FOR BETTER OR WORSE

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU STOOD ON THE TOUCHLINE OR SAT IN YOUR CLUBHOUSE WHEN SOMEONE SAYS IT WAS BETTER IN THE OLD DAYS!

BELOW IS A YEARLY LIST SHOWING THE NUMBER OF GAMES PER SEASON, THE GOALS SCORED, AVERAGE PER GAME AND IF IT WAS A SEASON OF DRAWS OR WINS.

NONE OF US LIKE TO WATCH 0-0 DRAWS OR LOW SCORING GAMES. SO WHICH SEASON OR DECADE WAS THE BEST AND WORST?

SEASON GAMES GOALS GOAL AVERAGE % OF GAMES WON % OF GAMES DRAWN
1959-60 119 645 5.160 87.20 12.80
1960-61 182 876 4.813 82.97 17.03
1961-62 156 724 4.641 83.97 16.03
1962-63 182 808 4.440 82.97 17.03
1963-64 182 853 4.687 89.56 10.44
1964-65 182 776 4.264 83.52 16.48
1965-66 210 934 4.448 88.10 11.90
1966-67 240 1111 4.629 86.67 13.33
1967-68 210 933 4.443 86.19 13.81
1968-69 240 1073 4.471 86.67 13.33
1969-70 210 927 4.414 82.86 17.14
1970-71 182 765 4.203 79.12 20.88
1971-72 240 1072 4.467 84.58 15.42
1972-73 272 1240 4.559 84.93 15.07
1973-74 272 1091 4.011 81.99 18.01
1974-75 237 994 4.194 83.75 16.25
1975-76 240 859 3.579 77.50 22.50
1976-77 240 928 4.075 81.67 18.33
1977-78 210 883 3.729 85.71 14.29
1978-79 240 1032 4.300 82.50 17.50
1979-80 240 1059 4.413 78.33 21.67
1980-81 306 1226 4.007 84.97 15.03
1981-82 342 1200 3.509 74.27 25.73
1982-83 342 1341 3.921 80.41 19.59
1983-84 342 1294 3.784 83.63 16.37
1984-85 380 1327 3.492 79.74 20.26
1985-86 342 1266 3.702 78.95 21.05
1986-87 342 1339 3.915 82.31 17.69
1987-88 306 1222 3.993 82.35 17.65
1988-89 306 1049 3.428 77.78 22.22
1989-90 306 1110 3.627 82.68 17.32
1990-91 306 1174 3.837 82.68 17.32
1991-92 306 1147 3.337 83.33 16.67
1992-93 342 1112 3.251 78.95 21.05
1993-94 341 1303 3.821 84.80 15.20
1994-95 379 1409 3.712 80.26 19.74
1995-96 380 1423 3.744 80.00 20.00
1996-97 380 1478 3.889 83.16 16.84
1997-98 379 1486 3.921 82.89 17.11
1998-99 380 1488 3.916 82.37 17.63
1999-00 380 1502 3.953 82.37 17.63
2000-01 380 1342 3.532 80.53 19.47
2001-02 380 1365 3.592 82.89 17.11
2002-03 380 1519 3.997 85.26 14.74
2003-04 380 1569 4.129 81.58 18.42
2004-05 380 1465 3.855 81.05 18.95
2005-06 379 1300 3.430 80.26 19.74
2006-07 342 1207 3.529 83.80 16.20

TOTALS

 13994 55226      

%

       82.437 17.563
PER GAME     3.93198    

IF WE WORK OUT THE AVERAGES FOR DECADES WE GET THE FOLLOWING

DECADE % OF WINS % OF DRAWS GOALS PER GAME
1960'S 85.782 14.218 4.600
1970'S 82.461 17.539 4.148
1980'S 80.274 19.726 3.816
1990'S 81.655 18.345 3.703
2000'S 82.053 17.947 3.727

SO THE CONCLUSION IS THERE ARE LESS GOALS PER GAME THAN BEFORE THE 1990'S BUT THERE ISN'T REALLY ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF DRAWN GAMES FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.

MIND YOU IF THE DECLINE IN GOALS SCORED PER GAME CONTINUES IN THE YEAR 2318 EVERY GAME WILL BE A 0-0 DRAW!!!!

PERHAPS HAVING AUTOMATIC PROMOTION AND RELEGATION WOULD IMPROVE THE AVERAGES