This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Darlington

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Darlington's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Darlington sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1926	Saturday February 13th, 1926	3,738.69
1925	Saturday February 7th, 1925	3,735.59
1924	Saturday November 22nd, 1924	3,730.65
1927	Wednesday August 31st, 1927	3,714.05
1928	Saturday March 17th, 1928	3,697.18
1922	Saturday February 18th, 1922	3,691.52
1931	Saturday December 12th, 1931	3,653.71
1932	Friday January 1st, 1932	3,653.57
1923	Saturday November 17th, 1923	3,653.27
1921	Saturday December 31st, 1921	3,648.72
1991	Tuesday August 20th, 1991	3,633.15
2008	Saturday January 19th, 2008	3,632.75
1930	Monday April 28th, 1930	3,630.02
2007	Saturday December 22nd, 2007	3,626.78
1986	Tuesday April 22nd, 1986	3,619.28

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Darlington sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
2015	Saturday August 15th, 2015	2,980.26
2024	Saturday February 10th, 2024	3,089.69
2016	Tuesday January 19th, 2016	3,098.93
2023	Saturday December 30th, 2023	3,099.01
2019	Saturday March 30th, 2019	3,160.93
2021	Saturday September 11th, 2021	3,163.09
2022	Saturday February 5th, 2022	3,170.11
2018	Saturday December 15th, 2018	3,173.74
2020	Saturday October 10th, 2020	3,182.61
2017	Saturday December 23rd, 2017	3,183.36

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Darlington history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Sheffield United (4,040) vs. Darlington (3,175) Saturday January 14th, 1911	0.33%	0-1	+19.9
The Wednesday (3,901) vs. Darlington (3,247) Monday January 19th, 1920	1.15%	0-2	+29.7
Darlington (3,195) vs. Bradford (Park Avenue) (3,759) Saturday February 4th, 1911	7.40%	2-1	+18.5
Darlington (3,212) vs. Brighton and Hove Albion (3,738) Saturday January 13th, 1912	9.04%	2-1	+18.2
Darlington (3,526) vs. Chelsea (4,003) Wednesday January 29th, 1958	10.56%	4-1	+31.3
Darlington (3,406) vs. Oldham Athletic (3,867) Tuesday September 27th, 1988	10.10%	2-0	+27.0
Darlington (3,467) vs. Luton Town (3,916) Tuesday September 9th, 1975	12.06%	2-1	+17.6
Darlington (3,504) vs. West Ham United (3,939) Monday October 24th, 1960	12.93%	3-2	+17.4
Blackpool (3,913) vs. Darlington (3,497) Wednesday October 13th, 1965	4.77%	1-2	+19.0
Chesterfield (3,827) vs. Darlington (3,433) Monday December 25th, 1933	4.62%	0-1	+19.1
Swindon Town (3,579) vs. Darlington (3,201) Saturday November 7th, 2020	8.29%	1-2	+9.2
Darlington (3,538) vs. Swindon Town (3,880) Tuesday September 25th, 1990	17.77%	3-0	+28.8
Darlington (3,508) vs. Portsmouth (3,827) Wednesday October 11th, 1967	22.56%	4-1	+27.1
Darlington (3,446) vs. Fulham (3,750) Tuesday September 5th, 1978	24.07%	1-0	+15.2
Mansfield Town (3,711) vs. Darlington (3,429) Saturday August 12th, 1978	9.73%	0-1	+18.1
Darlington (3,535) vs. Millwall (3,812) Tuesday October 31st, 1967	27.03%	2-0	+21.9
Darlington (3,423) vs. Carlisle United (3,688) Saturday April 14th, 1951	27.26%	1-0	+14.5
Darlington (3,375) vs. Mansfield Town (3,633) Saturday April 12th, 1975	28.72%	2-1	+14.3
Darlington (3,477) vs. Swindon Town (3,734) Wednesday September 22nd, 1965	29.19%	2-1	+14.2
Darlington (3,513) vs. Rotherham United (3,770) Saturday October 9th, 1948	28.72%	2-0	+21.4

