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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 14, 2020 19:19:32 GMT
But Hull still ended up losing 8-0
Its the first time since 1911 that Hull has conceded 8 goals in a game. they lost 8-0 to Wolverhampton in November 1911. So worst defeat for Hull in almost 109 years, Hull has never conceded 9 goals in a game.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 14, 2020 20:30:21 GMT
I wonder if 7-0 at half-time is a record for the division.
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Post by Zos on Jul 15, 2020 10:18:40 GMT
Interestingly puts Wigan 12 points above relegation places with a 12 penalty to be imposed.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 22, 2020 13:17:12 GMT
I wonder if 7-0 at half-time is a record for the division. “Wigan scored seven in the first half against Hull last week. Is this a record in a professional domestic league game?” asks George Jones. Wigan’s extraordinary romp had everyone scrambling round the memory bank and/or the nearest Rothmans. The ambiguity of the above question meant a few of you sent in examples of crazy scoring in the second half of games, so let’s deal with those first. “Brighton beat Walsall 7-0 in 1976, having been goalless at half-time,” notes Roger Kay. “Peter Ward got four and Ian ‘Spider’ Mellor three. It was a little ironic as we’d been royally whupped by Walsall 6-0 only two years previously.” Radu Ogrezeanu-Ghica can see Brighton’s performance and raise it: he highlights Borussia Dortmund’s 11-1 Bundesliga shellacking of Arminia Bielefeld in 1982. It was 1-1 at half-time before Dortmund edged to victory with 10 unanswered goals in the second half. Matches are more likely to open up after half-time, so to win the first half 7-0 is even less likely. Wigan are not the first team to achieve this magnificent feat, however. Huw Richards and Graeme Atkinson point out that Newcastle led Newport 7-0 at half-time of their Division Two game in 1946-47, eventually going on to win 13-0. “Tranmere led Oldham 8-1 at the break on Boxing Day 1935,” adds Graham, “and went on to win 13-4 with Bunny Bell famously grabbing nine (and missing a penalty!).”
There’s one more for the list. “On 10 January 1970 Bury beat Tranmere Rovers 8-0,” writes Norman Shuttleworth. “At the time we were playing in an amateur match directly across Manchester Road from the ground. Our second half coincided with the start of the league match. We struggled to count the roars coming out of Gigg Lane, but the general consensus was seven. After our game finished, we snuck in after half-time in anticipation of double figures, only to view a single goal. Can’t remember the result of our match.” While it was not a league game, this Knowledge favourite saw Australia 16-0 up at half-time against American Samoa. And in terms of most goals in a half, well … |
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