When is the season really over?

[cornishteddyboy]

When is the season really over?

31st May, the official date? Perhaps by mid-March.

No it may surprise you that for last season most teams could have packed up playing by the end of October!

The proof (and you can check back to other seasons as well), is that a team's league position at the end of the season can be almost be worked out from where they sit in the table by 31st October. Barring only a couple of exceptions most clubs finish within a couple of places of their 31st October positioning. Only a couple of teams jumped more than two places and teams with flood lights fell away at the end of the season as they tended to play more games at the start of the season than others.

Here are the list of teams in the combo last season, their league position on 31st October and their final league position. Check it out yourselves.

I've highlighted in red teams that stayed in the exact same place. In blue teams that were within 2 places up or down on their 31st October position.

15 of the 20 teams never moved more than 2 places up or down from 31st October to 31st May.

Falmouth 4-4

Hayle 16-16

Helston 3-5

Holmans 19-17

Illogan 2-1

Ludgvan 17-19

Mullion 14-13

Newquay 5-10

Penryn 1-2

Penzance 7-11

Perranwell 8-3

Porthleven 13-16

Portreath 20-20

Culdrose 12-12

St Agnes 10-8

St Day 6-7

St Ives 15-14

St Just 11-6

Troon 9-9

Wendron 18-18

Why is this info perhaps useful. If you are spending money on players and are mid-table come 1st November, spending more might not give you a higher final league position. Perhaps someone fancies a bet and after looking at this seasons table on 31st October could place one on where certain teams will finish come the end of the year.

Perhaps it will make teams fight harder for points to prove me wrong!

CTB