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All-Time Statistics English Leagues from 1888-89 to 2002-03

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Historical tables show details for all clubs ever to have played in the English football league since its inception in 1888. Club names have been changed to their current name where appropriate. Unless otherwise stated, points are given as defined in each season; i.e. 2 points for a win prior to 1981-82 and 3 points for a win thereafter.

Averages per Season
HISTORICAL: AT | PW | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4	Minimum 5 seasons (3pts for a Win)

	Team	Sns	WpS	DpS	LpS	FpS	ApS	PpS	Avg Pos
1	Wigan Athletic	24	18.2	12.3	15.0	63.5	56.6	67.2	62.9
2	Liverpool	98	18.7	9.7	11.4	68.5	50.3	66.0	8.7
3	Peterborough United	42	17.4	13.0	15.5	66.4	60.8	65.4	66.7
4	Reading	75	17.9	11.1	15.6	67.4	62.6	64.9	53.6
5	Manchester United	99	18.3	9.7	11.8	68.1	52.5	64.6	11.4
6	Millwall	75	17.3	11.4	14.9	63.2	58.2	63.4	45.4
7	Ipswich Town	57	17.5	10.5	14.8	63.9	59.0	63.2	25.1
8	Leeds United	75	17.4	10.9	13.3	62.8	54.6	63.1	16.5
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	75	17.3	11.0	15.5	64.2	59.9	63.1	50.3
10	Arsenal	98	17.6	10.0	12.2	65.7	51.7	63.0	9.4
11	Brentford	75	17.1	11.3	16.1	64.4	62.0	62.6	53.4
12	Plymouth Argyle	75	16.9	11.3	15.5	65.1	61.1	62.2	47.1
13	Colchester United	50	16.6	12.1	16.9	65.0	66.7	62.1	67.7
14	Wycombe Wanderers	9	16.1	13.6	15.7	56.0	55.0	62.0	59.2
15	AFC Bournemouth	72	16.6	11.8	16.3	61.0	59.8	61.8	57.7
16	Tranmere Rovers	74	16.8	10.9	16.8	66.8	65.3	61.5	58.0
17	Tottenham Hotspur	83	17.0	10.1	14.0	67.2	58.1	61.1	13.1
18	Scunthorpe United	52	16.2	12.4	16.5	62.3	62.9	61.1	68.2
19	Northampton Town	75	16.9	10.3	17.0	65.9	65.1	61.1	63.7
20	Barnet	11	16.4	11.7	16.3	60.0	59.8	61.0	71.9
21	Mansfield Town	64	16.4	11.5	16.8	66.3	66.2	61.0	64.8
22	Queens Park Rangers	75	16.6	11.0	15.1	63.1	59.1	60.9	37.6
23	Rotherham United	70	16.7	10.8	16.2	66.2	65.2	60.9	52.3
24	Huddersfield Town	81	16.5	11.1	15.1	61.3	57.8	60.9	30.8
25	Wrexham	74	16.5	11.0	16.6	65.7	65.1	60.8	60.8
26	Swindon Town	75	16.4	11.6	16.3	64.2	64.3	60.8	51.2
27	Macclesfield Town	5	16.2	12.2	17.6	52.8	56.4	60.8	76.4
28	Watford	75	16.4	11.4	16.1	62.8	61.4	60.7	47.7
29	Chesterfield	84	16.7	10.5	16.0	61.8	59.8	60.7	55.2
	Team	Sns	WpS	DpS	LpS	FpS	ApS	PpS	Avg Pos
30	Southend United	75	16.5	11.0	17.1	63.9	65.1	60.7	60.1
31	Bristol Rovers	75	16.4	11.1	16.3	64.3	64.0	60.4	50.9
32	Bristol City	90	16.4	10.9	15.2	61.3	58.7	60.2	40.8
