Hoping this is the last of my Wrath all-nighter statto data-mining sessions...

Ever since we first hit top whilst they'd sunk to rock bottom, back at 16 games played on 3rd Nov, I wanted to track back across the seasons for similar scenarios. I've finally got round to that research and here's what I found, data first, then summary:

Norwich promotions & relegations:-
+ 1933/34 won D3S [Ippo still amateur]
- 1938/39 rel from D2 (though play suspended during 39/40 D3S) [Ip 7th D3S]
+ 1959/60 RU D3 [Ip 11th D2]
+ 1971/72 won D2 [Ip 13th D1]
- 1973/74 rel from D1 22nd/22 [Ip 4th D1] *
+ 1974/75 3rd D2 [Ip 3rd D1]
- 1980/81 rel from D1 20th/22 [Ip RU D1] *
+ 1981/82 3rd D2 [Ip RU D1]
- 1984/85 rel from D1 [Ip 17th D1]
+ 1985/86 won D2 [Ip rel from D1 20th/22] *
- 1994/95 rel from Prem [Ip also rel from Prem]
(2001/02 6th D1, lost POF) [Ip rel from Prem 18th/20] *
+ 2003/04 won D1 [Ip 5th D1, lost POS]
- 2004/05 rel from Prem 19th/20 [Ip 3rd Champ, lost POS] *
- 2008/09 rel from Champ [Ip 9th Champ]
+ 2009/10 won L1 [Ip 15th Champ]
+ 2010/11 RU Champ [Ip 13th Champ]
- 2013/14 rel from Prem [Ip 9th Champ]
+ 2014/15 3rd Champ, won POF [Ip 6th Champ, lost POS to us!]
- 2015/16 rel from Prem [Ip 7th, Champ]
+ 2018/19 win Champ...? [Ip rel from Champ 24th/24...?] *

Ips**t p&r:-
+ 1937/38 3rd SL [Nor 14th D2]
+ 1953/54 won D3S [Nor 7th D3S]
- 1954/55 rel from D2 [Nor 12th D3S]
+ 1956/57 won D3S [Nor 24th/24 D3S, re-elected for 57/58] *
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+ 1960/61 won D2 [Nor 4th D2]
+ 1961/62 won D1* [Nor 17th D2]
- 1963/64 rel from D1 [Nor 17th D2]
+ 1967/68 won D2 [Nor 9th D2]
80/81, 81/82 & 85/86 already mentioned above
(1986/87 5th D2, lost POS) [Nor 5th D1]
+ 1991/92 won D2 [Nor 18th/22 D1] *
94/95 ama
(1996/97 4th D1, lost POS) [Nor 13th D1]
(1997/98 5th D1, lost POS) [Nor 15th D1]
(1998/99 3rd D1, lost POS) [Nor 9th D1]
+ 1999/2000 3rd D1, won POF [Nor 12th D1]
01/02, 03/04, 04/05, 14/15 & 18/19 ama

So obviously, the asterisked seasons are the ones to look at:

1956/57 is the only other occasion where there's been an East Anglian league table sandwich, with them winning Div Three South whilst we finished rock bottom of the same div but were re-elected for the following season, so weren't relegated to a non-league team, thankfully

1980/81 is the closest to perfection for them, with them runners-up to a second Div One title and fourth star whilst we were relegated from the same div, though third from bottom

1973/74 is similar but not as good for them, with them 4th in Div One whilst we were relegated from the same div, this time rock bottom

1985/86 is the only time we've swapped divisions, us romping to the Div Two title whilst they were relegated from Div One third from bottom

2001/02 we missed out on repeating this, with a Play-Off Final defeat after they'd been relegated from the Prem third from bottom

1991/92 came close with us narrowly avoiding relegation from Div 1 before the Premiership breakaway at the same time as they won Div Two, so they joined us rather than swapped places

2004/05 is the last time they came close, with one of their multiple (SIX!!) Play-Off Semi defeats after we'd been relegated from the Prem second from bottom, so we joined them rather than swapped places

...So 2018/19, if things stay as they are, will be the first time we've both left a division from either end, though not the first time we've topped & tailed it and there's only that one example of swapping divisions with three near misses.

Posted By: DJ Ginga on March 18th 2019 at 05:20:08

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