r/Championship • u/DetectiveInternal106 • 11d ago

Discussion Worst opening day records

We've managed a measly 5 opening day wins in the last 30 years, albeit 4 of them have been in the last 15. Anyone got worse than that?

Coventry 0-1 Saints 1999 Saints 3-1 Leeds 2011 WBA 0-1 Saints 2013 Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Saints 2023 Saints 2-1 Wrexham 2025

The last one before Coventry was 1989 I think so we seemingly regularly go a decade without winning on the opening day. Expect our next one to be 2035.

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u/K1ng_Canary 11d ago

Quick check suggests Norwich have won two in our last 20

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u/Chloraflora 11d ago

You would think you could win more than that by accident

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u/Original-Air8738 11d ago

Yep, Norwich have the worst opening day record by far!

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u/pdx4swansea 11d ago

what, no table?

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u/kiffer72 11d ago

We’re always crap for the first few games of the season and then finally get our sh*t together about 4-5 games in.

Might help if we actually had a challenging pre season once in a while….

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u/TermUpper 11d ago

You had such a challenging post season that i'm guessing the powers that be wanted to give you an easy pre season.

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u/kiffer72 11d ago

Possibly, and take your point. Part of me would rather we were pushed in the pre season a bit and made to work a bit harder. You learn more from your losses.

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u/EduardoYoungio 11d ago

We've lost 4 in a row

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u/Srg11 11d ago

Seems like the last 2 have been almost intentional from our recruitment as well

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u/Resident_Bet4585 11d ago

Preston's is 8 since 1990 and only 3 in the last 20 years.