NoPenBristolCity

WE ARE SO BACK

Bit of a coincidence going 837 @SkyBetChamp days and 116 games with 1 penalty, then again now 485 days and 69 games with 1 penalty. That's 1322 days and 185 @EFL games with 2 penalties in the last 5 years. Over 3 and a half years, 17x worse off than average. It's a bit odd. 2/2

1. Stoke. 20th for touches in opposition box. 21st for drawing fouls. Joint last for penalties. Correlation✅ 2. Bristol City. 8th for touches in opposition box. 5th for fouls. Joint last for penalties. ❌ 3. Wrexham. 22nd. 19th. Joint 2nd for penalties.😆 See it yet? @EFL 1/2

@OliverP45352912 @OSIBPODMAG @SkyBetChamp 8th for touches in opposition box 🙃

@nopen_bcfc @OSIBPODMAG @SkyBetChamp This probably shows that we don’t get in the box as much as other teams potentially? Doesnt help that twine does 99% of our diving in the boxes, refs have caught onto him and waiving every decision

On Saturday we could complete a calendar year without a @SkyBetChamp penalty. It will be 365 days, 47 league games or 51 fixtures in all competitions. The average is 1 penalty every 11 games. We've had 1 in our last 74. Latest data: nopen.co.uk (1/3)

To be fair both #OxfordUnited & #WBA are also on epic droughts (the 3 worst off for penalties across Europe's top 5 leagues). But while we're all joint last in the Champ this season (0), City are 8th for touches in opposition boxes & 5th for being fouled!? We see you @EFL 👀(3/3)

We're used to it @EFL👋 Remember when we went 116 Championship games and 837 days with only 1 penalty (checks notes) just 3 years ago. Of 9 clubs to play every season since 2020, we've got from 5-16 penalties less than EVERY other club. Detail: nopen.co.uk/5YR/ (2/3)

Penalties for teams ever present @SkyBetChamp since 2020: 31 Middlesbrough 😀 25 Coventry 22 QPR 22 Preston 21 Swansea 20 Stoke 19 Millwall 15 Bristol City 🙃 Select Others: 25 Watford (1 less season) 21 Reading (3 less) 😮 16 Leicester (4 less) 😭 nopen.co.uk/5YR/

Back and fully updated! No penalty now in 43 games (the average is 11). One in 443 days. Least by far among clubs in the division since 2020. Joint last this season with 0. This and prior 7 seasons been last 4 times, 2 times second last. 20 new reports: nopen.co.uk/update/

TWO @SkyBetChamp penalties in a row and since the start of last season STILL last across Europe for touches in the box for each penalty. #NoPen

Bristol City vs Hull City brought together the 2 teams across Europe's big 5 leagues plus @SkyBetChamp who get fewest penalties per touches in the box. Even after Bristol City's match winning penalty they're still the least frequently awarded (top right). nopen.co.uk

10 more penalty awards in City's last 14 games would at least ensure City have received the Championship average for the past 3 seasons. While even 6 penalties would get City back to parity over only a 2 year run. Over to you @EFL @SkyBetChamp.

Your friendly reminder that despite the big dent in this graph, Bristol City require a further 16 penalties before the end of the season just to have received an average number of Championship penalties in the last 5 years. 🤯 nopen.co.uk

Full list of clubs to play in all of the last 5 @SkyBetChamp seasons and number of penalties awarded: 32 Reading 30 Blackburn 30 Preston 23 Swansea 23 Middlesbrough 22 QPR 21 Millwall 21 Stoke 19 Birmingham 8 Bristol City 😐 nopen.co.uk/5YR

This is Sunderland's first season in the Championship in 5 years. They have 4 penalties in 31 games. Bristol City has played in the additional 4 seasons and has 8 penalties in total. #NoPen nopen.co.uk

Keith Stroud this Wednesday will take charge of a joint most 8 City fixtures in their run of 112 @SkyBetChamp games with just 1 penalty. On Saturday Chris Kavanagh became the 35th official to referee City in that time. 34 have not given a penalty. #NoPen nopen.co.uk/matches/?d=4

Bristol City with their 40th goal of the season go above Reading for the first time, a team with only 33 goals which includes a league leading 7 penalties. City has had 8 in 5 seasons. Reading has had 32 in the same time.

It has been 65 games, or 461 days, since a player for Bristol City, a mainstay of English soccer’s second-tier league, lined up to take a penalty kick. The nearing record-setting drought has baffled the team and its fans. nyti.ms/3YcZ2Ct

🗣️ "Bristol City are bound to be statistically below average cos you're bottom half" 🙃 All awarded more penalties in the @SkyBetChamp past 5 seasons. All relegated: 17 Rotherham (from 2.5 seasons) 15 Sheff Wed (3) 15 Wigan (2.5) 13 Barnsley (3) .. 8 Bristol City (4.5 seasons)

NY Times on Bristol City’s penalty drought nytimes.com/2023/02/10/spo… @jbcfc__ @BS3Rob @bcfcpezza