Eednud Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Looking at old league tables posted in reports on club archive sites the league table format up until the 1930’s was W-L-D. Was this a particular Scottish thing as it looks like over the border they used W-D-L from early days? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 W-L-D was more common in old league tables. Not 100% sure why though. @HibeeJibee will know 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyinBorders Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Scottish Rugby still present the domestic league tables on their website as W-L-D. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 5 hours ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: W-L-D was more common in old league tables. Not 100% sure why though. @HibeeJibee will know Likely a couple of Victorian pressmen with top hats & moustaches did it that way almost at random and it stuck for ages. Why do sports publish attendances? Why do we say A v B but Yanks say B @ A? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 On 21/08/2024 at 19:26, HibeeJibee said: Likely a couple of Victorian pressmen with top hats & moustaches did it that way almost at random and it stuck for ages. Why do sports publish attendances? Why do we say A v B but Yanks say B @ A? I think publishing attendances is mostly a football thing. Possibly down to the old system of sharing gate receipts. Not sure if it was ever a custom in club rugby, shinty, cricket or other minority sports. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Very accurate attendances for Scottish Cup ties were, once (?) ( don't get papers now) published in the press as the SFA an accurate split of the gate receipts, League matches were always more hit and miss 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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