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Orange football stats

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

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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