Rovers Western League historical stats:
ROVERS STAT ATTACK:
Prior to the January 2nd 2010 game with WELLINGTON, Rovers matches played, home and away, during their entire time as a Western League Club read:
Played 325 Won 158 Drawn 76 Lost 81 Scored 592 Conceded 392 Points 550
The record in the PREMIER DIVISION stands at (prior to the Wellington game)
Played 177 Won 89 Drew 49 Lost 39 Scored 312 Conceded 200 Points 316
With the home and away split in the top flight being:
HOME
Played 89 Won 49 Drew 22 Lost 18 Scored 168 Conceded 88 Points 169
AWAY
Played 88 Won 40 Drew 27 Lost 21 Scored 144 Conceded 112 Points 137
ROVERS AT HOME : In the Toolstation Western League
The most common score in terms of Rovers playing at HOME in League games, accounting for all matches is:
1-1 - a result that has been seen NINE times
2-1 - a result that has happened NINE times
1-0, 2-0 and 3-1 have all arrived SEVEN times
ROVERS AWAY: In the Toolstation Western League
The most common score when Rovers play away in League games accounting for all matches is:
2-1 win – this has happened TEN times
1-0 win – has arrived NINE times
1-1 Draw – this has also happened NINE times
0-0 Draw – has been recorded EIGHT times
2-2 Draw – this has been the final score EIGHT times
Interestingly at home Rovers have NEVER had a Western league 4-0 or 4-1 win whilst in Away games there has never been a 5-0 and only ONCE have Rovers had away wins of 3-1, 4-1 and 5-1 and there has also only ever been ONE 3-3 draw on opposition grounds in Western League games.
The best run of games without Rovers conceding a goal – prior to the start of the 2009/10 season was:
FOUR MATCHES and this happened TWICE.
The first time was the Western League Division One campaign of 2004/05 when the first four games of the season, HOME versus Wellington (2-0) and then Biddestone (4-0) followed by away trips to Larkhall (0-0) and Shepton Mallett (6-0) ended with Rovers not conceding a goal. The run was broken at home to Radstock in the 5th game when we lost 2-1.
That run was matched in the Western League Premier Division season of 2007/08 when the four game run took in matches with Melksham at home (Jan 26th 2008) – won 3-0, Welton Rovers away (Feb 2nd), Odd Down away on Feb 9th (won 6-0) and then Radstock away (16th Feb) won 1-0. That run was ended by Bitton (Feb 23rd) where we conceded a goal but won the game 2-1.
ROVERS ENDING WESTERN LEAGUE MATCHES AT 0-0:
This has happened just TWELVE times with the most recent being the October 2009 0-0 at home to BIDEFORD.
The break down season by season of 0-0 score lines is:
2005/06 - FOUR: at Bridgwater (January) and Bideford (Feb) and at home to Welton (April) and Barnstaple (April)
2006/07 - TWO: at Keynsham (March) and at Street (also in March)
2007/08 - TWO: at home to Bitton (March) and away to Brislington (April)
2008/09 - THREE: at home to Ilfracombe (September) and Brislington (February) and away at Ilfracombe (February).
2009/10 - : at home to Bideford (October)
ROVERS WESTERN LEAGUE RECORDS – as at October 2009:
The longest run without DEFEAT stands at TWELVE MATCHES in the 2004/05 Premier Division season when the side went unbeaten between February 26th 2005 and May 7th 2005.
The longest run without a WIN stands at SIX matches and that has happened TWICE. The first time being the First Division season of 2001/2002 when six games were contested between December 29th 2001 and February 23rd 2002 without any being won.
The second time a six match run without a win happened was in the First Division season of 2003/2004 when matches from October 4th until November 4th failed to produce a victory.
The longest run of successive victories stands at EIGHT and that happened in the promotion winning First Division season of 2004/05 when an October 20th 2004 4-1 win at ILFRACOMBE was followed by WESTON ST JOHN (A) W2-1, DAWLISH (A) W4-1, SALTASH UNITED (H) W2-1, CADBURY HEATH (H) W2-1, ALMONDSBURY (A) W3-1, BIDDESTONE (A) W4-2 and finally CHARD (A) W5-2 on December 11th – the run of eight straight wins ended on December 18th 2004 at home to Clevedon United won left with a 5-1 win!
