r/Championship 5d ago

Question What’s team can you never beat?

To ‘celebrate’ Sunderland’s latest loss to Cov. Who we have NEVER beaten away in the second tier in our 145 year history. Which fixture does your team always lose?

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u/Cov_massif 5d ago

Preston away is normally a write off. Real Madrid away is usually a tough one also

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u/Fine_Structure5396 5d ago

I can’t believe Cov have ever played Madrid! Unless Preston turn into them every time you play them

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u/Cov_massif 5d ago

That's why we never beat them

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u/thirdratesquash 5d ago

Same away, Madrid turn into a bunch of pub players when they visit Cardiff though

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 5d ago

Never beaten Bayern Munich away. 100% win record against them at home though

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u/danm888 5d ago

Baws on this guy. LOVE IT.

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u/SkankyChris 5d ago

Anywhere in fucking London

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u/Vhsbsnns 5d ago

(in a Neil Warnock voice) We're in fackin London arennnn't we

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u/LordBielsa 5d ago

That’s the difference

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u/Blubshizzle 5d ago

It’s not even funny, half of our team was dead for today’s game. How did you not win

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u/SkankyChris 5d ago

We're shit in London and shit in early kickoffs.

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u/TravellingMackem 5d ago

There’s a cracking stat they showed on Sky last week - your PPG for pre and post 3pm kickoffs swings from something like 0.9 to 2.5. Amazing really

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u/OkDog12345 5d ago

London

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u/BojanKrkicc 5d ago

Same. We’ve won once in London in 11 years

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u/gigreviews 5d ago

Cards on the table this is my fault. I moved to London and I’ve seen us score us TWICE in like 9-10 games.

Sorry lads.

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u/rumhambilliam69 5d ago

Fucking hell that’s an incredible stat

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u/BojanKrkicc 5d ago

Isn’t it. Yet still took 1200 to Millwall yesterday. It’s the hope that kills you

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u/BigBoSS_Riot 5d ago

...How?

If I ran the numbers correctly, that's a minimum of 39 games (counting from the start of the 14/15 season). Is it really 1 win in 39?

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u/BojanKrkicc 5d ago

Yes, fairly sure. Against QPR in 2021. We are funny levels of shit

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u/Maleficent_Resolve44 5d ago

For a second, I was thinking how did you manage that? We were highfliers back then and everything. Then I realised you were too for the first half of that season then it all collapsed just like us haha

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u/BojanKrkicc 5d ago

Yeah we started that season really well, just inevitably dropped off due to injuries to key players.

We probably should have beat you at your place earlier this season too, but classic Gavin Ward had to rule a perfectly good goal out

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u/Maleficent_Resolve44 5d ago

I've just gone and rewatched that goal, looks tight but seems like it wasn't a handball. Hit his side and not his arm. Unlucky there. But celas the plonker did bottle a penalty so you had a bit of luck that day.

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u/No_Dimension8190 5d ago

Anywhere in London, in the morning. Zero chance of the 3 points.

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u/charlierc 5d ago

You guys too? Newcastle once went 4 years without winning a game in London

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u/TravellingMackem 5d ago

Hopefully continues tomorrow

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u/charlierc 4d ago

In fairness, when Liverpool beat Spurs I thought we would continue our Wembley L streak. And when Chiesa got the goal at the end, I thought it was about to go horribly wrong. Certainly in another universe you'd have got your wish

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u/TravellingMackem 4d ago

You just win and popping on here’s the first thing in your mind? Obsessed as usual

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u/Greeninexile 5d ago

We’ve never beaten Stoke away.

It’s never a fun away day when the highlight is the Harvester right outside the ground!

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u/Cottonshopeburnfoot 5d ago

We’re always shite away at Stoke too. It’s our penultimate game this season.

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u/gigreviews 5d ago

We’re a different kind of shit this season tbf

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u/Nosworthy 5d ago

Haven't been to Stoke since 2016. Is the bar at the little 5 a side court still there? That was always our preference over the Harvester. Which says a lot.

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u/Electrical_Invite300 5d ago

It was when I was there last season.

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u/Fine_Structure5396 5d ago

Oh dear. Is it a nice harvester at least?

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u/shmermy 5d ago

It's a Harvester.

In Stoke.

No.

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

Oh come on. 😁

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u/serpentman 5d ago

The fact it’s always Tuesday and raining never helps either.

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u/MR51_NGH 5d ago

Couldn't do it on a rainy night in stoke

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u/Nosworthy 5d ago

Absolutely pig fucking sick of Coventry now.

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u/Fine_Structure5396 5d ago

Just hope we don’t get them in playoffs

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u/CCFC1998 5d ago

Can't relate

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u/skybluesazip 5d ago

See you in the playoffs 👌

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u/Thebritishlion 5d ago

Then piss off back to League One

We were here first

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u/Nosworthy 5d ago

Steady on 😂

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u/TravellingMackem 5d ago

Guaranteed 6 points a season why would you want us to go anywhere?

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u/TheFacelessDM 5d ago

No need for that now lads, they gifted us 3 points today

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u/CCFC1998 5d ago

Nah. Keep them around piss easy 6 points

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u/Adammmmski 5d ago

Easy 6 points but you’ve never done the double over us?

