This thread has lead to me looking back at previous league tables and the 2009 table was mental!



2 teams to be relegated.

Doncaster finished bottom (11th) on 8pts.

Toulouse finished 10th on 30pts, bit of a gap there! Next to bottom but were exempt from relegation because they were... erm... French I guess?

Leigh, Batley and Gateshead all finished on 32pts (we had the worst points difference). Obviously Gateshead's late surge in form was due to them buying a load of Aussies it turned out they didn't actually have any money to pay hence them going down and us being let off the hook.

We were 'relegated' with a record of 9 wins and 11 losses. 45 % win rate isn't great but in no other season would it be anything like relegation form.

Batley actually won less games than us but 2 draws (both against Gateshead) meant they finished level on pts.

Sheffield actually only won 2 more games than us. (We won 9 lost 11, they won 11 lost 9) and yet we finished in a relegation spot whilst they finished 3rd in the league and just 2pts off top spot! They did win a 'bonus point' in every game they lost though.

Can't say I am missing the bonus point system. What a load of bo**ocks that was!

Crazy season though. So tight. 45% win rate got you relegated. 55% win rate got you 3rd place. 65% win rate won you the league!

For comparison last season 65% wouldn't even have qualified you for the top 4 and the middle 8's!

Doesn't bare thinking about what would have happened to us if we had gone down that season!

Although if Gateshead hadn't signed a load of players mid season that they couldn't afford then we never would have been relegated anyway!

Catching on, this stats. thing, eh Nozzy!

We're up to two out of every ten people who give a toss.

To difficult to quantify, Norman. For some strange reason, clubs were reluctant to provide stats. on that topic!

Great stuff mate