The longest run of DRAWS stands at FOUR matches and that has happened just the once in the promotion winning season in Division One in 2004/05 when we drew with Calne Town away on January 8th 2005 and then drew at home to Shepton Mallett, and then away at both Radstock and Shrewton before the sequence was ended on February 5th with a 2-0 win at Minehead.
The longest run to date of successive DEFEATS is FOUR and that fate hit the side in the 2002/03 First Division season when between September 28th 2001 and November 2nd when successive matches were lost at Torrington, Clyst Rovers and Street and the 4th was at home to Cadbury Heath.
WESTERN LEAGUE GOAL SCORING LAND MARKS:
The FIRST EVER Willand Rovers Western league goal was cored at ILFRACOMBE’S Marlborough Park ground on August 18th 2001 – that the first of four in the clubs first ever game in the Western League, the match finishing 4-1 to Rovers.
The FIFTIETH Western League goal was the first in a 2-1 win at home to MINEHEAD on April 1st 2002.
The ONE HUNDREDTH Western league goal was the 4th in a 5-1 Home win over CLYST ROVERS on March 1st 2003.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH Western League goal came with the first of a 2-0 home win over CHARD TOWN on Boxing Day 2003.
THE TWO HUNDREDTH Western League goal for Rovers was the 4th goal of a 4-0 win at home to BIDDESTONE on August 21st 2004.
The TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH Western league goal was the opening goal of a 2-1 win at DAWLISH TOWN on February 16th 2005.
ROVERS IN THE WESTERN LEAGUE – IT’S A FACT
Prior to the first ball being kicked of the 2009/10 Toolstation League season Rovers had played 306 games during their EIGHT seasons of what is otherwise known at Western League Football.
We have played 42 different sides (that will become 43 when we face LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS this term).
We have met just ONE side in each of our eight seasons and that is CALNE TOWN
We have met FIVE other sides in all but a single campaign, they are BITTON, CHARD TOWN, CORSHAM TOWN, HALLEN and STREET.
We have never lost a Western League game to ELEVEN of the 42 sides we have come across. Some of those sides we have only met twice. The full list with the number of meetings in brackets is:
BRISLINGTON (8), WELTON ROVERS (8), ODD DOWN (6), KEYNSHAM TOWN (4) and then ALMONDSBURY (2), BIDDESTONE (2), BATH CITY RESERVES (2), BACKWELL UNITED (2), ELMORE (2), WARMINSTER TOWN (2).
On the other side of the coin, of the 42 opponents we have yet to register a Western League win against FOUR sides – EXMOUTH TOWN (4), BATH CITY RESERVES (2), TRURO CITY (2) and just ONE side who we will meet in the 2009/10 campaign, SHERBORNE TOWN (3).
The sides that we have drawn the most games with (once again the number of meetings is in brackets) is:
6 - BARNSTAPLE TOWN (in 8 meetings), 6 – CORSHAM TOWN (in 14 meetings), 5 – ILFRACOMBE TOWN (in 12 meetings) and 5 – HALLEN (in 14 meetings).
The sides we have beaten the most Western League games to date are:
9 times we have beaten CHARD TOWN (in 14 meetings), 8 times ILFRACOMBE TOWN (in 14 meetings), 7 times BRISLINGTON (in 9 meetings), 6 times DAWLISH TOWN (In 8 meetings), 6 times SHEPTON MALLET (in 8 meetings) and 5 times ODD DOWN (in 6 meetings).
The teams to inflict defeat upon us in Western League games the most times are:
7 times we have lost to CALNE TOWN (in 16 meetings), 6 times in 14 meetings to STREET, 6 times also to BRISTOL MANOR FARM in twelve meetings whilst we have lost FIVE times to BITTON (in 14 meetings), CHARD TOWN (in 14 meetings) and also 5 times to FROME TOWN (in 10 meetings).
At the start of this season our every game counted in throughout our eight seasons in the Western League read:
P 308 W 150 D 80 L 78 Goals scored 571 Goals conceded 377
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