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51 Points achieved, next target ...

Bowyer's boys' slide's not over yet?
Shrews have to keep winning to stay where they are.
The "real" table shows Blackpool in the lower half. Games in hand need to be won to reach the top half.
A week ago, Donny had dropped fewest points.


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HoofGrantBrown said:
I can confirm that out current points have always been enough to finish at least 20th in a 46 game league.
So yes, now safe.

Now to start climbing the league!
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And 57 points has at worst seen a 20th place finish, but at best seen a 12th place finish, average 16th place.
 
HoofGrantBrown said:
1952-53 Division 3 North.
Barrow.
44 pts under 2 pts for a win. 16 wins. So 60 pts on the now 3 pts for a win system.
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There was a 12 point gap to the next team down (based on 3pt win). Of course there was no relegation from that division but 23rd and 24th had to apply for re-election.

Under the points system in use at that time, Barrow were only three points behind the 11th team.
 
Bazzzer said:
There was a 12 point gap to the next team down (based on 3pt win). Of course there was no relegation from that division but 23rd and 24th had to apply for re-election.

Under the points system in use at that time, Barrow were only three points behind the 11th team.
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Also interesting that half of the teams are no longer in the Football League.
A 13th may also soon be exitting.
 
HoofGrantBrown said:
Also interesting that half of the teams are no longer in the Football League.
A 13th may also soon be exitting.
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Six of them don't exist anymore, but it is almost 70 years ago. Football moves on, the balance of power can change very quickly. 1952-53 was also the only season Lincoln have ever finished above Everton in the league.
 
Rochdale are now mathematically incapable of overhauling Hull and are therefore unable to win the title. 36 points from their remaining 12 games would however, give them 64 points and we are therefore not mathematically safe from finishing bottom.
 
HoofGrantBrown said:
60 points has at worst seen a 19th place finish, an average finish of 14th place, and best finish of 9th place.
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So one more point:

61 points has at worst seen an 18th place finish, an average finish of 13th place, and best finish of 9th place (still).
So nudging up a bit on two of the markers.
 
I am in little doubt that we will be able to achieve a play-off place and we are still in with a shout of a top two position.

Yes today was bloody awful and I could pick it apart for an hour, but if we win 3 games on the trot, this defeat will not be as sore a thorn as it is now.
 
Three wins in a row was a regular occurrence in the first half of the season. Three wins in a row looks like a big if right now.
 
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