Strongest ever starts to the season...

[hoofer2]

With 19 points from a possible 24.... where does this rank in strongest ever starts to season?

It must be up there ? Last year we were on 13 after 8 games

[letchbee94]

04-05 might be better?

[hoppy]

04-05 might be better?

It was. 7 wins and 1 draw from our opening 8 games. Then we lost at home to Boston United.

[rudebwoyben]

If you were on Twitter, you’d know the answer. Downhillsecondhalf supplied it, we got 22 points in 04/05.

[rudebwoyben]

04-05 might be better?

It was. 7 wins and 1 draw from our opening 8 games. Then we lost at home to Boston United.

Burton Albion

[rudebwoyben]

https://x.com/downhill2ndhalf/status/17 ... 31028?s=46

[becbee]

04-05 might be better?

It was. 7 wins and 1 draw from our opening 8 games. Then we lost at home to Boston United.

Burton Albion

Remember that clearly. Burton's manager was Nigel Clough, his Dad Brian had just died and there was speculation as to whether the match would go ahead. It did, Nigel was present on the touchline. Burton's players did it for Nigel and won 0-3. Any other time we'd probably have won but the occasion beat us that evening.

[rudebwoyben]

They won 3-2!

[Nudger70]

Think most of us viewed our early fixtures as pretty tough. 3 of last seasons playoff teams plus Hartlepool gives this season start more credit.

[jerroll]

Dog had 21 from 24 after 8 games in 14/15

[hoofer2]

04-05 might be better?

It was. 7 wins and 1 draw from our opening 8 games. Then we lost at home to Boston United.

That Eastleigh result....

Next marker will be after 10 games I guess

[becbee]

They won 3-2!

Didn't remember it being that close, just remembered them scoring 3 times.

[amberforever]

They won 3-2!

Didn't remember it being that close, just remembered them scoring 3 times.

Me too! Seemed a trouncing at the time.
Such a sad occasion though. One of the greats.

[erichitchmo]

Here's a more comprehensive list than that we put on Twitter the other day...

1963-1964 7-1-0 22
1965-1966 7-1-0 22
2004-2005 7-1-0 22
1947-1948 7-0-1 21
1958-1959 7-0-1 21
1962-1963 7-0-1 21
2014-2015 7-0-1 21
1961-1962 6-2-0 20
1967-1968 6-2-0 20
1999-2000 6-2-0 20
1966-1967 6-1-1 19
1929-1930 6-1-1 19
1986-1987 6-1-1 19
2023-2024 6-1-1 19

Sorry about the formatting, but I couldn't be bothered to upload an image

[BeesKnees]

I saw this on another forum, the idea is to compare like for like fixtures from last season to give an interesting comparison of how we are doing.

Teams are replaced as follows
Wrexham are replaced with Hartlepool
Notts are replaced with Rochdale
Maidstone are replaced with Ebbsfleet
Scunthorpe are replaced with AFC Fylde
Yeovil are replaced with Kidderminster
Torquay are replaced with Oxford City

Results so far:
Hartlepool (H): W | D = +2
Bromley (A): W | W = Evens
Eastleigh (A): D | W = Evens
Woking (H): W | W = Evens
Dagenham (A): L | L = Evens
Ebsfleet (H): W | W = Evans
Boreham Wood (A): W | D = +2
Altrincham (H): W | L = +3

After 8 games we are 7 points better off than the same fixtures last season