FOR BETTER OR WORSE

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU STOOD ON THE TOUCHLINE OR SAT IN YOUR CLUBHOUSE WHEN SOMEONE SAYS IT WAS BETTER IN THE OLD DAYS!

BELOW IS A YEARLY LIST SHOWING THE NUMBER OF GAMES PER SEASON, THE GOALS SCORED, AVERAGE PER GAME AND IF IT WAS A SEASON OF DRAWS OR WINS.

NONE OF US LIKE TO WATCH 0-0 DRAWS OR LOW SCORING GAMES. SO WHICH SEASON OR DECADE WAS THE BEST AND WORST?

SEASON GAMES GOALS GOAL AVERAGE % OF GAMES WON % OF GAMES DRAWN
1959-60 119 645 5.160 87.20 12.80
1960-61 182 876 4.813 82.97 17.03
1961-62 156 724 4.641 83.97 16.03
1962-63 182 808 4.440 82.97 17.03
1963-64 182 853 4.687 89.56 10.44
1964-65 182 776 4.264 83.52 16.48
1965-66 210 934 4.448 88.10 11.90
1966-67 240 1111 4.629 86.67 13.33
1967-68 210 933 4.443 86.19 13.81
1968-69 240 1073 4.471 86.67 13.33
1969-70 210 927 4.414 82.86 17.14
1970-71 182 765 4.203 79.12 20.88
1971-72 240 1072 4.467 84.58 15.42
1972-73 272 1240 4.559 84.93 15.07
1973-74 272 1091 4.011 81.99 18.01
1974-75 237 994 4.194 83.75 16.25
1975-76 240 859 3.579 77.50 22.50
1976-77 240 928 4.075 81.67 18.33
1977-78 210 883 3.729 85.71 14.29
1978-79 240 1032 4.300 82.50 17.50
1979-80 240 1059 4.413 78.33 21.67
1980-81 306 1226 4.007 84.97 15.03
1981-82 342 1200 3.509 74.27 25.73
1982-83 342 1341 3.921 80.41 19.59
1983-84 342 1294 3.784 83.63 16.37
1984-85 380 1327 3.492 79.74 20.26
1985-86 342 1266 3.702 78.95 21.05
1986-87 342 1339 3.915 82.31 17.69
1987-88 306 1222 3.993 82.35 17.65
1988-89 306 1049 3.428 77.78 22.22
1989-90 306 1110 3.627 82.68 17.32
1990-91 306 1174 3.837 82.68 17.32
1991-92 306 1147 3.337 83.33 16.67
1992-93 342 1112 3.251 78.95 21.05
1993-94 341 1303 3.821 84.80 15.20
1994-95 379 1409 3.712 80.26 19.74
1995-96 380 1423 3.744 80.00 20.00
1996-97 380 1478 3.889 83.16 16.84
1997-98 379 1486 3.921 82.89 17.11
1998-99 380 1488 3.916 82.37 17.63
1999-00 380 1502 3.953 82.37 17.63
2000-01 380 1342 3.532 80.53 19.47
2001-02 380 1365 3.592 82.89 17.11
2002-03 380 1519 3.997 85.26 14.74
2003-04 380 1569 4.129 81.58 18.42
2004-05 380 1465 3.855 81.05 18.95
2005-06 379 1300 3.430 80.26 19.74
2006-07 342 1207 3.529 83.80 16.20
2007-08 380 1570 4.132 88.16 11.84
2008-08 379 1626 4.290 80.75 19.25
2009-10 380 1732 4.558 88.16 11.84

TOTALS

 15113 60154      

%

       82.677 17.323
PER GAME     3.98028    

IF WE WORK OUT THE AVERAGES FOR DECADES WE GET THE FOLLOWING

DECADE % OF WINS % OF DRAWS GOALS PER GAME
1960'S 85.782 14.218 4.600
1970'S 82.461 17.539 4.148
1980'S 80.274 19.726 3.816
1990'S 81.655 18.345 3.703
2000'S 83.244 16.759 3.904