Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[trophyshy 7054]

In all, 113 different score lines have been achieved in more than 135 years of league football (when considering, for example, winning 12-2 being different from losing 2-12). Before the start of the 2024/25 season, the following clubs have achieved the most of these score lines:

 

Winning 1-0 (33,957 matches): 442 times - Burnley
Winning 2-0 (24,262 matches): 382 times - Liverpool
Winning 2-1 (30,503 matches): 418 times - Sheffield United
Winning 3-0 (12,947 matches): 227 times - Liverpool
Winning 3-1 (15,320 matches): 253 times - Manchester City
Winning 3-2 (9,525 matches): 158 times - Manchester United
Winning 4-0 (5,614 matches): 131 times - Liverpool
Winning 4-1 (6,555 matches): 117 times - Arsenal
Winning 4-2 (3,888 matches): 75 times - Manchester City
Winning 4-3 (1,671 matches): 32 times - Liverpool
Winning 5-0 (2,338 matches): 59 times - Manchester United
Winning 5-1 (2,533 matches): 54 times - Manchester City
Winning 5-2 (1,573 matches): 33 times - Everton
Winning 5-3 (608 matches): 15 times - Arsenal, Sheffield United, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 5-4 (205 matches): eight times - Leicester City
Winning 6-0 (791 matches): 20 times - Liverpool
Winning 6-1 (964 matches): 22 times - Manchester United
Winning 6-2 (515 matches): 15 times - Aston Villa
Winning 6-3 (212 matches): eight times - West Bromwich Albion
Winning 6-4 (68 matches): five times - Plymouth Argyle, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 6-5 (17 matches): two times - Grimsby Town
Winning 7-0 (292 matches): eight times - Arsenal, Fulham
Winning 7-1 (341 matches): 12 times - Aston Villa
Winning 7-2 (168 matches): seven times - Newcastle United, Sunderland
Winning 7-3 (71 matches): four times - Stockport County
Winning 7-4 (29 matches): three times - Liverpool, Watford
Winning 7-5 (seven matches): two times - Blackburn Rovers
Winning 7-6 (one match): one time - Charlton Athletic
Winning 8-0 (103 matches): six times - Arsenal
Winning 8-1 (94 matches): five times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 8-2 (49 matches): three times - Chester City
Winning 8-3 (19 matches): two times - Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield United
Winning 8-4 (five matches): one time - Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, Blackpool, Everton, Leicester City
Winning 8-5 (three matches): one time - Burton Swifts, Derby County, Stockport County
Winning 9-0 (37 matches): four times - Manchester United
Winning 9-1 (34 matches): three times - Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 9-2 (25 matches): two times - Mansfield Town, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest
Winning 9-3 (10 matches): one time - Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Darwen, Derby County, Everton, Hartlepool United, Luton Town, Manchester City, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur
Winning 9-4 (two matches): one time - Bristol City, Gillingham
Winning 10-0 (16 matches): two times - Aston Villa, Sheffield United
Winning 10-1 (11 matches): one time - Birmingham City, Fulham, Gateshead, Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham
Winning 10-2 (six matches): one time - Birmingham City, Darwen, Fulham, Luton Town, Norwich City, Reading
Winning 10-3 (three matches): one time - Hull City, Middlesbrough, Stoke City
Winning 10-4 (one match): one time - Tottenham Hotspur
Winning 11-0 (one match): one time - Oldham Athletic
Winning 11-1 (seven matches): one time - Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bradford City, Hull City, Lincoln City, Notts County, Tranmere Rovers
Winning 11-2 (two matches): one time - Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United
Winning 11-3 (one match): one time - Manchester City
Winning 12-0 (eight matches): two times - Birmingham City
Winning 12-1 (one match): one time - Barrow
Winning 12-2 (one match): one time - Aston Villa
Winning 13-0 (two matches): one time - Newcastle United, Stockport County
Winning 13-4 (one match): one time - Tranmere Rovers

