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Third Tier Historical Stats 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 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	Stoke City	8	49.1%	25.0%	25.8%	1.53	1.03	1.72
2	Blackburn Rovers	5	45.2%	25.6%	29.1%	1.30	1.08	1.61
3	Portsmouth	10	40.7%	29.5%	29.7%	1.39	1.12	1.51
4	Sheffield Wednesday	5	36.0%	33.0%	30.8%	1.29	1.15	1.41
5	Bolton Wanderers	11	39.5%	26.4%	33.9%	1.31	1.16	1.45
6	Wycombe Wanderers	8	34.2%	29.8%	35.8%	1.18	1.20	1.32
7	Huddersfield Town	13	39.7%	27.2%	32.9%	1.36	1.20	1.46
8	Plymouth Argyle	36	43.2%	25.6%	31.0%	1.55	1.24	1.55
9	Wigan Athletic	16	38.3%	27.9%	33.6%	1.36	1.24	1.42
10	Grimsby Town	27	41.8%	23.0%	35.1%	1.44	1.27	1.48
11	Millwall	37	41.9%	25.5%	32.5%	1.49	1.28	1.51
12	Southampton	9	47.5%	23.8%	28.5%	1.86	1.28	1.66
13	Burnley	11	36.7%	29.6%	33.5%	1.38	1.28	1.39
14	Bury	24	37.1%	26.7%	36.1%	1.37	1.28	1.38
15	Port Vale	35	37.7%	27.5%	34.7%	1.37	1.29	1.40
16	Oxford United	15	36.9%	26.9%	36.0%	1.33	1.29	1.37
17	Sheffield United	5	43.4%	21.3%	35.2%	1.58	1.30	1.51
18	Hull City	28	42.7%	25.5%	31.7%	1.62	1.31	1.53
19	Preston North End	19	38.2%	25.6%	36.1%	1.33	1.31	1.40
20	Fulham	18	41.3%	26.6%	32.0%	1.54	1.32	1.50
21	Stockport County	35	45.2%	22.5%	32.2%	1.73	1.32	1.58
22	Bristol City	38	43.1%	25.1%	31.6%	1.59	1.32	1.54
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	49	41.6%	25.3%	33.0%	1.52	1.32	1.50
24	Chesterfield	46	40.0%	23.2%	36.7%	1.46	1.34	1.43
25	Charlton Athletic	14	41.0%	24.5%	34.4%	1.48	1.34	1.47
26	Notts County	27	40.8%	24.6%	34.4%	1.51	1.34	1.47
27	Swansea City	24	36.5%	26.8%	36.6%	1.33	1.35	1.36
28	AFC Bournemouth	61	37.3%	25.8%	36.7%	1.39	1.37	1.38
29	Brentford	47	37.9%	26.0%	36.0%	1.43	1.38	1.39
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
30	Blackpool	17	32.7%	28.0%	39.2%	1.30	1.39	1.26
31	Bristol Rovers	55	38.9%	25.2%	35.8%	1.48	1.40	1.42
32	Reading	56	41.1%	24.3%	34.5%	1.57	1.40	1.47
33	Peterborough United	18	36.5%	27.7%	35.6%	1.44	1.41	1.37
34	Watford	46	37.9%	26.2%	35.7%	1.46	1.41	1.40
35	Luton Town	26	40.7%	25.1%	34.0%	1.64	1.42	1.47
36	Bradford City	32	38.4%	25.0%	36.4%	1.51	1.42	1.40
37	Ipswich Town	11	44.0%	23.0%	32.9%	1.65	1.43	1.55
38	Lincoln City	31	42.0%	22.3%	35.5%	1.67	1.44	1.48
39	Scunthorpe United	15	34.9%	27.5%	37.5%	1.39	1.44	1.32
40	Barnsley	17	40.6%	25.5%	33.7%	1.56	1.44	1.47
41	Queens Park Rangers	37	41.5%	23.9%	34.4%	1.62	1.44	1.48
42	Swindon Town	52	38.1%	25.9%	35.9%	1.50	1.45	1.40
