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Author: Royce Franklin

Sport

Fascinating Facts: Clubs in the top flight of the game

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. SINCE ITS…

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Fascinating Facts: Highest home attendances

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. SOUTHAMPTON ARE…

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Fascinating Facts: record number of draws

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. WHEN LATICS…

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Fascinating Facts: Great escapes from relegation

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. SUPPORTERS IN…

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Fascinating Facts: relegation and promotion battles

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. BRENTFORD WERE…

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Fascinating Facts: Changing times for promotion and relegation

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. WHEN I…

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Fascinating Facts: relegation and promotion battles

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. AS I…

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Fascinating Facts: How the second tier of football continues to elude Rochdale

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. ROCHDALE HAS…

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Fascinating Facts: The winner and losers of play-offs

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. PLAY-OFFS are…

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Fascinating Facts: The growth of FC United

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Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. MOST FOOTBALL…

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Fascinating Facts: A game of two halves

Royce Franklin February 14, 2015

Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. FOOTBALL LAW…

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Fascinating Facts: Football over the years

Royce Franklin January 12, 2015

Royce Franklin takes a nostalgic look back at how football has changed in the 67 years since he watched his first live match. Today, we…

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Fascinating Facts: The longest season

Royce Franklin December 6, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football SEASON 1946/47 started on 30th August,…

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Fascinating Facts: Third tier football

Royce Franklin November 7, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football MOST LATICS supporters will be aware…

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Fascinating Facts: Traveling through the football tiers

Royce Franklin October 15, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football ONLY FOUR teams have played in…

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Fascinating Facts: team names

Royce Franklin September 26, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football THE ORIGINS of nicknames of some…

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Fascinating Facts: The World Cup

Royce Franklin July 12, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football MY FIRST significant memory of the…

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Fascinating Facts: Relegation, promotion and play-offs

Royce Franklin June 9, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football AT THE end of the 1986/87…

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Fascinating Facts: goals galore?

Royce Franklin May 5, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football SINCE THE inception of the Football…

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Fascinating Facts: one-club man?

Royce Franklin March 13, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football WHEN JERMAINE Beckford scored for Bolton…

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Fascinating Facts: promotion and relegation

Royce Franklin February 1, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football PROMOTION TO the Football League from…

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Fascinating FACTS: January

Royce Franklin January 15, 2014

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football IF WE take the ground capacity…

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Fascinating Facts: Northern and Southern leagues

Royce Franklin December 26, 2013

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football. Last month I referred to the…

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Fascinating Facts: changing names over time

Royce Franklin November 9, 2013

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football To correct the Saddleworth Independent’s slip…

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fascinating FACTS

Royce Franklin September 16, 2013

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football FIRST GAMES of the season are…

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fascinating FACTS: August

Royce Franklin August 8, 2013

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football WITH CARDIFF’S promotion to the Premier…

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Fascinating Facts: games and goals galore

Royce Franklin July 3, 2013

West Bromwich Albion 5 Manchester United 5 on the last day of the season.  We all marvel at such scores but would we like them…

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Fascinating facts: fixture backlogs

Royce Franklin June 9, 2013

Royce Franklin, a life member of the Association of Football Statisticians, digs up yet more fascinating facts about football. MANAGERS OF teams in the top…

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Fascinating Facts: What’s in a name?

Royce Franklin March 10, 2013

WHAT’S IN a name? Ardent followers of Latics will know their original name was Pine Villa. It changed before they entered the league in 1907.…

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Fascinating facts: Red and yellow cards

Royce Franklin February 5, 2013

IT IS rare to see a game of football in any of the top English leagues without at least one yellow card being brandished by…

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