General League Statistics
Penalties
In the Premier Division, 102 penalties were scored, with Vauxhall Motors topping the list with nine, whilst Padiham had the same number scored against them but didn’t score one themselves. Liam Ellis (Avro) and Max Bardsley-Rowe (then Irlam) both netted six each. 51 different players scored from the spot.
Division One North saw 77 penalties scored, Bacup Borough topping the list with eleven from the spot, whilst Holker Old Boys didn’t score any. Steeton conceded nine. Ryan Siddle (Bacup) scored eight, two clear of Golcar’s Ashley Flynn and 36 different players found success from twelve yards.
Division One South saw the most league penalties scored, 105 in total. Maine Road scored ten, whilst St Martins conceded twelve. Darren McKnight (New Mills) topped the chart with nine, one ahead of Louis Edwards (Maine Road). Every team in the division scored at least one from the spot.
Goal Stats
|
|
Total Goals |
Home |
Away |
1st Half |
2nd Half |
Average |
Clean sheets |
|
Premier |
1473 |
777 |
696 |
696 (47%) |
777 (53%) |
3.51 |
168 (20%) |
|
Div 1 North |
1,364 |
748 |
616 |
638 (47%) |
726 (53%) |
3.99 |
102 (15%) |
|
Div 1 South |
1,530 |
818 |
712 |
674 (44%) |
856 (56%) |
4.03 |
155 (20.3%) |
Coincidence – In the Premier, the number of goals scored by the home side was identical to the number of goals scored in the second half.
Goal Hero
Michael Howard’s best return of the season, four in the Inter-Step playoff for Skelmersdale at Cinderford, was his third hat-trick of the season.