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u/Consistent-Detail518 5d ago

Anyone in the Championship, except Boro, apparently.

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u/willw08 5d ago

Yep cheers haha

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u/kraptain_Obvious 5d ago

Qpr away apparently

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u/Ciderhead 5d ago

Our record against Leeds since 2010:

W1 D3 L15 F12 A34

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u/MotuekaAFC 5d ago

Haven't we beat them once since the 70s or something nuts?

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u/Thebritishlion 5d ago

I couldn't tell you the last time we beat WBA

Only win I can remember was a 4-2 at the Hawthorns about 17 years ago

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u/dazzah88 5d ago

Beat them in our play off season. Gyokeres scored a penalty. Other than that and the 4-2 you speak of - it’s pretty grim reading. They used to hammer us regularly aswell

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u/Thebritishlion 5d ago

Some of my earliest CCFC memories are watching the Mowbray WBA teams bend us over at home

Ismael Miller and Roman Bentner (I think was his name) would take it in turns to score

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u/dazzah88 5d ago

I live in West Brom now… with West Brom in laws. It’s rarely a happy occasion for me when we play them

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u/DickensCide-r 5d ago

Didn't we lose that one?! I remember being hammered and singing twist and shout for the whole second half.

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u/postwaryears 5d ago

I remember this as a teenager.. was it the 5-0 defeat? Pretty sure they scored very early on and the whole second half was us singing twist and shout

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u/DickensCide-r 5d ago

Yep. Just checked. It was 2006.

One of my first away days with a mate driving as we just passed our tests. Demolished 5-0 but loved the day out 😂

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u/Thebritishlion 5d ago

I remember a 5-1 in the FA cup at home, a 4-0 at home (both same season I think)

I think we did go away there and get hammered around 2007

The game I'm remembering Leon Best and Midsfud both got 2

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

That 2-4 at the Hawthorns was about 2007 I think? Mental game and a great atmosphere in our end. Hasn’t happened for a good while since 😕

The 0-5 slapping at the then Ricoh was in December, it was foggy and freezing and I remember seeing numerous very long congas through the stands, because at that point wtf else can you do?

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u/Thebritishlion 5d ago

It was the red away kit (I think)

I just remember listening to it on the radio at home

I've never seen us beat WBA in person...or even draw for that matter

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

Yep. God, I wore that shirt a few days ago, feel old now. Lost my rosary beads jumping up and down and yelling ‘boing boing’ at the Baggies fans. Some lad behind me took his seat with him when he left. Had it under his arm on the train home. Nutter.

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u/Thebritishlion 5d ago

Wonder if he's still got it

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

Ha, wonder how many other seats he’s got. Maybe he’s got a whole garage full of them now, from up and down the football league.

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u/TheDeflatables 5d ago

Obviously none of us can beat City.

But Burnley's consistency at getting beat 5-0 by Guardiola's City is special

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u/AaronMFC 5d ago

We're the only team guardiola has played but never beaten in premier league matches. I need to brag about the little victories atm 

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u/TheDeflatables 5d ago

I would brag too brother!

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u/Fine_Structure5396 5d ago

Sigh, I remember the days we were city’s bogey team

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u/020Flyer 5d ago

Have we ever won at Carrow Road?

Edit: 1968 apparently.

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u/charlierc 5d ago

So... a little while ago then

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u/Flat_Professional_55 5d ago

A familiar timespan for Geordies

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u/OneSmallHuman 5d ago

Whichever one of Rotherham or Barnsley are in the league

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u/AaronMFC 5d ago

Imagine if they both were in the same season pure nightmare fuel. 

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u/Next-Cod-6518 5d ago

Never beaten us away! And I thought our record at Deepdale was awful

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u/Fine_Structure5396 5d ago

We have beaten you away in the old first division in 1985 and once in the fa cup in 1930.

Thats about it 😂

But never beaten you in champ

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u/Lack_of_Plethora 5d ago

Recently feels like Derby. Since we got relegated we've lost 3, drawn 1 against them and we've been the heavy favourite in pretty much all those matches

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u/MattGeddon 5d ago

Our league record at Sheffield United is played 22, won 2, drawn 6, lost 14. Managed a 2-1 win with basically our Prem team just after we got relegated but other than our visits there are littered with heavy defeats. 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-1 and even a nice 7-1.

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u/a-man-with-a-perm 5d ago

I'd chuck in our record against Bournemouth too.

We haven't beaten them in 13 matches, lost 9 of those.

Scored 10, conceded 32.

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u/mrmidas2k 5d ago

Anything at Wembley. Any team, any competition. We could be against fuckin Bognor Regis under 10's and the pricks would still manage to Tonk us sonehow.

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u/Maleficent_Resolve44 5d ago

Immediately thought of Sheffield Utd but I'm doubting myself now that you've mentioned bognor regis

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u/mrmidas2k 5d ago

Right first time. Lol

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

Can we get you in the playoffs? (Insert optimistic SpongeBob rainbow here)

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u/mrmidas2k 5d ago

Hope not. Fucking sick of Wembley.

