McCarthy eyeing Lawrence's record

[rich munn]

10 games in, 7 wins 3 draws. It's been an extraordinary turn around that nobody could ever have predicted.

Sir Leonard of Lawrence won 11 of his first 14 games, drawing the remaining 3. His first defeat was a certain home leg to Stoke in the playoffs.

Lennie's run is easily the best run a new manager has ever had at Cardiff City, but Mick's run is as equally impressive, even if Lennie won 8 of his first 10. What is also interesting that in both of their opening 10 games, we scored 21 goals. Lennie had a 7-1 at Oldham to thank. Lennie's side conceded 7 in his first 10 games. Mick's has conceded 6.

It might come as a surprise, but conceding 6 in 10 games with 5 clean sheets is nowhere near our best defensive display over 10 games. Dave Jones' FA cup finalists went through a spell of conceding 6 goals in 14 games with 8 clean sheets. There are 3 occasions where we've conceded 2 goals in 10 games and kept 8 clean sheets - 1921, 1924 and 1976, though the 1976 stat includes games from the end of the previous season.

Eric, since you are so good at this, when did we last win 2 home games in a row 4-0?

If it's been posted already I apologise.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Eric, since you are so good at this, when did we last win 2 home games in a row 4-0?

If it's been posted already I apologise.

Great question. My spreadsheet doesn't include Welsh cup games, so there's a possibility that there have been successive 4-0 home wins including the Welsh cup. We've never won 4-0 at home in Europe.

Inclusive of all English league and cup competitions, this is the first time Cardiff City have won back-to-back home games 4-0. The closest was this season when we won 4-0 and 3-0. In 1964 we won two home games 4-0 with a 3-1 home defeat sandwiched between.

This season is also the first time we've won 3 home games by 4-0.

[the other bob wilson]

Great question. My spreadsheet doesn't include Welsh cup games, so there's a possibility that there have been successive 4-0 home wins including the Welsh cup. We've never won 4-0 at home in Europe.

Inclusive of all English league and cup competitions, this is the first time Cardiff City have won back-to-back home games 4-0. The closest was this season when we won 4-0 and 3-0. In 1964 we won two home games 4-0 with a 3-1 home defeat sandwiched between.

This season is also the first time we've won 3 home games by 4-0.

Didn’t we beat Derry 4-0 at home Eric?

Not got anything to hand, I can check this with, but I think we may have won three successive games with an aggregate of 13-0 in 70/71 - Newport and Bangor 4-0 and 5-0 at home in the Welsh Cup and 4-0 at Sunderland in the old Second Division.

[splott parker]

Didn’t we beat Derry 4-0 at home Eric?

Not got anything to hand, I can check this with, but I think we may have won three successive games with an aggregate of 13-0 in 70/71 - Newport and Bangor 4-0 and 5-0 at home in the Welsh Cup and 4-0 at Sunderland in the old Second Division.

Gilligan hat trick wasn’t it?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Didn’t we beat Derry 4-0 at home Eric?

Not got anything to hand, I can check this with, but I think we may have won three successive games with an aggregate of 13-0 in 70/71 - Newport and Bangor 4-0 and 5-0 at home in the Welsh Cup and 4-0 at Sunderland in the old Second Division.

Yes, we did beat Derry 4-0. Oversight on my part.

You are certainly correct with the other. We beat Newport 4-0 on 10 Feb 1971 and Bangor 5-0 on 17 Feb 1971. In between we won 4-0 at Sunderland. We also kept a clean sheet with Oxford prior to the County game. When I get some time, I'll enter the Welsh cup results to my database as well. I've got John Crooks' Cardiff City Chronology but it only goes as far as 1986. After that, dates tend to be difficult to come by. I only got the date of the Maesteg Park game from a programme on sale on ebay!

[rich munn]

Great question. My spreadsheet doesn't include Welsh cup games, so there's a possibility that there have been successive 4-0 home wins including the Welsh cup. We've never won 4-0 at home in Europe.

Inclusive of all English league and cup competitions, this is the first time Cardiff City have won back-to-back home games 4-0. The closest was this season when we won 4-0 and 3-0. In 1964 we won two home games 4-0 with a 3-1 home defeat sandwiched between.

This season is also the first time we've won 3 home games by 4-0.

Wow! Very glad I asked and thanks for the info!

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Wow! Very glad I asked and thanks for the info!

I've done some further delving and I can now correct my original information.

We have won successive home games 4-0. On 11 April 1992 we beat Halifax Town 4-0 and then beat Maesteg Park 4-0 a week later in the semi final of the Welsh cup. I think that second leg should have been played at Maesteg but was moved on police advice, so technically that was the away leg, but played at home.

We also have won 3 home games 4-0 in a season - 1970/71 if you include a 4-0 home win over Newport County in the Welsh cup.

[xsnaggle]

I've done some further delving and I can now correct my original information.

We have won successive home games 4-0. On 11 April 1992 we beat Halifax Town 4-0 and then beat Maesteg Park 4-0 a week later in the semi final of the Welsh cup. I think that second leg should have been played at Maesteg but was moved on police advice, so technically that was the away leg, but played at home.

We also have won 3 home games 4-0 in a season - 1970/71 if you include a 4-0 home win over Newport County in the Welsh cup.

So we aint done it in the league, so you weren't too far out.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

So we aint done it in the league, so you weren't too far out.

Nope. I think it's a pretty impressive record and a great question to be asked!