Seeing as the media are currently having a big love-in with historical records, i had a quick scan through previous season stats, and here's where we stand with some of our own this season.

 

Source of previous seasons is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Aberdeen_F.C._seasons

 

With 8 games remaining:

 

Most Wins: Currently on 19.  5 more wins will see us beat last years total (23) for the highest total since 1992/93 (27), when we played 44 games in a season.  The full 8 would see us tie with 84/85 and 92/93 seasons as our highest ever.  19 is already the joint 4th highest since 1992/93, tied with 2006/07 and surpassed only by  each of the last 3 years (20, 23, 22)

 

Fewest Draws: Our current total (4) is the lowest since 1957/58 (2).  We had 5 last year.

 

Fewest Defeats: Our current total (7) is the lowest since 1993/94 (6).  Next closest is from 2 years ago, 2014/15 (9).

 

Most Goals Scored: Currently on 60.  3 more goals will beat last years total (62) to be the most goals scored since 1992/93 (87 over 44 games).  The all-time record is 1935/36 (96).

 

Least Goals Conceded: Currently 24, joint 4th best of all-time, tied with 1982/83.  Only 1987/88 (15), 1970/71 (18) and 1983/84 (21) are better.  Next closest are 1988/89 (25), 1990/91 (27) and 2014/15 (33).  For perspective we let in exactly double the number of goals last year at 48.

 

Highest Goal Difference: Pretty much follows on from the previous two stats - we have a current GD of +36, the highest since 1992/93 (+51 over 44 games).  The next closest since then is 2014/15 (+24), and last year we got +14.  In fact, in the 24 years since 92/93, we have only had a positive GD 11 times, and 4 of those are the 4 seasons under McInnes.  The all-time record is 1984/85 (+63, and they only played 36 games!). 

 

Most Points:  Well, we all know this one - 2014/15 is the all-time record of 75.  We are currently on 61, so 15 points out of 24 will beat this.  Even with 8 games to go though, this is already our joint 6th highest points total of all time, or if only looked at by comparing 38-game, 3-points-for-a-win seasons (starting 2000/01, total 17 seasons), joint 5th with 2004/05 (61), surpassed only by 2006/07 (65) and each of the last 3 years (68, 75, 71).

 

(Feel free to correct if you spot a meringue in there)

 

Before we dive into our make-or-break 31st game of the season this afternoon, I thought it would be interesting to see how we are stacking up aginst the other two years captured at the 30-game mark in this thread, which also just happened to be our best (2016/17 - 2nd place) and worst (2021/22 - 10th place) seasons in recent memory.

I also ran the averages for 38-game seasons at the 30 game mark as a comparison, along with adding current end-of-season records as they stand.

Some key points:

• Fail to win any of our last 8 games, and we will equal the all-time 107yr-old record for lowest number of wins in a season.  Likewise if we lose all of those 8, we will equal the most defeats in any 38-game season (please step forward Steve Paterson and Mark McGhee).  Of course if this were to happen we would undoubtedly have bigger, more downward, problems.
• We still need to score 3 more goals to avoid setting a new all-time record for least goals scored in a campaign.  This should be easy, right?
• We should continue to be extremely grateful to Steve Paterson and Mark McGhee, as thanks to their efforts we only have the 4th worst goal difference this century, rather than the worst.
• We are almost 14 points behind the average for 30 games into a 38-game season. Fourteen.  We need a minimum of 5 points from 24 to avoid equalling ll-time worst points total in a modern 38 game season (Hi Steve).

Enjoy.

50 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

Before we dive into our make-or-break 31st game of the season this afternoon, I thought it would be interesting to see how we are stacking up aginst the other two years captured at the 30-game mark in this thread, which also just happened to be our best (2016/17 - 2nd place) and worst (2021/22 - 10th place) seasons in recent memory.

I also ran the averages for 38-game seasons at the 30 game mark as a comparison, along with adding current end-of-season records as they stand.

Some key points:

• Fail to win any of our last 8 games, and we will equal the all-time 107yr-old record for lowest number of wins in a season.  Likewise if we lose all of those 8, we will equal the most defeats in any 38-game season (please step forward Steve Paterson and Mark McGhee).  Of course if this were to happen we would undoubtedly have bigger, more downward, problems.
• We still need to score 3 more goals to avoid setting a new all-time record for least goals scored in a campaign.  This should be easy, right?
• We should continue to be extremely grateful to Steve Paterson and Mark McGhee, as thanks to their efforts we only have the 4th worst goal difference this century, rather than the worst.
• We are almost 14 points behind the average for 30 games into a 38-game season. Fourteen.  We need a minimum of 5 points from 24 to avoid equalling ll-time worst points total in a modern 38 game season (Hi Steve).

Enjoy.

Thanks for that

59 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

Before we dive into our make-or-break 31st game of the season this afternoon, I thought it would be interesting to see how we are stacking up aginst the other two years captured at the 30-game mark in this thread, which also just happened to be our best (2016/17 - 2nd place) and worst (2021/22 - 10th place) seasons in recent memory.

I also ran the averages for 38-game seasons at the 30 game mark as a comparison, along with adding current end-of-season records as they stand.

Some key points:

• Fail to win any of our last 8 games, and we will equal the all-time 107yr-old record for lowest number of wins in a season.  Likewise if we lose all of those 8, we will equal the most defeats in any 38-game season (please step forward Steve Paterson and Mark McGhee).  Of course if this were to happen we would undoubtedly have bigger, more downward, problems.
• We still need to score 3 more goals to avoid setting a new all-time record for least goals scored in a campaign.  This should be easy, right?
• We should continue to be extremely grateful to Steve Paterson and Mark McGhee, as thanks to their efforts we only have the 4th worst goal difference this century, rather than the worst.
• We are almost 14 points behind the average for 30 games into a 38-game season. Fourteen.  We need a minimum of 5 points from 24 to avoid equalling ll-time worst points total in a modern 38 game season (Hi Steve).

Enjoy.

Wow, we were quite the team in 1935. What was it like watching those guys play @BigAl?

29 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Wow, we were quite the team in 1935. What was it like watching those guys play @BigAl?

I thought Al stopped going to games after the 1916-17 debacle

4 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Wow, we were quite the team in 1935. What was it like watching those guys play @BigAl?

Brilliant 90+ league goals that season. 

Matt Armstrong on 🔥

4 hours ago, OxfordDon said:

I thought Al stopped going to games after the 1916-17 debacle

Ach c'mon min, even I wasn't around then.

Doing national service 😉