Statistics Win percentages...

[brownblade]

Pretty cool.

 

[Revolution]

This is mainly as a consequence of finishing in the top half but not getting promoted, which has happened 15 out of 24 times this century.

Promoted: 4
Top half, not promoted: 15
Bottom half, not relegated: 2
Relegated: 3

If your natural finishing position is playoffs and not going up, or just missing the playoffs, you’ll win a lot of games.

In fact, this pattern stretches back a long time. Last 50 years:

Promoted: 8
Top half, not promoted: 28
Bottom half, not relegated: 6
Relegated: 8

 

[Revolution]

To look at it another way, all time:

Seasons in top division: 62

Seasons in top half of a lower division: 48
Seasons in bottom half of a lower division: 8

The “bad” lower division seasons, ie bottom half finishes:

1977-78 - 12th out of 22
1978-79 - 20th out of 22 (relegated)
1980-81 - 21st out of 24 (relegated)
1984-85 - 18th out of 22
1987-88 - 21st out of 23 (relegated)
1999-00 - 16th out of 24
2001-02 - 13th out of 24
2010-11 - 23rd out of 24 (relegated)

Basically, if we are not in the top division, we are almost always promotion challengers. It’s remarkable.

For comparison, in our 118 league seasons, we have finished in the bottom half of a lower division 8 times. Wednesday have done that 8 times in the last 14 seasons! They’ve done it 23 times in total.

 

[brownblade]

I'm delighted I posted this stat, having prompted your excellent responses Revolution

 

[Westran]

ShorehamRevolution

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

This is mainly as a consequence of finishing in the top half but not getting promoted, which has happened 15 out of 24 times this century.

Promoted: 4
Top half, not promoted: 15
Bottom half, not relegated: 2
Relegated: 3

If your natural finishing position is playoffs and not going up, or just missing the playoffs, you’ll win a lot of games.

In fact, this pattern stretches back a long time. Last 50 years:

Promoted: 8
Top half, not promoted: 28
Bottom half, not relegated: 6
Relegated: 8

You could argue it's the sweet spot then?

 

[FriethBlade]

Talking stats here's a couple that don't favour us.

According to the Opta Power Ratings we've had the fourth easiest schedule in the PL in the first 4 games and only picked up 1 point.

In the next 6 games we have the hardest schedule out of all the teams in the league

 

[Maidenhead]

Best win percentage of every team with a worse one than us.

Just exclude the rest.

 

[raul]

This is mainly as a consequence of finishing in the top half but not getting promoted, which has happened 15 out of 24 times this century.

Promoted: 4
Top half, not promoted: 15
Bottom half, not relegated: 2
Relegated: 3

If your natural finishing position is playoffs and not going up, or just missing the playoffs, you’ll win a lot of games.

In fact, this pattern stretches back a long time. Last 50 years:

Promoted: 8
Top half, not promoted: 28
Bottom half, not relegated: 6
Relegated: 8

Why do you hate us so much?