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  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,761
    Enzo Maresca was the 5th Premier League Manager to be sacked after winning 2 trophies the previous season. The other 4 were Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto De Matteo and Jose Mourinho.

    The 5 teams that sacked those managers: Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea and Chelsea.
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,503
    Crystal Palace played their 32rd game of the season against Newcastle on the 4th Jan 26.
    According to MOTD.

    During 1993/1994 season Charlton had already played 25 league games , 2 Coca - Cola cup games and 6 Anglo-Italian cup games Jan3rd making 33 games played.

    A people complain we play to much football now.
  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 2,022
    ForeverAddickted said:
    During the Spurs vs Liverpool game today
    Bradley got replaced by Isak on 46'... Isak got replaced by Frimpong on 60'...Frimpong got replaced by Chiesa on 90'
    I know Isak was injured after scoring
    But can't be many times in the past where the subtitute has been subtituted that many times?
    Good stat! I can only recall witnessing that happen once before - England Slovakia 2009.

    Emile Heskey replaced by Carlton Cole (15)
    Carlton Cole replaced by Peter Crouch (35)
    Peter Crouch replaced by Michael Carrick (74)

    In both games, the player in the chain of substituted players wearing number 9 - Isak & Heskey - scored the opening goal of the match.
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,761
    If West Ham and Wolves are both relegated from the top flight and none of Watford, West Brom or Wrexham are promoted it will mean there are no sides beginning with the letter W in the top flight of English football for the first time ever.

    That will leave A as the only letter that has been represented in every season. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,398
    DyerConsequences said:
    If West Ham and Wolves are both relegated from the top flight and none of Watford, West Brom or Wrexham are promoted it will mean there are no sides beginning with the letter W in the top flight of English football for the first time ever.

    That will leave A as the only letter that has been represented in every season. 
    Hopefully wanky, wanky millwall don’t go up.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,427
    Talking of which. The father of Olympic Champion skater, Robin Cousins - Fred Cousins - was an apprentice goalkeeper at Millwall before WWII. He contracted TB when serving in Mombassa and that put paid to any chance of a pro career after the war.  
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,226
    Igor Thiago has already set the record for the most goals scored by a Brazilian player in one Premier League season.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,434
    Crystal Palaces's humiliation by non-league Macclesfield this afternoon gives them the worst ever record as 'holders' of the cup*.

    *I haven't actually checked if this is true, but I'm thinking it must be, and even if it isn't I still like to think of it that way ;)
  • Addick_and_Chips
    Addick_and_Chips Posts: 468
    Stig said:
    Crystal Palaces's humiliation by non-league Macclesfield this afternoon gives them the worst ever record as 'holders' of the cup*.

    *I haven't actually checked if this is true, but I'm thinking it must be, and even if it isn't I still like to think of it that way ;)
    United were holders and chose to go to the Club World Cup instead of defending the FA Cup. I would say they are the worst before today. There were 117 places between Macclesfield and Palace. No 6th tier side has ever beaten a top flight side either. 
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,828
    Nuno Espirito Santo has won more Spurs home games as the visiting manager than he did while he was Spurs' manager (3 as the home manager, 4 with 3 different visiting clubs).

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,226
    Sheffield Wednesday could end the season on less points than they started with.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 97,429
    Salford vs Swindon this season...
    rLeagueTwo - Swindon have now lost to Salford 3 times this season with the same 3-2 scoreline

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 97,429
    Leicester beat Norwich 2-1 this season, and Manning was sacked... Leicester beat West Brom 2-1 and Mason got sacked... Leicester lost 1-2 against Oxford... and their Manager got sacked.

  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,761
    No one that turns 50 this year ever made a senior appearance for the mens England football team.

    1976 is the only year in the twentieth century where no one born in that year was ever capped.
  • Rylo
    Rylo Posts: 866
    Charlton only ever play a team when it’s the new manager's first game in charge. Fact. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,474
    Since Bruno Guimaraes signed for Newcastle in January 2022, they have never won a Premier league game when he hasn't played.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,687
    Bromley have scored either two or three goals in each of their last 15 home league matches. The last time they failed to do so was in a 1-0 win against Morecambe on 18th April last year.  
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,104
    Addick Addict said:
    Bromley have scored either two or three goals in each of their last 15 home league matches. The last time they failed to do so was in a 1-0 win against Morecambe on 18th April last year.  
    Hope that run has stopped by the time we play then next season😉
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,403
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  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,880
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Salford vs Swindon this season...
    rLeagueTwo - Swindon have now lost to Salford 3 times this season with the same 3-2 scoreline

    1980-1 Season

    League Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg Carlisle 1 Charlton 2
                                         2nd Leg Charlton 2 Carlisle 1

    League Division 3          Charlton 2 Carlisle 1
                                         Carlisle 1 Charlton 2

    Went to three of those, passed on the midweek league cup game. Think they were sick of the sight of us by the end of the season.



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