Record Watch 2024/25

[rabidbee]

I list it as a club record, makes no difference who gets more than 106 we’ll always hold the club record.

What about if the club does go bust, a new entity is set up, climbs back up to the EFL and manages 107 points?

Wouldn't it be a new club? Therefore, the old record stands for a club that no longer exists . The new club would start with a club record in season one and there would be a new club record when that points tally is bettered.

The fact that Wimbledon got the FA Cup back from MK suggests that everyone is happy for a newly created to claim the heritage of the club it succeeded.

[SCIAG]

I've always found it a bit odd that people care about whether someone beats 106 at a lower level. For me it's always primarily been about the second tier of English football. If someone broke it in the top flight, especially with their shorter seasons, then yes we'd look a bit tinpot singing about the record. But nobody who holds a top-flight record particularly cares if clubs in lower divisions do better, and equally those who hold a second-tier record shouldn't care if a team beats it in the third tier.

There was a time when Football League was meaningful, but these days we have a level above the Football League, and a professional tier below the Football League, so it's basically purely administrative.

Frankly, if you'd stop being proud of the record because a third-tier team beat it then you shouldn't have been proud in the first place, because of Doncaster Rovers in 1946-47 in Division Three North. They got 72 points, with two points for a win, which translates to 105 points under three points for a win... and they only played 42 matches. That's clearly better than 106 from 46.

[tidus_mi2]

I do think the harsh schedule of the final run-in will probably mean Brum fall short of the record, they have a couple games that are 5 days apart, the rest are less than that.