I wish they had done the t-shirt on every chair thing again! Guess it ended up being a lot dicier this year (bloody well shouldn't have been though, had a very bad record after the season mid-point).

Nathan, the t-shirt on the chair was done for the first semi last season.

Two ways one can look at this, I am guessing.

1. An eight team league is easier to make finals in statistically, purely based on the fact there are less competitors.

2. An eight team league is going to be harder to make finals in because the talent pool is condensed among a small number of teams, making every game a tough one.

Also, comparing our season fixtures with that of conference style fixtures in the USA is not equal as some teams never play one another...

They were fortunate that their only losing records in the past 29 years came at the time that the league had a top 8 in a 11 or 12 team comp.

You always have to be gifted an element of luck to attain a record for that period of time...

Every time Perth make the playoffs, they add another assistant coach.

The lack of a draft, or any sort of special treatment given to lowly teams would also play a part.
We're closer to the EPL kind of system, where being bad grants you no advantage, and being financial gives you a great advantage. Probably not as much here as it is there though.
Whichever way you look at it though, 29 seasons in a row is pretty impressive.

Fair effort, but the most titles is more impressive for mine. Nice stat to have on your teams resume though.

Yankees, and Celtics isn't it...

"Nathan of Perth - I wish they had done the t-shirt on every chair thing again!"


Nathan, you wish has been granted

Perth are so professional ;)
Vacancy in the marketing area!!

Can I get one of those T's that may be produced which will be so wrong!! Thanks Tshirt man ;)

The t-shirts won't be wrong. They will say "29 straight" or something similar.

Actually Trevor Torrance was in several of those playoff teams

"MOST FINAL SERIES APPEARANCES
32 Montreal Canadiens in 93-year history."

Let's find out who has actually had the most consecutive finals appearances in the world!!
It ain't the Wildcats. That's for sure.

Fantastic. A semi meaningless T Shirt.

@Nobody,

Hate to rely on the wiki, but the NHL post-season streak page says the Canadiens "only" did 24, giving them the 4th best streak.

What is meaningless about it?

"Fantastic. A semi meaningless T Shirt."

How is a shirt that says "29 Straight" semi meaningless? The shirts, similar to the ones done last year that said (28 Straight) mean exactly what they have achieved.

Unless they are going to have "World Record 29 Straight" then i would see your point.

The 28 Straight t-shirt we got last year is now meaningless...

T shirt says "Red Hot" on it

They should be applauded. Also the fact they have to travel so much hasn't been mentioned by anyone.

It doesn't matter if you love the Wildcats (as those delusionals over in Perth do :P ) or you hate them like the rest of us, its an enviable record which they might well make their own next year with 30.

The Perth Wildcats are the Collingwood of the NBL. You either love them or simply hate them. However, unlike the Colliwobbles, I have a healthy respect for the Cats record.

And they can thank Cal Bruton, Brian Kerle and the 1986 Adelaide 36ers for putting them on the right path. If he had not recruited Tiny Pinder and James Crawford to join himself in the west for 1987 to combat the 36ers after his major falling out with Kerle and the Brisbane Bullets, Perth might well have remained easy beats for a number of years.

I'd like to know more about Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israeli comp. it seems they've won 30 of the last 35 titles or something. Are they the one "professional" team is an amateur comp?

paul, can you shed any light on their record?

Maybe Marvin's brother runs them hahaha

As I mentioned earlier, I fear this has almost become a millstone.
It's a nice stat, and you kinda know that if broken, it won't be repeated again in our lifetimes.
But the pressure is on every year to keep the run intact.

There WILL be T-Shirts on the seats in the semis, but to be honest getting a shirt every year that says 28, 29, etc, is a bit silly. I would have saved it for "30".

Uwe Blab, Maccabi Tel Aviv are one of Europe's power clubs and hence one of the elite clubs in the world.

The Israeli league is a competitive one with some good teams, but overall wouldn't be at the standard of the NBL. Hence, with the lack of depth of good teams, something would have to go seriously wrong for TA to miss the playoffs.

Basically Israel's designated Euroleague club!

Okay, so there is a t-shirt but it just says "Red Hot".

Well this is semi-meaningless...

well , with the advertising slogans of " 29 straight" and "red hot" I'm not altogether certain that its all just about basketball.

Your surely not saying they shouldn't be giving away FREE t-shirts ? And they did win the final last year and make a shirt of it lol

I really don't think the Cats need merchandising advice from some random on the internet.

Its all part of the marketing the team does well to keep the fans interested. They're fortunate enough to be in a position to spend money on a marquee player AND give away 13,000 free t-shirts once a year.

Their "poor choice" in Daniels this season is not related to their t-shirt budget.

It also gets the crowd in something *red*. No excuses when the red shirt is sitting on their seat!

A record in those parts of the world that we give a damn about is too unwieldy a title though.

I'm sure we don't care enough to find out :D

Anon #517428.....I don't think its overkill. A world record is a world record and something to be proud of. I may not like the Perth Wildcats but I can safely say its a record I wish the 36ers had. I'd say its a record every team in the NBL would like to have.

And they have won something. Most NBL championships (6) and they are unfortunately the defending champs.

Damn I hate them lol.

It's a great achievement. Why the sulking from anon haters?

Other fans would be rapt if their club had the stadium giving out t-shirts and wearing the same colour. It's very common in the NBA, obviously. Builds the brand.

@HoldenV8,

D'aww, we hate you guys too!

Not as much as NZ, maybe, but there's still a nice globule of bile set aside for you guys, we promise!

@HoldenV8 but it's not a world record

@HoldenV8 but it's not a world record

That username seems so legit!

The "record" was claimed by the Bruins, (typical Sepo's) so I think that's where the confusion arouse.
Even in North American, the record for the longest streak (by a professional team) is held by a Canadian Football team.

Maccabi are an institution in Israel. They play in the Euroleague but also field a team in the local comp. Since the Israeli comp started (in the 50's IIRC) they have won over 50 times, including a stretch where they won for twenty years straight. I'm surprised their streak isn't much bigger, as a I can't imagine they have missed the play-offs often. Aside from their dominance, its a 12 team comp with 8 teams in the finals.

Yet more perth crap.