Thread: goal difference vs head to head
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Old 6th May 2008, 05:29 PM
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Re: goal difference vs head to head
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Originally Posted by John Gallagher View Post
And also won more. Goal difference is the best way to do it. It rewards teams that generally don't sit back on slender leads and if the mancs do win the title on gd then they deserve it for scoring the most goals and conceding the least.

Us and Arsenal in 88-89 went right to the last game and we had same gd plus 37 after 38 games but because they had scored 8 more goals than us that was the deciding factor.
AH-HA ! but what was the head to head score between them that year ?

edit: i found it on this inter-web thingie, but it looks like two scoreless draws, which mean my argument doesn't help
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