Torquay United Fans Forum

TCP wrote:

The only people calling for Jez's head are the more moronic elements of our fanbase, but every club has them I suppose!

Richinns wrote:TCP - BBB Saah???

tufctillidie wrote:
Wow we actually had a team back in 1008/9? we must be the longest running football team in history surely gloster
Matt

CP Gull wrote: Fair play to you for coming on here and posting that. I suspect Lingy could lead us into the Championship and your opinion of him still wouldn't change, am I right?

Just had a quick peek at your forum and do my eyes deceive me ? The first thing I noticed was a thread entitled "JEZ OUT" ...... oh dear, I guess things have turned a bit sour in your Jezolution world, no?

Anyway, like I say, fair play to you and best of luck for the rest of the season ... still got an outside chance of the play offs if you win those games in hand.

Glostergull wrote:Ok Guys
I have trawled through our entire league career as far as I can go. The records I have found go back to season 1927/8
There are entries for the 2 years before with the F.A Cup but there are no clean sheets on those so I didn't bother to copy them
I have done the record for league clean sheets and the for clean sheets in cup matches.
So far this season we have kept 16 clean sheets. with non in cup matches
there is a distinct improvement in the later history of United and the defensive record has a gradual upward improvement with a few blips. but we are gradualy improving over the years.

Previous good seasons have us with 17 in the league and 4 cup last season. 2010/11
15 league plus 1 cup the year before. 2009/10
and 12 in the league plus 2 in the playoffs and a remarkable 5 in the cup the year before that. 1008/9
17 in the league and 2 cup in 2007/8
previous best seasons include
1999/2000 with 16 in the league and 5 cup
14 league and 3 cup in 1990/1
14 league plus 5 cup in 1988/9 and an incredible 18 league plus 7 cup in 1987/8
There is quite a gap to go back after that to 1977

15 league and 2 cup in 1977/8
15 league and 3 cup the year before
16 league in 1975/6
17 league in 1973/4
18 league plus 1 cup in 1972/3
then another gap to 1968/9 when they recorded

15 league and 2 cup in 1968/9
15 league and 2 cup in 1967/8
18 league in 1966/7
and an incredible 19 league in 1965

there were no seasons before that with anything like a comparable record with one exception 1956/7 when we kept 18 clean sheets in the league and 1 cup match. so we have a little work to do. Three more would beat the `1965 record for the straight league without playoffs and extras.

That would then beat the record for all matches with the exception of seasons 1987/8 when we kept an incredible 25 clean sheets in all competitions and season 1999/2000 and last year when we kept 21 clean sheets but only 16 of them were in the league the first time and last year there were only 17 p;us 4 cup.

it's quite possible we could set an new record for clean sheets for the league season beating the previous best of 19 in 1065/6 but if we want the all comers record it will have to be 26 matches in the league to equal the previous best.

What i haven't yet done is work out an average to see what the best season should be by clean sheets v games played but that won't take too much longer. Although I do need to have a life so will leave that for a later day.
yes folks (that includes you to dave I'll give you anorak) I do have a life.

I will edit to add a few extra interesting fact and results a little later but they did make me take notice so it's worth putting them down. or maybe I really am the only one interested?

TCP wrote:The man is still a complete pillock, but fair play to him and yourselves on the incredible season you're having.

All the best

TCP
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Glostergull wrote:
it's quite possible we could set an new record for clean sheets for the league season beating the previous best of 19 in 1065/6 but if we want the all comers record it will have to be 26 matches in the league to equal the previous best.