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50 years of wobbles in promotion seasons.
Does this make you feel better, or worse?
A long way to go yet!!!
1970-71
27 Feb…Carlisle…A…0-1
9 Mar…HULL CITY…H…1-2
13 Mar…QPR…A…2-2…and we were 2-0 down.
P…3…W…0…D…1…L…2…leaving us outside the top two and having played a game more than Leicester and Cardiff.
1989-90
21 Mar…West Ham…A…0-5
24 Mar…BARNSLEY…H…1-2
…then we put on a Masterclass in a 2-0 win at Oldham, followed by a 1-0 win at Stoke…BUT then…
3 Apr…SUNDERLAND…H…1-2
7 Apr…Portsmouth…A…2-3
P…6…W…2…D…0…L…4…leaving us 2nd, with Newcastle and others hot on our tail. Then we had 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (smashed 0-4 at Leeds) in the final 7 games.
2005-06
25 Feb…QPR…H…2-3
3 Mar…CREWE…0-0
11 Mar…Coventry…A…0-2
18 Mar…Norwich…A…1-2
...and this not long after losing 4-1 at home to promotion rivals Watford.
P…4…W…0…D…1…L…3…leaving us 2nd, 4 points ahead of Leeds and 6 ahead of Watford but having played a game more.
2018-19
No run-in blip here, the final 18 games were: P…11…D…6…L…1 (just a daft home defeat to Bristol City which left us 3rd). Winning 3-0 at Hull in game 44 (3 days after Leeds lost at home to Wigan) all but clinched it. Leeds lost 6 of their last 11 !!!
The blips were:
Does this make you feel better, or worse?
A long way to go yet!!!
1970-71
27 Feb…Carlisle…A…0-1
9 Mar…HULL CITY…H…1-2
13 Mar…QPR…A…2-2…and we were 2-0 down.
P…3…W…0…D…1…L…2…leaving us outside the top two and having played a game more than Leicester and Cardiff.
1989-90
21 Mar…West Ham…A…0-5
24 Mar…BARNSLEY…H…1-2
…then we put on a Masterclass in a 2-0 win at Oldham, followed by a 1-0 win at Stoke…BUT then…
3 Apr…SUNDERLAND…H…1-2
7 Apr…Portsmouth…A…2-3
P…6…W…2…D…0…L…4…leaving us 2nd, with Newcastle and others hot on our tail. Then we had 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (smashed 0-4 at Leeds) in the final 7 games.
2005-06
25 Feb…QPR…H…2-3
3 Mar…CREWE…0-0
11 Mar…Coventry…A…0-2
18 Mar…Norwich…A…1-2
...and this not long after losing 4-1 at home to promotion rivals Watford.
P…4…W…0…D…1…L…3…leaving us 2nd, 4 points ahead of Leeds and 6 ahead of Watford but having played a game more.
2018-19
No run-in blip here, the final 18 games were: P…11…D…6…L…1 (just a daft home defeat to Bristol City which left us 3rd). Winning 3-0 at Hull in game 44 (3 days after Leeds lost at home to Wigan) all but clinched it. Leeds lost 6 of their last 11 !!!
The blips were:
- Losing the first 2 games of the season, being bottom of the league
- An 8-game ‘wobble’ from Nov 3rd to Dec 22nd… P…8…W…2…D…3…L…3…managing three home games without a win (including Wednesday’s 0-0 win) and an away defeat at Forest
- ...leaving us SIXTH, 9 points off Norwich and 7 points off Leeds
- What a great finale though!!