Some crap football league table stats

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Table of all league clubs from their overall average league position from 1888/89 to the end of this season. League One winners, for example, would be ranked 45th. Teams who have played less than 20 seasons have been removed unless currently in the league. Table reads rank, team, total seasons in the league, seasons in the first tier, second, third and fourth.

Rank Tot Seasons 1 2 3 4
1 Liverpool 118 107 11 0 0
2 Arsenal 118 105 13 0 0
3 Everton 123 119 4 0 0
4 Manchester United 119 97 22 0 0
5 Tottenham Hotspur 103 87 16 0 0
6 Aston Villa 123 108 13 2 0
7 Chelsea 106 87 19 0 0
8 Manchester City 118 93 24 1 0
9 Newcastle United 118 90 28 0 0
10 Sunderland 121 86 30 5 0
11 West Bromwich Albion 123 81 40 2 0
12 West Ham United 96 64 32 0 0
13 Blackburn Rovers 123 72 45 6 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 123 67 50 4 2
15 Leeds United 105 52 50 3 0
16 Derby County 123 65 54 4 0
17 Middlesbrough 113 61 50 2 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 119 66 43 10 0
19 Leicester City 117 54 62 1 0
20 Sheffield United 119 62 45 11 1
21 Bolton Wanderers 123 73 34 14 2
22 Stoke City 115 62 45 8 0
23 Birmingham City 119 57 58 4 0
24 Nottingham Forest 119 56 58 5 0
25 Southampton 95 45 39 11 0
26 Burnley 123 59 46 11 7
27 Ipswich Town 77 26 37 14 0
28 Preston North End 123 46 49 23 5
29 Wimbledon 27 14 6 3 4
30 Fulham 104 27 56 18 3
31 Portsmouth 95 33 40 16 6
32 Huddersfield Town 101 32 41 22 6
33 Charlton Athletic 94 26 46 22 0
34 Coventry City 96 34 31 29 2
35 Blackpool 114 28 51 27 8
36 Norwich City 95 27 39 29 0
37 Queens Park Rangers 95 23 33 39 0
38 Crystal Palace 95 22 37 33 3
39 Cardiff City 95 17 49 19 10
40 Luton Town 93 16 37 31 9
41 Bristol City 110 9 54 45 2
42 Notts County 120 30 37 34 19
43 Barnsley 113 1 78 24 10
44 Hull City 106 5 61 30 10
45 Bury 114 22 39 29 24
46 Grimsby Town 111 12 52 28 19
47 Millwall 95 2 45 43 5
48 Watford 95 14 30 46 5
49 Swansea City 95 9 41 27 18
50 Oldham Athletic 104 12 36 45 11
51 Wigan Athletic 44 8 7 21 8
52 Brighton & Hove Albion 95 9 24 55 7
53 Plymouth Argyle 95 0 40 43 12
54 Reading 95 3 28 56 8
55 Bradford Park Avenue 51 3 22 16 10
56 Bradford City 108 12 29 41 26
57 Brentford 95 6 17 57 15
58 Oxford United 56 3 18 21 14
59 Rotherham United 99 0 35 51 13
60 Port Vale 109 0 41 45 23
61 Leyton Orient 104 1 41 42 20
62 Milton Keynes Dons 18 0 1 14 3
63 Swindon Town 95 1 18 66 10
63 Southend United 95 1 18 66 10
65 AFC Bournemouth 92 5 7 69 11
66 Bristol Rovers 94 0 19 64 11
67 Chesterfield 100 0 20 55 25
68 Lincoln City 109 0 34 34 41
69 Fleetwood Town 10 0 0 8 2
70 Stockport County 99 0 26 40 33
71 Walsall 102 0 15 75 12
72 Doncaster Rovers 90 0 19 39 32
73 Tranmere Rovers 91 0 11 59 21
74 Shrewsbury Town 71 0 10 42 19
75 Peterborough United 62 0 6 31 25
76 Burton Albion 13 0 2 5 6
77 Carlisle United 86 1 15 41 29
