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.