end of a 5 goal thriller at Forest.

    The results -

    First Division
    Birmingham4-0Everton
    Chelsea4-0Middlesbrough
    Derby County5-0Blackpool
    Grimsby Town1-4Huddersfield Town
    Leicester City3-8Aston Villa
    Liverpool4-2Newcastle United
    Portsmouth2-1Sheffield United
    Sheffield Wednesday5-1Blackburn Rovers
    Sunderland2-5Manchester City
    West Bromwich Albion1-0Arsenal
    West Ham United3-1Bolton Wanderers
    Second Division
    Bradford City9-1Barnsley
    Burnley1-3Southampton
    Bury2-1Bristol City
    Chesterfield1-3Stoke City
    Leeds United3-2Swansea Town
    Manchester United0-2Bradford Park Avenue
    Millwall4-3Notts County
    Nottingham Forest3-2Charlton Athletic
    Port Vale2-0Plymouth Argyle
    Preston North End2-3Oldham Athletic
    Tottenham Hotspur3-3Wolverhampton W.
    Third Division (North)
    Accrington Stanley3-0Rochdale
    Barrow7-1Walsall
    Carlisle United3-2Hartlepool United
    Darlington0-6Lincoln City
    Gateshead4-0New Brighton
    Halifax Town2-2Hull City
    Rotherham United2-0Southport
    Stockport County1-0Doncaster Rovers
    Tranmere Rovers2-2York City
    Wrexham2-4Crewe Alexandra
    Third Division (South)
    Bristol Rovers4-1Bournemouth
    Cardiff City5-0Northampton Town
    Clapton Orient2-2Watford
    Coventry City5-5Fulham
    Exeter City4-1Thames
    Gillingham4-0Southend United
    Luton Town6-1Reading
    Norwich City2-1Brighton & Hove Albion
    Queens Park Rangers1-2Brentford
    Swindon Town5-2Mansfield Town
    Torquay United3-1Crystal Palace
    Amazing how many of these clubs are no longer in the top four divisions 😔
  • A statistic that sounds fake.

    Erling Haaland has now played 2,000 minutes in the Champions League, scoring 35 goals in that time.

    Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest scorer in the competition’s history, with 140 goals.

    He scored a total of 0 goals in his first 2,000 minutes.
  • Pep has now made ten Champions League Semi-Finals... He's only been in Management for 14-years.

    The four teams to deny him are: Monaco | Liverpool | Spurs | Lyon
  • One I've just read, which sounds impossible to be true

    Southampton are the first team to be bottom of the Premier League table, and score three goals in a game against the League Leaders
  • One I've just read, which sounds impossible to be true

    Southampton are the first team to be bottom of the Premier League table, and score three goals in a game against the League Leaders
    At face value it doesn't seem feasible but I suppose if one considers how good the defences of those Arsenal, Man United, Man City and Liverpool sides were then it wasn't very often that they actually conceded three goals in a game let alone to a side that probably didn't score three times in a game more than on the odd occasion. Appreciate that early season you might find a side at the bottom that ultimately ends up there but, in most seasons, that bottom team is woeful and do not get anywhere near averaging a goal a game. 
  • On Saturday January 2nd 1932 a new record was set for the most goals scored in the Football League on a single day. In all 209 goals were scored in 43 matches - 56 in the First Division (11 matches), 53 in Division 2 (11 matches), 43 in Division 3 North (10 matches) and 57 in Division 3 North (11 matches).

    Unfortunately, we were on the wrong end of a 5 goal thriller at Forest.

    The results -

    First Division
    Birmingham4-0Everton
    Chelsea4-0Middlesbrough
    Derby County5-0Blackpool
    Grimsby Town1-4Huddersfield Town
    Leicester City3-8Aston Villa
    Liverpool4-2Newcastle United
    Portsmouth2-1Sheffield United
    Sheffield Wednesday5-1Blackburn Rovers
    Sunderland2-5Manchester City
    West Bromwich Albion1-0Arsenal
    West Ham United3-1Bolton Wanderers
    Second Division
    Bradford City9-1Barnsley
    Burnley1-3Southampton
    Bury2-1Bristol City
    Chesterfield1-3Stoke City
    Leeds United3-2Swansea Town
    Manchester United0-2Bradford Park Avenue
    Millwall4-3Notts County
    Nottingham Forest3-2Charlton Athletic
    Port Vale2-0Plymouth Argyle
    Preston North End2-3Oldham Athletic
    Tottenham Hotspur3-3Wolverhampton W.
    Third Division (North)
    Accrington Stanley3-0Rochdale
    Barrow7-1Walsall
    Carlisle United3-2Hartlepool United
    Darlington0-6Lincoln City
    Gateshead4-0New Brighton
    Halifax Town2-2Hull City
    Rotherham United2-0Southport
    Stockport County1-0Doncaster Rovers
    Tranmere Rovers2-2York City
    Wrexham2-4Crewe Alexandra
    Third Division (South)
    Bristol Rovers4-1Bournemouth
    Cardiff City5-0Northampton Town
    Clapton Orient2-2Watford
    Coventry City5-5Fulham
    Exeter City4-1Thames
    Gillingham4-0Southend United
    Luton Town6-1Reading
    Norwich City2-1Brighton & Hove Albion
    Queens Park Rangers1-2Brentford
    Swindon Town5-2Mansfield Town
    Torquay United3-1Crystal Palace
    Amazing how many of these clubs are no longer in the top four divisions 😔
    Not really, that was 91 years ago 
  • Man City are the first team to reach the FA Cup Final without conceding a single goal since Everton in 1965-66
  • National League Premier(/Conference) points record is 105.

    Notts County may well beat that and still not win the league.
    Now confirmed - beat it with a game to spare, and still finished second.
  • QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.

    He didn't complete a pass.
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  • edited April 2023
    Charlton and Fulham are the only two teams to stop Brighton scoring since the World Cup

    Thats 19-games
  • QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.

    He didn't complete a pass.
    How long was Henry on for us, can't remember a pass he completed.
  • edited April 2023
    Charlton and Fulham are the only two teams to stop Brighton scoring since the World Cup

    Thats 19-games
    And Man U now.
  • iaitch said:
    QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.

    He didn't complete a pass.
    How long was Henry on for us, can't remember a pass he completed.
    Henry completed 39 of the 46 passes he attempted - in the 61 minutes he played. 
  • iaitch said:
    QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.

    He didn't complete a pass.
    How long was Henry on for us, can't remember a pass he completed.
    Henry completed 39 of the 46 passes he attempted - in the 61 minutes he played. 
    Yes, but too many were to Morecambe players.
  • QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.

    He didn't complete a pass.
    8/10 - Star Man 
  • Rochdale's relegation makes them the 17th of the 20 clubs which joined the Football League in 1921 to leave the league at least once since then, whether by being relegated, voted out or ejected for going bust. The only exceptions are Walsall, Crewe and Charlton.
  • Give us a year or two and we'll join that club.
  • Ipswich have scored 113 goals from 54 games in all competitions this season. Only Man City have scored more.

    Ipswich's goal difference of 60 is exactly double that of Orient, the League 2 Champions. Ipswich may still finish second in League 1 despite, potentially, achieving 100 points.   
  • Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos for Girona last night became the first player to score 4 against Real Madrid in La Liga since……….1947!!
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