78 Gillingham 90 0 5 65 20
79 Wrexham 80 0 4 54 22
80 Wycombe Wanderers 29 0 1 15 13
81 Accrington Stanley 54 5 0 36 13
82 Cambridge United 43 0 8 10 25
83 Scunthorpe United 72 0 9 25 38
84 Colchester United 70 0 2 38 30
85 Crewe Alexandra 98 0 12 47 39
86 Northampton Town 95 1 3 50 41
87 Mansfield Town 79 0 1 42 36
88 York City 72 0 2 38 32
89 AFC Wimbledon 11 0 0 6 5
90 Chester City 67 0 0 35 32
91 Southport 50 0 0 34 16
92 Newport County 69 0 1 40 28
93 Exeter City 90 0 0 47 43
94 Rochdale 94 0 0 45 49
95 Halifax Town 69 0 0 42 27
96 Torquay United 78 0 0 34 44
97 Crawley Town 11 0 0 3 8
98 Sutton United 1 0 0 0 1
99 Cheltenham Town 22 0 0 5 17
100 Hartlepool United 90 0 0 43 47
101 Stevenage 12 0 0 3 9
102 Darlington 81 0 2 32 47
103 Barrow 46 0 0 33 13
104 Forest Green Rovers 5 0 0 0 5
105 Salford City 3 0 0 0 3
106 Workington 26 0 0 10 16
107 Aldershot 57 0 0 24 33
108 Hereford United 31 0 1 5 25
109 Morecambe 15 0 0 1 14
110 Barnet 21 0 0 1 20
111 Harrogate Town 2 0 0 0 2

Second one, just for fun (my interpretation of fun anyway), simply a league table from each teams' record in terms of wins, draws, defeats etc. No adjustments made for results in a higher or lower tier.

1 Manchester United 4708 2271 1129 1308 8141 5907 2234 7942
2 Liverpool 4676 2257 1133 1286 8092 5674 2418 7904
3 Arsenal 4676 2156 1154 1366 7862 5875 1987 7622
4 Preston North End 5188 2066 1310 1812 7508 7085 423 7508
5 Manchester City 4728 2035 1112 1581 7912 6583 1329 7217
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5006 2025 1190 1791 7905 7254 651 7265
7 Sheffield United 4936 1985 1221 1730 7490 6983 507 7176
8 Aston Villa 4836 1971 1162 1703 7713 6960 753 7075
9 Everton 4800 1955 1204 1641 7509 6682 827 7069
10 Sunderland 4872 1932 1209 1731 7461 6904 557 7005
11 Derby County 4992 1928 1221 1843 7569 7288 281 7005
12 Burnley 5018 1919 1234 1865 7263 7307 -44 6991
13 Blackburn Rovers 4943 1914 1238 1791 7496 7238 258 6980
14 Newcastle United 4716 1913 1107 1696 7305 6704 601 6846
15 West Bromwich Albion 4956 1890 1237 1829 7501 7237 264 6907
16 Bolton Wanderers 4970 1889 1207 1874 7232 7148 84 6874
17 Sheffield Wednesday 4912 1877 1253 1782 7239 7004 235 6884
18 Nottingham Forest 4908 1832 1277 1799 7017 6844 173 6773
19 Bristol City 4752 1830 1231 1691 6768 6484 284 6721
20 Chelsea 4298 1829 1105 1364 6735 5766 969 6592
21 Notts County 4982 1814 1245 1923 7043 7289 -246 6687
22 Leeds United 4396 1812 1099 1485 6499 5863 636 6535
23 Birmingham City 4902 1810 1246 1846 6911 6932 -21 6676
24 Bury 4852 1794 1199 1859 6891 6982 -91 6581
25 Leicester City 4784 1793 1234 1757 7180 7146 34 6613
26 Tottenham Hotspur 4176 1777 1016 1383 6810 5730 1080 6347
27 Middlesbrough 4666 1757 1154 1755 6793 6633 160 6425
28 Blackpool 4829 1746 1248 1835 6826 6956 -130 6486
29 Grimsby Town 4679 1736 1082 1861 6618 6975 -357 6290
30 Barnsley 4876 1731 1253 1892 6703 7208 -505 6446
