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In 98/99 we only lost 6 home games in the league which I think is pretty decent as it was in Division 1/Championship. The season we got promoted 97/98 we lost 5 league games at home. Decent again. At the time I remember going to home games thinking there was a good chance we would win which would suggest BP was a bit of a fortress to me..
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Was that 79/80 Ginny? Went to that game and was gobsmacked. Lost 5-1.
80/81. We only let about 10 goals in at home all season and West ham got 5 of those. One of the best away displays i have ever seen. They tore us to pieces. Lost 3 home games i think.
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They did. I remember being stunned by that as an 8 year old. David Cross hatrick?
Seem to think there was a Barnsley home defeat around that time too but could be wrong. They comfortably beat us at BP and that just didn't happen. My memory thinks they had Ronnie Glavin and Trevor Aylott in their team.
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Think Cross may have got 4. Him and Goddard was it, up front ran us ragged? It was indeed a shock as up until that point, we were very solid defensively. Kev Moore would have been in his pomp then. I was 21 and Kev was a year older.
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"Has Blundell Park ever been a fortress ? "
1978/79 HT Town 6 - 0 Darlington The best first half performance I have ever seen at BP
BP was a fortress back then, Town gaining promotion from the old Fourth Division as runners-up.
Third Division champions the next season, no team fancied coming here back then.
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80/81. We only let about 10 goals in at home all season and West ham got 5 of those. One of the best away displays i have ever seen. They tore us to pieces. Lost 3 home games i think.
I think a few days before that we'd won at Hillsborough and Division 1 looked a real possibility. On the way home we reckoned the chairman/board had had a word and asked the players to calm down or another promotion was on the cards-such was the hammering. Not sure we won another game and finished with a hammering at Cambridge. In 83/4 we were unbeaten anywhere in the league from November to March with Pompey being the last team to beat us and the team that ended the run. (For good measure they also put us out of the F.A. Cup). During that run B.P. was an absolute fortress.
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Can anyone else remember the long unbeaten run we had that started 1975. We went 30 odd games without defeat in the league at home and I remember we played Gateshead in the FA Cup in November 1975 (they were non league of course) and they beat us 1-3. We then went all the way into March 1976 unbeaten at home in the league until we played Walsall on a Tuesday night and they beat us 1-2. And who scored for Walsall that day ?, none other than Alan Buckley. We then lost again to Crystal Palace in the next home game. We went from October 1974 to March 1976 without losing in the league at home.
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I think a few days before that we'd won at Hillsborough and Division 1 looked a real possibility. On the way home we reckoned the chairman/board had had a word and asked the players to calm down or another promotion was on the cards-such was the hammering. Not sure we won another game and finished with a hammering at Cambridge. In 83/4 we were unbeaten anywhere in the league from November to March with Pompey being the last team to beat us and the team that ended the run. (For good measure they also put us out of the F.A. Cup). During that run B.P. was an absolute fortress.
The win at Hillsborough was later on and was the only game we won after the West Ham defeat. I admit to having to go and check that out as i couldn't remember.
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Here's the number of home defeats per season (excluding zeroes if there every was an undefeated at home season). It was definitely a fortress at the Abbey before we moved to BP in 1899! But since then the general trend seems to have been to lose our fortress status.