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Darlington history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Droylsden (3,162) vs. Darlington (3,617) Tuesday November 18th, 2008	91.26%	1-0	-9.1
Caernarvon Athletic (3,175) vs. Darlington (3,600) Saturday November 30th, 1929	84.53%	4-2	-25.4
Barrow (3,348) vs. Darlington (3,658) Saturday December 3rd, 1927	73.90%	2-0	-22.2
Hornchurch (3,100) vs. Darlington (3,401) Sunday November 9th, 2003	80.02%	2-0	-12.0
Chelmsford City (3,176) vs. Darlington (3,475) Saturday December 10th, 1938	72.45%	3-1	-21.7
Ashington (3,469) vs. Darlington (3,731) Saturday December 6th, 1924	69.38%	4-2	-20.8
Carlisle United (3,362) vs. Darlington (3,604) Saturday August 31st, 1935	65.22%	3-0	-22.8
Nelson (3,427) vs. Darlington (3,669) Saturday April 7th, 1928	65.66%	4-0	-24.6
Northwich Victoria (3,282) vs. Darlington (3,523) Monday March 5th, 1990	71.95%	1-0	-14.4
Wrexham (3,390) vs. Darlington (3,631) Saturday February 2nd, 2008	75.03%	2-0	-22.5
Darlington (3,607) vs. Chester City (3,369) Tuesday November 25th, 2008	83.72%	1-2	-16.7
Chester City (3,377) vs. Darlington (3,614) Saturday March 22nd, 2008	74.56%	2-1	-14.9
Darlington (3,480) vs. Newport County (3,245) Monday May 2nd, 1988	86.61%	0-2	-26.0
Chester City (3,343) vs. Darlington (3,566) Saturday February 23rd, 1985	67.85%	5-2	-23.7
Walsall (3,496) vs. Darlington (3,718) Saturday March 7th, 1925	64.36%	2-1	-12.9
Darlington (3,736) vs. Lincoln City (3,518) Wednesday February 11th, 1925	87.44%	0-1	-17.5
Barrow (3,429) vs. Darlington (3,647) Tuesday December 25th, 1923	64.17%	1-0	-12.8
Durham City (3,515) vs. Darlington (3,731) Monday April 13th, 1925	63.55%	2-1	-12.7
Shrewsbury Town (3,385) vs. Darlington (3,601) Saturday September 9th, 2000	70.22%	1-0	-14.0
Accrington Stanley (3,501) vs. Darlington (3,714) Thursday January 1st, 1925	63.18%	2-0	-19.0

Opponents

A complete listing of Darlington's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

