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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.

Average Goals For Table
HISTORICAL: AT | PW | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4	Minimum 5 seasons (3pts for a Win)

	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
1	Burton Swifts	5	37.8%	12.8%	49.2%	1.87	2.22	1.26
2	Accrington	5	28.6%	27.0%	44.2%	1.85	2.56	1.13
3	Darwen	8	32.3%	11.6%	56.0%	1.72	2.24	1.08
4	Liverpool	98	46.9%	24.2%	28.7%	1.71	1.26	1.65
5	Manchester United	99	45.8%	24.4%	29.6%	1.70	1.31	1.62
6	Aston Villa	103	42.2%	23.1%	34.5%	1.66	1.45	1.49
7	Arsenal	98	44.2%	25.0%	30.7%	1.64	1.29	1.57
8	Tottenham Hotspur	83	41.3%	24.6%	34.0%	1.63	1.41	1.48
9	Manchester City	99	40.7%	24.2%	35.0%	1.63	1.46	1.46
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	103	40.7%	23.0%	36.2%	1.63	1.48	1.45
11	Nelson	10	37.3%	17.7%	44.9%	1.62	1.93	1.29
12	Everton	103	40.9%	24.6%	34.3%	1.60	1.42	1.47
13	Bradford Park Avenue	51	38.2%	21.7%	40.0%	1.60	1.63	1.36
14	Newcastle United	98	41.3%	23.1%	35.5%	1.60	1.42	1.47
15	Sunderland	101	40.9%	24.3%	34.6%	1.59	1.43	1.47
16	Derby County	103	39.1%	24.0%	36.7%	1.56	1.49	1.41
17	Gateshead	34	38.1%	24.6%	37.2%	1.56	1.59	1.39
18	Accrington Stanley	33	35.8%	18.6%	45.4%	1.55	1.85	1.26
19	Blackburn Rovers	103	39.3%	24.4%	36.1%	1.55	1.49	1.42
20	West Bromwich Albion	103	38.9%	24.4%	36.5%	1.55	1.47	1.41
21	Sheffield United	99	39.6%	24.5%	35.7%	1.55	1.47	1.43
22	Wigan Borough	10	35.1%	22.8%	41.9%	1.54	1.71	1.28
23	Luton Town	78	38.0%	25.1%	36.7%	1.52	1.45	1.39
24	Sheffield Wednesday	99	38.8%	24.8%	36.3%	1.51	1.46	1.41
25	West Ham United	76	38.1%	24.6%	37.2%	1.51	1.48	1.38
26	Leicester City	97	36.8%	25.3%	37.7%	1.51	1.55	1.35
27	Leeds City	10	36.8%	20.2%	42.8%	1.51	1.62	1.30
28	Rotherham United	70	38.1%	24.6%	37.1%	1.51	1.48	1.39
29	Bolton Wanderers	103	39.2%	23.8%	36.9%	1.51	1.44	1.41
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
30	Reading	75	40.0%	24.9%	34.9%	1.51	1.40	1.45
31	Middlesbrough	92	37.9%	24.4%	37.6%	1.51	1.46	1.38
32	Preston North End	103	39.0%	24.8%	36.1%	1.50	1.42	1.41
33	Chelsea	86	38.7%	26.5%	34.7%	1.50	1.43	1.42
34	Leeds United	75	41.7%	26.1%	32.0%	1.50	1.31	1.51
35	Southampton	75	37.7%	25.6%	36.6%	1.50	1.46	1.38
36	Burnley	103	39.0%	24.0%	36.9%	1.49	1.48	1.41
37	Tranmere Rovers	74	37.8%	24.4%	37.7%	1.49	1.46	1.37
38	Ashington	8	33.2%	21.6%	45.1%	1.49	1.98	1.21
39	Ipswich Town	57	40.8%	24.5%	34.5%	1.48	1.37	1.47
40	Northampton Town	75	38.1%	23.3%	38.4%	1.48	1.46	1.37
41	Plymouth Argyle	75	38.6%	25.8%	35.4%	1.48	1.39	1.41
42	Wrexham	74	37.4%	25.0%	37.5%	1.48	1.46	1.37
43	Lincoln City	95	36.0%	23.8%	40.1%	1.47	1.55	1.32
44	Mansfield Town	64	36.6%	25.7%	37.5%	1.47	1.47	1.35
45	Fulham	84	37.7%	25.0%	37.1%	1.47	1.42	1.38
46	Queens Park Rangers	75	38.7%	25.8%	35.4%	1.47	1.37	1.42
47	Bristol Rovers	75	37.4%	25.4%	37.1%	1.46	1.45	1.37
48	Birmingham City	99	37.9%	24.6%	37.4%	1.46	1.43	1.38
49	Walsall	82	35.8%	24.0%	40.1%	1.46	1.54	1.31
50	Brighton & Hove Albion	75	39.4%	25.2%	35.3%	1.45	1.36	1.43
51	Charlton Athletic	74	36.4%	25.1%	38.3%	1.45	1.53	1.34
52	Nottingham Forest	99	37.4%	25.1%	37.3%	1.45	1.44	1.37
53	Grimsby Town	98	38.1%	22.6%	39.1%	1.45	1.49	1.37
54	Portsmouth	75	36.3%	26.0%	37.5%	1.45	1.46	1.35
55	Bury	97	37.3%	24.0%	38.6%	1.45	1.46	1.36
56	Blackpool	94	36.9%	24.8%	38.2%	1.45	1.46	1.35
57	Swindon Town	75	37.0%	26.1%	36.8%	1.44	1.45	1.37
58	Notts County	103	37.2%	24.5%	38.2%	1.44	1.47	1.36
