Non-League Paper

FOXES HIGHLIGHT PPG FLAW

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 April 2020

By Chris Dunlavy
SOUTHPORT boss Liam Watson says Leicester City’s fairytale triumph in 2016 illustrates exactly why points-per-game should never be used to decide final standings.
Fourteen months prior to winning that famous Premier League crown, the Foxes lay rock-bottom of the Premier League with 31 games played and just four wins to their name.
Yet a remarkable resurgence eventually saw them finish 14th - and laid the foundations for their subsequent triumph.
“Nigel Pearson actually won seven of the last nine games,” says Watson, who has won three National League North ...

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