Drawing 0-0 (14,992 matches): 397 times - Preston North End
Drawing 1-1 (24,161 matches): 624 times - Nottingham Forest
Drawing 2-2 (10,715 matches): 298 times - Leicester City
Drawing 3-3 (2,336 matches): 72 times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Drawing 4-4 (321 matches): 14 times - Tottenham Hotspur
Drawing 5-5 (39 matches): three times - Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Grimsby Town, West Ham United
Drawing 6-6 (two matches): one time - Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Leicester City, Middlesbrough

Losing 0-1 (33,957 matches): 461 times - Birmingham City
Losing 0-2 (24,262 matches): 339 times - Port Vale
Losing 0-3 (12,947 matches): 183 times - Leyton Orient
Losing 0-4 (5,614 matches): 81 times - Lincoln City
Losing 0-5 (2,338 matches): 38 times - Burnley
Losing 0-6 (791 matches): 18 times - Notts County
Losing 0-7 (292 matches): 10 times - Barnsley
Losing 0-8 (103 matches): four times - Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Tranmere Rovers
Losing 0-9 (37 matches): three times - Darwen
Losing 0-10 (16 matches): three times - Darwen
Losing 0-11 (one match): one time - Southport
Losing 0-12 (eight matches): two times - Walsall
Losing 0-13 (two matches): one time - Halifax Town, Newport County
Losing 1-2 (30,503 matches): 408 times - Notts County
Losing 1-3 (15,320 matches): 212 times - Notts County
Losing 1-4 (6,555 matches): 102 times - Grimsby Town
Losing 1-5 (2,533 matches): 52 times - Notts County
Losing 1-6 (964 matches): 20 times - Crewe Alexandra
Losing 1-7 (341 matches): eight times - Birmingham City, Burnley, Derby County, Port Vale
Losing 1-8 (94 matches): four times - West Bromwich Albion
Losing 1-9 (34 matches): three times - Notts County
Losing 1-10 (11 matches): two times - Blackpool
Losing 1-11 (seven matches): one time - Carlisle United, Charlton Athletic, Crewe Alexandra, Durham City, Glossop, Newport County, Rotherham United
Losing 1-12 (one match): one time - Gateshead
Losing 2-3 (9,525 matches): 144 times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Losing 2-4 (3,888 matches): 65 times - Sheffield Wednesday
Losing 2-5 (1,573 matches): 29 times - Blackburn Rovers
Losing 2-6 (515 matches): 13 times - Leicester City
Losing 2-7 (168 matches): eight times - York City
Losing 2-8 (49 matches): four times - Leicester City
Losing 2-9 (25 matches): two times - Lincoln City
Losing 2-10 (six matches): two times - Torquay United
Losing 2-11 (two matches): one time - Cardiff City, Chester City
Losing 2-12 (one match): one time - Accrington
Losing 3-4 (1,671 matches): 32 times - Bolton Wanderers
Losing 3-5 (608 matches): 16 times - Middlesbrough
Losing 3-6 (212 matches): nine times - Cardiff City
Losing 3-7 (71 matches): four times - Darlington, Everton
Losing 3-8 (19 matches): two times - Burnley, Leicester City
Losing 3-9 (10 matches): one time - Lincoln City, Loughborough, Port Vale, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Losing 3-10 (three matches): one time - Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Losing 3-11 (one match): one time - Lincoln City
Losing 4-5 (205 matches): five times - Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Stockport County, West Ham United
Losing 4-6 (68 matches): three times - Derby County, Preston North End
Losing 4-7 (29 matches): two times - Ashington, Gillingham, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Swansea City
Losing 4-8 (five matches): one time - Charlton Athletic, Fulham, Lincoln City, Manchester City, Plymouth Argyle
Losing 4-9 (two matches): one time - Exeter City, Gillingham
Losing 4-10 (one match): one time - Everton
Losing 4-13 (one match): one time - Oldham Athletic
Losing 5-6 (17 matches): two times - Crewe Alexandra, Newcastle United, Sunderland
Losing 5-7 (seven matches): one time - Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Mansfield Town, Millwall, Reading, Sheffield United, Tottenham Hotspur
Losing 5-8 (three matches): one time - Blackburn Rovers, Chester City, Walsall
Losing 6-7 (one match): one time - Huddersfield Town

 

No need to thank me @The Fish

[Howmanheyman 31532]

 

Looks like the mail has a new bogeyman. Somebody making a FOOL of himself called McEvoy following on from Powell the other day and the mail also quoted the great ex-spurs sub in the 90s when they were very average, Jamie O'Hara as well slagging the new coach off saying 'he'd lost the nation already.'

