THE NATIONAL LEAGUE - THE FIRST TEN GAMES OF THE CHAMPIONS SINCE 12/13

FIRST TEN GAMES OF THE SEASON FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

SEASON	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF-GA	GD	PTS	CS	FTS
2012/13	MANSFIELD TOWN	10	5	1	4	19-20	-1	16	3	0
2013/14	LUTON TOWN	10	4	4	2	11-6	+5	14	5	6
2014/15	BARNET	10	7	1	2	23-6	+17	22	6	0
2015/16	CHELTENHAM TOWN	10	6	3	1	18-8	+10	21	4	1
2016/17	LINCOLN CITY	10	7	1	2	22-8	+14	22	4	2
2017/18	MACCLESFIELD TOWN	10	5	2	3	10-10	0	17	5	2
2018/19	LEYTON ORIENT	10	5	0	5	16-7	+9	15	4	0
2019/20*	BARROW	10	3	1	6	13-17	-4	10	2	2
2020/21	SUTTON UNITED	10	5	2	3	17-13	+4	17	2	3
2021/22	STOCKPORT COUNTY	10	5	2	3	9-11	-2	17	5	4

*Season curtailed due to pandemic with teams most on 37 & 38 games played 

* The most games lost in the first ten games by the champions was 6 in the 19/20 curtailed season when Barrow AFC were crowned Champions. The Cumbrian side went on to lost just 3 games in their next 27 league games. 

* It seems the saying 'striker's win matches but defender's win titles' very much applies to The National League as all of the champions clubs have kept at least 2 clean sheets in their first 10 games played with 7 of the 10 on 4 of more clean sheets in their first ten games. 

* If you take out the curtailed season no team has won less than 4 games in their opening 10 and gone onto win the title with the average being 5.4. 

* Luton Town failed to score in 6 of their opening 10 games in their title winning 13/14 campaign.