[Football] Thanks to Diogo Jota on Saturday Albion now hold a new top flight record

[Pogue Mahone]

Cardiff's Len Davies missed a late penalty in the final match of the season, a 0-0 draw at Birmingham. Their final goal average was 0.024 worse than that of Huddersfield, who beat Nottingham Forest 3-0. Cardiff scored one more goal and conceded one more; under current rules they would be champions, having scored more.
Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/looking-back-1924-cardiff-city-2504565

He scored 8 hat-tricks for Cardiff, the one he scored in January 1922 (in a 6-3 win over Bradford City) being Cardiff's first ever in Division 1 (and, btw, the Football League).

My dad's uncle. So he would have been my great uncle.

True story.

 

[Saunders]

Because they've never done it presumably?

Huddersfield must have done under Chapman

 

[Triggaaar]

Not necessarily. If you'd drawn the match 0-0 instead, your goal average would have been unchanged and therefore slightly inferior to the GA improved by the 2-3 defeat.

Oh, so were league positions determined by the ratio of goals scored to goals conceded?

 

[Nottseagull]

Oh, so were league positions determined by the ratio of goals scored to goals conceded?

Exactly so. I've no idea why the system wasn't called 'goal ratio'.

 

[Triggaaar]

Exactly so. I've no idea why the system wasn't called 'goal ratio'.

Wow - it's actually possible for you to win a match and it be more harmful to your 'goal average' than had you lost! That's so ****ed up.

My apologies for doubting you.