Best start for 52 years

[farawaysaint]

Well, 10 games in and we finally get to see where our start is ranked, allegedly our best start in over 52 years Adkins has now dropped below a 70% win ratio though I notice which is **** poor and he needs to take a long hard look at himself

[red&white56]

70% win ratio with Saints or across his managerial career (I guess the former)?

[david in sweden]

this must be referring to the 1959-60 season (we were later promoted from the old Div.3 )

(The regional old North /South leagues were abolished two years earlier).

 

we had a lousy start, and were 15th in the table with two draws and one defeat, then we took off.

After first ten games we had won 6 drawn 3 and had only 1 defeat. goals 33-22. and were third in the table.

 

The standard playing formation (listen to this one Nigel..was 2-3-5 ) ....that's 5 strikers !

 

GOALSCORERS ?..Derek Reeves had 14 goals already (including 2 hat-tricks) NOTE: finished season with 39 goals.

George O'Brien (former Leeds Utd. Reserve) had scored 7. (He left Saints in 1965 having scored 180 goals-club record).Terry Paine and Tommy Mulgrew had scored 3 each.....not bad eh ? Those were the days!

 

Hope we break a few more records. The 59-60 side didn't have an international break in those days, but we proceeded to lose 3 of the next 4 games, before recovering good form with a 5-1 win over Swindon. went top before Chrsitmas and were never headed for top spot after February. Scored 106 goals v.75 and won League by 2 points ahead of Norwich.

 

SOURCE : In that Number.

[whelk]

I heard we had won 20 of our last 25 at home back in August so i assume it must be 26 out of 31 ot 27/32 now.

Whatever deffo getting spoilt at home. And cleaning up at bookies;-)