Previous promotion seasons - 7 games to go

Bored out of my box, I thought I'd have a look back at our previous promotion winning seasons and see how this season compares to the others.

In order to make a comparison, I've recalculated all seasons so that a win awards 3 points.

In terms of points won with 7 games to go, we've never had as many as we have this season. That's quite misleading, however. In 1946/47, we played only 42 games in a season and had what would now be worth 78 points with 7 games to go. Under 3 points for a win, we would have finished with 96 points, which would have been a clear club record. Probably the best comparison to make would be to calculate our points per game average with 7 games to go.

In short, this (so far) is the third best season in our history in terms of points won per game at this point and (only by a fraction) our second best season ever at this level. Our Championship winning side of five years ago is fourth (or third at this level). I think that shows what a fantastic effort we've seen so far this season.

(Season, ppg average)

1946/47 2.23
1959/60 2.06
2017/18 2.05
2012/13 2.00
1992/93 1.91
2000/01 1.90
1920/21 1.89
2002/03 1.87
1998/99 1.79
1982/83 1.77
1987/88 1.72
1975/76 1.59
1951/52 1.57

It might be interesting to know that we've only ever averaged 2 points a game over the course of the entire season once - back in 1946/47 in Division 3 (South). That season we averaged a massive 2.26 points a game (converted into 3 points for a win) and would have finished with 105 points over the course of a 46 game season. Currently our 1992/93 promotion winners hold the second best promotion record in terms of points won on average per game; Malky's table toppers lie 5th best overall. 4 wins this season would see us with a 2 points a game average over the course of a season and ensure this Cardiff City side has had the 2nd best points per game haulage in our history.

Here's the end of season points averages:

1946/47 2.29
1992/93 1.98
1920/21 1.95
1959/60 1.93
2012/13 1.89
1982/83 1.87
1987/88 1.85
2000/01 1.78
2002/03 1.76
1998/99 1.74
1975/76 1.72
1951/52 1.69

Fair play Eric. Good effort son 👍

Thanks for this info Eric. Shows what a good team we have had this season. We do not seem to be getting the accolades we deserve from media and pundits mind. The talk still seems to be about Nuno's Wolves and Fulham.
Spdger

Nice we have someone to take the time research and post stuff like this.
It's something I'll wonder to myself bit never be arsed to answer, so thanks.

In our last 7 games last season we gained 11 points