 

Such lovely people, I mean look at his photo, he looks like he'd be a good lad to work with or have a pint with.

[Alex 34033]

Tbf the Mail knows its audience. And its audience is horrible, insular, racist cunts

Edited September 8 by Alex

[ewerk 29465]

Just the £131m loss for Man U last season, which brings their losses for the last three seasons to £313m.

 

Still, I'm sure they were absolutely compliant with PSR and can continue spending like a drunken sailor.

[Howmanheyman 31532]

Sky goons blowing smoke up Bruce's arse, hilarious, this manager they're talking about isn't the one we've witnessed this last decade and a half.   

[Ayatollah Hermione 13570]

You’d think he’d learn that any kind of attention on his managerial work would be unwelcome. He wants to keep his fat head down and be one of those sackings that goes unnoticed by 90% of people 

[Sonatine 11121]

 

I knew Le Tissier was a fruitcake, but I didn't know this fella was away team too.  What are they drinking down on the South Coast? 

[Gemmill 42557]

16 minutes ago, Sonatine said:

 

I knew Le Tissier was a fruitcake, but I didn't know this fella was away team too.  What are they drinking down on the South Coast? 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Merson is one Sky contract extension away from posting one of these. 

 

 

[Gemmill 42557]

Belligerent with a hard G btw. Doesn't even know what the words he's reading out means. 

[Dazzler 8382]

I don’t have the context for this but presumably Lambert talks to water

[Howmanheyman 31532]

1 hour ago, Sonatine said:

 

 

 

U Ok hun?

[wykikitoon 19289]

[Alex 34033]

14 hours ago, Sonatine said:

 

I knew Le Tissier was a fruitcake, but I didn't know this fella was away team too.  What are they drinking down on the South Coast? 

Aye Lambert’s being doing his even stupider version of Le Tissier thing for a while now. I wouldn’t even call it a grift, as he’s sincere. Another one for whom covid and all the conspiracy theories that emerged sent him completely beyond the point if no return. He’s thick as pig’s shit even by the standards of the lot who think ‘they’ control everything 

[Optimistic Nut 25]

RIP Tito Schillaci.

 

Was only 6 but remember that World Cup pretty vividly. 

[Dr Gloom 21274]

only 59, he came out of nowhere that world cup to win the golden boot, if i remember correctly 

[Alex 34033]

35 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

only 59, he came out of nowhere that world cup to win the golden boot, if i remember correctly 

He sort of did. In that it was just typical of how insular English football was back then. I.e. you wouldn’t have known about someone like Scifo or Hagi in this country before the tournament. He’d already been at Juve for a year. But he wasn’t expected to be the star. Vialli was the one expected to main man upfront. He got injured (although it was speculated by some Vialli bottled it, as the physios couldn’t find an issue, but it was nearly 35 years ago too so it’s not like the technology they have now). Vialli was fit later in the competition but it was Schillaci and the young Baggio (who’d also recently gone to Juventus) that ended up starting in the latter stages after they both grabbed their opportunities. He later ended up at Inter but never really hit the heights / lived up to that promise. There was an amusing incident a few years back where one of Italy’s most wanted, some mafia boss, was arrested visiting a hospital at the same time as him. In Sicily I think. It wasn’t stated explicitly but the speculation was they both used the same plastic surgeon 

Edited 13 hours ago by Alex

[Dr Gloom 21274]

56 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

RIP Tito Schillaci.

