Barclay hero 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Being a statto type person I looked back over the last 10 years last night, and the following interesting (?) statistics came upOf the 30 promoted sides:Highest placing was 8th (Reading 2006). Highest placed Championship runner up was 9th (Birmingham 2009). 13 sides have gone straight back down (3 Champions, 4 Runners up, 6 playoff winners)Of the 10 runners upNo one has won their opening fixture in the last 10 years. 3 draws and 7 defeats3 opening games have been at home and 7 away - but if youre at home youre more likely to go back down (2 relegations out of 3 home openers)Youre more likely to meet Chelsea than anyone else - 3 runners up faced the blues on the opening day, with two of those at Stamford Bridge. Manchester United were next - but you''ll face them at Old Trafford if you do draw them 1st (the reds have met 4 promoted sides in total, all at their place)In total the opening fixtures wereDerby 2-1 Blackburn (Blackburn finished 10th)Man U 1-0 West Brom (19R)Leicester 2-2 Southampton (18R)Blackburn 1-1 West Brom (17)Wigan 0-1 Chelsea (10)Sheffield Utd 1-1 Liverpool (18R)Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham (19R)Bolton 3-1 Stoke (12)Man U 1-0 Birmingham (9)Chelsea 6-0 West Brom (11) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lennon7 0 Posted June 16, 2011 This may be a slightly weird question, but how are the fixture lists drawn/decided?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Wall Of Tettey 0 Posted June 16, 2011 [quote user="DAN-OTBC"]This may be a slightly weird question, but how are the fixture lists drawn/decided??[/quote]manchester united pick who they want to play, and then the rest is done at random Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted June 16, 2011 [quote user="DAN-OTBC"]This may be a slightly weird question, but how are the fixture lists drawn/decided??[/quote]the big 4 pick their oppoisition ensuirng an easy start every year.. then the rest of the games get divvied out.this may not happen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted June 16, 2011 "This may be a slightly weird question, but how are the fixture lists drawn/decided??"Like this, Dan [:)]http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lennon7 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Cheers blah, quite interesting actually! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted June 16, 2011 I thought so too ! [:)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Power Hamster 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Norwich City haven''t won either an opening fixture or a closing fixture since the last day of 2003-4 when Iwan Roberts scored his last goals for the club. Let''s hope we can end that particular jinx this season! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites