04-02-2024, 22:36
Well, you may have heard the commentator on ITV mention that the win against the Wednesday was our biggest win over them since 1934. So it is, but not the biggest. I concentrated on all the goal less draws in my Head to Head section this time, so just to fill in a few blanks for you......
That 4-0 win in the 34/35 season was played at Leeds Road with a crowd of only 14,913 there. We were bottom of the First Division, but ended the season in 16th. Wednesday finished 3rd behind Arsenal and Sunderland. Our goals came from Alf Lythgoe, Albert Malam, Jackie Williams and Ken Willingham.
The win took us off the bottom of the table, but the crowd was even smaller in a fortnight's time when Liverpool were the visitors. A famous day for us, tonking the Reds 8-0 for a scoreline that is still their record defeat, equalled only in 1954 when they got beat 9-1 at Birmingham.
Albert Malam, in his only season at Leeds Road, scored a hat trick against Liverpool.
Hope we can follow this up with an 8-0 win in a fortnight's time.
Our biggest wins over Sheff Weds came in 1927 (5-0 at home) and 1932 (6-1 at home).
That 4-0 win in the 34/35 season was played at Leeds Road with a crowd of only 14,913 there. We were bottom of the First Division, but ended the season in 16th. Wednesday finished 3rd behind Arsenal and Sunderland. Our goals came from Alf Lythgoe, Albert Malam, Jackie Williams and Ken Willingham.
The win took us off the bottom of the table, but the crowd was even smaller in a fortnight's time when Liverpool were the visitors. A famous day for us, tonking the Reds 8-0 for a scoreline that is still their record defeat, equalled only in 1954 when they got beat 9-1 at Birmingham.
Albert Malam, in his only season at Leeds Road, scored a hat trick against Liverpool.
Hope we can follow this up with an 8-0 win in a fortnight's time.
Our biggest wins over Sheff Weds came in 1927 (5-0 at home) and 1932 (6-1 at home).
