| Happy League 2024/25 - Season round-up 22:33 - May 21 with 183 views | mfb_cufc |
Honours List for the 2024/25 season
Premier Champion mfb_cufc. A sixth Premier title for him. Runner-up blueeagle. To give him his highest ever finish.
Happy Cup Winner noah4x4. A first win for him in this competition. Runner-up mfb_cufc.
Charity Shield Winner Lewis_1. Runner-up mfb_cufc.
Division One Champion Lewis_1. Runner-up bwildered. Promoted through the play-offs Jorash63. All three playing in the Premier for the first time.
U'sual Champions League Winner Sector4. Runner-up noah4x4. 3rd place Daniel
This is how the leagues will look for the 2025/26 season (In alphabetical order)
How did the 2024/25 games finish? Remarkably it was almost a replica of the 2021/22 season, with just 2 less aways and 2 more draws.
2014/15 Home wins 131 (43.67%) Away wins 94 (31.33%) Draws 75 (25.00%)
2015/16 Home wins 107 (35.66%) Away wins 119 (39.67%) Draws 74 (24.67%)
2016/17 Home wins 129 (43.00%) Away wins 91 (30.33%) Draws 80 (26.67%)
2017/18 Home wins 138 (46.00%) Away wins 88 (29.33%) Draws 74 (24.67%)
2018/19 Home wins 123 (41.00%) Away wins 94 (31.33%) Draws 83 (27.67%)
2019/20 Home wins 126 (42.00%) Away wins 97 (32.33%) Draws 77 (25.67%)
2020/21 Home wins 124 (41.33%) Away wins 105 (35.00%) Draws 71 (23.67%)
2021/22 Home wins 118 (39.33%) Away wins 100 (33.33%) Draws 82 (27.33%)
2022/23 Home wins 123 (41.00%) Away wins 104 (34.67%) Draws 73 (24.33%)
2023/24 Home wins 128 (42.67%) Away wins 102 (34.00%) Draws 70 (23.33%)
2024/25 Home wins 118 (39.33%) Away wins 98 (32.67%) Draws 84 (28.00%)
In the 11 seasons of my administration the 3300 games have ended with:-
Home wins 1365 (41.36%) Away wins 1092 (33.09%) Draws 843 (25.55%).
What was the total number of goals scored? At the end of the 2023/24 season I was commenting on what difference the extended added time had on games that season, and not surprisingly there were more goals scored compared to previous seasons, but not a lot. It was a trend expected to continue, so it was a shock to find the 2024/25 figure was the lower than any of the previous 10 seasons, especially as there was a number of times in the season with goals in added time. After looking at the number of goals scored in the four English divisions, I found they were also down overall on last season. Premier - 1115 (1246 last season), Championship - 1353 (1480), League 1 - 1427 (1427), League 2 - 1377 (1645). Could this be down to better game management, more teams relying on defence, or as seem in the table below, not so many high scoring games.
2024/25 748 goals (2.49 average goals per game)
2023/24 823 goals (2.74 average goals per game)
2022/23 794 goals (2.65 average goals per game)
2021/22 780 goals (2.60 average goals per game)
2020/21 768 goals (2.56 average goals per game)
2019/20 780 goals (2.60 average goals per game)
2018/19 790 goals (2.63 average goals per game)
2017/18 778 goals (2 59 average goals per game)
2016/17 826 goals (2.75 average goals per game)
2015/16 778 goals (2.59 average goals per game)
2014/15 781 goals (2.60 average goals per game)
The results The 1-1 comes out on top again, with the 1-0 back as best for a home, and the 0-1 back as best for an away win again. As I mentioned above, less goals in games overall could be down to scores like 2-2, 1-3 and 3-2 well down on the previous season.
(Only including the main results for the last 10 seasons)
The 2025/26 EFL fixtures are due out on the 26th June, and details for the new Happy League season will follow soon afterwards. New and former members are most welcolme to join next season. It is a free to enter competitions with prizes.
[Post edited 1 Jun 11:58]
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| Happy League 2024/25 - Season round-up on 22:54 - May 21 with 167 views | noah4x4 |
Great work Mick.
I’ve deliberately avoided picking draws for a number of seasons, a tactic that proved remarkably successful until we started to see incredibly long Fergie Time. The fact 1-1 is the top result is significant. Anecdotally, I am convinced that at 90 minutes I was often in a three point position only to see that end up nil points. How often did Colchester Utd scrape a draw in added time!
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