Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Played: 69
Won: 21
Drew: 17
Lost: 31
Scored: 79
Conceded: 79
Clean sheets: 18
Failed to score: 23
Scored 3 or more: 9
Conceded 3 or more: 7
Those are a wholly uninspiring set of statistics, particularly when comparing them with away stats, where we've won 4 more games away and lost 3 fewer.
They're not our worst ever seasons at home, though they may feel like. Our unimpressive 6 wins all season at home has been achieved before, on 5 other occasions (where 3 resulted in relegation, in 1961/62, 1989/90 and 2018/19). We have won only 5 home games in a season on 5 occasions, all resulting in relegation (1984/85, 1994/95, 1999/2000 and 2013/14), bar the unusual 1997/98 season, where we drew 13 home games and 23 in total.
In 1984/85 we lost 13 games at home. We lost 12 at home last season, on a par with 1994/95, 10 this season and 9 two seasons ago. Only 12 times have we lost 9 or more home games in a season, so we've achieved in 3 successive seasons what we'd managed 9 times in the previous 86 league campaigns.
Next, I'm going to look at successive seasons at our win/loss etc stats to see how they compare.
Wins. 21 wins in 3 seasons is worse than any other 3 successive seasons in our history bar 1984-1987, where we only managed 18 wins.
Defeats. 31 defeats in 3 seasons is again worse than any other 3 successive seasons bar 1983-1986, where we (again) lost 31 games in those 3 seasons. It may be worth mentioning that, in 1984/85, we only played 21 home games.
Goals scored. 79 in 3 seasons is pretty dismal, but twice we've managed worse; 72 in 1979-82 and 70 in 1984-87. We've failed to score in a third of our home games in 3 seasons (23 times). Twice have we managed 24 times, in 1984-87 and 2004-2007.
Goals conceded. 79. This is relatively ok, we've had many occasions where this has been much worse. It might be interesting to note that, between 2009-2012 we conceded 74 at home yet finished in the playoffs 3 times in succession. Our clean sheet stats aren't too bad, either.
All in all our home form has been worse than at any time in our history bar the mid 80s when we suffered successive relegations. It is certainly our away form that has helped ensure we haven't dropped into League 1. We've never had 4 dismal home seasons in succession, so there's something to aim for.....