#	Opponent	P	W	D	L	Avg ELO +/-
1	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	2	4	+7.78
2	Blyth Spartans Blyth	15	10	4	1	+6.31
3	Gloucester City Gloucester City	10	6	3	1	+5.50
4	Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town	16	8	5	3	+4.40
5	Kettering Town Kettering Town	11	5	5	1	+4.24
6	Swindon Town Swindon	18	8	2	8	+3.83
7	Rotherham United Rotherham United	67	29	17	21	+3.65
8	Gateshead AFC Gateshead	58	26	13	19	+3.24
9	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	10	3	4	3	+3.23
10	Peterborough United Peterborough United	53	18	19	16	+2.80
11	Alfreton Town Alfreton	21	9	7	5	+2.09
12	Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town	17	6	6	5	+1.87
13	Colchester United Colchester United	45	19	6	20	+1.87
14	Cardiff City Cardiff City	22	8	6	8	+1.84
15	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	17	7	3	7	+1.66
16	Exeter City Exeter City	60	25	17	18	+1.64
17	Workington Workington	51	21	14	16	+1.56
18	Oxford United Oxford United	18	8	2	8	+1.53
19	Aldershot Town Aldershot	52	21	13	18	+1.53
20	FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town	114	51	27	36	+1.52
21	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	11	3	2	6	+1.04
22	Hereford Hereford	54	20	19	15	+0.99
23	Boston United Boston Utd	28	14	4	10	+0.98
24	AFC Rushden and Diamonds Rushden	10	3	4	3	+0.96
25	Altrincham Altrincham	12	5	5	2	+0.90
26	Wigan Borough Wigan Borough	17	9	3	5	+0.72
27	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	94	32	23	39	+0.67
28	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	38	12	11	15	+0.61
29	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	59	23	12	24	+0.60
30	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	14	5	2	7	+0.59
31	Chester Chester	124	47	30	47	+0.46
32	New Brighton New Brighton	40	20	5	15	+0.42
33	Northampton Town Northampton Town	64	18	21	25	+0.41
34	Farsley Celtic Farsley Celtic	11	6	1	4	+0.41
35	Luton Town Luton Town	15	5	3	7	+0.39
36	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	14	5	4	5	+0.21
37	Carlisle United Carlisle United	96	34	26	36	+0.19
38	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)	56	24	11	21	+0.17
39	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	101	37	22	42	+0.16
40	Chesterfield Chesterfield	84	27	24	33	+0.16
41	Swansea City Swansea City	45	13	16	16	+0.10
42	Port Vale Port Vale	44	13	12	19	+0.04
43	Lincoln City Lincoln City	113	35	34	44	+0.01
44	Macclesfield Macclesfield	28	8	9	11	-0.14
45	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	145	56	29	60	-0.15
46	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	19	5	3	11	-0.17
47	Durham City Durham City	10	4	4	2	-0.19
48	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	39	13	10	16	-0.23
49	Wrexham Wrexham	98	33	26	39	-0.29
50	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	83	32	13	38	-0.33
51	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic	23	6	7	10	-0.37
52	Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers	34	12	7	15	-0.40
53	Gillingham Gillingham	37	9	12	16	-0.47
54	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	121	39	35	47	-0.54
55	Leamington Leamington	13	5	5	3	-0.54
56	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	93	31	20	42	-0.55
57	Rochdale Rochdale	146	54	39	53	-0.56
58	Bury Bury	53	13	14	26	-0.56
59	Millwall Millwall	11	4	2	5	-0.75
60	Barrow Barrow	85	32	21	32	-0.77
61	York City York City	116	37	29	50	-0.87
62	Hull City Hull City	55	14	13	28	-0.89
63	Torquay United Torquay United	78	24	21	33	-0.95
64	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	30	8	7	15	-1.06
65	Bradford City Bradford	88	29	14	45	-1.12
66	Cambridge United Cambridge	36	11	8	17	-1.16
67	Stockport County Stockport County	120	35	28	57	-1.17
68	Blackpool Blackpool	25	5	9	11	-1.21
69	Notts County Notts County	37	9	11	17	-1.23
70	Walsall Walsall	44	11	14	19	-1.24
71	Accrington Stanley Accrington	71	27	11	33	-1.33
72	Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Ath.	33	14	4	15	-1.35
73	Chorley Chorley	18	5	5	8	-1.38
74	Southport Southport	108	40	22	46	-1.44
75	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	53	14	14	25	-1.45
76	Watford Watford	15	2	5	8	-1.49
77	Southend United Southend United	33	9	10	14	-1.61
78	Barnsley Barnsley	43	5	16	22	-1.75
79	Brentford Brentford	34	9	7	18	-1.79
80	Reading Reading	25	5	4	16	-1.90
81	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	14	2	2	10	-1.93
82	Barnet Barnet	29	9	6	14	-2.04
83	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	20	5	5	10	-2.04
84	Newport County Newport County	44	15	8	21	-2.23
85	Preston North End Preston North End	12	1	4	7	-2.31
86	Curzon Ashton Curzon	18	6	4	8	-2.38
87	AFC Telford United Telford	20	8	5	7	-2.42
88	Brackley Town Brackley	17	3	4	10	-2.79
89	Tamworth Tamworth	10	3	2	5	-2.99
90	Ashington Ashington	12	6	1	5	-3.07
91	Nelson Nelson	14	6	2	6	-3.56
92	Fulham Fulham	17	3	4	10	-3.59
93	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	10	1	2	7	-5.15
94	Buxton Buxton	10	2	1	7	-6.84

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