123rd Greatest League team EVER!
Posted:
Tue May 05, 2009 10:28 pmby Posh
We've leapfrogged New Brighton Tower to claim 123rd spot.
http://www.statto.com/football/stats/en ... time-tableNice symmetry in our stats
Home Won 18 Drawn 15 Lost 13
Away Won 13 Drawn 15 Lost 18
Total Won 31 Drawn 30 Lost 31
Re: 123rd Greatest League team EVER!
Posted:
Tue May 05, 2009 10:34 pmby Wild Bill
Looking at the stats you should rename this thread 'most average, mid-table league team ever!'
Re: 123rd Greatest League team EVER!
Posted:
Tue May 05, 2009 10:43 pmby Crimson Crust
New Brighton Tower F.C. Ground capacity 80,000.........Average crowd 1,000!
Re: 123rd Greatest League team EVER!
Posted:
Wed May 06, 2009 5:57 pmby Aal
Where did they play to have that sort of capacity?
I recently read of New Brighton's controversial suspension to be replaced by Workington. Does anyone know what happened to them...and were they Tranmere's local derby?
Re: 123rd Greatest League team EVER!
Posted:
Wed May 06, 2009 11:48 pmby Crimson Crust
[quote="Aal"]Where did they play to have that sort of capacity?
It seems they played adjacent to the "Tower" that was going to rival Blackpool,
which didn't get completed. They lost Football League status, so their ambitious
plans got thwarted and the "Tower", what bit was built, got scrapped, literally!
Re: 123rd Greatest League team EVER!
Posted:
Thu May 07, 2009 8:33 amby Alan
Went once to New Brighton at some point in the mid- late 60's...think we lost in some league cup. New Brighton had moved from the Lancs Combination to the Cheshire League. As I remember the ground was in similar style to Springfield Park at Wigan, lots of steep banking but not much terracing.
Another anorak stat.... it is 40yrs since the end of the inaugural season of the Northern Premier league 68-69. The top three teams were 1- Macc 2-Wigan Ath 3- Morecambe.
For all the ups and downs in those 40 years, at the end of this season these three are still the top three. Admitted Scarborough and Boston have been up and down.