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Post-War Statistics English Leagues from 1946-47 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 Against Table
HISTORICAL: AT | PW | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4	Minimum 5 seasons (3pts for a Win)

	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
1	Liverpool	56	50.1%	25.4%	24.3%	1.71	1.08	1.75
2	Manchester United	56	48.7%	26.1%	25.0%	1.77	1.20	1.72
3	Wycombe Wanderers	9	35.3%	30.0%	34.6%	1.22	1.20	1.36
4	Arsenal	56	44.8%	26.4%	28.6%	1.58	1.22	1.61
5	Macclesfield Town	5	35.2%	26.5%	38.2%	1.14	1.22	1.32
6	Leeds United	56	43.0%	27.1%	29.8%	1.49	1.24	1.56
7	Wigan Athletic	24	40.0%	27.0%	32.8%	1.39	1.24	1.47
8	AFC Bournemouth	56	37.8%	26.7%	35.3%	1.32	1.24	1.40
9	Port Vale	56	35.2%	28.6%	36.1%	1.31	1.30	1.34
10	Chesterfield	56	37.3%	25.9%	36.6%	1.32	1.30	1.38
11	Nottingham Forest	56	39.8%	26.0%	34.0%	1.46	1.31	1.45
12	Peterborough United	42	37.9%	28.3%	33.6%	1.44	1.32	1.42
13	Everton	56	38.9%	27.2%	33.8%	1.45	1.33	1.44
14	Hereford United	26	32.1%	27.9%	39.9%	1.20	1.33	1.24
15	Wimbledon	25	37.9%	29.0%	32.9%	1.40	1.33	1.42
16	Blackburn Rovers	56	39.9%	25.4%	34.5%	1.45	1.33	1.45
17	Bristol City	56	38.1%	26.4%	35.3%	1.43	1.34	1.40
18	Barnet	11	36.9%	26.3%	36.7%	1.34	1.34	1.37
19	Millwall	56	39.0%	26.2%	34.6%	1.41	1.34	1.43
20	Gillingham	52	37.0%	27.5%	35.3%	1.36	1.34	1.38
21	Oxford United	40	33.4%	27.7%	38.8%	1.27	1.34	1.27
22	Queens Park Rangers	56	38.1%	26.8%	34.9%	1.43	1.34	1.41
23	Huddersfield Town	56	36.8%	26.6%	36.5%	1.34	1.35	1.37
24	Brentford	56	37.5%	26.5%	35.9%	1.38	1.35	1.39
25	Aston Villa	56	38.6%	25.6%	35.7%	1.41	1.35	1.41
26	Stoke City	56	36.4%	26.3%	37.1%	1.32	1.35	1.35
27	Blackpool	56	37.0%	26.5%	36.3%	1.42	1.36	1.37
28	Hull City	56	36.1%	27.6%	36.2%	1.36	1.36	1.36
29	Watford	56	36.8%	26.6%	36.4%	1.38	1.36	1.37
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
30	Middlesbrough	56	38.0%	25.2%	36.6%	1.42	1.36	1.39
31	Tottenham Hotspur	56	41.7%	25.5%	32.6%	1.61	1.36	1.50
32	Reading	56	40.2%	25.2%	34.4%	1.48	1.36	1.45
33	Burnley	56	38.9%	25.7%	35.2%	1.43	1.37	1.42
34	Brighton & Hove Albion	56	38.1%	26.1%	35.7%	1.41	1.37	1.40
35	Bolton Wanderers	56	37.2%	25.9%	36.8%	1.38	1.37	1.37
36	Ipswich Town	56	40.9%	24.5%	34.5%	1.48	1.37	1.47
37	Birmingham City	56	36.7%	26.0%	37.1%	1.37	1.38	1.36
38	Crystal Palace	56	34.6%	27.9%	37.3%	1.30	1.38	1.31
39	Swindon Town	56	36.3%	26.9%	36.7%	1.37	1.38	1.35
40	Norwich City	56	36.7%	27.7%	35.4%	1.38	1.38	1.38
41	Rotherham United	56	38.9%	25.7%	35.3%	1.48	1.38	1.42
42	Cambridge United	32	34.4%	27.6%	37.8%	1.30	1.38	1.31
43	Wolverhampton Wanderers	56	41.1%	25.0%	33.8%	1.61	1.39	1.48
44	Bristol Rovers	56	38.3%	26.2%	35.4%	1.46	1.39	1.41
45	Sunderland	56	37.1%	27.3%	35.4%	1.40	1.39	1.38
46	Scunthorpe United	52	35.9%	27.4%	36.6%	1.37	1.39	1.35
47	Preston North End	56	38.2%	25.8%	35.8%	1.46	1.39	1.40
48	Manchester City	56	38.3%	26.2%	35.3%	1.48	1.40	1.41
49	Tranmere Rovers	56	36.7%	25.7%	37.5%	1.39	1.40	1.35
50	Southend United	56	37.1%	25.5%	37.2%	1.40	1.40	1.37