59	Brentford	75	38.4%	25.4%	36.1%	1.44	1.39	1.40
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
60	Millwall	75	39.6%	26.2%	34.1%	1.44	1.33	1.45
61	Peterborough United	42	37.9%	28.3%	33.6%	1.44	1.32	1.42
62	Bristol City	90	38.5%	25.6%	35.7%	1.44	1.38	1.41
63	Oldham Athletic	84	36.6%	25.5%	37.8%	1.44	1.46	1.35
64	Bradford City	88	36.8%	25.5%	37.5%	1.43	1.43	1.36
65	Hull City	86	37.6%	26.3%	35.9%	1.43	1.37	1.39
66	Watford	75	37.3%	25.9%	36.6%	1.42	1.39	1.38
67	Southend United	75	36.9%	24.6%	38.3%	1.42	1.45	1.35
68	Huddersfield Town	81	38.5%	26.0%	35.3%	1.42	1.34	1.41
69	York City	66	34.9%	25.1%	39.8%	1.42	1.49	1.30
70	Chesterfield	84	38.5%	24.3%	37.0%	1.42	1.37	1.40
71	Colchester United	50	36.4%	26.5%	37.0%	1.42	1.46	1.35
72	Coventry City	76	35.6%	25.8%	38.4%	1.41	1.46	1.32
73	Norwich City	75	36.3%	27.0%	36.5%	1.41	1.44	1.36
74	Barnsley	93	36.2%	25.3%	38.3%	1.41	1.49	1.34
75	Carlisle United	67	35.6%	24.3%	40.0%	1.41	1.52	1.31
76	Darlington	73	34.0%	24.3%	41.6%	1.41	1.57	1.26
77	Swansea City	75	36.5%	24.2%	39.1%	1.40	1.50	1.33
78	Wimbledon	25	37.9%	29.0%	32.9%	1.40	1.33	1.42
79	Stockport County	90	36.6%	24.3%	39.0%	1.40	1.45	1.34
80	Crystal Palace	75	36.5%	26.8%	36.5%	1.40	1.41	1.36
81	Wigan Athletic	24	40.0%	27.0%	32.8%	1.39	1.24	1.47
82	Chester City	63	34.4%	25.3%	40.1%	1.39	1.47	1.28
83	Doncaster Rovers	72	35.4%	24.6%	39.9%	1.39	1.52	1.30
84	Newport County	60	33.2%	23.3%	43.3%	1.38	1.70	1.23
85	Stoke City	95	36.8%	24.6%	38.4%	1.38	1.42	1.35
86	Cardiff City	75	36.1%	25.6%	38.1%	1.37	1.47	1.34
87	Scunthorpe United	52	35.9%	27.4%	36.6%	1.37	1.39	1.35
88	Durham City	7	33.2%	18.8%	47.9%	1.37	1.84	1.18
89	Crewe Alexandra	78	34.3%	23.0%	42.5%	1.37	1.61	1.26
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
90	Aldershot	52	33.6%	25.7%	40.5%	1.37	1.54	1.26
91	Port Vale	89	35.5%	25.9%	38.4%	1.36	1.43	1.32
92	AFC Bournemouth	72	37.1%	26.4%	36.4%	1.36	1.33	1.37
93	Torquay United	68	34.6%	25.7%	39.5%	1.36	1.52	1.29
94	Barrow	44	32.4%	21.5%	46.0%	1.35	1.74	1.18
95	Rochdale	74	33.3%	25.6%	41.0%	1.35	1.55	1.25
96	New Brighton	21	32.4%	21.1%	46.3%	1.34	1.72	1.18
97	Barnet	11	36.9%	26.3%	36.7%	1.34	1.34	1.37
98	Southport	51	32.8%	25.9%	41.2%	1.34	1.57	1.24
99	Shrewsbury Town	52	34.5%	27.2%	38.2%	1.34	1.41	1.30
100	Glossop North End	17	31.8%	22.0%	46.1%	1.34	1.66	1.17
101	Exeter City	75	33.1%	26.0%	40.8%	1.33	1.52	1.25
102	Gillingham	70	35.4%	26.4%	38.1%	1.33	1.42	1.32
103	Hartlepool United	74	33.3%	22.7%	43.8%	1.32	1.62	1.22
104	Aberdare Athletic	6	30.9%	23.4%	45.6%	1.32	1.63	1.16
105	Cambridge United	32	34.4%	27.6%	37.8%	1.30	1.38	1.31
106	Scarborough	13	33.9%	26.8%	39.2%	1.30	1.44	1.28
107	Workington	26	32.2%	25.9%	41.7%	1.27	1.51	1.22
108	Leyton Orient	86	33.5%	25.6%	40.7%	1.27	1.44	1.26
109	Gainsborough Trinity	16	31.0%	20.9%	48.0%	1.27	1.82	1.14
110	Oxford United	40	33.4%	27.7%	38.8%	1.27	1.34	1.27
111	Halifax Town	69	31.5%	25.7%	42.7%	1.26	1.57	1.20
112	Merthyr Town	10	27.3%	25.2%	47.3%	1.24	1.85	1.07
113	Wycombe Wanderers	9	35.3%	30.0%	34.6%	1.22	1.20	1.36
114	Hereford United	26	32.1%	27.9%	39.9%	1.20	1.33	1.24
115	Macclesfield Town	5	35.2%	26.5%	38.2%	1.14	1.22	1.32
116	Burton United	10	27.3%	18.0%	54.6%	1.14	1.98	1.00
117	Rotherham County	6	32.5%	21.0%	46.4%	1.09	1.48	1.18
118	Loughborough	5	21.5%	12.6%	65.8%	1.07	2.59	0.77

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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