Second Tier of Football - Unbeaten in the league from the start of the season

Graham2 · Nov 29, 2015

Albion are currently equal 4th in the record books for best "second" division team in history unbeaten from Match 1!
It goes Albion 18 unbeaten since start of a season
Sunderland 18 unbeaten in 1998 then lost their 19th
QPR 19 unbeaten in 2010 then lost their 20th
West Ham unbeaten in 21 in 1990 then lost their 22nd
Nothing else near in any season until way back in 1893-4 when Liverpool won the 2nd division by going unbeaten all season - 28 matches
That's stunning really isn't it in this age
By the way Wigan went 17 but lost their 18th in 2004
I'm sad I know but I like stats especially when they show us in such a good light

SUIYHP · Nov 29, 2015

2nd longest unbeaten run in the championship sounds impressive but only until you realise it's been around for about 10 years! Maybe we can hit the magic 22! Proud of our boys regardless.

Stato · Nov 29, 2015

Graham2 said:
Albion are currently equal 4th in the record books for best "second" division team in history unbeaten from Match 1!
It goes Albion 18 unbeaten since start of a season
Sunderland 18 unbeaten in 1998 then lost their 19th
QPR 19 unbeaten in 2010 then lost their 20th
West Ham unbeaten in 21 in 1990 then lost their 22nd
Nothing else near in any season until way back in 1893-4 when Liverpool won the 2nd division by going unbeaten all season - 28 matches
That's stunning really isn't it in this age
By the way Wigan went 17 but lost their 18th in 2004
I'm sad I know but I like stats especially when they show us in such a good light

I don't want to get any hopes up, but all those teams were promoted.

HastingsSeagull · Nov 30, 2015

Not in the slightest being negative....... it's incredible, we're top, looks like we should manage play-offs or better.

But since you're doing stats......... how many draws to wins did the other clubs have in those runs I wonder? And where did they finish in the league? Most get promotion I assume?

Sheebo · Nov 30, 2015

It's like the Jamie Vardy non existent record if we ignore the rest of football :lol:

Kalimantan Gull · Nov 30, 2015

Wigan 2004-05, 17 games unbeaten, W11 D6. Finished 2nd with 87 points (W25 D12 L9)

Sunderland 1998-99, 18 games unbeaten, W11 D7. Finished 1st with 105 points (W31 D12 L3)

QPR 2010-11, 19 games unbeaten, W11 D8. Finished 1st with 88 points (W24 D16 L6)

West Ham 1990-91 21 games unbeaten, W13 D8. Finished 2nd with 87 points (W24 D15 L7)

Liverpool 1893-94, 28 games unbeaten, W22 D6. Finished 1st with 50 points (W22 D6)

...

Brighton 2015-16, currently 18 games unbeaten, W10 D8............................

Eeyore · Nov 30, 2015

The holy grail would be 23- having played every team.

portlock seagull · Nov 30, 2015

Disagree - if we get to 19 then we're equal top with QPR. Football records start when tiers are retitled. Can't have it both ways. Liverpool have never won the Premier. Chelsea never been outside it, Sheff Wed belong in it etc

ferris_ferrit · Nov 30, 2015

The top is very close this year though, how close was it in those record years?

Kalimantan Gull · Nov 30, 2015

ferris_ferrit said:
The top is very close this year though, how close was it in those record years?

How the **** do you paste a table in here.... anyway, its a bit apples with oranges, but competition was not as fierce in any of those years

Graham2 · Dec 10, 2015

Now equal 3rd all time and equal in championship

Albion are currently equal 3rd in the record books for best "second" division team in history unbeaten from Match 1!
And equal with QPR for the championship record
It goes Albion 19 unbeaten since start of a season
Sunderland 18 unbeaten in 1998 then lost their 19th
QPR 19 unbeaten in 2010 then lost their 20th
West Ham unbeaten in 21 in 1990 then lost their 22nd
Nothing else near in any season until way back in 1893-4 when Liverpool won the 2nd division by going unbeaten all season - 28 matches

perseus · Dec 10, 2015

Next record to beat: Reading 32 unbeaten run in a Championship season.

Napper · Dec 10, 2015

If we were Burnley / Hull / Derby or Boro we would be absolute shoe ins for the League title and promotion.

Quite strange not even our own supporters think we will do it. (although belief starting to be heard which is only a recent thing)

mac04 · Dec 10, 2015

Brighton Lines said:
The holy grail would be 23- having played every team.

Even now, Brentford are the only Championship club who can say that they beat us the last time they played us.

GT49er · Dec 10, 2015

portlock seagull said:
Disagree - if we get to 19 then we're equal top with QPR. Football records start when tiers are retitled. Can't have it both ways. Liverpool have never won the Premier. Chelsea never been outside it, Sheff Wed belong in it etc

Bollox. No having it both ways about it. Football did not start when Sky invented it in the 1990s, nor did it change every time some numpty decided to re-name the divisions; it's been around as a professional game since the 19th. century. ALL records are valid.

Moshe Gariani · Dec 10, 2015

Kalimantan Gull said:
How the **** do you paste a table in here.... anyway, its a bit apples with oranges, but competition was not as fierce in any of those years

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Very jealous of those 8 and 9 point gaps to third place ...

Tim Over Whelmed · Dec 10, 2015

portlock seagull said:
Disagree - if we get to 19 then we're equal top with QPR. Football records start when tiers are retitled. Can't have it both ways. Liverpool have never won the Premier. Chelsea never been outside it, Sheff Wed belong in it etc

As in the title of this thread don't people refer to records in tiers of English football?

i.e. old money Division 4, now Div 2, was Div 3 has always been the fourth tier of English football, hasn't it?

Ernest · Dec 10, 2015

Stats mean nothing, only what has happened in the past

GT49er · Dec 10, 2015

Tim Over Whelmed said:
As in the title of this thread don't people refer to records in tiers of English football?

i.e. old money Division 4, now Div 2, was Div 3 has always been the fourth tier of English football, hasn't it?

Only one where you can't make a direct comparison all the way through is from 1958, when the old divisions three north and south became division three and division four.

Tim Over Whelmed · Dec 10, 2015

GT49er said:
Only one where you can't make a direct comparison all the way through is from 1958, when the old divisions three north and south became division three and division four.

True, we did major in Div 3 (South) for some time!

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