Friday Stat Attack

27 Mar 2015

The Friday Stat Attack – slowly catching election fever…so many questions, so little time. Just when will Luis Figo publish his manifesto?

OHAFC 1st XI: No Fixture

  • OHAFC bottom with two games to play: Cholms (A), Charterhouse (H)
  • IF either Cholms OR Eton win on Saturday AND Brentwood AT LEAST draw, OHAFC will have to win last two games to maintain chance of staying up
  • Maximum points obtainable by four relegation candidates: OHAFC 17, Brentwood 23, Cholms 25, Eton 27
  • Regardless of any other results, OHAFC will be relegated with defeat at Cholmeleians

OHAFC 2nd XI: Old Brentwoods 2’s (A), Arthurian League Division Three, 1pm KO

FIXTURE:

  • Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 23.8 miles
  • Longest away journey of the season by nearly 10 miles
  • Average distance for 9 away League games: 10.5 miles
  • Referee: Stuart Borman
  • Refereed 6 OHAFC fixtures in past six seasons, four wins and two defeats

TEAM:

  • Old Brentwoods 2’s (4th, 24pts) v OHAFC 2’s (5th, 23pts) in Division Three
  • Last season: OHAFC 6th in Division Three with 18pts, Brentwood 7th with 14pts
  • 16th League game of the season for both teams
  • Harrow won 7, drawn 2, lost 6, goals scored 34 (3rd most in division), conceded 39 (3rd most in division)
  • Brentwood won 7, drawn 3, lost 5, goals scored 29 (4th fewest in division), conceded 22 (3rd fewest in division)
  • OHAFC will climb above opponents into 4th with win, will stay in 5th with draw or defeat
  • Last time out: OHAFC lost 3-1 to Charterhouse 2’s in JLC semi-finals (last weekend), Brentwood beat Citizens 1-0 at home in League (last weekend)
  • Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC L,L,W - Brentwood W,D,W
  • OHAFC have played one League game since January (8-1 home defeat to Millfield on Feb 14th)
  • OHAFC League away form this season: Pld 6, won 2, drawn 1, lost 3, scored 7, conceded 12
  • Brentwood League home form this season: Pld 7, won 4, drawn 3, scored 15, conceded 3
  • Brentwood only unbeaten team at home in Division Three, conceded fewest home goals in entire League
  • Corresponding fixture last season: OHAFC lost 5-4 on Dec 14th 2013 (Scorers: Breeden, Cater, Stebbings 2)
  • Previous meeting between sides: OHAFC won 4-0 (H) on January 3rd 2015 (Scorers: Khan, Oewn-Edmunds, Turner, Beeley)
  • Overall League record between teams (last six seasons): Pld 9, OHAFC won 3, drawn 2, lost 4, goals scored 26, conceded 16
  • Neither side has managed two consecutive wins in the series in the last six seasons
  • League record at Brentwood (last five seasons): Pld 4, won 0, drawn 1, lost 3, goals scored 8, conceded 12
  • Record OHAFC victory v Brentwood (last six seasons): 6-1 (H), Nov 10th 2012
  • Record defeat v Brentwood (last six seasons): 1-3 (A), Dec 3rd 2011
  • OHAFC current League performance after same no. of games last season: 2pts better off (23 v 21), scored 1 goal more (34v33), conceded 2 goals more (39v37)
  • OHAFC League performance versus corresponding fixtures last season: 1pt worse off (9v10), scored 3 goals more (17v14), conceded 5 goals more (19v14)

PLAYER:

  • 42 players from squad used this season, 122 in last six seasons
  • 14-man squad named for Matchday 16
  • Leading 2nd XI appearances (all competitions): 17 – Orr-Ewing J & Khan, 15 – Taunton-Collins
  • Leading 2nd XI scorers (all competitions): 8 – M Curry, 7 – Kerry, 5 - Khan
  • Worst discipline offenders (all competitions): 2 ‘yellas’ – C von Hirsch
  • Orr-Ewing J set for 80th 2nd XI career start and 15th 2nd XI League appearance this season
  • Robinson set for 25th 2nd XI career League appearance and 5th 2nd XI League appearance this season
  • Kerry set for 25th 2nd XI career League appearance, needs one more goal for 10 Club goals this season and 5 2nd XI League goals this season
  • Gordon set for 15th 2nd XI career start and 10th 2nd XI League start this season
  • Owen-Edmunds set for 15th career Club appearance, needs one more goal for 5 2nd XI career goals
  • von Hirsch C set for 15th career Club appearance
  • Taunton-Collins set for 20th Club appearance of season & career and 15th 2nd XI start of season & career
  • Khan set for 15th 2nd XI League appearance this season, needs one more goal for 5 2nd XI League goals this season
  • Berry set for 5th 2nd XI appearance this season
  • Poulter set for 2nd XI career debut
  • Lederman needs one more goal for 5 Club goals this season
  • Total 2nd XI appearances in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 294
  • Total 2nd XI goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 40
  • Average 2nd XI apps & goals in 14-man squad (all comps, last 6 seasons): 21/3
  • Total Club appearances in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 613
  • Total Club goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 85
  • Average Club apps & goals in 14-man squad (all comps, last 6 seasons): 44/6