33	Wimbledon	25	15.9	12.2	13.8	59.2	56.3	60.1	29.6
34	Gateshead	34	16.4	10.6	16.0	67.4	68.6	59.9	50.4
35	Hull City	86	16.1	11.3	15.4	61.3	59.1	59.7	44.4
36	Gillingham	70	15.8	11.8	17.0	59.5	63.7	59.3	62.1
37	Cambridge United	32	15.5	12.5	17.1	59.0	62.8	59.3	62.6
38	Sunderland	101	16.4	9.8	13.9	64.0	57.5	59.1	15.2
39	Newcastle United	98	16.6	9.3	14.2	64.3	57.4	59.1	14.5
40	Shrewsbury Town	52	15.6	12.3	17.2	60.7	63.7	59.1	57.5
41	Bradford City	88	16.0	11.0	16.3	62.2	62.3	59.0	47.7
42	Luton Town	78	16.1	10.6	15.5	64.7	61.5	59.0	38.1
43	Crystal Palace	75	15.8	11.6	15.7	60.6	61.0	59.0	41.1
44	Manchester City	99	16.4	9.7	14.1	65.8	59.0	59.0	15.0
45	Aston Villa	103	16.6	9.1	13.6	65.4	57.1	58.9	11.3
46	Chelsea	86	15.9	10.9	14.2	61.9	59.2	58.7	15.2
47	Fulham	84	16.0	10.6	15.7	62.6	60.3	58.7	36.2
48	Oldham Athletic	84	15.8	11.0	16.3	62.2	63.5	58.5	42.3
49	Bradford Park Avenue	51	16.4	9.3	17.1	68.9	70.2	58.5	48.5
50	Sheffield United	99	16.1	10.0	14.6	63.4	60.1	58.5	20.3
51	Swansea City	75	15.9	10.6	17.1	61.5	65.7	58.5	50.7
52	Wolverhampton Wanderers	103	16.4	9.2	14.6	65.8	60.0	58.4	20.0
53	Portsmouth	75	15.6	11.2	16.2	62.8	63.3	58.3	30.5
54	York City	66	15.6	11.2	17.8	63.9	67.0	58.3	67.0
55	Stockport County	90	15.9	10.5	16.9	61.0	63.0	58.2	57.7
56	Torquay United	68	15.5	11.5	17.7	61.1	68.3	58.2	69.9
57	Norwich City	75	15.5	11.5	15.6	60.5	61.5	58.1	36.0
58	Southampton	75	15.8	10.7	15.3	62.8	61.1	58.1	26.0
59	Chester City	63	15.5	11.4	18.0	62.7	66.6	58.0	67.5
	Team	Sns	WpS	DpS	LpS	FpS	ApS	PpS	Avg Pos
60	West Ham United	76	15.8	10.2	15.5	63.2	62.0	57.9	19.4
61	Everton	103	16.0	9.6	13.4	63.0	55.7	57.8	9.9
62	Cardiff City	75	15.5	11.0	16.3	59.1	63.2	57.5	41.8
63	Preston North End	103	15.8	10.0	14.6	61.1	57.7	57.5	29.0
64	Carlisle United	67	15.6	10.6	17.5	61.8	66.7	57.5	58.4
65	Oxford United	40	14.9	12.4	17.4	56.9	60.1	57.2	47.1
66	Grimsby Town	98	15.9	9.4	16.3	60.8	62.5	57.2	40.2
67	Aldershot	52	15.1	11.6	18.3	61.8	69.8	57.1	71.5
68	Scarborough	13	15.0	11.9	17.4	57.8	64.1	57.1	77.2
69	Doncaster Rovers	72	15.4	10.7	17.4	60.6	66.7	57.0	62.0
70	Charlton Athletic	74	15.4	10.6	16.2	61.9	65.0	57.0	31.8
71	Bury	97	15.6	10.0	16.2	61.0	61.5	57.0	40.2
72	Barnsley	93	15.4	10.7	16.3	60.1	63.7	57.0	42.2
73	Burnley	103	15.7	9.7	14.9	60.5	59.8	57.0	26.6
74	Sheffield Wednesday	99	15.6	10.0	14.6	61.2	58.8	56.9	18.4
75	Bolton Wanderers	103	15.7	9.6	14.8	60.7	57.9	56.9	21.4
76	Blackburn Rovers	103	15.6	9.7	14.4	62.2	59.4	56.8	19.5
77	West Bromwich Albion	103	15.6	9.8	14.7	62.6	59.3	56.8	17.9
78	Port Vale	89	15.2	11.1	16.4	58.4	61.4	56.8	49.3