51	Stockport County	56	35.5%	25.4%	39.0%	1.33	1.40	1.32
52	West Bromwich Albion	56	37.3%	26.8%	35.8%	1.46	1.40	1.38
53	Luton Town	56	36.7%	26.0%	37.1%	1.42	1.40	1.36
54	Shrewsbury Town	52	34.5%	27.2%	38.2%	1.34	1.41	1.30
55	Mansfield Town	56	37.0%	26.0%	36.9%	1.43	1.41	1.37
56	Coventry City	56	34.7%	27.0%	38.2%	1.33	1.41	1.31
57	Grimsby Town	56	36.7%	24.8%	38.3%	1.35	1.41	1.35
58	Sheffield United	56	39.1%	25.4%	35.3%	1.49	1.41	1.42
59	Walsall	56	36.1%	25.5%	38.2%	1.39	1.41	1.34
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
60	Bury	56	36.1%	25.9%	37.8%	1.41	1.41	1.34
61	Leyton Orient	56	33.8%	26.4%	39.6%	1.29	1.41	1.28
62	Fulham	56	36.8%	25.9%	37.2%	1.43	1.42	1.36
63	York City	56	34.7%	25.7%	39.4%	1.37	1.42	1.30
64	Cardiff City	56	36.0%	26.8%	37.1%	1.35	1.42	1.34
65	Bradford City	56	36.9%	25.7%	37.3%	1.41	1.42	1.36
66	Wrexham	56	36.7%	25.6%	37.5%	1.43	1.42	1.35
67	Newcastle United	56	39.2%	25.2%	35.4%	1.54	1.43	1.43
68	Plymouth Argyle	56	35.9%	26.4%	37.6%	1.39	1.43	1.34
69	Sheffield Wednesday	56	36.6%	26.5%	36.7%	1.44	1.43	1.36
70	Torquay United	56	35.3%	26.4%	38.2%	1.33	1.43	1.32
71	Derby County	56	37.8%	25.1%	36.9%	1.46	1.43	1.38
72	Notts County	56	37.5%	25.3%	37.1%	1.41	1.43	1.37
73	Carlisle United	56	35.7%	25.2%	39.0%	1.36	1.43	1.32
74	Barnsley	56	35.5%	26.9%	37.5%	1.36	1.44	1.33
75	Scarborough	13	33.9%	26.8%	39.2%	1.30	1.44	1.28
76	Northampton Town	56	37.1%	24.2%	38.6%	1.44	1.44	1.35
77	Rochdale	56	32.4%	27.4%	40.0%	1.25	1.45	1.24
78	Chelsea	56	38.3%	27.5%	34.1%	1.51	1.45	1.42
79	West Ham United	56	37.1%	25.4%	37.3%	1.47	1.45	1.36
80	Colchester United	50	36.4%	26.5%	37.0%	1.42	1.46	1.35
81	Lincoln City	55	35.6%	26.2%	38.0%	1.42	1.46	1.33
82	Portsmouth	56	35.2%	26.3%	38.4%	1.42	1.46	1.32
83	Oldham Athletic	56	35.2%	26.6%	38.1%	1.41	1.46	1.32
84	Chester City	55	32.7%	25.6%	41.6%	1.29	1.47	1.23
85	Southampton	56	37.9%	25.5%	36.4%	1.53	1.47	1.39
86	Exeter City	56	32.8%	26.5%	40.5%	1.28	1.48	1.25
87	Crewe Alexandra	56	34.0%	24.1%	41.8%	1.29	1.50	1.26
88	Leicester City	56	35.6%	27.0%	37.2%	1.46	1.50	1.33
89	Doncaster Rovers	53	34.1%	25.3%	40.4%	1.33	1.51	1.27
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
90	Swansea City	56	36.1%	24.1%	39.6%	1.39	1.51	1.32
91	Workington	26	32.2%	25.9%	41.7%	1.27	1.51	1.22
92	Darlington	55	32.6%	25.8%	41.5%	1.30	1.52	1.23
93	Gateshead	14	39.9%	23.7%	36.3%	1.57	1.52	1.43
94	Aldershot	45	34.0%	26.0%	39.9%	1.39	1.52	1.28
95	Southport	33	31.0%	26.6%	42.3%	1.24	1.53	1.19
96	Hartlepool United	56	33.2%	23.6%	43.1%	1.25	1.53	1.23
97	Halifax Town	51	29.7%	26.5%	43.6%	1.21	1.55	1.15
98	Charlton Athletic	56	35.3%	25.2%	39.4%	1.44	1.56	1.31
99	Barrow	26	32.7%	23.6%	43.5%	1.32	1.61	1.21
100	Newport County	42	33.7%	23.4%	42.7%	1.38	1.64	1.24
101	New Brighton	5	28.5%	20.0%	51.4%	1.05	1.72	1.05
102	Accrington Stanley	15	36.9%	19.5%	43.4%	1.49	1.75	1.30
103	Bradford Park Avenue	24	33.9%	22.7%	43.2%	1.49	1.78	1.24

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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