Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Slow afternoon, so I thought I'd do a bit of STATTAGE. Did you know that since season 1920/21, when it changed from being the Southern / Northern Leagues and we started off in Division 3 South, this is only our 22nd season of playing in the 2nd tier of football ? 87 seasons, and only a quarter of them at the second level. That made one of my eyebrows climb up a bit. The full breakdown is thus:
1st = 4 seasons, 5%
2nd = 22 seasons, 25%
3rd = 54 seasons, 62%
4th = 7 seasons, 8%
Unfortunately, as we already know, Palace do happen to slightly trump us in this respect. Their 87 seasons break down as:
1st = 14 seasons, 16%
2nd = 37 seasons, 43%
3rd = 33 seasons, 38%
4th = 3 seasons, 3%
However, this obviously does not take into account the theft, cheating and financial chicanery they regularly resort to in order to preserve their status at an artificially higher level, so its nothing for them to be proud of.
Ho hum. If you're interested, the stats are floating around here
http://www.brighton-mad.co.uk/league_history/brighton__hove_albion/index.shtml
1st = 4 seasons, 5%
2nd = 22 seasons, 25%
3rd = 54 seasons, 62%
4th = 7 seasons, 8%
Unfortunately, as we already know, Palace do happen to slightly trump us in this respect. Their 87 seasons break down as:
1st = 14 seasons, 16%
2nd = 37 seasons, 43%
3rd = 33 seasons, 38%
4th = 3 seasons, 3%
However, this obviously does not take into account the theft, cheating and financial chicanery they regularly resort to in order to preserve their status at an artificially higher level, so its nothing for them to be proud of.
Ho hum. If you're interested, the stats are floating around here
http://www.brighton-mad.co.uk/league_history/brighton__hove_albion/index.shtml