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What was unique about Division 3 in season 1977 / 78 when Swindon finished 10th.  Its unlikely to happen again but not impossible.

We won more games than we lost?

Please stop. I'm laughing so much it hurts! You truly are a comedy genius.

Two points for a win?

One of our players was awarded an MBE.

Our goal difference was a prime number?

From Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk :

Another average season - Swindon end up one place higher than the previous year, in 10th place. John Trollope decides to retire from playing in March - having made 832 appearances - but he returns just three games later, and plays another ten games before the season is out! At the end of the season, Trollope is awarded the MBE, and the board announce they are looking to replace Danny Williams as manager.
Football League Division Three:  10th of 24

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Seasons.asp?Decade=1970

Nope. Its more to do with the composition of the Division.

Everyone finished in alphabetical order?

Doubtful, if we finished 10th.

Did all the teams start in alphabetical order?

Nope

Won, drew and lost an equal amount of games at home (or away) ?

Nope - its to do with the composition of the teams in the Division. Nothing to actually do with Town.

STFCs next to each other?

Ooh, good shout.

and it happened also in 76/77

Whole division being seperated by 30 points?

None of the above.

It was the 98th season of competitive football in England







Thanks Wikipedia

It may well have been but its not the answer I'm looking for.

No clubs from London in the division.

Definitely true for 77/78, whilst there were London clubs the season before and after.

Nope

This had better be a good piece of information...

Been looking at that league table for the past ten minutes and cannot see anything which really stands out.

Is it something like every team in the league is from a different county?

Bury and Preston are both from Lancashire so clearly not!

I too have been looking at the table for ages and can't see anything!

Is it that nothing remarkable happened?

Oh come on the answers are always a let down. Nobody has got it or even come close. I'll post the answer just gone 9 tonight.

Is it anything to do with the number of different endings - United, City, Town, Rovers, Wednesday, North End & Argyle all in the same division ?

Or maybe the fact that there are 7 Uniteds in the same division ? Not sure how unique this is, really cant be arsed to check, but it seems a lot to me

Was it that the 4 individual top scorers from that season played for the relegated clubs?

Clutching at straws now!

anyone got the table?

google  division three 1977/78  triseros

I think the league table may be a red herring.

League table here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_in_English_football#Third_Division

I'd guess it's something to do with Cathedral cities, given the presence of Lincoln, Exeter, Peterborough etc? But tbh I'm clutching at straws

Perhaps it's that every county that has a football league team is represented

Is it something to do with cheese...Cathedral city cheese...cheese straws

Tell us.

1977/1978 English Division 3 (old) Table   
                P HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA Points GD
Wrexham 46 14 8 1 48 19 9 7 7 30 26 61 +33
Cambridge U 46 19 3 1 49 11 4 9 10 23 40 58 +21
Preston 46 16 5 2 48 19 4 11 8 15 19 56 +25
Peterborough 46 15 7 1 32 11 5 9 9 15 22 56 +14
Chester 46 14 8 1 41 24 2 14 7 18 32 54 +3
Walsall 46 12 8 3 35 17 6 9 8 26 33 53 +11
Gillingham 46 11 10 2 36 21 4 10 9 31 39 50 +7
Colchester 46 10 11 2 36 16 5 7 11 19 28 48 +11
Chesterfield 46 14 6 3 40 16 3 8 12 18 33 48 +9
Swindon 46 12 7 4 40 22 4 9 10 27 38 48 +7
Shrewsbury 46 11 7 5 42 23 5 8 10 21 34 47 +6
Tranmere 46 13 7 3 39 19 3 8 12 18 33 47 +5
Carlisle 46 10 9 4 32 26 4 10 9 27 33 47 0
Sheff Wed 46 13 7 3 28 14 2 9 12 22 38 46 -2
Bury 46 7 13 3 34 22 6 6 11 28 34 45 +6
Lincoln 46 10 8 5 35 26 5 7 11 18 35 45 -8
Exeter 46 11 8 4 30 18 4 6 13 19 41 44 -10
Oxford 46 11 10 2 38 21 2 4 17 26 46 40 -3
Plymouth 46 7 8 8 33 28 4 9 10 28 40 39 -7
Rotherham 46 11 5 7 26 19 2 8 13 25 49 39 -17
Port Vale 46 7 11 5 28 23 1 9 13 18 44 36 -21
Bradford 46 11 6 6 40 29 1 4 18 16 57 34 -30
Hereford 46 9 9 5 28 22 0 5 18 6 38 32 -26
Portsmouth 46 4 11 8 31 38 3 6 14 10 37 31 -34

