One for the stattos - Champions beaten at Roots Hall

[Kenny]

Leeds won the Division One (Premier League) title in 1992 - tonight we beat them 1-0

Man United have won the Premier league too many times for me to list - last season we beat them 1-0

Notts Forest won the title in 1978 - a couple of seasons ago we beat them 1-0

Last season we beat Burnley 1-0 at home. I don't think Burnley have won the league since everything was in black and white but I thought I'd chuck that in.

 

[Maldon Blues]

We've beaten Preston and Huddersfield a fair few times too!

And Aston Villa.

 

[Medway Blue]

Leeds won the Division One (Premier League) title in 1992 - tonight we beat them 1-0

Man United have won the Premier league too many times for me to list - last season we beat them 1-0

Notts Forest won the title in 1978 - a couple of seasons ago we beat them 1-0

Last season we beat Burnley 1-0 at home. I don't think Burnley have won the league since everything was in black and white but I thought I'd chuck that in.

Random post of the week award :)

If only the other 23 clubs in this God-forsaken league had won a league championship in their pasts :(

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

Boy this is a pointless post.

But anyway, we beat Wolves 1-0 in 1987 and they had only won the Div 1 championship 30 years earlier (we must have caught them on the slide a bit from that)

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

These past Football League Champions have also been beaten at Roots Hall - Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Spurs, Derby.

O.K. we have also beaten all these FA Cup Winners in matches at Roots Hall as well -
Bury, Blackburn, Aston Villa, WBA, Bradford City, Barnsley, Wolves, Notts County, Sheffield Weds, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Spurs, Burnley, Man United, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Huddersfield, Bolton, Cardiff, Sunderland, Preston, Charlton, Blackpool, West Ham, Southampton, Ipswich, Coventry, Leeds, Wimbledon.

Pretty impressive record don't you think.

Infact to make it even more interesting with a home victory over Leeds last night, the only FA Cup Winners that we have played at home and not beaten are Manchester City and Chelsea.

There are 8 FA Cup winners that we have never played at home.

Well I never!!!!

 

[Firestorm]

Plus

Aston Villa (beaten in an FA Cup game 1971)
Preston (First ever champions , beaten at RH 1985)
Sheff Utd (Champions 1897 bewten at RH 1980)
Sheff W (Champions 28/29, 29/30 beaten RH 1979)
West Brom (Champions 1919 Beaten RH 1995)

 

[Firestorm]

Leeds won the Division One (Premier League) title in 1992 - tonight we beat them 1-0

Man United have won the Premier league too many times for me to list - last season we beat them 1-0

Notts Forest won the title in 1978 - a couple of seasons ago we beat them 1-0

Last season we beat Burnley 1-0 at home. I don't think Burnley have won the league since everything was in black and white but I thought I'd chuck that in.

Burnley won the league 1920/21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_football_champions

 

[Firestorm]

We've beaten Preston and Huddersfield a fair few times too!

And Aston Villa.

Hudersfield won the title 3 times in a row in the 20's when Herbert Chapman was the manager, he left them for Arsenal and then repeated the feat !!!

 

[Csboy]

Another pointless stat is we have never lost at home to a European Cup Finalist. Record against Leeds, Forest and Manu reads played 5 won 3 drawn 2 lost 0.
Bring on Barcelona and AC Milan!

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Another pointless stat is we have never lost at home to a European Cup Finalist. Record against Leeds, Forest and Manu reads played 5 won 3 drawn 2 lost 0.
Bring on Barcelona and AC Milan!

Er, Liverpool?
I know we drew in 1979 but think they came to Roots Hall in the 60s and won.
Arsenal doesn't count as we are yet to play them in a competitive match.
How about Villa as well?

 

[Firestorm]

I think those stats are games played after they won the European cup.

Our Liverpool record is

Wed 17-Jan-1979 Away FAC3r 0 3 37797
Wed 10-Jan-1979 Home FAC3 0 0 31036
Wed 8-Jan-1958 Home FAC3r 2 3 McCrory Molyneux(og) 16655
Sat 4-Jan-1958 Away FAC3 1 1 McGuigan 43454
Sat 5-Jan-1957 Home FAC3 2 1 Duthie Thomson 18253

Man U we know.

Villa

Sat 20-Nov-1971 Home FAC1 1 0 Best 16929

Forest

Tue 6-Nov-2007 Away L1 1 4 Gower 26094
Sat 19-Nov-2005 Away L1 0 2 19576
Sun 9-Oct-2005 Home L1 1 0 Eastwood 10104
Sun 19-Dec-1993 Away D1 0 2 21641
Sun 15-Aug-1993 Home D1 1 1 Sussex 8609
Sat 28-Apr-1951 Away D3S 0 3 17596
Sat 7-Apr-1951 Home D3S 3 2 Grant French Anderson 12500
Sat 15-Apr-1950 Away D3S 2 1 Davies Wakefield 25316
Sat 28-Jan-1950 Home D3S 2 3 Wakefield(2) 9000
Sat 20-Feb-1926 Home FAC5 0 1 18153


(C) Robins database

 

[Maldon Blues]

Had Liverpool won the League before we beat them? I wasn't sure.

 

[Csboy]

Er, Liverpool?
I know we drew in 1979 but think they came to Roots Hall in the 60s and won.
Arsenal doesn't count as we are yet to play them in a competitive match.
How about Villa as well?

Well pointed out sir, how could I have forgotten that game I was there. Okay full record against European Cup Finalist's at home reads: Played 6 Won 3 Drawn 3 Lost 0 goals for 5 goals against 2.

Of course we still have Forest to play this season lets keep the record going.

 

[Firestorm]

Had Liverpool won the League before we beat them? I wasn't sure.

1900/01 , 1905/06, 1921/22 and 1922/23, 1946/47

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

This is such a strange thread, and I dont really understand the point of it?

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Had Liverpool won the League before we beat them? I wasn't sure.

Liverpool first won the league in the 20s IIRC.

 

[Firestorm]

Liverpool first won the league in the 20s IIRC.

See my earlier post :guns:

1900/01 was their first Championship , they won if for the 3rd and 4th times in the 20's

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

See my earlier post :guns:

1900/01 was their first Championship , they won if for the 3rd and 4th times in the 20's

Ah, apologies.
Skim reading, catching up after lunch! :p