31 Bradford City 4731 1717 1230 1784 6556 6650 -94 6381
32 Hull City 4572 1705 1197 1670 6389 6224 165 6312
33 Stoke City 4692 1700 1189 1803 6254 6564 -310 6289
34 Reading 4248 1694 1059 1495 6260 5840 420 6141
35 Port Vale 4723 1678 1211 1834 6327 6673 -346 6245
36 Huddersfield Town 4384 1676 1148 1560 6130 5929 201 6176
37 Lincoln City 4595 1672 1118 1805 6672 6947 -275 6134
38 Chesterfield 4378 1655 1076 1647 6137 6035 102 6041
39 Brentford 4254 1655 1090 1509 6096 5772 324 6055
40 Millwall 4202 1636 1118 1448 5839 5491 348 6026
41 Fulham 4372 1621 1107 1644 6317 6216 101 5970
42 Oldham Athletic 4543 1618 1208 1717 6330 6544 -214 6062
43 Plymouth Argyle 4203 1615 1082 1506 6026 5710 316 5927
44 Brighton & Hove Albion 4178 1608 1101 1469 5866 5546 320 5925
45 Northampton Town 4237 1600 1025 1612 6096 6059 37 5825
46 Rotherham United 4315 1596 1051 1668 6225 6418 -193 5839
47 Swindon Town 4234 1588 1098 1548 6089 5999 90 5862
48 Southend United 4221 1562 1036 1623 5877 5987 -110 5722
49 Walsall 4434 1559 1121 1754 6227 6613 -386 5798
50 Queens Park Rangers 4112 1559 1071 1482 5848 5618 230 5748
51 Stockport County 4322 1550 1060 1712 6003 6344 -341 5710
52 AFC Bournemouth 4110 1548 1078 1484 5641 5467 174 5722
53 Watford 4164 1544 1070 1550 5881 5839 42 5702
54 Luton Town 3992 1534 1013 1445 6020 5675 345 5615
55 Tranmere Rovers 4074 1533 1014 1527 5854 5777 77 5613
56 Swansea City 4142 1529 1033 1580 5731 5983 -252 5620
57 Bristol Rovers 4157 1528 1064 1565 5890 5944 -54 5648
58 Leyton Orient 4510 1520 1164 1826 5726 6439 -713 5724
59 Cardiff City 4122 1520 1079 1523 5640 5852 -212 5639
60 Portsmouth 4089 1501 1062 1526 5847 5813 34 5565
61 Norwich City 4068 1497 1075 1496 5708 5835 -127 5566
62 West Ham United 3954 1485 982 1487 5834 5814 20 5437
63 Southampton 3952 1474 1038 1440 5809 5662 147 5460
64 Crewe Alexandra 4313 1470 1001 1842 5863 6864 -1001 5411
65 Crystal Palace 4080 1465 1103 1512 5560 5667 -107 5498
66 Charlton Athletic 4018 1461 1034 1523 5690 5957 -267 5417
67 Coventry City 4114 1445 1084 1585 5643 5873 -230 5419
68 Gillingham 4039 1417 1081 1541 5292 5720 -428 5332
69 Rochdale 4196 1416 1091 1689 5684 6361 -677 5339
70 Doncaster Rovers 3960 1412 985 1563 5386 5853 -467 5221
71 Exeter City 4032 1374 1060 1598 5380 5984 -604 5182
72 Carlisle United 3803 1353 944 1506 5246 5664 -418 5003
73 Hartlepool United 4036 1350 935 1751 5269 6362 -1093 4985
74 Ipswich Town 3358 1339 860 1159 4853 4538 315 4877
75 Wrexham 3556 1318 895 1343 5206 5197 9 4849
76 Mansfield Town 3558 1286 937 1335 5121 5131 -10 4795
77 Darlington 3614 1233 891 1490 5017 5575 -558 4590
78 Torquay United 3512 1208 927 1377 4736 5258 -522 4551
79 Scunthorpe United 3262 1157 904 1201 4426 4544 -118 4375
80 Colchester United 3197 1140 872 1185 4390 4547 -157 4292
81 York City 3236 1110 842 1284 4509 4780 -271 4172
82 Shrewsbury Town 3212 1107 897 1208 4208 4361 -153 4218
83 Peterborough United 2841 1083 755 1003 4123 3799 324 4004
