There is only one time that this has happened

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For this question, the first thing we need to do is to take the scorelines in each season in order and create a text string of those scorelines. An example is shown in the expression email list providers in germany below to obtain the first four scorelines in a season.

First four scorelines

We can then use this expression as a dimension in the tree tool for those first four scorelines, and then also use the season and tier variables as dimensions and return all times this has occurred more than once when Bristol Rovers and Wolves recorded the scorelines shown below to start the 1990-91 season. In their fifth fixture their scores differed. Liverpool and Chelsea now hold the record for this particular question.

First 4 Scorelines part 2

If we remove the constraints of the scorelines to start a season being from the same tier and the same season, then we need to extend the number of scorelines until we just end up with two that are the same. The record then becomes the following sequence of eight scorelines that started the 1991 season for Southampton in tier 1 and the 1965 season for Scunthorpe in tier 3.

First 8 Scorelines



b) From the 2nd February 2022 column, there was a tweeted question as shown below which asked about the largest goal difference between two teams at the end of the season, where they are tied on points.