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When football was football.
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Yes, I used to get one of these at the start of a season with whatever comic I used to read. I would spend a lot of time taking down the football results off Sports Report on Saturday afternoon and working out the league positions. I then moved the little cardboard name tags to the appropriate place on the ladder. All very exciting!
The most challenging thing was calculating 'Goal Average'. You had to divide goals for by goals against to get a positive number - sometimes to three or more decimal places. If you had a negative number it meant your team needed to buy a new towering centre half or two!
None of your easy-peasy 'Goal Difference' mullarkey in those days! :lol:
The most challenging thing was calculating 'Goal Average'. You had to divide goals for by goals against to get a positive number - sometimes to three or more decimal places. If you had a negative number it meant your team needed to buy a new towering centre half or two!
None of your easy-peasy 'Goal Difference' mullarkey in those days! :lol:
Southampton Hake":xurqx8jp said:
They appear to be colour coded by the teams in each division for season 1958/59.
White on blue - First Division
Red on white - Second Division
White on red - Third Division
Blue on white - Fourth Division
Therefore the Third Division team missing is Swindon Town.
The missing team are Peterborough United who came in to the FL in 1960 to replace Gateshead when they folded. They went on to win Division 4 in their first season.
PS Oxford came in soon after in 1962 to replace Accrington and in one of the more quirkier items of footballing trivia, guess who Accrington replaced when they came back in to the FL 44 years later...
demportdave":234bwe73 said:
Gateshead are in there so this is pre-1960-61, Peterborough's debut season.
Beg your pardon LC, I was looking for Gateshead in Division 4.
You are of course correct, the missing team in Division 3 is Swindon Town.
You are of course correct, the missing team in Division 3 is Swindon Town.
demportdave":16ficlb8 said:
Following on from that who scored Accies first 2 goals back in the football league ?
Thanks Lundan Cabbie for the solution to my curiosity, was it just by accident that Swindon were omitted as we play them tonight.
Demportdave, the Accrington/Oxford exchange of Football League memberships is a real trivia gem.
I missed these charts being an addict of Gorgeous Gus etc in The Victor.
Demportdave, the Accrington/Oxford exchange of Football League memberships is a real trivia gem.
I missed these charts being an addict of Gorgeous Gus etc in The Victor.