ITS THE POINT THAT COUNTS

There is a hang over in the Kirklees region today and tonight the Terriers's open top bus will ride through Town. Our U13 coaches were due to meet for dinner and drinks tonight but one of the coaches (a dad) is taking his lad to watch the team roll past with the Play Off trophy, the passport to the Premier League. Let's hope they dont drop it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/21/real-madrid-player-drops-cup-under-bus

So Huddersfield won through in the end even with a negative goal difference. They didn't win either of the play off matches and relied on penalties-thanks to the Germans in the squad.

In 1923-4 Huddersfield won the First division by goal average over Cardiff City. They had the same points, Cardiff had scored more goals in the season and goal difference was the same, but goal average was the mathematical decider. Only five players in the Huddersfield team scored their goals!


In the English Premier League if goal difference is the same, then goals scored count and after that a "play off" takes place. Prior to 1976-7 season Goal Average was used and the maths decided who would be placed higher if points were tied.

In 1997-8 Arsenal pipped Man United by one point for the PL and the following season United got their revenge. Arsenal had conceded only 17 goals all season (20 fewer than United) BUT the sides had equal goal difference with two games to go. In the penultimate matches, Arsenal lost to Leeds 0-1, when Jimmy Floyd scored in the 87th minute. United nicked a point against Blackburn going a point ahead. United then beat Spurs in the last game and Arsenal's final win 1-0 over Villa was worth nothing.

1994-5 Blackburn won over United by one point, when United failed to beat West Ham at Upton Park despite Rovers losing at Liverpool. It was Blackburn's first silverware since 1913.

1976-7 Liverpool won the First Division over Manchester City by one point and five points separated the bottom 10 clubs in the division. Tottenham were relegated.

1971-2 Derby win by a point over Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester City. Clough and Co had finished their season with a defeat of City before the last games were played and they had 58 points one point ahead of Leeds and two from Liverpool. In the final games Leeds lost to Wolves 1-2 and Liverpool could only draw 0-0 with Arsenal. Clough and lads were on holiday when they heard.

1964-5 Geroge Best and United beat Leeds by goal average. Leeds also lost the Cup Final that year. This season saw the first showing of Match of the Day and Stanley Matthews played his final competitive match after 35 years of  a professional career.

there are others....
1949-50 Portsmouth beat Wolves goal average.
1952-3  Arsenal beat PNE goal average 0.0999 of a goal.
1988-9 Arsenal over Liverpool by a goal scored by "Its really up for grabs now.....THOMAS" in the final minute making the score 2-0 at Anfield.
2011-12 City beat United  on goal difference.

Here is another complication:
In the Sydenham Wessex League Premier this season, Moneyfields are still waiting to know if they are champions. It all relies on the special League meeting deciding whether the club should be docked points for playing a suspended player. If their appeal fails Portland United will get the title.