Fixture gaps & season lengths

longest fixture gaps (cross season)

longest gap between games: 408 days (1876-1877)

longest gap between competitive games: 546 days (1879-1880)

longest gap between league games: 2660 days (1939-1946)

longest gap between home games: 567 days (1876-1877)

longest gap between competitive home games: 1050 days (1878-1881)

longest gap between home league games: 2660 days (1939-1946)

longest gap between away games: 415 days (1876-1877)

longest gap between competitive away games: 693 days (1882-1884)

longest gap between away league games: 2671 days (1939-1946)

longest fixture gaps (single season)

longest gap between games in any given season: 78 days (2020-21)

longest gap between competitive games in any given season: 192 days (1889-90)

longest gap between league games in any given season: 84 days (2020-21)

longest gap between home games in any given season: 112 days (1880-81)

longest gap between competitive home games in any given season: 147 days (1888-89)

longest gap between home league games in any given season: 91 days (2020-21)

longest gap between away games in any given season: 84 days (1887-88)

longest gap between competitive away games in any given season: 192 days (1888-89)

longest gap between away league games in any given season: 105 days (1896-97)

shortest fixture gaps (cross season)

shortest gap between games: 0 days (1900; 1909; 1978; 1988; 2008)

shortest gap between competitive games: 0 days (1909)

shortest gap between league games: 1 day (multiple entries 1904 to 1971)

shortest gap between home games: 1 day (multiple entries 1907 to 2012)

shortest gap between competitive home games: 1 day (multiple entries 1911 to 2012)

shortest gap between home league games: 1 day (multiple entries 1911 to 1936)

shortest gap between away games: 0 days (1909; 1978; 1988; 2008)

shortest gap between competitive away games: 0 days (1909)

shortest gap between away league games: 1 day (1906; 1909; 1921; 1929)

longest / shortest close seasons

longest close season (all games): 408 days (1876)

longest close season (competitive): 364 days (1885)

longest close season (league): 224 days (1899)

shortest close season (all games): 30 days (1951; 2023)

shortest close season (competitive): 41 days (2023)

shortest close season (league): 70 days (2015)

season starts

earliest start to a season (all games): 21st June (2022-23)

earliest start to a season (competitive): 25th June (1995-96)

earliest start to a season (league): 30th July (2022-23)

latest start to a season (all games): 14th May (1876-77)

latest start to a season (competitive): 19th January (1877-78)

latest start to a season (league): 17th October (2020-21)

season ends

earliest end to a season (all games): 10th March (2019-20)

earliest end to a season (competitive): 13th September (1884-85)

earliest end to a season (league): 7th January (1898-99)

latest end to a season (all games): 30th June (1944-45)

latest end to a season (competitive): 30th June (1944-45)

latest end to a season (league): 25th May (1894-95)

season lengths

longest season: 348 days (2022-23)

longest competitive season: 330 days (2022-23)

longest league season: 294 days (2002-03)

shortest season: 19 days (1876-77)

shortest competitive season: 0 days (1884-85)

shortest league season: 140 days (1898-99)

most / least games per season

most games played in a season: 63 (1972-73)

most competitive games played in a season: 56 (1963-64)

most league games played in a season: 44 (1986-87; 1987-88; 1991-92; 1992-93; 1993-94)

fewest games played in a season: 2 (1876-77)

fewest competitive games played in a season: 0 (1875-76; 1876-77; 1879-80)

fewest league games played in a season: 18 (1893-94; 1894-95; 1895-96; 1896-97; 1897-98; 1898-99; 1899-00)

miscellaneous

most consecutive days played: 4 (1890)



















































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