North stand goal again

[Mackenzie]

I'm sure we always scored more in the North end of the Goldstone too.

 

[del strangefish]

be nice if we kicked off attacking north in first half..just for a change ..i might get a goal down my end then

Definately NOT this

 

[saafend_seagull]

and another......

 

[loco61]

what do the east / west / centre stats tell us ...

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Who cares where we score...as long as we do score...thought yesterday was going to be a 0-0.....then along came Will......WSL...................Will Scores Late...

 

[Slippery Seagull]

When the extra seats are in there will be Albion fans behind both goals, so maybe that will even things up a bit.

I am in the middle of west lower so doesn't matter to me! But, I do think it makes a difference kicking towards your fans and also how the game is positined at half time. In my opinion Albion have always been the type of team who sits back and susses the other team out in the first half, then gets on the front foot in the second.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

For us:

8 goals at the south end (Blackpool, Peterborough, Palace, Barnsley, Coventry, Coventry, Bristol, Sunderland)

18 at the North end (Doncaster, Doncaster, Blackpool, Peterborough, Leeds, Leeds, Leeds, Barnsley, Forest, Southampton, Southampton, Southampton, Bristol, Wrexham, Newcastle, Gillingham, Liverpool, Newcastle)

For our opponents: 10 in the north, 5 in the south.

Top statting that man!

Presumably the first half/second half split must be about the same seeing as how, given the choice, we always kick towards the North Stand goal in the second half. Maybe the players just prefer celebrating in front of their own fans!

 

[Rohana]

Is it Villa, who have this big hoodoo about what end they shoot towards in the 2nd half? Seem to remember them being in a similar situation with most of their goals coming when they're attacking the home end in the 2nd half.


Either way, Falmer is turning in to a bit of a fortress, long may it continue.

 

[Acker79]

Top statting that man!

Presumably the first half/second half split must be about the same seeing as how, given the choice, we always kick towards the North Stand goal in the second half. Maybe the players just prefer celebrating in front of their own fans!

I screwed up with that lot. The correct listing is:

Screwed up that edit, and now it's too late.

For us:

North 18
Doncaster 2
Blackpool 1
Peterborough 1
Leeds 3
Palace 1
Barnsley 1
Forest 1
Southampton 3
Bristol 1
Wrexham 1
Newcastle 1
Gillingham 1
Liverpool 1

South 7
Blackpool 1
Peterborough 1
Barnsley 1
Coventry 2
Bristol 1
Sunderland 1

As for first half/second half

At the Amex

league
1st half 7
2nd half 14

League cup
1st half 0
2nd half 2

FA Cup
1st half 0
2nd half 2


Away from the Amex

league
1st half 4
2nd half 7

League cup
1st half 0
2nd half 0

FA Cup
1st half 0
2nd half 1

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

As for first half/second half

At the Amex

league
1st half 7
2nd half 14

League cup
1st half 0
2nd half 2

FA Cup
1st half 0
2nd half 2


Away from the Amex

league
1st half 4
2nd half 7

League cup
1st half 0
2nd half 0

FA Cup
1st half 0
2nd half 1

Big cheers for that!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Any opposition that does its homework would choose to attack towards the south goal in the first half if they win the toss.

In this age where teams pour over stats and anything that could give them a slight psychological edge, I'm surprised no one has figured this out.

 

[fire&skill]

A couple of teams swapped us round at Withers last year. Still beat 'em. Of course, it could have something to do with working out how the opposition play in the first half and upping things in the second.

 

[Richard Reynold's Haircut]

Any opposition that does its homework would choose to attack towards the south goal in the first half if they win the toss.

In this age where teams pour over stats and anything that could give them a slight psychological edge, I'm surprised no one has figured this out.

apart from, er, Palace.

But away teams like kicking towards their supporters in the second half as well

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

apart from, er, Palace.

But away teams like kicking towards their supporters in the second half as well

Although they may prefer kicking towards their own supporters in the second half, away teams have scored more at the north goal than the south goal.

Did Palace win the toss for the game at the Amex or did we try an experiment to see what it would be like to attack the north goal in the first half? I don't suppose we'll ever know.

 

[Acker79]

apart from, er, Palace.

But away teams like kicking towards their supporters in the second half as well

9 of away teams' 12 goals have been scored in the north end (league).

 

[Weststander]

Is this just not more goals scored in 2nd half as we usually kick towards the north goal in 2nd half, teams tiring, clever substitutions etc etc?

simple as that

 

[Acker79]

Did Palace win the toss for the game at the Amex or did we try an experiment to see what it would be like to attack the north goal in the first half? I don't suppose we'll ever know.

If you win the toss you pick ends and get kick off for the second half. Who kicked off the second half?

 

[saafend_seagull]

two more...

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Where's Colinz when you need him?
He surely must have a conspiricy theory on this, backed with undinable physics.
Perhaps the goal is bigger at the north end?
Is the magnetic pole pull the cause?
Could it be the centrifugal force of the earth's spinning gravitational displacement?
Why it could be aircraft circling Gatwick creating a downward vortex with a northery bias?
Nah, must be the moon, if it can control the tides, it must also control a football [and a man went there too?]

C'mon Colz, clear this one up for us .......

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

If you win the toss you pick ends and get kick off for the second half. Who kicked off the second half?

Or you can choose to kick off first, passing choice of ends to your opposition?