Grim stats from a dismal home campaign

[The Lone Gunman]

In statistical terms, Cardiff City's 2021/22 home Championship campaign was not only the club's worst in decades, but it was also one of the poorest in the Bluebirds' entire history. While the stats alone don't tell the whole story, I reckon they paint a reasonably accurate picture of a season in which the team struggled badly at the Cardiff City Stadium from the opening-day draw with now-relegated Barnsley through to Saturday's stalemate with fellow strugglers Birmingham.

Defeats

The Bluebirds were beaten in no less than 12 of their 23 home league matches during 2021/22. The only other time the club has lost 12 home games in a 46-match Football League season was in 1994/95, when City were relegated to Division Three. However, the club's worst home campaign was 1984/85, when Alan Durban's side was beaten in 13 of its 21 home games during another dreadful season that ended in relegation.

There have been just seven seasons in which the team has lost ten or more of its home league games. All the others ended in relegation with the exception of 1933/34, when City finished rock bottom of the Third Division (South) and were forced to apply for re-election to the Football League.

Those seven seasons were:

1933/34 - 11 home defeats (22nd in Division Three South, re-elected)
1981/82 - 10 home defeats (20th in Division Two, relegated)
1984/85 - 13 home defeats (21st in Division Two, relegated)
1985/86 - 11 home defeats (22nd in Division Three, relegated)
1994/95 - 12 home defeats (22nd in Division Two, relegated)
2018/19 - 11 home defeats (18th in the Premier League, relegated)
2021/22 - 12 home defeats (currently 19th in the Championship)

Goals

City failed to find the back of the net in 11 home league games during the 2021/22 campaign and scored just 22 goals in their 23 Championship matches at the CCS, which equals a club record for the lowest total of home goals scored in a 46-game Football League season. The only other campaign in which the Bluebirds netted just 22 goals from 23 home games was the disastrous 1985/86 season, when the club was relegated to the Fourth Division for the first time in its history.

There have been just five seasons in which the team has scored 22 or fewer home league goals, and two of those were the recent Premier League campaigns.

The seasons concerned were:

1979/80 - 21 goals from 21 home games (15th in Division Two)
1985/86 - 22 goals from 23 home games (22nd in Division Three, relegated)
2013/14 - 20 goals from 19 home games (20th in the Premier League, relegated)
2018/19 - 21 goals from 19 home games (18th in the Premier League, relegated)
2021/22 - 22 goals from 23 home games (currently 19th in the Championship)

Cardiff were beaten 4-0 at home by West Brom and Swansea during 2021/22. The last time City suffered two home defeats by four-goal margins during a Football League season was back in 1999/2000, when Preston and Cambridge both won 4-0 at Ninian Park as the Bluebirds were relegated to the bottom division.

Points

City collected just 25 points from their 23 home games in 2021/22 (7 wins and 4 draws). The last time the club won so few points at home during a Football League season was back in 1999/2000 (5 wins and 10 draws).

Using the 'three points for a win' system, there have been just seven seasons in which the Bluebirds have gained 25 points or less from their home matches.

Those seven seasons were:

1933/34 - 22 points from 21 home games (22nd in Division Three South, re-elected)
1984/85 - 18 points from 21 home games (21st in Division Two, relegated)
1994/95 - 21 points from 23 home games (22nd in Division Two, relegated)
1999/00 - 25 points from 23 home games (21st in Division Two, relegated)
2013/14 - 20 points from 19 home games (20th in the Premier League, relegated)
2018/19 - 20 points from 19 home games (18th in the Premier League, relegated)
2021/22 - 25 points from 23 home games (currently 19th in the Championship)

As things stand, Cardiff are 20th in the Championship home table, although Hull and Peterborough could move above them next Saturday. Given their woeful home results throughout the majority of 2021/22, it's remarkable that the Bluebirds have never once found themselves in the relegation zone. I think it's fair to say City have been extremely lucky to find a small cluster of clubs at the bottom end of the Championship this season who, for one reason or another, are in even worse shape than they are.

One thing for certain is that Steve Morison and his staff have got one hell of a job ahead of them this summer if they are to arrest a slide which has seen City produce some of the club's worst Football League stats for decades during 2021/22.

