Imagine There's No Penalties.
Its easy if you try.
As this week saw the 500th day since Huddersfield Town scored a penalty in a league game, I thought I'd take a quick look at the difference they made so here I present to you two league tables.
The first is last season's league table but reported if all the penalties were removed; all the points they won are removed and all their goals are taken out of the F and A columns. Sheffield Wednesday are the main winners. The league positions on the right are based on the amount of points they gained, so Plymouth's 19th is on 50 points, though obviously they had 10 deducted.
See that table here. Wonder how different the playoffs would have been with the teams switched around.
The second table is the same thing, but for this season, 11-12, taken before the games on Saturday Feb 4th. Notts County are the big penalty winners.
This is just a bit of fun; I don't think there's anything we can read into it too much. I expect Town to score a penalty at some point, and I doubt Jeff Hughes will get 10 spot kicks netted (he has seven so far) but we'll see.
Blog Authors
Marco 4J - Exiled Kilner-Banker now living in Medway. Season ticket holder for around 10 of the seasons between 1994-2007. Currently to be seen in the away end of London-based HTAFC matches. First Town memory: Scoring a penalty (1 out of 3) against Lee Martin at an open day. Best Town memory: the 2-5 win at Crewe in the Great Escape Season. Favourite Players: Danny Schofield, Steve Harper, Nat Brown.
Luke Wielgus - Counting down the days till Saturday when I''l either be in my usual spot in the Kilner Bank or in some obscure little town (away day fund permitting!). One things for sure though - win, lose or draw I'l' be back next week to do it all again! TTID
Greg Marah - I'm an exiled Huddersfield Town fan most of the year as i go to university on the wrong side of the Pennines. Despite that I spend far too much money and time following Town throughout the season.
Sean Makin - Been a HTFC fan since 1994 and been a season ticket holder for the past 10 years and counting. Go to every home game and most away matches (finances permitting). Best experience - winning the play-off final at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff back in 2004. Worst - getting relegated on last day of the season from the championship in 2001 by a single point.
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