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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.

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

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• Sns:	Seasons	• %W:	Percentage of Wins
• %D:	Percentage of Draws	• %L:	Percentage of Losses
• GFA:	Goals For Average per match	• GAA:	Goals Against Average per match
• PpG:	Points per Game