[William Treseder]

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Any positives?

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Grim stats from a dismal home campaign

In statistical terms, Cardiff City's 2021/22 home Championship campaign was not only the club's worst in decades, but it was also one of the poorest in the Bluebirds' entire history. While the stats alone don't tell the whole story, I reckon they paint a reasonably accurate picture of a season in which the team struggled badly at the Cardiff City Stadium from the opening-day draw with now-relegated Barnsley through to Saturday's stalemate with fellow strugglers Birmingham.

Defeats

The Bluebirds were beaten in no less than 12 of their 23 home league matches during 2021/22. The only other time the club has lost 12 home games in a 46-match Football League season was in 1994/95, when City were relegated to Division Three. However, the club's worst home campaign was 1984/85, when Alan Durban's side was beaten in 13 of its 21 home games during another dreadful season that ended in relegation.

There have been just seven seasons in which the team has lost ten or more of its home league games. All the others ended in relegation with the exception of 1933/34, when City finished rock bottom of the Third Division (South) and were forced to apply for re-election to the Football League.

Those seven seasons were:

1933/34 - 11 home defeats (22nd in Division Three South, re-elected)
1981/82 - 10 home defeats (20th in Division Two, relegated)
1984/85 - 13 home defeats (21st in Division Two, relegated)
1985/86 - 11 home defeats (22nd in Division Three, relegated)
1994/95 - 12 home defeats (22nd in Division Two, relegated)
2018/19 - 11 home defeats (18th in the Premier League, relegated)
2021/22 - 12 home defeats (currently 19th in the Championship)

Goals

City failed to find the back of the net in 11 home league games during the 2021/22 campaign and scored just 22 goals in their 23 Championship matches at the CCS, which equals a club record for the lowest total of home goals scored in a 46-game Football League season. The only other campaign in which the Bluebirds netted just 22 goals from 23 home games was the disastrous 1985/86 season, when the club was relegated to the Fourth Division for the first time in its history.

There have been just five seasons in which the team has scored 22 or fewer home league goals, and two of those were the recent Premier League campaigns.

The seasons concerned were:

1979/80 - 21 goals from 21 home games (15th in Division Two)
1985/86 - 22 goals from 23 home games (22nd in Division Three, relegated)
2013/14 - 20 goals from 19 home games (20th in the Premier League, relegated)
2018/19 - 21 goals from 19 home games (18th in the Premier League, relegated)
2021/22 - 22 goals from 23 home games (currently 19th in the Championship)

Cardiff were beaten 4-0 at home by West Brom and Swansea during 2021/22. The last time City suffered two home defeats by four-goal margins during a Football League season was back in 1999/2000, when Preston and Cambridge both won 4-0 at Ninian Park as the Bluebirds were relegated to the bottom division.

Points

City collected just 25 points from their 23 home games in 2021/22 (7 wins and 4 draws). The last time the club won so few points at home during a Football League season was back in 1999/2000 (5 wins and 10 draws).

Using the 'three points for a win' system, there have been just seven seasons in which the Bluebirds have gained 25 points or less from their home matches.

Those seven seasons were:

1933/34 - 22 points from 21 home games (22nd in Division Three South, re-elected)
1984/85 - 18 points from 21 home games (21st in Division Two, relegated)
1994/95 - 21 points from 23 home games (22nd in Division Two, relegated)
1999/00 - 25 points from 23 home games (21st in Division Two, relegated)
2013/14 - 20 points from 19 home games (20th in the Premier League, relegated)
2018/19 - 20 points from 19 home games (18th in the Premier League, relegated)
2021/22 - 25 points from 23 home games (currently 19th in the Championship)

As things stand, Cardiff are 20th in the Championship home table, although Hull and Peterborough could move above them next Saturday. Given their woeful home results throughout the majority of 2021/22, it's remarkable that the Bluebirds have never once found themselves in the relegation zone. I think it's fair to say City have been extremely lucky to find a small cluster of clubs at the bottom end of the Championship this season who, for one reason or another, are in even worse shape than they are.

