What a difference a day makes

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: What a difference a day makes

I stand corrected

:hehe:

[Malckent]

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We’re usually crepe on pancake day.

FLIPPING right.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Surprised our Boxing Day record is that good Eric because it’s not a day I’ve associated with us winning in the twenty first century much - off the top of my head, the last time I can remember a Boxing Day win was over Palace in our Championship winning season.

This is just games played on Dec 26th, not those moved a day for whatever reasons btw.

In 1999 we beat Reading on Boxing Day. Since then we've won 2 out of 21 fixtures on that day. Palace in 2012 was one, Coventry at home was the other in 2010.

Some stats since 2000 :-

Home games: 12
Wins: 2
Draws: 4
Defeats: 6

Away games: 9
Wins: 0
Draws: 6
Defeats 3

Team played most often: Plymouth (1 draw, 3 defeats).

Plymouth are our most faced opposition on Boxing day. In 7 games against them we've managed 2 draws and lost the rest. We've played Bristol City 5 times, winning 1, losing 1 and drawing 3. In the 5 games played on a Boxing day against the Jacks (all between 1983-89) we've won 3 and drawn 2.

We won 13 of our first 28 Boxing day fixtures, then lost 9 of the next 13. Between 1979-99 we won 10 out of 18 games, only losing 1. Since 2000 our record has been atrocious.

[cardiff55]

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For those expecting anything interesting from this point, I'm sorry to disappoint. I've been looking at how successful Cardiff City has been on each day of the week.

These are the number of games we've played within the English pyramid on each day:

Mon 272
Tue 567
Wed 358
Thu 34
Fri 172
Sat 3018
Sun 115

Our win percentage on a Saturday is 37%. This rises to 40% for games on a Sunday. On a Tuesday we've won only 34.6% of games yet on a Wednesday that rises to 41.6%. Wednesday, Sunday and Monday are our most likely days for a win, with Thursday being least likely, with 23.6% of games resulting in a win. Loss percentage follows a similar pattern, where we've lost less games on a Wednesday as a percentage than any other day of the week.

Despite us having a better win percentage on a Sunday, we've scored more goals on average on a Saturday (1.39 to 1.24). Again, Wednesday is our best day for scoring, managing an average of 1.43 goals a game. Sunday has been our best day defensively, conceding only 1.14 goals a game on a Sunday. Despite having our best record on a Wednesday, it's also the day we concede most goals on average (1.48).

Great research Eric, but needs to me more specific! We need the details on kick off times too??? :hehe::hehe:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Great research Eric, but needs to me more specific! We need the details on kick off times too??? :hehe::hehe:

I'm working on some correlation between clean sheets and the colour pants worn by the goalkeeper.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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It would be no surprise to find out that we've won more games on Dec 26th than any other date in the calendar. Next comes September 5th, where we've won 13 out of 22.

Our worst dates are Jan 24th, with 1 win in 11 games on that date (a league cup semi vs Palace), and Mar 23rd, where we've won 1 and drawn 2 of 12 games played on that date.

[Cleve van Leef]

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What about November 5th? Must be a night of fireworks!

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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What about November 5th? Must be a night of fireworks!

5 wins, 4 draws, 7 defeats. We've only played twice on that date since 1996, beating Palace 2-0 at home in 2011 and losing 2-1 at Newcastle in 2016.

2 notable thrashings on that date, losing 6-1 at Blackpool in 1960 and 6-3 at Walsall in 1985.

[xsnaggle]

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That fell flat.

It pancaked!! :getscoat:

[Maurice Swan]

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Surprised our Boxing Day record is that good Eric because it’s not a day I’ve associated with us winning in the twenty first century much - off the top of my head, the last time I can remember a Boxing Day win was over Palace in our Championship winning season.

I remember us beating Man Utd on Boxing day at Ninian Park 3-0...think it was 1963........I remember because I left my sister's wedding reception in The Philharmonic in Cardiff to go see the game!!!

[splott parker]

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I remember us beating Man Utd on Boxing day at Ninian Park 3-0...think it was 1963........I remember because I left my sister's wedding reception in The Philharmonic in Cardiff to go see the game!!!

We definitely didn’t play Man Utd in 1963, we were in different divisions.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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I remember us beating Man Utd on Boxing day at Ninian Park 3-0...think it was 1963........I remember because I left my sister's wedding reception in The Philharmonic in Cardiff to go see the game!!!

We beat Man Utd 3-0 at home on 26 Nov 1960 and 26 Feb 1955. We lost 3-1 at Old Trafford on Boxing day 1956.

On Boxing day 1963 we lost 4-0 at home to Preston.

[The Bloop]

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What about those fans who were single and didnt feel obliged by their other half to spend excessive amounts on flowers and a meal?
Do we have a decent record on Valentine's Day?

[splott parker]

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We beat Man Utd 3-0 at home on 26 Nov 1960 and 26 Feb 1955. We lost 3-1 at Old Trafford on Boxing day 1956.

On Boxing day 1963 we lost 4-0 at home to Preston.

Maurice had three 26ths correct:hide: I wonder if he’s been sending his sister anniversary cards :hehe:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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What about those fans who were single and didnt feel obliged by their other half to spend excessive amounts on flowers and a meal?
Do we have a decent record on Valentine's Day?

5 wins, 7 defeats, 3 draws.

We failed to score 4 times in 15 Valentine's day games and only kept 4 clean sheets.