Where did we finish in the first and second season you started going to games?

[Jimbo26]

85-86 12th in old Div 2
86-87 Bottom in old Div 2

 

[Return of the Rev]

14th old div 3 70/71
2nd div 3 71/72

 

[severnside gull]

59/60 - we were relegated from the old second division into the third division south
and later went down to the old fourth division if I remember right before bouncing back to the third. The Bobby Smith season was probably my best

 

[CHAPPERS]

Just stayed up in 88-89 and 89-90 in the old 2nd Div. Season after was the play offs of 91

SNAP!

Though my debut game was the end of the season before but I won't count that.

 

[sams dad]

59/60 - we were relegated from the old second division into the third division south
and later went down to the old fourth division if I remember right before bouncing back to the third. The Bobby Smith season was probably my best

A PEDANT WRITES :
Sorry to have to correct you but the Albion weren't relegated from Div 2 until the end of Season 61/62

 

[twowheelsbest]

1957-1958: Division 3 South Champions - which we still are!
1958-1959: Division 2 (which it really was then) - a totally unexpected 12th considering Brian Clough scored 5 goals in the 9-0 defeat against Middlesborough in the first game of the season.

I must be really old!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Blimey, I don't remember, league position really wasn't a criteria, it was enough to go to 'the match' with my schoolfriends.

Quite. I don't remember looking at League tables particularly. We had no expectations for the team that I remember beyond hoping we won.

 

[twowheelsbest]

59/60 - we were relegated from the old second division into the third division south
and later went down to the old fourth division if I remember right before bouncing back to the third. The Bobby Smith season was probably my best

Div 3 south ceased to exist after we were promoted in 1958 - therefor we are still champions!!

http://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/images/smilies/bowdown.gif

 

[Jam The Man]

1986/87:

Final 1986/1987 English Division 2 (old) Table
P HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA Points GD
Derby 42 14 6 1 42 18 11 3 7 22 20 84 +26
Portsmouth 42 17 2 2 37 11 6 7 8 16 17 78 +25
Oldham 42 13 6 2 36 16 9 3 9 29 28 75 +21
Leeds 42 15 4 2 43 16 4 7 10 15 28 68 +14
Ipswich 42 12 6 3 29 10 5 7 9 30 33 64 +16
C Palace 42 12 4 5 35 20 7 1 13 16 33 62 -2
Plymouth 42 12 6 3 40 23 4 7 10 22 34 61 +5
Stoke 42 11 5 5 40 21 5 5 11 23 32 58 +10
Sheff Utd 42 10 8 3 31 19 5 5 11 19 30 58 +1
Bradford 42 10 5 6 36 27 5 5 11 26 35 55 0
Barnsley 42 8 7 6 26 23 6 6 9 23 29 55 -3
Blackburn 42 11 4 6 30 22 4 6 11 15 33 55 -10
Reading 42 11 4 6 33 23 3 7 11 19 36 53 -7
Hull 42 10 6 5 25 22 3 8 10 16 33 53 -14
West Brom 42 8 6 7 29 22 5 6 10 22 27 51 +2
Millwall 42 10 5 6 27 16 4 4 13 12 29 51 -6
Huddersfield 42 9 6 6 38 30 4 6 11 16 31 51 -7
Shrewsbury 42 11 3 7 24 14 4 3 14 17 39 51 -12
Birmingham 42 8 9 4 27 21 3 8 10 20 38 50 -12
Sunderland 42 8 6 7 25 23 4 6 11 24 36 48 -10
Grimsby 42 5 8 8 18 21 5 6 10 21 38 44 -20
Brighton 42 7 6 8 22 20 2 6 13 15 34 39 -17

1987/88:

Final 1987/1988 English Division 3 (old) Table
P HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA Points GD
Sunderland 46 14 7 2 51 22 13 5 5 41 26 93 +44
Brighton 46 15 7 1 37 16 8 8 7 32 31 84 +22
Walsall 46 15 6 2 39 22 8 7 8 29 28 82 +18
Notts Co 46 14 4 5 53 24 9 8 6 29 25 81 +33
Bristol C 46 14 6 3 51 30 7 6 10 26 32 75 +15
Northampton 46 12 8 3 36 18 6 11 6 34 33 73 +19
Wigan 46 11 8 4 36 23 9 4 10 34 38 72 +9
Bristol R 46 14 5 4 43 19 4 7 12 25 37 66 +12
Fulham 46 10 5 8 36 24 9 4 10 33 36 66 +9
Blackpool 46 13 4 6 45 27 4 10 9 26 35 65 +9
Port Vale 46 12 8 3 36 19 6 3 14 22 37 65 +2
Brentford 46 9 8 6 27 23 7 6 10 26 36 62 -6
Gillingham 46 8 9 6 45 21 6 8 9 32 40 59 +16
Bury 46 9 7 7 33 26 6 7 10 25 31 59 +1
Chester 46 9 8 6 29 30 5 8 10 22 32 58 -11
Preston 46 10 6 7 30 23 5 7 11 18 36 58 -11
Southend 46 10 6 7 42 33 4 7 12 23 50 55 -18
Chesterfield 46 10 5 8 25 28 5 5 13 16 42 55 -29
Mansfield 46 10 6 7 25 21 4 6 13 23 38 54 -11
Aldershot 46 12 3 8 45 32 3 5 15 19 42 53 -10
Rotherham 46 8 8 7 28 25 4 8 11 22 41 52 -16
Grimsby 46 6 7 10 25 29 6 7 10 23 29 50 -10
York 46 4 7 12 27 45 4 2 17 21 46 33 -43
Doncaster 46 6 5 12 25 36 2 4 17 15 48 33 -44

Same as...

 

[cjd]

? 1963/1964 season. Champions of Div 4....the Bobby Smith year.

No colour TV in those days, and the only footballs I ever played with at school were those lace-up brown (with a bit of worn leather on them) balls that almost knocked you out if you were daft enough to try and head it...LOL..!

First game versus York City. Brilliant blue sky, lush green pitch and a pure white ball that the players could kick and head for miles....!

Hooked.

 

[Goodchild63]

1963-64,division 4, 8th.
1964-65 ----------- Champions.
Have been hooked ever since.

 

[Brovion]

Quite. I don't remember looking at League tables particularly. We had no expectations for the team that I remember beyond hoping we won.

Odd isn't it? There was none of this "Only one win in our first three games; that's our season over!" As you say, you just went to the game and hoped Brighton won. The first season I ever really remember the league table being 'important' was the time we finished runners-up to Villa.

 

[severnside gull]

A PEDANT WRITES :
Sorry to have to correct you but the Albion weren't relegated from Div 2 until the end of Season 61/62

memory plays tricks at my age - or it would if I could find it!

 

[Titanic]

14th old div 3 70/71
2nd div 3 71/72

This.

 

[Icy Gull]

I actually don't remember but I don't think we finished outside of the top 5 or 6 for about the 1st 4 seasons which was the rise from the 3rd division to the 1st. All went a bit Pete Tong once we reached the top tier 1976ish onwards

 

[KneeOn]

1st season 16th League one
2nd Season 13th league one

 

[cheshunt seagull]

First season - second to Aston Villa in the Third Division.
Second season - bottom of the Second Division. Villa finished third.

I learned quickly to expect nothing.

Same here. Even at the high points I expect failure to be waiting around the corner.

 

[Gritt23]

79-80, Division 1, finished 16th
80-81, Division 1, finished 19th

:gloryhunter:

Snap!

 

[El Presidente]

1974/5 19th in Division 3
1975/6 4th in Division 3

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

2nd in the old third division 77
4th in the old second division 78

Happy days

this.