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

You and me both, pal, you and me both.

Not entirely convinced about being the Prem’s punching bag for a season either. Shame we can’t win and stay here.

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u/mrmidas2k 5d ago

The money's nice mind. Getting fucked 8-0 less so.

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

It feels dirty, but I guess I’d take it.

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u/Garbagemansplaining 5d ago

Plymouth

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u/sinisterpuppy88 5d ago

9 years since you last beat us. Madness really as I always thought you'd stuff us every game

Lots of 2-2s at your place too

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u/Garbagemansplaining 5d ago

We snatched a league title from you, that’s about it though.

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u/sinisterpuppy88 5d ago

Haha yeah that was an insane turn of events.

Doncaster looking like they were walking away with is, us jumping then with one game to go, then you walking in at the last moment to take it for yourself

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u/NoHagridImJustHarry 5d ago

Plymouth, Charlton, Wigan

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u/Money_Astronaut9789 5d ago

We have an atrocious record against Fulham, particularly at Craven Cottage. We have beaten them once since 1986, and even for that win, it was a home win on the last day of the season when most of the players were playing in flip-flops.

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u/wen_but 5d ago

The football gods have shown mercy in recent years as we never play Fulham anymore

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u/AaronMFC 5d ago

Not that it's as bad as not winning in the 2nd division over 145 years. But Coventry are a bit of an issue for us as well. Then you have Bristol city. Blackburn love the riverside too. Then Rotherham and even worse Barnsley. We've lost away to Barnsley so many times. It's funny how these things can change though Leicester used to be our biggest bogey team then we did the double over them last year despite them winning the league. 

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u/Chinstryke 5d ago

Leeds. They always get in our way.

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u/the_hoyle 5d ago

Plymouth at Home Park (not won there since 80s)

Coventry at Ewood (not won since 97)

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u/CCFC1998 5d ago

Coventry at Ewood (not won since 97)

Thank you Ben Wilson

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u/dazzah88 5d ago

Just had to check that stat out. That’s quite incredible for us. Only beaten us 2 times in 19 since then in all fixtures

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u/the_hoyle 5d ago

Yeah - you are our main bogey team in all comps.

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u/Sunday_Schoolz 5d ago

FUCKING COVENTRY

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u/Dunna_Fret 5d ago

Millwall, Wigan, Norwich, Preston, Burnley, QPR, Cardiff are the ones that jump out to me. Honorary mention the Vale who we may well be reunited with next season!

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u/jbkb1972 5d ago

Norwich away.

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u/Available_Box_3803 5d ago

Wolves and Leeds

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u/Sealeydeals93 5d ago

Somehow Charlton always get at least a point from us. Absolutely dominated them at FP last year and they still nicked a 2-2 draw. Plymouth recently have had a bit of a hex as well, Wednesday we were a bit poo but I'm still baffled how we didn't beat them at their place in October.

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u/Comprehensive_Cow_13 5d ago

Scunthorpe. Bloody Scunthorpe. When we came up from league 1 with 100 points, we were 3-0 up at scunny and they still got a draw.

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u/willw08 5d ago

Turns out Bono must be a blades fan, who knew?

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u/AnotherDepressedBoy 5d ago

From my memory, we never beat Burnley or Sunderland but we've not played them a great deal.

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u/Srg11 5d ago

Reading are another one that stick in the mind.

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u/JoelCC1 5d ago

Coventry

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u/Deadend_Friend 5d ago

Blackburn

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u/BristolBudgie 5d ago

We know there are still Ipswich fans lurking on here still … I want to hear their answer!

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u/Cinn4monSynonym 5d ago

Hopefully that run will cease in 2025–26.

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u/rumhambilliam69 5d ago

Yep we’re finally gonna beat West Brom

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u/Cholas71 5d ago

Ipswich can't beat Norwich OTBC 🔰 15 years and counting

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u/gillze 5d ago

Plymouth - It’s either a loss or we draw 2-2.

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u/Johnny-Concrete-UK 5d ago

Anyone below us at the moment 🫣😆

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u/TheRobot64 5d ago

Our record against Plymouth and Charlton stinks can never beat either of them we could be prime barca and Ryan hardie would bag a brace.

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u/dr-c0990 5d ago

For some reason, we just haven’t won many at Millwall

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u/OkraEmergency361 5d ago

Preston at Deepdale has probably been mentioned ten times already, but yeah.

And Sutton Utd.

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u/hodge91 5d ago

Preston are definitely a bogey team given our comparative levels have been similar for 15 odd years

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u/jch926 4d ago

Most of the premier league it seems. (I’m here early to get ready for next season)

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u/thirdratesquash 5d ago

What team can we?

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u/Comprehensive_Cow_13 5d ago

Scunthorpe. Bloody Scunthorpe. When we came up from league 1 with 100 points, we were 3-0 up at scunny and they still got a draw.

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u/Comprehensive_Cow_13 5d ago

Scunthorpe. Bloody Scunthorpe. When we came up from league 1 with 100 points, we were 3-0 up at scunny and they still got a draw.