 

Was only 6 but remember that World Cup pretty vividly. 

welcome back btw. I thought we lost you to N-O long ago 

[Craig 6566]

37 minutes ago, Alex said:

He sort of did. In that it was just typical of how insular English football was back then. I.e. you wouldn’t have known about someone like Scifo or Hagi in this country before the tournament. He’d already been at Juve for a year. But he wasn’t expected to be the star. Vialli was the one expected to main man upfront. He got injured (although it was speculated by some Vialli bottled it, as the physios couldn’t find an issue, but it was nearly 35 years ago too so it’s not like the technology they have now). Vialli was fit later in the competition but it was Schillaci and the young Baggio (who’d also recently gone to Juventus) that ended up starting in the latter stages after they both grabbed their opportunities. He later ended up at Inter but never really hit the heights / lived up to that promise. There was an amusing incident a few years back where one of Italy’s most wanted, some mafia boss, was arrested visiting a hospital at the same time as him. In Sicily I think. It wasn’t stated explicitly but the speculation was they both used the same plastic surgeon 

Yeah, mainstream interest in Italian football was still to take off. The big names back then, aside from the ex-pats was Gullit & Van Basten but that was thanks largely to starring roles at Euro 88. 

Absolutely tragic to think both Vialli and Schillaci have now gone

[Alex 34033]

1 minute ago, Craig said:

Yeah, mainstream interest in Italian football was still to take off. The big names back then, aside from the ex-pats was Gullit & Van Basten but that was thanks largely to starring roles at Euro 88. 

Absolutely tragic to think both Vialli and Schillaci have now gone

I was just thinking about Paolo Rossi too. I know it was an earlier tournament (82) where he made an even bigger impact.  But he was only a bit older when passed away a few years back 

[Gemmill 42557]

Time to rethink the Mediterranean diet. 

[Howmanheyman 31532]

I absolutely loved seeing the radge, bulging eyed Sicilian reeling away after he scored wearing one of the most simple but classy looking silky azzurri kits ever. If Gazza still played for us he'd have been my favourite number 19 at Italia 90 but he'd fucked off to Spurs so Schillacci takes the honours. I actually ordered that shirt from toffs a few years ago and the number was never going to be anything other than 19. (I wouldn't normally bother with numbers but the italics of the numbers on those Italian shirts just went together didn't they?)

[Ayatollah Hermione 13570]

7 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Time to rethink the Mediterranean diet. 

Think it’s alright if you don’t go down the Italian route of pairing it with 40 tabs a day

[Gemmill 42557]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jun/15/italia-90-world-cup-special

 

An article talking about how great Italian 90 was.

 

And OF COURSE there's a link within it to an article by that joyless mackem cunt Jonathan Wilson entitled "England's performance at Italia 90 is venerated too much"

 

[Alex 34033]

8 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

I absolutely loved seeing the radge, bulging eyed Sicilian reeling away after he scored wearing one of the most simple but classy looking silky azzurri kits ever. If Gazza still played for us he'd have been my favourite number 19 at Italia 90 but he'd fucked off to Spurs so Schillacci takes the honours. I actually ordered that shirt from toffs a few years ago and the number was never going to be anything other than 19. (I wouldn't normally bother with numbers but the italics of the numbers on those Italian shirts just went together didn't they?)

You don’t think of Mexico 86 as much because Italy had such a poor tournament. But the 82/86/90 Italy kits were all beautifully stylish and simple. And yeah, that was a proper iconic celebration. He’d definitely had a paper round as he looked rock hard with his wiry physique and (to me then at least) much older than his years appearance. I don’t suppose growing up in a poor part of Palermo in the 70s was particularly easy going like  

[Alex 34033]

25 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jun/15/italia-90-world-cup-special

 

An article talking about how great Italian 90 was.

 

And OF COURSE there's a link within it to an article by that joyless mackem cunt Jonathan Wilson entitled "England's performance at Italia 90 is venerated too much"

 

Standard stuff from the mackem misanthrope. 
You can possibly tell I’ve just read it but ‘All Played Out’ (later republished as ‘One Night in Turin’) by Pete Davies is a great read. It’s mainly about England plus how they qualified. Davies had almost exclusive access to the players, management etc. He was entrusted on the basis none of anything he learnt would come out until the book was published (December of that year I think). But he also travelled about with the fans a bit and used his connections, friendships and press access to go to as many games as he could. As well watching games in bars and cafes in Italy. It’s a bit of a shuddering reminder of how long ago it was and how much football and the world has changed. But the way it isn’t sugarcoated is also why it’s so good. What’s also apparent is what a shower of cunts most of the English press were. Not just the lads from the red tops either. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Alex