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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Dutch Uncle on October 29, 2021, 08:39:40 pm

Title: Consecutive League Away defeats from start of season
Post by: Dutch Uncle on October 29, 2021, 08:39:40 pm: Our disastrous away from has seen us lose our first 7 away matches on the bounce. But this is not a club record.

The last time we lost the first 7 away league matches was 1982-83

Before that we have to go back to 1929-30 when we lost the first 10 away matches

The club record is 1904-05 when we lost every single away match all season - 17 matches in all (Division 2 had 18 teams that season)

The good news out of all that is that in 1929-30 we actually finished in 14th place of 22 teams.
Title: Re: Consecutive League Away defeats from start of season
Post by: since-1969 on October 29, 2021, 08:58:38 pm: You can always count Rovers to rip up the record books !
Title: Re: Consecutive League Away defeats from start of season
Post by: DRCraig on October 29, 2021, 10:37:26 pm: Let us now create a positive record.
Title: Re: Consecutive League Away defeats from start of season
Post by: ColinDouglasHandshake on October 30, 2021, 11:36:06 am: Makes it a bit of a psychological issue for the home team too though. We will win away at some point and teams will be hoping it is not them.
Title: Re: Consecutive League Away defeats from start of season
Post by: Dutch Uncle on October 30, 2021, 01:12:31 pm: Absolutely right CDH, we have been the victims of this sort of situation so many times.

Just seen on the Charlton match thread the traffic problems you have been experiencing - you are a true fan sir :scarf:
Title: Re: Consecutive League Away defeats from start of season
Post by: ColinDouglasHandshake on October 30, 2021, 01:53:48 pm: Quote from: Dutch Uncle on October 30, 2021, 01:12:31 pm
Absolutely right CDH, we have been the victims of this sort of situation so many times.

Just seen on the Charlton match thread the traffic problems you have been experiencing - you are a true fan sir :scarf:

Hi DU. I haven't gone today so can't take your compliment, although appreciated. I absolutely hate London with a passion and will not attend games anywhere within the M25.

The traffic problems i was referring to were when i attend home games trying to get to Donny from the midlands, there always seems to be an issue on the M1 or M18 causing annoying diversions all the time.
Title: Re: Consecutive League Away defeats from start of season
Post by: drfchound on October 30, 2021, 01:54:45 pm: Quote from: Dutch Uncle on October 30, 2021, 01:12:31 pm
Absolutely right CDH, we have been the victims of this sort of situation so many times.

Just seen on the Charlton match thread the traffic problems you have been experiencing - you are a true fan sir :scarf:

Traffic is a permanent problem in that area.
When we went to the play off game at Charlton, our bus had allowed something like six and a half hours to get there and we got in the ground ten minutes before kick off.