Head to Head Vs. Fife

[KimThePanther]

I haven't done one of these in a while, but in honour of Fife's recent 75th anniversary celebrations I thought I'd add the head to head for our oldest current rivalry. We have been playing the Flyers, albeit with some significant gaps, since 1954. The Flyers were part of the ultimately ill-fated merger of the English and Scottish leagues in 1954, something which led to 6 games being played between the original Panthers and Fife. As with most of the Scottish teams, the Flyers chose to leave the league after one season and in fact were shut down for a number of years. By the time they resurfaced in 1962, Nottingham had disappeared. It was only after the resumption of national league hockey in the early 80s that the two clubs played each other again. To date there have been 80 meetings, with Panthers leading the series 38-31-11.

No.	Date	Competition	Venue	For	Against	OT	Record
1	14.10.54	Autumn Cup	A	8	2	-	1-0-0
2	12.11.54	Autumn Cup	H	1	3	-	1-1-0
3	6.1.55	British National League	A	4	4	-	1-1-1
4	17.1.55	British National League	H	6	1	-	2-1-1
5	3.2.55	British National League	A	4	5	-	2-2-1
6	11.4.55	British National League	H	10	3	-	3-2-1
7	25.9.82	British Hockey League	A	6	6	-	3-2-2
8	19.2.83	British Hockey League	H	6	7	-	3-3-2
9	22.10.83	Premier Division	A	2	10	-	3-4-2
10	19.11.83	Premier Division	H	5	3	-	4-4-2
11	4.2.84	Premier Division	A	6	13	-	4-5-2
12	11.2.84	Premier Division	H	8	8	-	4-5-3
13	13.10.84	Premier Division	A	6	9	-	4-6-3
14	17.11.84	Premier Division	H	7	7	-	4-6-4
15	26.1.85	Premier Division	A	4	7	-	4-7-4
16	2.3.85	Premier Division	H	3	14	-	4-8-4
17	9.11.85	Premier Division	A	5	5	-	4-8-5
18	14.12.85	Premier Division	H	3	3	-	4-8-6
19	15. 2.86	Premier Division	H	2	8	-	4-9-6
20	5.4.86	Premier Division	A	4	9	-	4-10-6
21	8.11.86	Premier Division	A	12	3	-	5-10-6
22	15.11.86	Autumn Cup	Birmingham	5	4	OT	6-10-6
23	22.11.86	Premier Division	H	7	6	-	7-10-6
24	21.2.87	Premier Division	A	5	14	-	7-11-6
25	15.3.87	Premier Division	H	10	7	-	8-11-6
26	7.11.87	Premier Division	H	4	8	-	8-12-6
27	7.11.87	Premier Division	A	7	8	-	8-13-6
28	20.2.88	Premier Division	A	4	17	-	8-14-6
29	12.3.88	Premier Division	H	5	13	-	8-15-6
30	12.11.88	Premier Division	H	5	5	-	8-15-7
31	3.12.88	Premier Division	A	2	6	-	8-16-7
32	18.2.89	Premier Division	A	3	6	-	8-17-7
33	5.3.89	Premier Division	H	7	6	-	9-17-7
34	21.10.89	Premier Division	H	2	8	-	9-18-7
35	16.12.89	Premier Division	A	6	7	-	9-19-7
36	10.2.90	Premier Division	H	9	3	-	10-19-7
37	3.3.90	Premier Division	A	4	6	-	10-20-7
38	17.11.90	Premier Division	A	2	9	-	10-21-7
39	15.12.90	Premier Division	H	5	5	-	10-21-8
40	26.1.91	Premier Division	A	9	7	-	11-21-8
41	23.2.91	Premier Division	H	5	4	-	12-21-8
42	24.10.92	Premier Division	A	4	5	-	12-22-8
43	13.12.92	Premier Division	H	6	5	-	13-22-8
44	20.9.93	Premier Division	H	9	2	-	14-22-8
45	13.3.93	Premier Division	A	2	4	-	14-23-8
46	10.4.93	Playoffs	H	11	5	-	15-23-8
47	18.4.93	Playoffs	A	10	3	-	16-23-8
48	3.10.93	Premier Division	H	0	4	-	16-24-8
49	14.11.93	Premier Division	H	4	6	-	16-25-8
50	8.1.94	Premier Division	A	6	3	-	17-25-8
51	30.1.94	Premier Division	A	4	3	-	18-25-8
52	18.9.94	Premier Division	A	9	5	-	19-25-8
53	27.11.94	Premier Division	H	7	5	-	20-25-8
54	22.1.95	Premier Division	H	10	4	-	21-25-8
55	4.3.95	Premier Division	A	4	8	-	21-26-8
56	2.4.95	Playoffs	H	11	3	-	22-26-8
57	9.4.95	Playoffs	A	3	7	-	22-27-8
58	3.12.95	Premier Division	A	7	7	-	22-27-9
59	13.11.96	Premier Division	A	2	9	-	22-28-9
60	21.11.96	Premier Division	H	4	4	-	22-28-10
61	25.2.96	Premier Division	H	4	5	-	22-29-10
62	9.3.96	Playoffs	H	5	4	-	23-29-10
63	24.3.96	Playoffs	A	5	5	-	23-29-11
64	14.11.05	EIHL/BNL Crossover	H	5	2	-	24-29-11
65	4.12.05	EIHL/BNL Crossover	A	2	4	-	24-30-11
66	17.9.11	Elite League	A	6	2	-	25-30-11
67	6.11.11	Elite League	H	3	2	SO	26-30-11
68	13.11.11	Elite League	A	8	1	-	27-30-11
69	22.1.12	Elite League	H	4	1	-	28-30-11
70	26.2.12	Elite League	A	4	3	-	29-30-11
71	3.3.12	Elite League	H	4	3	-	30-30-11
72	28.10.12	Elite League	A	5	3	-	31-30-11
73	22.12.12	Elite League	H	7	1	-	32-30-11
74	23.1.13	Challenge Cup	A	3	2	-	33-30-11
75	30.1.13	Challenge Cup	H	5	2	-	34-30-11
76	17.2.13	Elite League	H	5	3	-	35-30-11
77	2.3.13	Elite League	A	10	2	-	36-30-11
78	30.3.13	Playoffs	A	2	4	-	36-31-11
79	31.3.13	Playoffs	H	3	0	-	37-31-11
80	14.9.13	Elite League	A	5	4	SO	38-31-11

[ashfieldpanther]

Aah, the good old days ! This must have taken so long to put together.
Relative newcomers to Panthers should check out the early scores, especially in the British League era. Teams really did average 6-8 goals per game, as has been explained I'm sure, because teams mostly had only 1 import d-man, and 2 imports forwards, and a British NM. I do remember the 5-5 draw in 1988, possibly one of the best games seen in the old stadium, the 5-4 win o/t at the NEC to give Panthers their first modern era trophy, and also a game in 86-87 season when Steve Moria played one of his first games in the UK. Fife certainly had the upper hand in results up until the Superleague era, when they stayed in the BNL and so we didn't meet again until 2005, with Fife only winning once since they joined the Superleague.