43	Gillingham	52	34.7%	25.8%	39.3%	1.31	1.46	1.30
44	Rotherham United	43	38.1%	24.1%	37.7%	1.48	1.47	1.38
45	Oldham Athletic	29	37.6%	25.5%	36.7%	1.51	1.47	1.38
46	Doncaster Rovers	27	39.4%	24.0%	36.5%	1.53	1.48	1.42
47	Shrewsbury Town	33	33.6%	27.4%	38.8%	1.38	1.48	1.28
48	Northampton Town	43	38.9%	22.5%	38.4%	1.55	1.49	1.39
49	Wrexham	52	37.9%	24.8%	37.2%	1.50	1.49	1.38
50	Chester City	35	34.0%	25.2%	40.7%	1.40	1.50	1.27
51	Norwich City	28	38.5%	25.9%	35.5%	1.60	1.51	1.41
52	Crystal Palace	33	38.2%	26.2%	35.5%	1.55	1.51	1.40
53	Walsall	61	35.7%	23.7%	40.5%	1.43	1.51	1.30
54	Tranmere Rovers	46	37.7%	23.8%	38.3%	1.54	1.52	1.37
55	Southend United	52	36.2%	24.3%	39.4%	1.47	1.52	1.33
56	Leyton Orient	33	34.3%	24.2%	41.3%	1.36	1.52	1.27
57	Bradford Park Avenue	16	43.2%	21.4%	35.3%	1.76	1.53	1.51
58	Mansfield Town	41	35.5%	25.6%	38.7%	1.48	1.55	1.32
59	Cambridge United	9	30.9%	24.3%	44.6%	1.29	1.56	1.17
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
60	Cardiff City	18	35.2%	24.6%	40.1%	1.43	1.57	1.30
61	Coventry City	22	40.3%	23.7%	35.8%	1.81	1.58	1.44
62	Colchester United	26	32.2%	27.6%	40.0%	1.35	1.58	1.24
63	York City	38	34.2%	25.2%	40.5%	1.47	1.59	1.27
64	Southport	34	33.6%	25.1%	41.2%	1.38	1.59	1.26
65	Halifax Town	42	33.6%	25.0%	41.3%	1.34	1.60	1.25
66	Workington	10	34.3%	23.9%	41.7%	1.41	1.60	1.26
67	Gateshead	23	40.3%	24.5%	35.0%	1.69	1.63	1.45
68	Aberdare Athletic	6	30.9%	23.4%	45.6%	1.32	1.63	1.16
69	Exeter City	44	32.2%	25.0%	42.7%	1.38	1.64	1.21
70	Carlisle United	33	35.7%	23.4%	40.7%	1.53	1.67	1.30
71	Aldershot	24	30.2%	25.5%	44.1%	1.30	1.68	1.16
72	Crewe Alexandra	37	35.7%	21.2%	43.0%	1.48	1.68	1.28
73	Hartlepool United	34	35.4%	20.8%	43.6%	1.45	1.69	1.27
74	Torquay United	33	34.6%	24.1%	41.1%	1.48	1.70	1.28
75	Wigan Borough	10	35.1%	22.8%	41.9%	1.54	1.71	1.28
76	Rochdale	36	34.6%	22.5%	42.7%	1.48	1.71	1.26
77	Barrow	33	33.3%	20.2%	46.4%	1.35	1.72	1.20
78	New Brighton	21	32.4%	21.1%	46.3%	1.34	1.72	1.18
79	Newport County	40	32.9%	24.1%	42.9%	1.40	1.74	1.22
80	Darlington	32	34.8%	21.2%	43.9%	1.54	1.76	1.25
81	Durham City	7	33.2%	18.8%	47.9%	1.37	1.84	1.18
82	Merthyr Town	10	27.3%	25.2%	47.3%	1.24	1.85	1.07
83	Accrington Stanley	32	35.8%	18.7%	45.4%	1.55	1.85	1.26
84	Nelson	9	38.9%	16.2%	44.8%	1.69	1.95	1.32
85	Ashington	8	33.2%	21.6%	45.1%	1.49	1.98	1.21

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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