OLDEST LINEUPS
This is page is showing the oldest side we have put out, based on the average age of each player in the lineup.It was going to be split into two sections - the full lineup (including subs) and then just the starting XI, but the full lineups won this one...the top 10 oldest teams were in the early 1950's (before subs), so they'd be on top of the Starting XI list anyway.
FULL LINEUP, INCLUDING SUBS
The oldest team in our history was on Christmas Day, 1953, where the average age of the players was 32.25. The old'uns also did pretty well...we only lost one of these top 10 oldest games while scoring in all the others.
| Ave. Age | Date | Season | Game | Opponent | H/A | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32.25 | Fri Dec 25, 1953 | 1953-54 | League Tier 2 | Leeds United | H | 5-2 |
| 32.23 | Sat Mar 27, 1954 | 1953-54 | League Tier 2 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 3-1 |
| 32.21 | Sat Mar 20, 1954 | 1953-54 | League Tier 2 | Brentford | H | 2-1 |
| 32.01 | Fri Apr 16, 1954 | 1953-54 | League Tier 2 | Birmingham City | H | 1-1 |
| 31.86 | Sat Apr 17, 1954 | 1953-54 | League Tier 2 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 0-1 |
| 31.71 | Sat Jan 24, 1953 | 1952-53 | League Tier 2 | Brentford | A | 1-1 |
| 31.55 | Sat Jan 23, 1954 | 1953-54 | League Tier 2 | Leicester City | H | 3-1 |
| 31.51 | Wed Sep 17, 1952 | 1952-53 | League Tier 2 | Lincoln City | H | 1-1 |
| 31.50 | Sat Sep 13, 1952 | 1952-53 | League Tier 2 | Brentford | H | 3-0 |
| 31.49 | Wed Sep 10, 1952 | 1952-53 | League Tier 2 | Lincoln City | A | 3-2 |
The lineups for the top 4 games are:
| Dec 25, 1953 | Mar 27, 1954 | Mar 20, 1954 | Apr 16, 1954 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds United | 32.25 | Doncaster Rovers | 32.23 | Brentford | 32.21 | Birmingham City | 32.01 | |||||||
| GK | Harry Walker | 37 years, 7 months, 5 days | GK | Harry Walker | 37 years, 10 months, 7 days | GK | Harry Walker | 37 years, 10 months, 0 days | GK | Harry Walker | 37 years, 10 months, 27 days | |||
| D | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | 27 years, 10 months, 4 days | D | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | 28 years, 1 month, 6 days | D | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | 28 years, 27 days | D | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | 28 years, 1 month, 26 days | |||
| D | Jack Hutchinson | 32 years, 6 months, 24 days | D | Jack Hutchinson | 32 years, 9 months, 26 days | D | Jack Hutchinson | 32 years, 9 months, 19 days | D | Jack Hutchinson | 32 years, 10 months, 15 days | |||
| F | Jack French | 28 years, 11 months, 6 days | M | Alan Orr | 30 years, 3 months, 8 days | M | Alan Orr | 30 years, 3 months, 1 day | M | Alan Orr | 30 years, 3 months, 28 days | |||
| D | Horace Gager | 36 years, 11 months, 0 days | D | Horace Gager | 37 years, 2 months, 2 days | D | Horace Gager | 37 years, 1 month, 23 days | D | Horace Gager | 37 years, 2 months, 22 days | |||
| M | Jack Burkitt | 27 years, 11 months, 6 days | M | Jack Burkitt | 28 years, 2 months, 8 days | M | Jack Burkitt | 28 years, 2 months, 1 day | M | Jack Burkitt | 28 years, 2 months, 28 days | |||
| F | Freddie Scott | 37 years, 2 months, 19 days | F | Alan Moore | 27 years, 20 days | F | Alan Moore | 27 years, 13 days | F | Alan Moore | 27 years, 1 month, 9 days | |||
| F | Noel Kelly | 31 years, 11 months, 27 days | F | Noel Kelly | 32 years, 2 months, 27 days | F | Noel Kelly | 32 years, 2 months, 20 days | F | Tom Martin | 29 years, 3 months, 26 days | |||
| M | Wally Ardron | 35 years, 3 months, 6 days | M | Wally Ardron | 35 years, 6 months, 8 days | M | Wally Ardron | 35 years, 6 months, 1 day | M | Wally Ardron | 35 years, 6 months, 28 days | |||
| F | Tommy Capel | 31 years, 5 months, 28 days | F | Tommy Capel | 31 years, 9 months, 0 days | F | Tommy Capel | 31 years, 8 months, 21 days | F | Tommy Capel | 31 years, 9 months, 20 days | |||
| F | Alan Moore | 26 years, 9 months, 18 days | F | Collin Collindridge | 33 years, 4 months, 12 days | F | Collin Collindridge | 33 years, 4 months, 5 days | F | Collin Collindridge | 33 years, 5 months, 1 day | |||