The non snowball stat thread

[Crusader Royal]

13 straight league wins from the start of a season is currently the football league record. This record seems to get forgotten far too much being in the shade of 106.

Is that a league record or a professional football record?

It may also be better than any rugby or cricket club have done….

[Horsham Royal]

13 straight league wins from the start of a season is currently the football league record. This record seems to get forgotten far too much being in the shade of 106.

Is that a league record or a professional football record?

Define "professional"

[Snowflake Royal]

Football League.

[WestYorksRoyal]

An interesting article on the Athletic today that Notts Forest have included an academic graduate in every matchday squad (including bench) since WW2. A few criteria:

- Must have been signed by the club before they were 18
- Must have played in at least one youth category (not just reserves)
- Forest must have been their first permanent professional club (signing a teenage dropout from elsewhere counts given that would be pre- professional age).

I'd be interested to know how we compare recently. Could we go as far back as our first PL relegation in 2008? Just trying to break it into eras:

2008 - 2013 or so had Karacan, HRK, Pearce, McCarthy, Sigurdsson and Church.

2013 - 2016 had some continuity with above, plus Jake Cooper, Hector and Obita

2017 - 2019: Kelly, McIntyre, Holmes, Richards, Obita (still), Rinomhota.

2019 - now: Olise, McIntyre, Holmes, Richards and more recently a whole batch breaking through.

I would expect the years of greatest risk would be the Stam years where a promising generation were sold elsewhere, but the presence of Obita and Kelly probably saw at least one of them in every squad.

I'm not sure if Shane Long meets all criteria.

[Sutekh]

An interesting article on the Athletic today that Notts Forest have included an academic graduate in every matchday squad (including bench) since WW2. A few criteria:

- Must have been signed by the club before they were 18
- Must have played in at least one youth category (not just reserves)
- Forest must have been their first permanent professional club (signing a teenage dropout from elsewhere counts given that would be pre- professional age).

I'd be interested to know how we compare recently. Could we go as far back as our first PL relegation in 2008? Just trying to break it into eras:

2008 - 2013 or so had Karacan, HRK, Pearce, McCarthy, Sigurdsson and Church.

2013 - 2016 had some continuity with above, plus Jake Cooper, Hector and Obita

2017 - 2019: Kelly, McIntyre, Holmes, Richards, Obita (still), Rinomhota.

2019 - now: Olise, McIntyre, Holmes, Richards and more recently a whole batch breaking through.

I would expect the years of greatest risk would be the Stam years where a promising generation were sold elsewhere, but the presence of Obita and Kelly probably saw at least one of them in every squad.

I'm not sure if Shane Long meets all criteria.

1990-2008 there was also Henderson, Young, Tyson, Haddow, Bass, Lambert, Glasgow, Williams, Giamettai, Holzman(s), Castle, Henry, Campbell and Roach all to varying degrees of success.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

An interesting article on the Athletic today that Notts Forest have included an academic graduate in every matchday squad (including bench) since WW2. A few criteria:

- Must have been signed by the club before they were 18
- Must have played in at least one youth category (not just reserves)
- Forest must have been their first permanent professional club (signing a teenage dropout from elsewhere counts given that would be pre- professional age).

I'd be interested to know how we compare recently. Could we go as far back as our first PL relegation in 2008? Just trying to break it into eras:

2008 - 2013 or so had Karacan, HRK, Pearce, McCarthy, Sigurdsson and Church.

2013 - 2016 had some continuity with above, plus Jake Cooper, Hector and Obita

2017 - 2019: Kelly, McIntyre, Holmes, Richards, Obita (still), Rinomhota.

2019 - now: Olise, McIntyre, Holmes, Richards and more recently a whole batch breaking through.

I would expect the years of greatest risk would be the Stam years where a promising generation were sold elsewhere, but the presence of Obita and Kelly probably saw at least one of them in every squad.

I'm not sure if Shane Long meets all criteria.

1990-2008 there was also Henderson, Young, Tyson, Haddow, Bass, Lambert, Glasgow, Williams, Giamettai, Holzman(s), Castle, Henry, Campbell and Roach all to varying degrees of success.

And Archie from that era

[Brogue]

17 successive games we have scored in

[Hendo]

17 successive games we have scored in

Most in the top 4 leagues since the turn of the year, or something.

[Brogue]

After tonight’s goal, Lewis wing is now League One’s biggest xG over performer.

He’s scored 8 goals from 3.3xg, an over performance of 4.7.

[Brogue]

Sam Smith has scored 12 league goals for Reading this season, one below his tally from last season when he played 45 of Cambridge's 46 games.

[Brogue]

Most league games won in the last 50 seasons

1.Manchester Utd - 1084
2.Liverpool - 1065
3.Arsenal - 1001
4.Manchester City - 926
5.Chelsea - 919
6.Ipswich - 893
7.Reading - 887

[Ark Royal]

Reading once held the Football League record for consecutive unbeaten home league games. Between April 1933 and January 1936 they went 55 home games without defeat. This record stood for 31 years before being surpassed by Millwall in 1967.

[Greatwesternline]

Most league games won in the last 50 seasons

1.Manchester Utd - 1084
2.Liverpool - 1065
3.Arsenal - 1001
4.Manchester City - 926
5.Chelsea - 919
6.Ipswich - 893
7.Reading - 887

I saw that. Probably means that until 3 or 4 years ago we were in 4th place.

I did think during my childhood experiences it was strange how often Reading were competing at the top end of leagues they were in almost constantly from 1993 until 2007-08. With one or two dodgy ones thrown in.

[Ark Royal]

Wolves are the only team in England with a complete set of domestic honours: Div 1-4 champions, FA Cup winners, League Cup winners, Football League Trophy winners.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Most league games won in the last 50 seasons

1.Manchester Utd - 1084
2.Liverpool - 1065
3.Arsenal - 1001
4.Manchester City - 926
5.Chelsea - 919
6.Ipswich - 893
7.Reading - 887

I saw that. Probably means that until 3 or 4 years ago we were in 4th place.

I did think during my childhood experiences it was strange how often Reading were competing at the top end of leagues they were in almost constantly from 1993 until 2007-08. With one or two dodgy ones thrown in.

Seems high given our last 10 years, but I guess even prior to the 1990's we were usually at the top end of the league, 1970's we were mainly in the 4th tier and always top end and in 1980's similarly in third tier.

[rabidbee]

Wolves are the only team in England with a complete set of domestic honours: Div 1-4 champions, FA Cup winners, League Cup winners, Football League Trophy winners.

You say a full set, but have they won the Isthmian League?

[Joking aside, they don't have a Simod Cup in there.]

[Snowflake Royal]

There was a point in about 2010 when we were the most successful club in terms of wins this century.