Disappointing as it was to return empty
handed last night from the second biggest soccer hotbed in Norfolk (the third being
a table football game on Cromer pier), we did at least achieve the rare feat of
notching our 100th league goal of the campaign. Rare at least for
us, not that unusual in a remarkably high scoring division where two of the
other top five have already hit a ton and the others are very likely to
follow.
When was the last time the top 5 in a
senior league all smashed over a hundred goals?
Absolutely no idea!
However we do know this is the first time
in nearly 40 years that the Poppies have done this. It’s not the sort of detail you easily
overlook, certainly not compared to seasons when the leaves were falling before
we made it into double figures.
The last Poppies team to go this big was of
course the mighty Mick Jones side who combined a run to Wembley with racking up
109 in the last season of the old Southern League. That was a 42 game campaign
so statistically they’re still slightly ahead, unless we go crazy against
Gosport on Tuesday.
Interesting to look at that league
table. In some cases, not so much where
are they now as who were they then? A handful have gone on to notably better
things, but not necessarily who we might have been expected back then. Just three survivors among this season’s
opponents, and whatever became of Bridgend Town?
P W D
L F A Pts
1.Worcester City 42 27 11 4
92 33 65
2.Kettering Town 42 27 7 8
109 43
61
3.Telford United 42 22 10 10 60
39 54
4.Maidstone United 42 18 18 6
55 35 54
5.Bath City 42 17 19 6
59 41 53
6.Weymouth 42 18 15 9
71 51 51
7.A.P. Leamington 42 19 11 12 65
53 49
8.Redditch United 42 19 10 13 70
57 48
9.Yeovil Town 42 15 16 11 59
49 46
10.Witney Town
42 17 10 15 53 52 44
11.Nuneaton Borough
42 13 17 12 59 50 43
12.Gravesend and Northfleet
42 15 12 15 56 55 42
13.Barnet
42 16 10 16 52 64 42
14.Hillingdon Borough
42 12 16 14 50 41 40
15.Wealdstone 42 12 12 18 51
59 36
16.Atherstone Town
42 9 17 16 46
65 35
17.Dartford
42 10 14 18 40 56 34
18.Cheltenham Town
42 11 10 21 38 72 32
19.Margate
42 10 9 23 44
75 29
20.Dorchester Town
42 7 11 24 46
86 25
21.Hastings United
42 5 13 24 37
85 23
22.Bridgend Town 42 6 6
30 39
90 18
...Back when men were men, logos were funky and programmes cost 15 pence