84 Newport County 3076 1029 739 1308 4172 5063 -891 3826
85 Chester City 3026 1023 777 1226 4127 4471 -344 3846
86 Halifax Town 3068 967 790 1311 3889 4818 -929 3691
87 Oxford United 2515 881 695 939 3251 3261 -10 3338
88 Aldershot 2576 867 672 1037 3495 3934 -439 3273
89 Bradford Park Avenue 2190 837 476 877 3516 3582 -66 2987
90 Accrington Stanley 2267 808 481 978 3385 3991 -606 2905
91 Wigan Athletic 1952 757 522 673 2604 2431 173 2793
92 Southport 2200 723 568 909 2961 3488 -527 2737
93 Cambridge United 1945 667 533 745 2499 2683 -184 2534
94 Barrow 2016 647 439 930 2703 3465 -762 2380
95 Wycombe Wanderers 1318 477 387 454 1654 1624 30 1818
96 Hereford United 1406 449 391 566 1682 1900 -218 1738
97 Wimbledon 1144 425 322 397 1596 1571 25 1597
98 Gateshead 1004 394 244 366 1643 1651 -8 1426
99 Workington 1194 385 310 499 1525 1810 -285 1465
100 Milton Keynes Dons 817 342 196 279 1168 1003 165 1222
101 Cheltenham Town 1002 337 293 372 1222 1340 -118 1304
102 New Brighton 986 335 211 440 1385 1675 -290 1216
103 Barnet 954 309 257 388 1181 1349 -168 1184
104 Yeovil Town 736 239 184 313 861 1023 -162 901
105 Macclesfield Town 773 229 223 321 869 1068 -199 910
106 Burton Albion 587 218 154 215 740 796 -56 808
107 Morecambe 681 212 192 277 840 986 -146 828
108 Glossop 618 197 136 285 829 1027 -198 727
109 Scarborough 536 182 141 213 697 771 -74 687
110 Gainsborough Trinity 564 175 118 271 718 1029 -311 643
111 Stevenage 542 175 154 213 634 688 -54 679
112 Crawley Town 497 169 132 196 606 703 -97 639
113 South Shields 462 165 117 180 649 684 -35 612
114 Fleetwood Town 449 161 127 161 565 546 19 610
115 Nelson 454 160 80 214 711 909 -198 560
116 Wigan Borough 412 145 94 173 635 706 -71 529
117 AFC Wimbledon 495 143 150 202 566 694 -128 579
118 Dagenham and Redbridge 414 131 97 186 509 584 -75 490
119 Merthyr Town 420 115 106 199 524 779 -255 451
120 Ashington 328 109 71 148 489 650 -161 398
121 Durham City 286 95 54 137 394 529 -135 339
122 Forest Green Rovers 220 89 60 71 299 259 40 327
123 Burton Swifts 272 88 41 143 429 601 -172 305
124 Aberdare Athletic 252 78 59 115 334 413 -79 293
125 Rushden & Diamonds 230 78 63 89 288 313 -25 297
126 Darwen 232 75 27 130 401 619 -218 252
127 Kidderminster Harriers 230 72 59 99 249 315 -66 275
128 Boston United 230 72 66 92 268 308 -40 282
129 Burton United 212 59 39 114 228 393 -165 216
130 Salford City 129 51 38 40 163 126 37 191
131 Maidstone United 134 43 37 54 188 188 0 166
132 Burton Wanderers 90 42 13 35 167 146 21 139
133 Loughborough 158 34 20 104 170 410 -240 122
134 Stalybridge Celtic 76 33 11 32 104 110 -6 110
135 Harrogate Town 92 30 20 42 116 136 -20 110
136 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 16 76
137 Thames 84 20 17 47 107 202 -95 77
138 Northwich Victoria 50 12 5 33 72 156 -84 41
139 Ardwick 22 9 3 10 45 40 5 30
140 Bootle 22 8 3 11 49 63 -14 27

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