Last Topped the League

[glorybox]

I really didn't realise it was that long ago..!

Southampton top Premier League after win over Newcastle - How long since your club was top?

Southamptons victory ensured Ralph Hasenhuttls side lead Englands top tier for the first time in 32 years

www.skysports.com

 

[Glow69]

Thought we might have topped it in the early 70s for a week or something.

 

[KBWWFC]

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Fulham | Premier League match report

Wolves fans celebrated going top of the Premier League after victory over Fulham

www.google.com

Strange that, we topped it when we beat Fulham 2-0 in 2011.

 

[jrpb-3]

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Fulham | Premier League match report

Wolves fans celebrated going top of the Premier League after victory over Fulham

www.google.com

Strange that, we topped it when we beat Fulham 2-0 in 2011.

yes I thought it was last time we were in the prem early in the season I think and we were the early kickoff. (maybe the are only counting after all matches played in a day ?)

 

[Chris H]

I’d be interested to know when the last time each team had topped the table after a meaningful number of games was.

Most of those are very early in the season when the table is in flux.

 

[Nige100]

We were top after 3 games in our 3rd year under McCarthy think we had beat Blackburn, Fulham and drew with Villa on a saturday Kick off.

 

[quirky_birky]

Arsenal top it every year. Then the season kicks off...

 

[Fenrir_]

We definitely topped it under McCarthy the season we went down, even if it was only for a couple of hours

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

We definitely topped it under McCarthy the season we went down, even if it was only for a couple of hours

Sad git that I am

 

[Contrarian]

We definitely topped it under McCarthy the season we went down, even if it was only for a couple of hours

Looks like they've been a bit more statistically rigorous and only included when the full round of matches were played. With 12:30 starts, whoever wins the first match of the season would be top for a couple of hours every year. I prefer the way they've done it as it is a genuine top of the table after the full weekend thing,

Having said that, when you look at the month they were last top, many of them were in August. Almost all of those outside the "usual suspects". If they used just the table after 4 or 5 matches, which is really quite sensible, then many more, maybe over half, haven't topped it for more than 50 years.

 

[Jonzy54]

I remember in the 70’s going to Luton knowing a win would put us top of the First Division but a Ron Futcher hat tick saw us lose 3-2

 

[Fenrir_]

Looks like they've been a bit more statistically rigorous and only included when the full round of matches were played. With 12:30 starts, whoever wins the first match of the season would be top for a couple of hours every year. I prefer the way they've done it as it is a genuine top of the table after the full weekend thing,

I thought this, if that's the case though, would Southampton 'really' top the table with a win tonight? With the whole weekend still to come

 

[giantwolf]

Looks like they've been a bit more statistically rigorous and only included when the full round of matches were played. With 12:30 starts, whoever wins the first match of the season would be top for a couple of hours every year. I prefer the way they've done it as it is a genuine top of the table after the full weekend thing,

Having said that, when you look at the month they were last top, many of them were in August. Almost all of those outside the "usual suspects". If they used just the table after 4 or 5 matches, which is really quite sensible, then many more, maybe over half, haven't topped it for more than 50 years.

Not entirely sure they have been more rigorous, other than maybe to say at the end of any day (to allow for variations in KO time) which is possibly why ours from the Mick McCarthy reign wasn't in. A lot of them were last top on a Friday which presumably would the one of the first matches in a round and just picking on one in particular - Man U's it was on Friday 10th August, one game had been played - they beat Leicester City in the opening match of the 2018/2019 season.

Using the "end of day" would also tie in with them using Southampton as the main crux of the article [edit - beat to this bit by @Fenrir_ ]

 

[old wittonian]

I recall Millwall being heading the top division around December only to be relegated.

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

After 3 games in 1974/5 Carlisle topped the league,they finished bottom and were never seen again

 

[Big Nosed Wolf]

The photo showing 'Frank Wignall playing for Wolves in 1962' will come as a surprise to many because Wignall didn't play for the club until 1968.

The photo in question looks suspiciously like either Ted Farmer or Jimmy Murray.

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

The photo showing 'Frank Wignall playing for Wolves in 1962' will come as a surprise to many because Wignall didn't play for the club until 1968.

The photo in question looks suspiciously like either Ted Farmer or Jimmy Murray.

Yes thats Ted Farmer for sure

 

[Hot Fuss]

I remember us all chanting “we are top of the league” against boro at home in august 93, when we were 2-1 up.
Obviously we then lost 3-2.

 

[marrs-guitar]

It's clear that the article is referring to the table at the end of the day as kick-off times play a role, but at least for three hours on the afternoon of August 27 2011, we were top.

Alas, the Manchester clubs managed to overhaul us over the long run...

 

[whitnash wolf ex.dewsbury]

62/63 we lost to everton next game and were winless for 7 games but recovered to finish 5th. poor ted farmer injured

 

[Berlin Wolf]

After 3 games in 1974/5 Carlisle topped the league,they finished bottom and were never seen again

They did. I recall a big COR-LISLE! headline on the back of one of the national sportspages.

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Fulham | Premier League match report

Wolves fans celebrated going top of the Premier League after victory over Fulham

www.google.com

Strange that, we topped it when we beat Fulham 2-0 in 2011.

Remember that well! I was sitting in front of RetroChief in the Steve Bull and we were all saying this was just like watching Brazil!!!!!!! All went a bit downhill after!

 

[Lawndog]

So........last time we were top was the day I was born........er...

 

[Deleted member LP 3925]

Very witty from Saints.....

 

[John de Wolf's hairdryer]

Looks like they've been a bit more statistically rigorous and only included when the full round of matches were played. With 12:30 starts, whoever wins the first match of the season would be top for a couple of hours every year. I prefer the way they've done it as it is a genuine top of the table after the full weekend thing,

Having said that, when you look at the month they were last top, many of them were in August. Almost all of those outside the "usual suspects". If they used just the table after 4 or 5 matches, which is really quite sensible, then many more, maybe over half, haven't topped it for more than 50 years.

If it's rigorous as you suggest, then Southampton still won't have been top by their yardstick by tomorrow evening when all the weekend's fixtures have been played, unless the teams up at the top there all have a complete 'mare.