Some happy stats

[1973Blade]

The first time we have scored three away goals in the top flight since 1993. The last time we scored three away was at QPR in April 2022.
First time we've won away in the top flight in front of supporters since Crystal Palace in January 2020.
A great away day, UTB!

 

[Blade56]

1st

 

[Tom Bott]

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Neutral fan might be confused.

 

[Revolution]

Records we now won’t break:

Fewest PL points (11, Derby)
Fewest PL goals (20, us and Derby)
Fewest PL away goals (7, Norwich)
Fewest PL away wins (0, a few teams)
Most PL away defeats (17, Burnley)
Fewest PL away points (4, Burnley)

And yet again you get a chance to marvel at just how bad Derby County were.

 

[Blade56]

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Neutral fan might be confused.

100% conversion, I’m confused

 

[SwissBlade]

Records we now won’t break:

Fewest PL points
Fewest PL goals
Fewest PL away goals
Fewest PL away wins
Most PL away defeats
Fewest PL away points

And yet again you get a chance to marvel at just how bad Derby County were.

Derby must’ve been incredibly shit that year.

 

[1973Blade]

In October 1993 Take That got to number one. After today's three away goals hopefully we will Relight Our Fire!

 

[DifferentClass]

If Brereton were fit we could have gone four, even five.

Wilder out!

 

[Revolution]

Derby must’ve been incredibly shit that year.

That team is truly remarkable.

 

[shorehamview]

In October 1993 Take Rhat got to number one. After today's three away goals hopefully we will Relight Our Fire!

Take Who?

 

[1973Blade]

Take Who?

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my fat fingers. Managed to edit it!

 

[Gimli]

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Neutral fan might be confused.

Spaces might help them a bit…

 

[blade too long]

Records we now won’t break:

Fewest PL points (11, Derby)
Fewest PL goals (20, us and Derby)
Fewest PL away goals (7, Norwich)
Fewest PL away wins (0, a few teams)
Most PL away defeats (17, Burnley)
Fewest PL away points (4, Burnley)

And yet again you get a chance to marvel at just how bad Derby County were.

in 2020 21, we need to get 11 more points to beat that from 14 games

17	Burnley	38	10	9	19	33	55	−22	39
18	Fulham (R)	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	5	11	22	35	76	−41	26
20	Sheffield United (R)	38	7	2	29	20	63	−43	23

 

[shorehamview]

my fat fingers. Managed to edit it!

It matters not, the facts are there despite you tampering with the evidence.

 

[bakeblade]

Records we now won’t break:

Fewest PL points (11, Derby)
Fewest PL goals (20, us and Derby)
Fewest PL away goals (7, Norwich)
Fewest PL away wins (0, a few teams)
Most PL away defeats (17, Burnley)
Fewest PL away points (4, Burnley)

And yet again you get a chance to marvel at just how bad Derby County were.

We're still in with a chance of most goals conceded though

 

[bornablade]

-38 goal difference. 24 matches.

-23 of those goals came in 4 games. Burnley (5), Newcastle (8), Arsenal (5) Villa (5).

The other 20 matches showed only a negative goal difference of -15.

Keep it tight at the back.

 

[BladesOnToast]

We are doing better than our last relegation season, and are not as cut adrift as we were after 24 games 3 years ago:
(... still think we'll go down, obviously)

 

[Beans]

That team is truly remarkable.

I'm absolutely fascinated by it. I would read a book on it, sincerely.

I'm convinced that is one of the great, unbreakable records in all of sports. I'd honestly put it up there with Bradman's 99.94 Test average as something that will never be surpassed, such is the level of difficulty to "achieve" it.

 

[Groucho Blade]

Jay McEverley and Claude Davis…say no more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007–08_Derby_County_F.C._season

It’s Derby’s record but…somehow…our fingerprints are on it

 

[BladesOnToast]

Jay McEverley and Claude Davis…say no more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007–08_Derby_County_F.C._season

Ex-Blades who netted for Derby that season: Jay McEverley and Sun Jihai!!

 

[Houston_Blade]

When you look at some of their players that season it’s a proper shit squad.

High numbers of appearances by McEveley and Davis as well as Dar…..erm Moore.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

Jay McEverley and Claude Davis…say no more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007–08_Derby_County_F.C._season

It’s Derby’s record but…somehow…our fingerprints are on it

Trevor Birch was their chief exec as well! For the first couple of months anyway.

 

[Sithblade]

What's the most different penalty takers we've had in one season to all score?
Three so far this season, but in 89/90 Bryson, Duffield, Gannon and Agana(cup) all scored a pen, any higher than that?

 

[Revolution]

What's the most different penalty takers we've had in one season to all score?
Three so far this season, but in 89/90 Bryson, Duffield, Gannon and Agana(cup) all scored a pen, any higher than that?

1997-8 had 5:

Fjortoft
Deane
Stuart
Borbokis
Hutchison (cup only)

Not obvious from the records as Deane (Oxford away) and Borbokis (QPR home) both missed their only ones.

 

[Revolution]

I'm absolutely fascinated by it. I would read a book on it, sincerely.

I'm convinced that is one of the great, unbreakable records in all of sports. I'd honestly put it up there with Bradman's 99.94 Test average as something that will never be surpassed, such is the level of difficulty to "achieve" it.

So would I. Terrible seasons are fascinating.

I would never buy a book about Wednesday but someone has written one about their awful mid 1970s dark ages which are interesting in a similar way, especially the disastrous 1974-5 season.

I said at the time in 2020-21: we had 6 players whose form completely collapsed, we had terrible injuries in the second half of the season, we scored only 20 goals and most weeks never looked like scoring, we signed some awful players, we lost 29 games…and yet we won 7 times and got 23 points. How the hell did Derby do it?

 

[Revolution]

1997-8 had 5:

Fjortoft
Deane
Stuart
Borbokis
Hutchison (cup only)

Not obvious from the records as Deane (Oxford away) and Borbokis (QPR home) both missed their only ones.

In fact now I think on it was 7

Saunders missed at Ipswich in the cup, scoring the rebound.

Whitehouse missed v Wrexham in the league cup.

So 7 takers but only 3 scored. Hutchison, Fjortoft and Stuart who both missed and scored.

Seasons with 4 scoring pens:

1979-80: Benjamin, Matthews, Bourne, Kenworthy
2003-4: Brown, Ndlovu, Lester, Gray

 

[Champagneblade]

Credit to whoever the Blades called John Slingsby is, who I saw posted this on twitter.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

So really we only looking at conceding less than 40 goals to avoid a record?

 

[Revolution]

So really we only looking at conceding less than 40 goals to avoid a record?

We can lose 31 games. The record (which we own jointly) is 29.

I would be very surprised if we lost 12 or more of the last 14.

 

[Silent Blade]

In fact now I think on it was 7

Saunders missed at Ipswich in the cup, scoring the rebound.

Whitehouse missed v Wrexham in the league cup.

So 7 takers but only 3 scored. Hutchison, Fjortoft and Stuart who both missed and scored.

Seasons with 4 scoring pens:

1979-80: Benjamin, Matthews, Bourne, Kenworthy
2003-4: Brown, Ndlovu, Lester, Gray

1970-71: Powell, Currie, Hemsley, Woodward