OHAFC 3rd XI: Old Bancroftians (A), Division Five (North), 12.30pm KO

FIXTURE

  • Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 14.6 miles
  • Third longest away fixture of the season
  • Final away fixture of the season
  • Average distance for 10 League away fixtures this season: 15.3 miles
  • Referee: Peter Spelman, League Referees Secretary
  • Refereed three previous OHAFC fixtures in last six seasons, one win, one draw, one defeat

TEAM:

  • Old Bancroftians (2nd in Division Five North) v OHAFC 3rd XI (4th in Division Five North)
  • Last season: OHAFC 5th in Division Five with 13pts, Bancroftians 7th in Division Four with 13pts
  • Bancroftians relegated on goal difference
  • 9th League game of the season for OHAFC, 8th League game for Bancroftians
  • Harrow won 2, drawn 3, lost 3, goals scored 20 (2nd most in division), conceded 21 (joint 2nd most in division)
  • Bancroftians won 4, drawn 1, lost 2, goals scored 18 (4th most in division), conceded 12 (fewest in division)
  • OHAFC could climb into 3rd with win, will stay 4th or drop to 5th with draw or defeat
  • OHAFC will be 1 point off promotion play-off place with win, with one game remaining
  • OHAFC will be eliminated from play-off race with draw or defeat
  • Last time out: OHAFC lost 4-0 to Sennockians in David Woolcott Trophy (March 14th), Bancroftians beat Brentwoods 4’s 3-1 away in League (last weekend)
  • Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC W,L,L - Bancroftians W,W,W
  • OHAFC have played one League game since November 22nd (3-2 win over Merchants Taylor on Jan 17th)
  • OHAFC League away form this season: Pld 4, won 1, drawn 2, lost 1, scored 10, conceded 10
  • Bancroftians League home form this season: Pld 3, won 1, lost 2, scored 5, conceded 6
  • Corresponding fixture last season: No fixture last season
  • Previous meeting between sides: 2-2 draw on Sep 27th 2014 (Scorers: Fogarty, L Callander)
  • Overall League record between teams (last six seasons): Fixture earlier this season the only previous meeting

PLAYER:

  • 41 players from squad used this season, 84 in last three seasons
  • 14-man squad named for 3rd XI’s penultimate fixture of the season (potential play-off excluded)
  • Leading 3rd XI appearances (all competitions): 9 – Feather, 8- Kapoor
  • Leading 3rd XI scorers: 6 – Smith, 5 - Walker
  • Worst discipline offenders: 2 ‘yellas’ –Feather
  • Woolley set for 60th career Club start, 5th Club appearance of season, 3rd XI Career debut and will become the 1st player on record to represent the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & Veterans XI’s in one season
  • Turner set for 20th career Club start and 5th 3rd XI League start & appearance
  • Beeley set for 15th career Club start and 5th 3rd XI League start & appearance this season
  • Kapoor set for 10th career 3rd XI League start and 5th 3rd XI League start this season
  • Feather set for 10th 3rd XI appearance of season and career
  • Faber set for 5th career Club start and 5th 3rd XI League appearance of season and career
  • Smith set for 5th 3rd XI League appearance of season, needs one more goal for 5 League goals this season
  • N Callander set for 5th 3rd XI League appearance of season and career
  • Chopra set for 5th career 3rd XI start and 3rd XI League debut this season
  • Gilbert set for 3rd XI season debut
  • Eyers set for Club debut
  • Total 3rd XI appearances in 14-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 100
  • Total 3rd XI goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 30
  • Avg 3rd XI apps/goals (all competitions, last 3 seasons): 7/2
  • Total Club appearances in 14-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 317
  • Total Club goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last three seasons): 54
  • Avg Club apps/goals (all competitions, last 3 seasons): 23/4

Other Stats of the Week: March 28th 2015

  • 87th day of the Gregorian calendar, 271 days until Christmas
  • 6 DAYS UNTIL 2015 EASTER TOUR!!
  • 1854 France and Britain declare war on Russia, starting the Crimean War
  • 1939 General Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege
  • 1942 Welsh politician Neil Kinnock was born (the same Neil Kinnock Fred Milln thought was a DJ)
  • 1965 Wolves legend Steve Bull was born
  • 1975 Real Madrid and Spain footballer Ivan Helguera was born
  • 1985 Swiss tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka was born
  • 1994 BBC Radio 5 Live is born
  • 2004 English-Swiss actor Peter Ustinov died

National Events:

  • Commemoration of Sen no Rikyu (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony)
  • Teachers Day (Czech Republic & Slovakia)

Colemanballs of the Week:

“I’ve lost count of how many corners there have been. Lincoln have had one, Crystal Palace have had seventeen” (Ron Jones)