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FACTBOX-Soccer-Derby County facing undesirable records

Fri May 9, 2008 7:30am IST
 
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May 9 (Reuters) - Factbox on relegated Derby County who could set or equal some unwanted records in their final Premier League match of the season against Reading on Sunday.

* Derby have won only one Premier League match all season, 1-0 against Newcastle United on Sept. 17.

* Only once since the English League began in 1888-89 has any team in any division gone through an entire season only winning one league match -- Loughborough Town, who won one out of 34 matches in the second division in the 1899-1900 season.

* Loughborough lost all 17 away matches, including a 12-0 defeat by Woolwich Arsenal that still stands as Arsenal's record league victory. They accumulated only eight points, equalled by Doncaster Rovers in the same division five years later.

* Derby will equal the worst record of one home win in a season, shared by Loughborough, Notts County (1904-05), Woolwich Arsenal (1912-13), Blackpool (1966-67), Rochdale (1973-74) and Sunderland (2005-06) if they fail to win on Sunday.

* Since their victory over Newcastle, Derby have played 31 league matches without a victory and will set another unenviable record if they fail to beat Reading. The worst run without a win was established by Cambridge United in the second division in 1983-84. Derby are just 90 minutes away from making it 32.

* Even allowing for the modern allocation of three points for a win, Derby's meagre return of 11 points so far is the lowest by any team since Doncaster's in 1905.

* Even if Derby beat Reading, they will still record the lowest ever points tally in the top flight because they can only get a maximum of 14 -- one below the lowest mark of 15 set by Sunderland two years ago.  Continued...

 
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