Yesterday's defeat to Fulham was City's tenth home league defeat of the season. That means 2021/22 has now become the first season in which home Championship defeats have run into double figures since the club returned to the second tier in 2003/04.
The previous worst seasons in terms of home Championship defeats since City's return to this level were the difficult 2004/05 campaign (Black Friday, etc) and the Covid-affected 2020/21 season. The team suffered nine home league defeats in both of those campaigns.
The number of home Championship defeats for each season since 2003/04 are as follows:
2003/04 - 7
2004/05 - 9
2005/06 - 6
2006/07 - 5
2007/08 - 7
2008/09 - 4
2009/10 - 5
2010/11 - 4
2011/12 - 5
2012/13 - 2
2014/15 - 8
2015/16 - 2
2016/17 - 8
2017/18 - 3
2019/20 - 3
2020/21 - 9
2021/22 - 10 (with 6 to play)
When I was looking at the figures this morning, I was surprised to discover that City had suffered just two home league defeats during Russell Slade's only full season in charge (2015/16) - the joint-best record since the Bluebirds returned to this level 19 years ago.
The previous worst seasons in terms of home Championship defeats since City's return to this level were the difficult 2004/05 campaign (Black Friday, etc) and the Covid-affected 2020/21 season. The team suffered nine home league defeats in both of those campaigns.
The number of home Championship defeats for each season since 2003/04 are as follows:
2003/04 - 7
2004/05 - 9
2005/06 - 6
2006/07 - 5
2007/08 - 7
2008/09 - 4
2009/10 - 5
2010/11 - 4
2011/12 - 5
2012/13 - 2
2014/15 - 8
2015/16 - 2
2016/17 - 8
2017/18 - 3
2019/20 - 3
2020/21 - 9
2021/22 - 10 (with 6 to play)
When I was looking at the figures this morning, I was surprised to discover that City had suffered just two home league defeats during Russell Slade's only full season in charge (2015/16) - the joint-best record since the Bluebirds returned to this level 19 years ago.

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