No Sussex, Norfolk or Suffolk, just on a quick scan

All the league teams starting with P were in that division...
Port Vale
Peterborough
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Preston

Nope - none of the above. Not even close. Its nothing to do with geography or cathedrals. You can get the answer just from staring at the table, you don't need anything else.

Ah bugger

This does answer the original question though so has to be worth half a point

Nobody won more than half their games

More games finished in draws (384) than a victory for one side (360)

Which is kinda similar to the last guess...

or following the above is it something about a record number of draws?

e: just noticed that nemo momentarily beat and with counting.

Please tell me you didn't count those all up

All the teams got at least double figures in draws....

The sum function in Excel did all the hard work for me. You can copy and paste those tables straight into it.

You see, I don't know if that's better or worse... either way, you're not coming out of this well.

Did we change kit mid season?

Oh stop that, you remind me of my Urologist.

All the teams with an x in their name in the same division.

Wrexham
Exeter
Oxford

... that is if you dont count Crewe Alexandra

Or Halifax...

Seeing as it's supposed to do with the league table and i can't see anything there...

How about

We produced an A4 size programme that year?

Or we lost to the eventual winners of the League in the FA Cup (nottm forest)?

We beat Plymouth home and away? (that doesn't happen very often)

Or, we drew matches 1-1, 2-2 and then 3-3 in consecutive games?

I have looked at this and i do not know are you going to tell us??????????????????

Is it that it wasted the time of thirty idiots?

I don't think he said, or meant, that. Something to do with the composition of teams in the league, which you could spot by looking at the league table (from a list of the teams point of view).

I spent ages going through possibilities of things the teams had in common but they seem to cover all the bases. There are original league members, cup winners, recently promoted teams from non-league, a welsh team etc.

I reckon he's just being a cunt and is on the wind up.

Really hope there's anopther question tomorrow.

really hope we get the fucking answer today :headhurts:

Has anyone said "if you add up the goal differences of all the teams it comes to exactly zero" yet?  ;)

Was it the order we played our fixtures in?

Oh god the suspense.  :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:

if you add up the goal differences of all the teams it comes to exactly zero


Yes.

2 Points for a win was much more civilised. They should go back to that.

No teams were promoted nor relegated.

The champions were also Welsh cup winners and played in Europe?

There is a correct answer but my last post implied that there wasn't. I literally posted and went out and a post came in while I was typing and I didn't see it. I wasn't being a cunt it was pure chance if you look at the times of the postings.
The winner is triseros - its the only season every team beginning with p were in the same division.

winner

Ok another Question not sure if this has been done before which current Premier player played for 2 different  championship winning teams in the same season

Shay Given?

Yeah right first time

I've reverse-ejaculated and my balls have turned inside out.

95/96 season?

Correct which games did he play for us(without looking) ::)

Too much detail

I don't ever remember seeing Shay Given play for us, but i had a season ticket in the season he was here and didn't miss a single home game... yet i recall the likes of Shayne Bradley and Neale Fenn...

Did he play in the Rovers 4-1 or was Talia in goal then?

I guess Given must've played early, so Hull (A), York (H), Carlisle (A) and the Pox (H).  And maybe more...Bradford (H)?

He defo played away at Brentford.

You mean I've been studying the table for another 6 hours trying to work out the answer - I posted it twice as well just to be sure!!!!

Technically, it isn't the only season that every team beginning with the letter p played in the same division.