One thing for certain is that Steve Morison and his staff have got one hell of a job ahead of them this summer if they are to arrest a slide which has seen City produce some of the club's worst Football League stats for decades during 2021/22.

That really brings home just how poor we’ve been and I’m sure all of us who have been supporting the club for some time can remember times when the crowd reaction to the crap that’s been served up for most of this season will have been far more critical than it has been from current day crowds.

I’d just add one stat of my own - since Neil Harris won his first two home games in November/December 2019, City have won just nineteen home league matches in sixty if you include the Play Off game with Fulham. Is there a worse record in the Football League that that? I doubt it.

[19bluebirds27]

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An emergence of youngsters, a willingness to try and play football on the deck.
This is a reset that’s been needed.
We need to be patient next season and stick to the plan.
I’m looking forward to seeing players arriving at the club with a better attitude and see it for the great opportunity that it is.

[The Lone Gunman]

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I’m looking forward to seeing players arriving at the club with a better attitude and see it for the great opportunity that it is.

Out of interest, who do you believe has displayed a poor attitude this season?

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Out of interest, who do you believe has displayed a poor attitude this season?

I know this question wasn't directed at me, nevertheless, I thought I'd answer it.
No player has displayed a poor attitude, there's just too many who are simply not good enough.

[Armitage Shanks]

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An emergence of youngsters, a willingness to try and play football on the deck.
This is a reset that’s been needed.
We need to be patient next season and stick to the plan.
I’m looking forward to seeing players arriving at the club with a better attitude and see it for the great opportunity that it is.

This was similar to when Steve Hansen took over Wales in rugby. He was more concerned with improving the performances rather than winning games.

[MacAdder]

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Any positives?

What from this bloke? You cannot be serious.
He's been having wet dreams recently at the prospect of such a post, one jam packed with unflattering numbers.

If some of you who know him didn't, I would swear he was a jack troll.

:wave:

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I know this question wasn't directed at me, nevertheless, I thought I'd answer it.
No player has displayed a poor attitude, there's just too many who are simply not good enough.

Edit: Bacuna.

[MacAdder]

Re: Grim stats from a dismal home campaign

An emergence of youngsters, a willingness to try and play football on the deck.
This is a reset that’s been needed.
We need to be patient next season and stick to the plan.
I’m looking forward to seeing players arriving at the club with a better attitude and see it for the great opportunity that it is.

Good post. Change for the better has started.
Also, a football person between manager and owner is fundamental if we are to make any great strides, otherwise we shall continue to tread water, at best!

[19bluebirds27]

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Out of interest, who do you believe has displayed a poor attitude this season?

A better attitude is what I said.

[The Lone Gunman]

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A better attitude is what I said.

OK. So who would you regard as having an attitude that needs bettering?

[Steve the Tea]

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That really brings home just how poor we’ve been and I’m sure all of us who have been supporting the club for some time can remember times when the crowd reaction to the crap that’s been served up for most of this season will have been far more critical than it has been from current day crowds.

I’d just add one stat of my own - since Neil Harris won his first two home games in November/December 2019, City have won just nineteen home league matches in sixty if you include the Play Off game with Fulham. Is there a worse record in the Football League that that? I doubt it.

Hi Bob,

A decade ago we were within penalties of beating Liverpool. Now we can't even beat Luton. This summer we need 15 miracles.

StT.
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[dml1954]

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Hi Bob,

A decade ago we were within penalties of beating Liverpool. Now we can't even beat Luton. This summer we need 15 miracles.

StT.
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1). We beat Luton on their own ground this season, last November.
2). Luton haven't been beaten on 32 occasions out of 44 this season, so we are not the only ones to struggle finding a way to get points off them this year.

[19bluebirds27]

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OK. So who would you regard as having an attitude that needs bettering?

A lot of the current crop need a fresh start elsewhere. Doesn’t make them bad but have become stale.

Players that come in and appreciate the step up in club/level that this would be for them.

We have a good club with brilliant facilities, so I am really hopping that they take the opportunity they have here to become fan favourites (it don’t take much) or even to improve us and themselves even if it means they are sold for profit.