Did You Know - Ten facts on Arbroath's season just ended

Did you know that:

1. We conceded fewer goals this last campaign than in two of our thee campaigns in Division 3.

2. We scored more goals than several recent Div 2 campaigns (eg 2003-4, 1998-99)

3. We spent 5 weeks at the foot of the table (October-November) after a run of 12 games without a win.

4. We scored EXACTLY the same goals for and against home and away (22 for 23 against)

5. We collected almost half our total points tally (47%) against the two bottom teams (Queens Park and Stranraer)

6. We were saved by a strong finish that saw us third in the form table behind only the two promoted teams - with 12 points from the last 8 games.

7. Our goals were spread across the team - none of our players figured among the top 20 scorers in the Division . Barry Sellars with 7 topped the Lichtie charts

8. Last season's average home crowd was 639 - 7^th in Division 2 but only just behind Peterhead 648 and Stirling Albion 644. the lack of a derby mean our highest crowd was only 921 http://stats.football365.com/dom/SCO/D2/attend.html

9. We managed 11 clean sheets and failed to score in 10 games

10. look at our `DNA' sequence for the season's form http://stats.football365.com/dom/SCO/D2/fmgraph.html and it's one of the strangest around. We were saved by a series of purples patches, perhaps influenced by the fixture list

Final Table comparisons with previous seasons

2008-09 Pts 41 GF 44 GA 46 (div 2)

2007-08 Pts 52 GF 54 GA 47 (div 3)

2004-05 Pts 38 GF 49 GA 73 (div 3)

2003-04 Pts 43 GF 41 GA 57 (div 2)

1998-99 Pts 44 GF 37 GA 52 (div 2)

Points Haul against other Teams

Raith 1 (2% )

Ayr 0 (0)

Brechin 4 (10%)

Peterhead 5 (12%)

Stirling Alb 4 (10%)

East Fife 1 (2%)

Alloa 6 (15%)

Queens Park 10 (24%)

Stranraer 10 (24%)

Arbroath FC Top Scorers

Barry Sellars 7 (0.21 goals per game)

Bryan Scott 6 (0.26 GPG)

Robbie Ross 5 (0.29 GPG)

Kevin McMullen 3 (0.09 GPG)

Robbie Raeside 3 (0.09 GPG