Post by Zamoraaaah on Oct 23, 2008 12:03:06 GMT
www.footballpools.com/football-fever/FootballFeverReport4.pdf
Football Fever 4 – The Achievers Report by The Football Pools
It’s a debate that can be heard every week in every ground, pub and living room around the country:
whether your favourite team, or your biggest rivals, have under-achieved or over-achieved.
Who are the game’s biggest under-achievers and over-achievers? And how do you decide what constitutes
‘achievement’ anyway?
Here at The New Football Pools we’ve endeavoured to bring you – for the first time – the answers to
those questions.
We’ve taken the start of the Premier League in August 1992 as our benchmark, and our statisticians have
poured over thousands of results, league tables, club records and financial data.
Our statisticians looked at:
• where each of the current 92 League clubs were in 1992
• how they’ve performed in league and cup competitions since then
• the size of each club, based on average attendances, club investment etc
• the impact of transfers (in and out of clubs)
• the impact of changes in club ownership, financial difficulties etc
Combining these factors, we’ve then rated all 92 clubs, season by season, based on what each club could
have been expected to achieve and comparing that with its actual achievements that season.
By doing this we’ve created a level playing field for all clubs, so that the achievements of smaller clubs can
be assessed on equal terms against football’s big boys.
We started each club on the same mark for August 1992, but over the course of the Premier League era we
can see some dramatic changes in clubs’ achievement ratings as events both on the field and in the boardroom
have an effect.
In the report that follows we’ve provided a commentary on each club, alongside various league tables which
identify the game’s biggest over-achievers and under-achievers.
Some of the results will surprise you, but we hope you enjoy debating it.
Verdict on QPR
Queen’s Park Rangers
Having finished the first three Premier League seasons in the top 10, to now be a struggling Championship side
smacks of significant under-achievement.
The reality is that the QPR of the early 1990s was undoubtedly over-achieving, and the QPR of today is probably
a more realistic assessment of the club’s size and capabilities.
Financial problems have beset the club since the start of the Millennium, and the recent merry-go-rounds in
the boardroom and the manager’s office have to be taken into consideration when you assess the club’s overall
performance. But despite having three billionaire backers, we think the Rangers fans who now believe anything
but the Premier League is under-achieving need a reality check.
www.footballpools.com/football-fever/FootballFeverReport4.pdf
Football Fever 4 – The Achievers Report by The Football Pools
It’s a debate that can be heard every week in every ground, pub and living room around the country:
whether your favourite team, or your biggest rivals, have under-achieved or over-achieved.
Who are the game’s biggest under-achievers and over-achievers? And how do you decide what constitutes
‘achievement’ anyway?
Here at The New Football Pools we’ve endeavoured to bring you – for the first time – the answers to
those questions.
We’ve taken the start of the Premier League in August 1992 as our benchmark, and our statisticians have
poured over thousands of results, league tables, club records and financial data.
Our statisticians looked at:
• where each of the current 92 League clubs were in 1992
• how they’ve performed in league and cup competitions since then
• the size of each club, based on average attendances, club investment etc
• the impact of transfers (in and out of clubs)
• the impact of changes in club ownership, financial difficulties etc
Combining these factors, we’ve then rated all 92 clubs, season by season, based on what each club could
have been expected to achieve and comparing that with its actual achievements that season.
By doing this we’ve created a level playing field for all clubs, so that the achievements of smaller clubs can
be assessed on equal terms against football’s big boys.
We started each club on the same mark for August 1992, but over the course of the Premier League era we
can see some dramatic changes in clubs’ achievement ratings as events both on the field and in the boardroom
have an effect.
In the report that follows we’ve provided a commentary on each club, alongside various league tables which
identify the game’s biggest over-achievers and under-achievers.
Some of the results will surprise you, but we hope you enjoy debating it.
Verdict on QPR
Queen’s Park Rangers
Having finished the first three Premier League seasons in the top 10, to now be a struggling Championship side
smacks of significant under-achievement.
The reality is that the QPR of the early 1990s was undoubtedly over-achieving, and the QPR of today is probably
a more realistic assessment of the club’s size and capabilities.
Financial problems have beset the club since the start of the Millennium, and the recent merry-go-rounds in
the boardroom and the manager’s office have to be taken into consideration when you assess the club’s overall
performance. But despite having three billionaire backers, we think the Rangers fans who now believe anything
but the Premier League is under-achieving need a reality check.
www.footballpools.com/football-fever/FootballFeverReport4.pdf