1 1900-1901 1 1905-1906 1 1912-1913 1 1923-1924 1 1945-1946 2 1934-1935 2 1951-1952 2 1955-1956 2 1961-1962 2 1965-1966 2 1971-1972 2 1983-1984 3 1901-1902 3 1928-1929 3 1932-1933 3 1933-1934 3 1949-1950 3 1964-1965 3 1974-1975 3 1978-1979 3 1980-1981 3 1993-1994 4 1906-1907 4 1911-1912 4 1935-1936 4 1938-1939 4 1952-1953 4 1953-1954 4 1957-1958 4 1975-1976 4 1977-1978 4 1979-1980 5 1904-1905 5 1913-1914 5 1920-1921 5 1936-1937 5 1937-1938 5 1956-1957 5 1959-1960 5 1960-1961 5 1972-1973 5 1973-1974 5 1982-1983 5 1988-1989 5 1989-1990 5 1990-1991 5 1992-1993 5 1995-1996 5 1997-1998 5 2004-2005 5 2010-2011 5 2015-2016 6 1907-1908 6 1908-1909 6 1914-1915 6 1924-1925 6 1930-1931 6 1931-1932 6 1946-1947 6 1967-1968 6 1969-1970 6 1994-1995 6 1998-1999 6 1999-2000 6 2013-2014 7 1902-1903 7 1922-1923 7 1927-1928 7 1948-1949 7 1950-1951 7 1958-1959 7 1966-1967 7 1970-1971 7 2001-2002 7 2012-2013 7 2016-2017 8 1926-1927 8 1929-1930 8 1962-1963 8 1981-1982 8 1985-1986 8 1986-1987 8 2003-2004 8 2014-2015 9 1909-1910 9 1963-1964 9 1976-1977 9 1984-1985 9 2005-2006 9 2011-2012 10 1919-1920 10 1954-1955 10 1996-1997 10 2000-2001 10 2006-2007 10 2008-2009 11 1968-1969 11 1987-1988 11 2007-2008 11 2009-2010 12 1947-1948 12 1991-1992 14 2002-2003
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Redone the above showing the division (the one above includes cup games)
1 1905-1906 - Division 2 (old) 1 1912-1913 - Division 2 (old) 1 1923-1924 - Division 3 North 2 1934-1935 - Division 1 (old) 2 1951-1952 - Division 3 North 2 1955-1956 - Division 3 North 2 1961-1962 - Division 3 (old) 2 1964-1965 - Division 3 (old) 2 1965-1966 - Division 3 (old) 2 1971-1972 - Division 4 2 1983-1984 - Division 2 (old) 2 1993-1994 - Division 1 3 1901-1902 - Division 1 (old) 3 1928-1929 - Division 2 (old) 3 1932-1933 - Division 2 (old) 3 1933-1934 - Division 2 (old) 3 1949-1950 - Division 2 (old) 3 1952-1953 - Division 3 North 3 1973-1974 - Division 3 (old) 3 1974-1975 - Division 3 (old) 3 1975-1976 - Division 3 (old) 3 1977-1978 - Division 4 3 1978-1979 - Division 4 3 1979-1980 - Division 3 (old) 3 1980-1981 - Division 2 (old) 3 1988-1989 - Division 4 4 1906-1907 - Division 2 (old) 4 1911-1912 - Division 2 (old) 4 1920-1921 - Division 3 (old) 4 1935-1936 - Division 1 (old) 4 1938-1939 - Division 1 (old) 4 1953-1954 - Division 3 North 4 1957-1958 - Division 2 (old) 4 1959-1960 - Division 3 (old) 4 1990-1991 - Division 3 (old) 4 1994-1995 - Division 1 4 2004-2005 - League Two 4 2010-2011 - Football Conference 5 1904-1905 - Division 2 (old) 5 1908-1909 - Division 2 (old) 5 1913-1914 - Division 2 (old) 5 1914-1915 - Division 2 (old) 5 1924-1925 - Division 3 North 5 1936-1937 - Division 1 (old) 5 1937-1938 - Division 1 (old) 5 1956-1957 - Division 2 (old) 5 1960-1961 - Division 3 (old) 5 1966-1967 - Division 3 (old) 5 1969-1970 - Division 4 5 1972-1973 - Division 3 (old) 5 1982-1983 - Division 2 (old) 5 1989-1990 - Division 4 5 1992-1993 - Division 1 5 1995-1996 - Division 1 5 1997-1998 - Division 2 5 1999-2000 - Division 1 5 2013-2014 - Football Conference 5 2015-2016 - Football Conference 5 2016-2017 - League Two 6 1902-1903 - Division 1 (old) 6 1907-1908 - Division 2 (old) 6 1922-1923 - Division 3 North 6 1930-1931 - Division 1 (old) 6 1931-1932 - Division 1 (old) 6 1946-1947 - Division 1 (old) 6 1948-1949 - Division 2 (old) 6 1967-1968 - Division 3 (old) 6 1970-1971 - Division 4 6 1985-1986 - Division 2 (old) 6 1998-1999 - Division 1 6 2012-2013 - Football Conference 7 1927-1928 - Division 2 (old) 7 1929-1930 - Division 1 (old) 7 1950-1951 - Division 2 (old) 7 1958-1959 - Division 2 (old) 7 1962-1963 - Division 2 (old) 7 1976-1977 - Division 3 (old) 7 1984-1985 - Division 2 (old) 7 2001-2002 - Division 1 7 2005-2006 - League Two 7 2011-2012 - Football Conference 7 2014-2015 - Football Conference 8 1909-1910 - Division 2 (old) 8 1926-1927 - Division 2 (old) 8 1963-1964 - Division 2 (old) 8 1981-1982 - Division 2 (old) 8 1986-1987 - Division 2 (old) 8 2003-2004 - Division 2 8 2006-2007 - League Two 9 1919-1920 - Division 2 (old) 9 1954-1955 - Division 3 North 9 1996-1997 - Division 1 9 2000-2001 - Division 1 10 1987-1988 - Division 3 (old) 10 2008-2009 - League Two 10 2009-2010 - League Two 11 1947-1948 - Division 1 (old) 11 1968-1969 - Division 4 11 1991-1992 - Division 2 (old) 11 2007-2008 - League Two 13 2002-2003 - Division 1
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