[Albion] One for the ultra stato's / historians

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I was telling a Japanese friend about the joys of following the Albion earlier. Obviously I talked about following us up and down the 4 leagues but I also mentioned that I'd seen us spend at least a week in both 92nd in the league and 1st and probably every position in between.

Which got me thinking? Have we? Have we spent at least one game in every position in the league between 1st and 92nd?

Just spotted that in the title only 'h' from historians was typed. Could a kindly mod fix that please? Or, if as is probably likely, this thread drops like a stone, don't worry!

 

[Justice]

We’ve never been top of the premier league or the previous division 1 as far as I can remember.

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

We’ve never been top of the premier league or the previous division 1 as far as I can remember.

Erm

 

[The Wookiee]

I don’t think we have ever been bottom of the Premier league - we could have been bottom of the old first division though

 

[AZ Gull]

I don’t think we have ever been bottom of the Premier league - we could have been bottom of the old first division though

 

[Van Cleef]

I was telling a Japanese friend about the joys of following the Albion earlier. Obviously I talked about following us up and down the 4 leagues but I also mentioned that I'd seen us spend at least a week in both 92nd in the league and 1st and probably every position in between.

Which got me thinking? Have we? Have we spent at least one game in every position in the league between 1st and 92nd?

Just spotted that in the title only 'h' from historians was typed. Could a kindly mod fix that please? Or, if as is probably likely, this thread drops like a stone, don't worry!

What a great question.
I'm going to sit firmly on my arse while someone crunches the numbers. Come on statos who will take the glory?

 

[el punal]

Without checking I think we have been in every position from 92nd to 1st. Historically we have been up and down the divisions like a fiddler’s elbow. I’ve been watching the Albion since the mid-1960s and during that decade alone we were in three different divisions - second, then third, down to fourth, up to third. Repeat that for every decade following. I shall now spend every waking hour researching!

 

[Guinness Boy]

Without checking I think we have been in every position from 92nd to 1st. Historically we have been up and down the divisions like a fiddler’s elbow. I’ve been watching the Albion since the mid-1960s and during that decade alone we were in three different divisions - second, then third, down to fourth, up to third. Repeat that for every decade following. I shall now spend every waking hour researching!

I'm going to throw in the curveball that the top division used to have 22 teams and now only has 20. So if we were never in 22nd between 1979 and 1983 we never can be. We must have been bottom at some stage in those years though, surely?

And the other curve ball that the bottom two divisions were regionalised until 57/58 (which of course we won!) so do positions from this era count

Having lit the statistical and pedantic blue touch paper I shall now retreat to a safe distance.

*skips away laughing*

 

[el punal]

I'm going to throw in the curveball that the top division used to have 22 teams and now only has 20. So if we were never in 22nd between 1979 and 1983 we never can be. We must have been bottom at some stage in those years though, surely?

And the other curve ball that the bottom two divisions were regionalised until 57/58 (which of course we won!) so do positions from this era count

Having lit the statistical and pedantic blue touch paper I shall now retreat to a safe distance.

*skips away laughing*

May you burn in the fires of hell!

P.S. I’m sure we were bottom of Division One (22nd) back in 1979 and then climbed the table to relative safety. Definitely 22nd in Div.1 in May 1983.

 

[Guinness Boy]

May you burn in the fires of hell!

P.S. I’m sure we were bottom of Division One (22nd) back in 1979 and then climbed the table to relative safety. Definitely 22nd in Div.1 in May 1983.

Ah, we did finish bottom didn't we. So it's back on. Had in my head we were second bottom for some reason.

(edit, AZ Gull even posted the table, note to self, check the whole thread!)

 

[HeaviestTed]

We’ve never been top of the premier league or the previous division 1 as far as I can remember.

I’ve certainly sang “we are top of the league, say we are top of the league” a couple of times (if only for a few minutes )

 

[Justice]

I’ve certainly sang “we are top of the league, say we are top of the league” a couple of times (if only for a few minutes )

Good memory I thought we got to second once for the weekend. Surely the OP didn’t mean in play

 

[HeaviestTed]

Good memory I thought we got to second once for the weekend. Surely the OP didn’t mean in play

No probably not, just my normal desperation to add my comment to a post

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Good memory I thought we got to second once for the weekend. Surely the OP didn’t mean in play

No , not in play. We were top after the second round of matches this season though. @Charles 'Charley' Charles posted the table in post 3 of this thread.