FACTBOX-Derby County facing undesirable records

Fri May 9, 2008 4:23pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Factbox on relegated Derby County who could set or equal some unwanted records in their final Premier League match of the season against Reading on Sunday.

* Derby have won only one Premier League match all season, 1-0 against Newcastle United on September 17.

* Only once since the English League began in 1888-89 has any team in any division gone through an entire season only winning one league match -- Loughborough Town, who won one out of 34 matches in the second division in the 1899-1900 season.

* Loughborough lost all 17 away matches, including a 12-0 defeat by Woolwich Arsenal that still stands as Arsenal's record league victory. They accumulated only eight points, equalled by Doncaster Rovers in the same division five years later.

* Derby will equal the worst record of one home win in a season, shared by Loughborough, Notts County (1904-05), Woolwich Arsenal (1912-13), Blackpool (1966-67), Rochdale (1973-74) and Sunderland (2005-06) if they fail to win on Sunday.

* Since their victory over Newcastle, Derby have played 31 league matches without a victory and will set another unenviable record if they fail to beat Reading. The worst run without a win was established by Cambridge United in the second division in 1983-84. Derby are just 90 minutes away from making it 32.

* Even allowing for the modern allocation of three points for a win, Derby's meagre return of 11 points so far is the lowest by any team since Doncaster's in 1905.

* Even if Derby beat Reading, they will still record the lowest ever points tally in the top flight because they can only get a maximum of 14 -- one below the lowest mark of 15 set by Sunderland two years ago.

* As well as setting a new record for the least number of points in the top division, Derby will also take the place of Sunderland, Stoke City and Woolwich Arsenal as the team with the fewest wins in the top division.  Continued...

 

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