It's not so bad. For instance,
Derby county 07/08 finished - points 11, GD -69
We're ahead here, so we won't get the record.
Sunderland 05/06 finished - points 15, GD -43
If we can just lose one nil its -19 to our already -11 GD so although a grand total of 15 points is the same, we get third...