79	Middlesbrough	92	15.5	10.0	15.4	62.0	60.2	56.7	20.8
80	Blackpool	94	15.4	10.3	15.9	60.6	61.3	56.6	34.1
81	Walsall	82	15.3	10.3	17.2	62.7	66.2	56.4	55.5
82	Birmingham City	99	15.4	10.0	15.2	59.7	58.3	56.4	22.5
83	Workington	26	14.8	11.9	19.1	58.6	69.6	56.3	73.8
84	Darlington	73	15.1	10.8	18.5	62.7	70.2	56.2	71.1
85	Derby County	103	15.5	9.5	14.5	62.1	59.0	56.0	18.7
86	Coventry City	76	15.0	10.9	16.2	59.8	61.6	56.0	31.6
87	Hereford United	26	14.5	12.5	18.0	54.4	60.2	56.0	75.4
88	Exeter City	75	14.8	11.6	18.2	59.6	68.2	56.0	69.1
89	Rochdale	74	14.7	11.3	18.2	60.0	69.2	55.7	71.2
	Team	Sns	WpS	DpS	LpS	FpS	ApS	PpS	Avg Pos
90	Notts County	103	15.1	10.0	15.6	59.0	60.2	55.5	36.7
91	Nottingham Forest	99	15.1	10.1	15.0	58.7	58.2	55.4	21.0
92	Leicester City	97	14.9	10.2	15.3	61.4	63.0	55.1	22.2
93	Lincoln City	95	15.0	9.9	16.7	61.6	65.0	55.0	55.5
94	Crewe Alexandra	78	14.9	10.0	18.5	59.9	70.2	55.0	64.7
95	Stoke City	95	14.9	9.9	15.6	55.9	57.8	54.8	23.1
96	Hartlepool United	74	14.8	10.1	19.5	59.1	72.2	54.8	72.4
97	Newport County	60	14.8	10.4	19.3	61.6	75.9	54.8	66.5
98	Southport	51	14.4	11.4	18.1	59.0	69.3	54.7	64.8
99	Accrington Stanley	33	15.4	8.0	19.5	67.1	80.0	54.3	59.3
100	Leyton Orient	86	14.4	11.0	17.5	54.6	61.9	54.2	50.0
101	Nelson	10	15.4	7.3	18.5	66.8	79.6	53.5	54.9
102	Halifax Town	69	14.0	11.4	19.0	56.3	69.8	53.4	69.3
103	Wigan Borough	10	14.5	9.4	17.3	63.5	70.6	52.9	57.0
104	Barrow	44	14.1	9.4	20.1	59.2	76.1	51.9	66.0
105	New Brighton	21	13.6	8.9	19.5	56.7	72.7	49.9	59.8
106	Rotherham County	6	13.6	8.8	19.5	46.0	62.1	49.8	45.8
107	Ashington	8	13.6	8.8	18.5	61.1	81.2	49.7	58.0
108	Leeds City	10	14.0	7.7	16.3	57.5	61.6	49.7	31.2
109	Aberdare Athletic	6	13.0	9.8	19.1	55.6	68.8	48.8	59.0
110	Durham City	7	13.5	7.7	19.5	56.2	75.5	48.4	60.1
111	Merthyr Town	10	11.5	10.6	19.9	52.4	77.9	45.1	60.5
112	Glossop North End	17	11.5	8.0	16.7	48.7	60.4	42.7	31.1
113	Gainsborough Trinity	16	10.9	7.3	16.9	44.8	64.3	40.1	31.5
114	Burton Swifts	5	10.6	3.6	13.8	52.6	62.4	35.4	25.6
115	Burton United	10	9.4	6.2	18.8	39.4	68.2	34.4	33.4
116	Darwen	8	9.3	3.3	16.2	50.1	65.0	31.5	23.6
117	Accrington	5	7.0	6.6	10.8	45.2	62.6	27.6	9.8
118	Loughborough	5	6.8	4.0	20.8	34.0	82.0	24.4	32.0

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• Sns:	Seasons	• WpS:	Average Wins per Season
• DpS:	Average Draws per Season	• LpS:	Average Losses per Season
• FpS:	Average Goals For per Season	• ApS:	Average Goals Against per Season
• PpS:	Average Points per Season	• Avg Pos:	Average Season Position