G B Young
23-02-2017, 12:17 PM
While I know this is our longest unbeaten derby run since the 70s, a more recent comparison can be made with the McLeish era when our derby results were as follows:
May 1998 (H) W 2-1
Aug 1999 (H) D 1-1
Dec 1999 (A) W 3-0
Mar 2000 (H) W 3-1
May 2000 (A) L 2-1
Aug 2000 (A) D 0-0
Oct 2000 (H) W 6-2
Dec 2000 (A) D 1-1
May 2001 (H) D 0-0
Oct 2001 (H) W 2-1
Dec 2001 (A) D 1-1 (Sauzee as boss)
One defeat in 11 derbies, and even that was an end-of-season game where we were without the talismanic Sauzee and Latapy. We should actually have won a couple more of those games, in particular the 0-0 at ER when Mixu attempted a Cummings-style penalty 'dink' in the last minute and like Jason sent it over the bar!
There's a parallel to be drawn with that era which saw relegation coupled by a turnaround in our derby form.
The 70s dominance, it should be said, would have been far greater had we played four league derbies a season back then. In those days it was just two per season.
May 1998 (H) W 2-1
Aug 1999 (H) D 1-1
Dec 1999 (A) W 3-0
Mar 2000 (H) W 3-1
May 2000 (A) L 2-1
Aug 2000 (A) D 0-0
Oct 2000 (H) W 6-2
Dec 2000 (A) D 1-1
May 2001 (H) D 0-0
Oct 2001 (H) W 2-1
Dec 2001 (A) D 1-1 (Sauzee as boss)
One defeat in 11 derbies, and even that was an end-of-season game where we were without the talismanic Sauzee and Latapy. We should actually have won a couple more of those games, in particular the 0-0 at ER when Mixu attempted a Cummings-style penalty 'dink' in the last minute and like Jason sent it over the bar!
There's a parallel to be drawn with that era which saw relegation coupled by a turnaround in our derby form.
The 70s dominance, it should be said, would have been far greater had we played four league derbies a season back then. In those days it was just two per season.