Will This be Our Best Ever Level 2 Season?

[ucandomagic]

I didn't include a few of my usual graphs in my post Cardiff-Burnley thread as, in that thread, I wanted to focus on the Blades - Burnley battle to the end of the season.

However, YES Blade replied that he missed the comparison with previous seasons - so here is a bonus, a comparison with our best EVER seasons at Level 2.

This comparison considered games as far back as 1893/94, as before that the season went below 30 games, which ceased to be a sensible comparison.

For the early seasons I've converted to 3 point wins and taken average points-per-game to extrapolate to 46 games.

Graph 1 shows that our best ever season was an equivalent 93 points under Reg Freeman in 1952/53 - it finished a few months before I was born! That is followed by 92 under John Harris in 1960/61 and 91 under Hecky in 2022/23.

In terms of this season so far, after 35 games - Warnock (05/06) is leading on 74, and this season is level with Freeman (52/53) on 73 points.

As I forecast on my other thread that we would get 96 points this season, we are on target for our best ever season at Level 2 - which would make it a genuinely legendary season.

UTB & Slava Ukraini!

P.S. We're a huge 8 points ahead of 2018/19 and all this with a 2-point deduction!

 

[UddersBlade]

Great analysis - and I’m pretty sure that the 93pts record will go. Think we’ll get 94pts + (which will actually be 96 pts +)

 

[Gimli]

Cheers ucandomagic , does the 96 mean points we will end on or points we will have earnt? I know it’s arguably semantics but having a season where we won 98 points would be incredible

 

[brownblade]

Nice work, thanks.

Crazy isn't it... Half the fans still don't think we're very good. Pretty much none of us think we're great!

I hate to talk about money in football... But I'm pretty sure the Prems riches, allowing them to stockpile the best players in the country/Europe, has a direct impact on the quality of the leagues below.

 

[UddersBlade]

Pretty sure I’ve read this before somewhere - but does anyone know what is the highest points total for a team in a season who did not win automatic promotion? Was it the 96pts that the Pigs got a couple of years ago in League 1?

 

[William Carey]

Pretty sure I’ve read this before somewhere - but does anyone know what is the highest points total for a team in a season who did not win automatic promotion? Was it the 96pts that the Pigs got a couple of years ago in League 1?

I think you may be right

 

[Revolution]

I didn't include a few of my usual graphs in my post Cardiff-Burnley thread as, in that thread, I wanted to focus on the Blades - Burnley battle to the end of the season.

However, YES Blade replied that he missed the comparison with previous seasons - so here is a bonus, a comparison with our best EVER seasons at Level 2.

This comparison considered games as far back as 1893/94, as before that the season went below 30 games, which ceased to be a sensible comparison.

For the early seasons I've converted to 3 point wins and taken average points-per-game to extrapolate to 46 games.

Graph 1 shows that our best ever season was an equivalent 93 points under Reg Freeman in 1952/53 - it finished a few months before I was born! That is followed by 92 under John Harris in 1960/61 and 91 under Hecky in 2022/23.

In terms of this season so far, after 35 games - Warnock (05/06) is leading on 74, and this season is level with Freeman (52/53) on 73 points.

As I forecast on my other thread that we would get 96 points this season, we are on target for our best ever season at Level 2 - which would make it a genuinely legendary season.

UTB & Slava Ukraini!

P.S. We're a huge 8 points ahead of 2018/19 and all this with a 2-point deduction!

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This has been canvassed on the board before. Our best is the season before the cut off you use, 1892-3.

The 35 points from 22 games extrapolates to 107 points with 3 points for a win and 46 games. A lot of things were different then, of course.

 

[GEARYstolemyBEER]

Pretty sure I’ve read this before somewhere - but does anyone know what is the highest points total for a team in a season who did not win automatic promotion? Was it the 96pts that the Pigs got a couple of years ago in League 1?

In championship it will be Leeds last season and Sunderland 97-98 - 90pts both lost in play offs
But yeah I’d imagine Wednesday to not get automatic in all leagues

 

[ThirdGenBlade]

This has been canvassed on the board before. Our best is the season before the cut off you use, 1892-3.

The 35 points from 22 games extrapolates to 107 points with 3 points for a win and 46 games. A lot of things were different then, of course.

If you read Graphman’s post properly he says he deliberately disregarded everything before 93/94 because it went below 30 games (22) to less than half the current number, which is too small to be a reasonable comparison.
UTB & FTP

 

[Revolution]

If you read Graphman’s post properly he says he deliberately disregarded everything before 93/94 because it went below 30 games (22) to less than half the current number, which is too small to be a reasonable comparison.
UTB & FTP

I know. But it remains a fact that the season in question was our best ever season.

 

[Silent Blade]

This has been canvassed on the board before. Our best is the season before the cut off you use, 1892-3.

The 35 points from 22 games extrapolates to 107 points with 3 points for a win and 46 games. A lot of things were different then, of course.

And we still finished 2nd again!

 

[Revolution]

And we still finished 2nd again!

We did, although Small Heath (aka Birmingham) who won the league were not promoted, as they lost the test match to Newton Heath (aka Man Utd). We went up after beating Accrington, and third place Darwen beat Notts County and went up too.

 

[programmechap]

We did, although Small Heath (aka Birmingham) who won the league were not promoted, as they lost the test match to Newton Heath (aka Man Utd). We went up after beating Accrington, and third place Darwen beat Notts County and went up too.

Who says we never win play offs

 

[Harry's Game]

Done as near as I can to an honest prediction of our results from now to the end and get us to 93 points. (Should be 95 but for the -2)

Crazily that probably won’t be enough for second this season

 

[Tom Bott]

we are on target for our best ever season at Level 2 - which would make it a genuinely legendary season.

What with Chris Wilder as manager..

The gerrim out crowd will be sobbing in their damp bedsheets.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Lovely stuff.

Can I suggest if we make it to the Premiership you can take a well earned season long rest !

UTB !

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I'm sure I read the other day that three teams are currently having their best ever Championship season (since 2004-05).

Leeds, us and Coventry.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Just imagine how good this season would be without the bottle merchant in charge.
Such a shame.

 

[Bladesince59]

98 points for me

 

[Pollingtonblade]

We did, although Small Heath (aka Birmingham) who won the league were not promoted, as they lost the test match to Newton Heath (aka Man Utd). We went up after beating Accrington, and third place Darwen beat Notts County and went up too.

Wait, we won a play off?