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Goals Galore
Two Seasons
Older people sometimes say that
they used to see more goals at football matches. Try to find out
what adults you know think. How could you decide if more goals
used to be scored?
One way is to look at the goals
scored in the First Division 20 years ago and recently.
Look at Table 6. It shows the
goals scored by the 22 teams in the First Division over two
seasons. Brian Clough was a leading goal-scorer in the 1950s,
scoring about 40 goals in a season. In the mid-1970s Macdonald
was a leading scorer with 25 goals in the season.
| a |
Compare
the goals scored by, teams in the 1957/8 season with
those by, teams in the 1977/8 season. Do you think more
goals were scored in the 1950s? |
| b |
You may,
need more information. Discuss what you need to know to
compare goals scored in the 1950s and the 1970s. |
It may help to find the total
number of goals scored in each season. You could also look at the
goals scored by the highest and the lowest scoring teams.
For the two seasons shown in Table
6 find:
| c |
the
total number of goals scored. |
| d |
the
average (mean) number of goals, scored per team (divide
by 22). |
| e |
the
lowest number of goals scored by a team. |
| f |
the
highest number of goals scored by a team. |
| g |
Write
a few sentences comparing the number of goals scored in
the 1950s and the 1970s. Mention any differences or
similarities in the results and anything else you notice. |
| Team |
1957/8 goals |
| Wolves |
103 |
| Preston |
100 |
| Tottenham |
93 |
| WBA |
92 |
| Man
City |
104 |
| Burnley |
80 |
| Blackpool |
80 |
| Luton |
69 |
| Man
Utd |
85 |
| Notts
F |
69 |
| Chelsea |
83 |
| Arsenal |
73 |
| Birmingham |
76 |
| Aston
V |
73 |
| Bolton |
65 |
| Everton |
65 |
| Leeds |
51 |
| Leicester |
91 |
| Newcastle |
73 |
| Portsmouth |
73 |
| Sunderland |
54 |
| Sheff
Wed |
69 |
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| Team |
1977/8 goals |
| Notts
F |
69 |
| Liverpool |
65 |
| Everton |
76 |
| Man
City |
74 |
| Arsenal |
60 |
| WBA |
62 |
| Coventry |
75 |
| Aston
V |
57 |
| Leeds |
63 |
| Man
Utd |
67 |
| Birmingham |
55 |
| Derby |
54 |
| Norwich |
52 |
| Middlesbro |
42 |
| Wolves |
51 |
| Chelsea |
46 |
| Bristol
C |
49 |
| Ipswich |
47 |
| QPR |
47 |
| West
Ham |
52 |
| Newcastle |
42 |
| Leicester |
26 |
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Table 6 - Goals scored by teams in
Division 1 in two seasons.
Two Decades
You will need a sheet of graph paper.
To make a comparison, you should
look at the results over the whole period. The summary results
for the years 1957/78 are given in Table 7.
| Season |
Mean no. of goals
per team |
Range of goals |
| 57/8 |
78 |
51-104 |
| 58/9 |
77 |
58-110 |
| 59/60 |
74 |
50-106 |
| 60/1 |
78 |
43-115 |
| 61/2 |
73 |
50-101 |
| 62/3 |
70 |
37-111 |
| 63/4 |
71 |
48-97 |
| 64/5 |
71 |
50-89 |
| 65/6 |
66 |
50-91 |
| 66/7 |
63 |
39-84 |
| 67/8 |
64 |
49-89 |
| 68/9 |
55 |
39-77 |
| 69/70 |
55 |
30-84 |
| 70/71 |
50 |
29-72 |
| 71/2 |
53 |
27-77 |
| 72/3 |
53 |
36-72 |
| 73/4 |
50 |
37-67 |
| 74/5 |
55 |
42-68 |
| 75/6 |
56 |
33-75 |
| 76/7 |
54 |
28-76 |
| 77/8 |
56 |
26-76 |
Table 7 - Goals scored per team,
and range, in Division 1, 1957/78
| a |
Plot
results for mean number of goals on graph paper. Put the
years 1957/8 to 1977/8 on the horizontal scale. Choose a
suitable scale for number of goals scored per team along
the vertical scale. Join up the points with straight
lines. Write two or three sentences describing your
results. |
Figure 1 shows the range of goals
scored in the seasons 1957, 8, 1958: 9 and 1959, 60.
Figure 1 - Goals scored
1958-77
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b |
For
each season plot the highest and lowest number of goals
scored and join the points with vertical lines on your
graph as in Figure 1. |
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c |
Write
down possible reasons for the differences in goals scored
in the 1950s and 1970s. Your parents or grandparents may
be able to help you. |
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