It's Official(ish) Morecambe Town are Over-Achievers
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:11 pmA report by the football pools have looked at all the football league clubs since 1992 and looked at who are under or over achievers based on several aspects such as:
• where each of the current 92 League clubs were in 1992
• how they’ve performed in league and cup competitions since then
• the size of each club, based on average attendances, club investment etc
• the impact of transfers (in and out of clubs)
• the impact of changes in club ownership, financial difficulties etc
Post-millennium we're ranked 11th, behind Accrington with Doncaster Rovers first. Here's what the Morecambe report says:
From a neutral point of view it does put things into perspective at the moment. We have over-achieved especially when you see some teams in the conference now with their history and number of fans.
One downside to the report is that we're called Morecambe Town for the majority of the it...
Football Pools Report
• where each of the current 92 League clubs were in 1992
• how they’ve performed in league and cup competitions since then
• the size of each club, based on average attendances, club investment etc
• the impact of transfers (in and out of clubs)
• the impact of changes in club ownership, financial difficulties etc
Post-millennium we're ranked 11th, behind Accrington with Doncaster Rovers first. Here's what the Morecambe report says:
Morecambe
If you look at Morecambe’s record, season by season, over the past 16 years it looks like steady progress, but not spectacular.
From the Northern Premier they established themselves as a Conference side before pushing for Football League elevation on a regular basis. After reaching the play-offs, or coming close, for several seasons, the Shrimps finally achieved their dream in May 2007 with a 2-1 play-off final success at Wembley against Exeter City.
But that underplays Morecambe’s achievements. Even in Conference terms they were a relatively small club (gates of 1,200 were good, but not against the 2,500 that the likes of Crawley, Hereford or Telford could attract), and in their promotion-winning season they came up against no less than eight former Football League clubs. And last season they managed a very respectable 11th place in League Two. Morecambe, we salute you.
From a neutral point of view it does put things into perspective at the moment. We have over-achieved especially when you see some teams in the conference now with their history and number of fans.
One downside to the report is that we're called Morecambe Town for the majority of the it...
Football Pools Report
