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As we prepare to kick off our penultimate game of the season, with safety secured, I got to thinking how our form compares to past relegation seasons. Currently we have 10 points from 4 with the likely most we can finish with being 13 (assuming we win today and lose next week), this how others have compared
93/94 - prior to THAT Wimbledon game we only won 1 of the 5 games before that, losing 3 and drawing the other, the final day win saw us finish with 7 points from 18
94/95 - under Big Joe we went into the cup final unbeaten with 1 win and 5 draws to finish with 8 points from 18, in fact after losing to eventual champions Blackburn on April Fools Day we went 9 unbeaten to end the season counting the cup wins over Spurs and United and the Good Friday win over Newcastle
97/98 - a disaster of a final season for the club’s greatest manager saw just 1 win from the last 6, drawing 3 including the final day against Coventry to finish with 6 points from 18
98/99 - Walter Smith’s first season was a struggle but, thanks to the inspired signing of Super Kev, we finished the season bang in form winning 4 of the last 6, losing the other two and finishing with 12 points from 18
01/02 - David Moyes came in and kept the Blues up but the last 6 saw only 2 wins with 1 draw and 3 defeats to finish with 7 points from 18
03/04 - the only truely bad season of Moyes’ 11 in charge saw us end up taking just 2 points from 18 and losing the last four capped by a 5-1 hiding in our final trip to Maine Road
21/22 - after a horrific campaign that saw us plummet down the league under the single most derivative manager in history and a rookie manager trying to amend things, we finished the last 6 with 3 wins and a draw to finish with 10 from 18
22/23 - another shambolic campaign on and off the field saw Lampard outside later than he should have been and Sean Dyche installed who finished the season with just 2 wins from the last 6, 1 being the final day against Bournemouth which kept us up, a total of 8 from 18
So as it stands a win today would give us our best last 6 form of any season in which we’ve battled the dreaded drop
93/94 - prior to THAT Wimbledon game we only won 1 of the 5 games before that, losing 3 and drawing the other, the final day win saw us finish with 7 points from 18
94/95 - under Big Joe we went into the cup final unbeaten with 1 win and 5 draws to finish with 8 points from 18, in fact after losing to eventual champions Blackburn on April Fools Day we went 9 unbeaten to end the season counting the cup wins over Spurs and United and the Good Friday win over Newcastle
97/98 - a disaster of a final season for the club’s greatest manager saw just 1 win from the last 6, drawing 3 including the final day against Coventry to finish with 6 points from 18
98/99 - Walter Smith’s first season was a struggle but, thanks to the inspired signing of Super Kev, we finished the season bang in form winning 4 of the last 6, losing the other two and finishing with 12 points from 18
01/02 - David Moyes came in and kept the Blues up but the last 6 saw only 2 wins with 1 draw and 3 defeats to finish with 7 points from 18
03/04 - the only truely bad season of Moyes’ 11 in charge saw us end up taking just 2 points from 18 and losing the last four capped by a 5-1 hiding in our final trip to Maine Road
21/22 - after a horrific campaign that saw us plummet down the league under the single most derivative manager in history and a rookie manager trying to amend things, we finished the last 6 with 3 wins and a draw to finish with 10 from 18
22/23 - another shambolic campaign on and off the field saw Lampard outside later than he should have been and Sean Dyche installed who finished the season with just 2 wins from the last 6, 1 being the final day against Bournemouth which kept us up, a total of 8 from 18
So as it stands a win today would give us our best last 6 form of any season in which we’ve battled the dreaded drop
