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Accrington

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Accrington, Blackburn-Burnley · England · Premier League

Against expectation

Every English top-flight match this club has played, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 5 seasons from 1888-89 to 1892-93 it has fallen short of them by −3.6 match points.

Accrington: surplus against expectation, 1888-89 to 1892-931888-89: −2.3 league points vs expected (20 on 22.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.1 match points1889-90: +2.4 league points vs expected (24 on 21.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.2 match points1890-91: −4.6 league points vs expected (16 on 20.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.3 match points1891-92: −1.7 league points vs expected (20 on 21.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1892-93: −1.0 league points vs expected (23 on 24.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points
1888-89one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1892-93
Best season against expectation
1889-90 +2.4 league pts
24 points on 21.6 expected as Accrington
Worst season against expectation
1890-91 −4.6 league pts
16 points on 20.6 expected as Accrington

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1981-82 and three after; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.

Blackburn-Burnley against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Accrington's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play.All-time board.

#DateStageResultScore
11891-04-18Football LeagueHW 1-0 v West Bromwich Albiongame score 60.6
21891-01-31FA Cup · Round 2HL 2-3 v Wolverhampton Wanderersgame score 58.7
31891-10-03Football LeagueAW 4-3 v Bolton Wanderersgame score 54.8
41891-01-01Football LeagueHL 1-2 v Wolverhampton Wanderersgame score 54.4
51890-12-26Football LeagueAL 2-3 v Evertongame score 54.2
61889-12-26Football LeagueAW 2-1 v Aston Villagame score 54.2
71890-02-15Football LeagueAW 3-2 v Derby Countygame score 53.7
81891-01-10Football LeagueHW 2-1 v Bolton Wanderersgame score 52.8
91890-03-15Football LeagueHD 2-2 v Preston North Endgame score 51.5
101893-04-08First DivisionAD 3-3 v Newton Heathgame score 51.5

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
5
First season
1889
Most recent season
1893

The Heartbreak Index2.5 · #713

The Blessed · Never won it, waiting since 1889

2.5
Heartbreak
#713
of 1,139 clubs
#442
in Football
2.5
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 18896.3
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1893 · survived a relegation scare, 1892 · survived a relegation scare, 1889

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Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Levels 1 through 5 of the English pyramid. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

1893
First Division (1) · P15↓
30 P · 6-11-13 · 57:81 · -24
23
pts
1892
First Division (1) · P11
26 P · 8-4-14 · 40:78 · -38
20
pts
1891
First Division (1) · P10
22 P · 6-4-12 · 28:50 · -22
16
pts
1890
First Division (1) · P6
22 P · 9-6-7 · 53:56 · -3
24
pts
1889
First Division (1) · P7
22 P · 6-8-8 · 48:48 · 0
20
pts