Following the separation of the management team of Giovanni Trapattoni and Marco Tardelli with the FAI in the aftermath of the losses to Sweden and Austria, a question was posed on the You Boys In Green forum about whether that was the shortest time between consecutive losses in qualifers.
After examining the list of games available on soccerscene.ie, I can reveal that the shortest time between losses in a qualification series is three days in 1975, when the Soviet Union and Switzerland defeated the Irish 2-1 on the 18th May, and 1-0 on the 21st, respectively.
The Longest we went without losing a qualifier was from 10-10-1937 when we lost to Norway until 2-6-1949 when Sweden beat us, a total of 4253 days, although World War Two meant very few games were played between those two dates!
In the modern era, the longest time I can find between losses is between 16-11-1988 and 10-10-1993, a total of 1789 days. Both losses on those dates came to Spain and both in World Cup qualifiers, 2-0 and 3-1, respectively.
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
Irish Abroad player statistics for May 2013
Following the summer break, I've compiled the monthly appearance statistics for the opening month of the season in England and Scotland: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats
With the extra week of games, Scottish and Championship players lead most of the tables.
Paddy Kenny, Jake Carroll, Richard Dunne, Richard Keogh, Aaron Doran and Richie Foran all started four wins for their respective clubs.
Seamus Coleman was the only player to start three draws in the first month of the new season
Jim Goodwin, Stephen Dawson, Jay Tabb and Graham Carey started four losses in August
Paddy Kenny, Richard Keogh and Stephen Dawson all started each of their respective clubs' seven games in August, and all three players completed 90 minutes in every game
Aaron Doran and Noel Hunt were both substituted four times, more than any other player
Four is also the most number of introductions for Irish players in August, Conor Sammon and Sean Scannell both coming off the bench four times
Goalkeepers again dominate the most stayed on bench table, with three players remaining unused five times or more, with Leicester's Conrad Logan's six times the most. Of the outfield players, Stephen Kelly, Sam Foley, Callum Reilly and Conor Smith all remained unused four times.
Robbie Keane topped the scoring charts in August, with five goals coming in two games. Andy Reid's three goal in five starts secures second place, along with Anthony Stokes
Keane and Stokes' goals led to two wins for their clubs, along with Robbie Brady's two game winning strikes for Hull
Three players managed to collect two bookings in August, David van Zanten, Harry Arter and Anthony Stokes all being shown a yellow card twice
With the extra week of games, Scottish and Championship players lead most of the tables.
Paddy Kenny, Jake Carroll, Richard Dunne, Richard Keogh, Aaron Doran and Richie Foran all started four wins for their respective clubs.
Seamus Coleman was the only player to start three draws in the first month of the new season
Jim Goodwin, Stephen Dawson, Jay Tabb and Graham Carey started four losses in August
Paddy Kenny, Richard Keogh and Stephen Dawson all started each of their respective clubs' seven games in August, and all three players completed 90 minutes in every game
Aaron Doran and Noel Hunt were both substituted four times, more than any other player
Four is also the most number of introductions for Irish players in August, Conor Sammon and Sean Scannell both coming off the bench four times
Goalkeepers again dominate the most stayed on bench table, with three players remaining unused five times or more, with Leicester's Conrad Logan's six times the most. Of the outfield players, Stephen Kelly, Sam Foley, Callum Reilly and Conor Smith all remained unused four times.
Robbie Keane topped the scoring charts in August, with five goals coming in two games. Andy Reid's three goal in five starts secures second place, along with Anthony Stokes
Keane and Stokes' goals led to two wins for their clubs, along with Robbie Brady's two game winning strikes for Hull
Three players managed to collect two bookings in August, David van Zanten, Harry Arter and Anthony Stokes all being shown a yellow card twice
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Jon Walter's 2012/13 season journey
Yesterday, I asked how many kilometres did Jon Walters travel to away games in 2012/13, taking Britannia Stadium as the origin point, and the away stadium in each game as the destination (taking his home address as the origin point would be a little weird!)
Using Google Maps, you can get the distance in the route between two points on a map, so using the away team's stadium as the destination in each case, you can read off the value and then total it up for the season.
To put 4,200 km into context, the distance between Dublin and Praia, capital of Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa is 4500km!
Click the links for each stadium to see the journey taken from the Britannia for that game
Using Google Maps, you can get the distance in the route between two points on a map, so using the away team's stadium as the destination in each case, you can read off the value and then total it up for the season.
| Date | Competition | Home Team | Result | Away Team | Location | Distance(km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-12 | Premier League | Reading | 1-1 | Stoke City | Madejski Stadium | 252 |
| 01-Sep-12 | Premier League | Wigan | 2-2 | Stoke City | DW Stadium | 83.2 |
| 22-Sep-12 | Premier League | Chelsea | 1-0 | Stoke City | Stamford Bridge | 268 |
| 07-Oct-12 | Premier League | Liverpool | 0-0 | Stoke City | Anfield | 95.8 |
| 20-Oct-12 | Premier League | Manchester United | 4-2 | Stoke City | Old Trafford | 81 |
| 03-Nov-12 | Premier League | Norwich | 1-0 | Stoke City | Carrow Road | 320 |
| 19-Nov-12 | Premier League | West Ham United | 1-1 | Stoke City | Upton Park | 269 |
| 01-Dec-12 | Premier League | West Bromwich Albion | 0-1 | Stoke City | The Hawthorns | 63.5 |
| 08-Dec-12 | Premier League | Aston Villa | 0-0 | Stoke City | Villa Park | 70.3 |
| 22-Dec-12 | Premier League | Tottenham | 0-0 | Stoke City | White Hart Lane | 253 |
| 01-Jan-13 | Premier League | Manchester City | 3-0 | Stoke City | Etihad Stadium | 80.7 |
| 05-Jan-13 | FA Cup | Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Stoke City | Selhurst Park | 281 |
| 19-Jan-13 | Premier League | Swansea | 3-1 | Stoke City | Liberty Stadium | 307 |
| 02-Feb-13 | Premier League | Arsenal | 1-0 | Stoke City | Emirates Stadium | 249 |
| 23-Feb-13 | Premier League | Fulham | 1-0 | Stoke City | Craven Cottage | 267 |
| 10-Mar-13 | Premier League | Newcastle Utd | 2-1 | Stoke City | St James' Park | 316 |
| 30-Mar-13 | Premier League | Everton | 1-0 | Stoke City | Goodison Park | 97.1 |
| 20-Apr-13 | Premier League | QPR | 0-2 | Stoke City | Loftus Road | 260 |
| 06-May-13 | Premier League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Stoke City | Stadium of Light | 312 |
| 19-May-13 | Premier League | Southampton | 1-1 | Stoke City | St Mary's Stadium | 297 |
| Total | 4222.6 |
To put 4,200 km into context, the distance between Dublin and Praia, capital of Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa is 4500km!
Click the links for each stadium to see the journey taken from the Britannia for that game
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