Thanks, Fez. Which ex-Watford manager made the highest number of first team playing appearances for us without ever scoring?
Regret away, JTB. It was Steve Harrison with 101 appearances plus one as sub, but no goals. All yours.
Sorry - been away , and also in a slough of despond following last saturdays comedy of errors. Will do something soonest.
16th October 1978. ‘Single Man’. They definitely sing on track ‘Oh Georgia’, I can’t remember the other one.
Well done. (Sir EJ natch) My record shows it was released on 10th, but it was 'A single man/. The other track was Big dipper.
Ah yes, Big Dipper! I was always a fan of Georgia, though. I think ‘Song for Guy’ was the last track on Side Two, perhaps? Which player has the worst record in the history of the Premier League for yellow cards/minutes played? (Edited because my source of information proved unreliable on the red card data, when I checked it further)
No, but he was the reason for me asking this question. He appeared top of a list of dirty players I saw on the internet, purely because he had received the most yellow cards. Interestingly, he appears very low on the list when you consider looking at the data as yellows/time played. Of course he’s played so many minutes (off the top of my he’s played the most) so it isn’t fair to call him the dirtiest just because of the nominal data of how many cards he’s received. The top three of yellow cards divided by time on the pitch, will not surprise anyone. Barry is near the bottom of the list.
Lee Cattermole received a yellow card every 217 minutes of play; John Moncur, every 248 minutes; Joey Barton, every 288 minutes. It’s interesting to see when they received them, too. Cattermole, 51% first half; Moncur, 89% first half; Barton, 35% first half. These might sound random, but when you look at the list of players, there is a pattern. Dennis Wise, 91% first half; David Batty, 89% first half; Mark Hughes, 87% first half, Carlton Palmer, 97% first half. Wayne Rooney, 30% first half. I could go on, but it seems to me the reckless players had high second half percentage, the ones putting a mark in, higher first half percentage. Gareth Barry may have the most yellow cards, but he’s only received them every 423 minutes, which puts him well down the list. Over to you.
Carlton Palmer picked up many yellows because he had little control over his legs. Ungainly perhaps, unfortunate maybe..
