The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
Burnley ?But were they ever bottom of the 4th and top of the PL?
Burnley ?But were they ever bottom of the 4th and top of the PL?
According to that source (11v11) - we ended up bottom as well.....This is the snapshot in our history that I always refer to.
Dec 3rd 1996, having just lost 2-3 at home to Darlington. We were so, so far adrift. I think Case got sacked that night.
For me, this was the point of doom, when I was clinging on to the last ounce of hope I had. I might have even had a tear in my eye.
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And we’re now top of the lot…
Dick saved us, Tony made us, not to forget the core of fans that stuck by through thick and thin....Blimey! All the worship of Tony Bloom on this thread. And not a peep about Dick Knight and Martin Perry (and the Albion fanbase) who did the hard miles so that Tony Bloom could swoop in with his cheque book when the hard graft battle was won. Little wonder there's no love lost between DK and TB
Their model is sorting by goal difference, which would have put us last. We survived because goals scored was considered before goal difference that season. (And because the football league deducted us only two of the three points for the pitch invasion despite Barry Hearn wanting the suspended penalty applied after the antics of Scott Mcgleish.)According to that source (11v11) - we ended up bottom as well.....
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Yes. Bit hit and miss though...Their model is sorting by goal difference, which would have put us last. We survived because goals scored was considered before goal difference that season. (And because the football league deducted us only two of the three points for the pitch invasion despite Barry Hearn wanting the suspended penalty applied after the antics of Scott Mcgleish.)
You are a lot closer, Timmy is a year short as 9,246 days before 19th August 2023 is April 26th 1998 (26th April 1997 was 9611 days ago on 19th August 2023)I calculated 9613 days. But there again my maths was always rubbish.
Has any club gone from the bottom of Div 3 / League 2 to the top of Div 1 / Premier League in the history of English Football
This isn't the first time we've been in the number one slot in the last 7 years. I'm fairly sure a couple of years ago, we went top for a couple of days.
You got that off the big screens......Now let your hearts be gay,
Hark to the merry bugles Sounding along our way.