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It may be of some interest.

Clearly the worst was our second season back at this level under Lennie. 32 points for the rest of the season was ok and we survived relatively comfortably. Next comes the disastrous appointment of Trollope in 2016. Third worst was our FA cup final season, then comes this season's poor effort so far.

Our two promotion seasons saw us win most points in a season from this point, but last season's 41 points from our remaining 24 games is the third best over that period. We'd need more than that to consider a playoff push this season and our form is such that I don't see it being remotely possible.

Dave Jones's first two seasons were the only time we won less than 30 points from this point - the 25 points from our last 24 games after being 7 points clear of the table in October is one of the greatest collapses. Missing out in 2008/09 was another sore moment, though we did win 40 points from our last 24.

For me the most remarkable was the improvement initially under Warnock. To go from a pretty dismal position to runners-up was phenomenal. Those first 81 games, from taking over to promotion against Reading, winning 144 points, is a run only bettered by Lennie Lawrence during his first 81 games (149 points) and Malky Mackay (146 points). Fred Stewart would have seen 144 points from the same number of games if we'd had 3 points for a season. Eddie May saw 140 points from his first 81 games, but he does hold the club record for 150 points over the same number of games, just not from the start.