MTFCMusings wrote:Sedgwick wrote:DURHAM STAG wrote:But Flitcroft's team gets a lot of criticism on here because it fell away at the end of the season !
Starting the season on fire never ends well.... who has won it or been promoted when they were top after 10 games? Not many... Doing a Bolton last season or a stags in 2012/13 will do.
Slow start good finish.
Position after 10 games - last five years
20/21 - Cheltenham 3rd, Cambridge 2nd, Bolton 19th, Morecambe 10th
19/20 - Crewe 2nd, Swindon 4th, Plymouth 14th, Northampton 12th
18/19 - Lincoln 1st, Bury 8th, MK Dons 13th, Tranmere 16th
17/18 - Accrington 3rd, Luton 5th, Wycombe 8th, Coventry 4th
16/17 - Portsmouth 4th, Plymouth 1st, Doncaster 3rd, Blackpool 13th
Average position of champions after 10 games : 3rd
Average position of automatically promoted after 10 games : 6th
Average position of play-off winners after 10 games : 11th
Average position of all promoted teams after 10 games : 7th
Last 10 years
20/21 - Cheltenham 3rd, Cambridge 2nd, Bolton 19th, Morecambe 10th
19/20 - Crewe 2nd, Swindon 4th, Plymouth 14th, Northampton 12th
18/19 - Lincoln 1st, Bury 8th, MK Dons 13th, Tranmere 16th
17/18 - Accrington 3rd, Luton 5th, Wycombe 8th, Coventry 4th
16/17 - Portsmouth 4th, Plymouth 1st, Doncaster 3rd, Blackpool 13th
15/16 - Northampton 10th, Oxford 6th, Bristol Rovers 14th, AFC Wimbledon 16th
14/15 - Burton 1st, Shrewsbury 7th, Bury 3rd, Southend 4th
13/14 - Chesterfield 1st, Scunthorpe 7th, Rochdale 8th, Fleetwood 2nd
12/13 - Gillingham 1st, Rotherham 11th, Port Vale 2nd, Bradford 7th
11/12 - Swindon 10th, Shrewsbury 2nd, Crawley 4th, Crewe 16th
Average position of champions after 10 games : 4th
Average position of automatically promoted after 10 games : 6th
Average position of play-off winners after 10 games : 10th
Average position of all promoted teams after 10 games : 7th
So, the team top of the league has only occupied 5 of 40 promotions spots in the last ten years (12.5%)
Final league position of teams top after 10 games
20/21 - Newport 5th
19/20 - Exeter 4th
18/19 - Lincoln 1st
17/18 - Notts County 5th
16/17 - Plymouth 2nd
15/16 - Wycombe 13th
14/15 - Burton 1st
13/14 - Chesterfield 1st
12/13 - Gillingham 1st
11/12 - Morecambe 15th
Average finishing position - 5th
Percentage that became champions - 40%
Percentage that were automatically promoted - 50%
Percentage that finished in the top 7 - 80%
Brilliant that, thank you