We did have 5 pens last season 4 x Raph and 1 x Rodrigo - all scored, but its not what we're looking for.
Well I can tell you that out swinging corners lead to more shots on target than in swinging corners, but more goals are scored from in swinging as opposed to out swinging. As for ourselves, then 120% of our corners lead to goal kicks for the opposition ( statistically this is obviously not correct )
Whilst there were many unforgettable moments that those who were either involved or like probably the majority of us, watching the various news reports on tv, including Brian Hanrahan's " I counted them all out, I counted them all back in again", and not to make light of the situation, the one over riding memory of that time is a football related one. Wednesday 28th April 1982, I'm sat in my bed room revising for my upcoming "O" levels. Sometime after 8pm I tune into Radio Two on 693 MW (not the best reception, very crackly I recall) to listen to second half commentary (radio stations weren't allowed to broadcast live commentary of the 1st half of games) of Aston Villa v Leeds. Allan Clarke was manager, so yes that was the season we were struggling ( and would eventually get relegated). Half time report stated Villa were on top, but Arthur Graham had equalised for us just before the half time whistle. Second half was just amazing. A young Terry Connor was running riot and Frank Worthington was in his element. Three second half goals gave us a 4-1 victory at Villa Park ( we only won 4 games away from home that season ) and took us out of the relegation zone, and with games in hand over the other relegation rivals, there was hope we would be playing first division football next season. Now being a Wednesday, that meant Sportsnight with Harry Carpenter would be on BBC around 10pm, which whilst it seemed to concentrate on boxing, speedway and even show jumping, if there were football games midweek, you could rely upon seeing some highlights. So off I went to sit down in front of the tv, so I could see all our goals. (Having checked the tv schedule for that day, TAXI with Danny DeVito was meant to follow the news at 9:25pm, and Northern Ireland played Scotland the same day, so highlights of that game would also be likely be on Sportsnight). The BBC One news (which started at 9pm in those days) was an extended edition, as Wednesday 28th April was also the day that the UK government announced a 200 mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands of all aircraft and shipping, following the Argentine surrender of South Georgia, 2 days earlier. Text appeared on screen announcing that TAXI had been cancelled and would be shown at a later date, due to the extended news, but no mention was made about Sportsnight. So I sat and watched all the political talk about the war, saw the images of the the hospital ship Uganda, arriving at Ascension Island, and just waited for Sportsnight to eventually start. By midnight, there was still no Sportsnight, and thus I went to bed, having missed the chance to see the highlights of the only game where we would score 4 goals that season.
