Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,463 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,584 reached 30 Mar 2010
Rank #12,921 of 14,598 clubs
Matches rated 495 last 30 Apr 2011

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every club ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Nov 2026.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
National League 228 67 29.4%
League Two 184 54 29.3%
League One 46 9 19.6%
FA Cup 30 8 26.7%
League Cup 7 2 28.6%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2011 25 9 36.0% 5
2010 43 12 27.9% 7
2009 46 14 30.4% 8
2008 47 12 25.5% 7
2007 49 15 30.6% 10
2006 47 10 21.3% 9
2005 50 14 28.0% 7
2004 49 13 26.5% 7
2003 48 12 25.0% 6
2002 49 14 28.6% 8
2001 29 10 34.5% 7
2000 1 0 0.0% 1
1999 6 3 50.0% 1
1998 3 1 33.3% 1
1996 2 1 50.0% 1
1995 1 0 0.0% 1

Over 495 matches (Nov 1995 – Apr 2011), Rushden & Diamonds drew 140 where the draw model expected 134.8 from those particular fixtures — about 5 more, or 0.5 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 129.1 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.