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Second 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 Position Table
HISTORICAL: AT | PW | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4	Minimum 5 seasons (3pts for a Win)

	Team	Sns	WpS	DpS	LpS	FpS	ApS	PpS	Avg Pos
1	Arsenal	13	16.6	5.6	10.6	63.4	42.3	55.4	23.5
2	Liverpool	11	22.0	7.4	9.3	88.8	51.9	73.7	23.7
3	Manchester City	25	19.5	8.4	10.8	76.5	51.2	67.0	24.8
4	Manchester United	22	18.4	7.6	11.0	65.1	43.9	63.0	25.3
5	Burton Swifts	5	10.6	3.6	13.8	52.6	62.4	35.4	25.6
6	Darwen	6	10.6	3.1	15.5	54.3	54.1	35.1	26.6
7	Chelsea	19	20.1	10.6	10.5	69.6	46.6	71.1	26.6
8	Tottenham Hotspur	16	19.4	10.7	11.5	78.3	53.1	69.0	27.4
9	Newcastle United	26	18.5	8.3	13.3	69.1	55.3	63.8	27.8
10	Birmingham City	45	17.7	9.7	12.8	64.0	50.7	62.9	28.3
11	Ipswich Town	20	19.2	11.2	13.4	69.9	58.4	69.0	28.6
12	Sheffield United	34	18.0	11.0	13.4	68.3	56.0	65.2	29.1
13	Leicester City	52	16.4	9.8	13.5	61.7	56.3	59.1	29.2
14	Bolton Wanderers	28	18.1	10.6	12.8	65.1	50.6	65.1	29.3
15	Leeds United	27	17.8	11.4	13.0	64.1	53.7	65.1	29.5
16	West Ham United	29	18.5	10.3	13.5	67.5	55.9	65.8	29.8
17	West Bromwich Albion	33	17.6	10.6	14.0	65.7	54.1	63.5	30.1
18	Sunderland	26	18.3	12.1	12.8	64.7	51.8	67.2	30.1
19	Middlesbrough	37	17.5	10.1	14.2	66.6	56.5	62.9	30.2
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	17.1	10.1	15.2	64.7	57.4	61.4	30.3
21	Aston Villa	10	17.9	11.1	13.2	61.7	48.7	64.8	30.6
22	Sheffield Wednesday	28	17.3	10.8	13.9	64.0	55.1	63.0	30.6
23	Blackpool	43	15.1	9.5	14.7	57.2	56.6	54.8	30.9
24	Derby County	35	17.0	10.2	14.6	65.5	58.9	61.4	31.1
25	Blackburn Rovers	36	17.3	10.9	14.4	62.9	57.5	62.9	31.1
26	Burnley	34	15.5	9.6	14.6	57.5	57.2	56.3	31.1
27	Leeds City	10	14.0	7.7	16.3	57.5	61.6	49.7	31.2
28	Gainsborough Trinity	16	10.9	7.3	16.9	44.8	64.3	40.1	31.5
29	Preston North End	33	16.0	10.9	14.3	63.2	59.2	58.9	31.6
	Team	Sns	WpS	DpS	LpS	FpS	ApS	PpS	Avg Pos
30	Stoke City	35	16.5	10.9	15.2	60.1	56.6	60.6	31.8
31	Loughborough	5	6.8	4.0	20.8	34.0	82.0	24.4	32.0
32	Glossop North End	16	12.0	7.8	16.5	49.8	59.5	44.0	32.0
33	Crystal Palace	27	16.1	11.8	15.2	56.0	54.0	60.2	32.0
34	Southampton	34	16.4	10.3	15.1	65.3	62.9	59.7	32.3
35	Norwich City	27	16.2	11.1	15.5	59.9	59.2	59.9	32.4
36	Fulham	50	15.9	9.9	15.5	61.1	57.4	57.9	32.4
37	Huddersfield Town	33	15.8	11.0	15.3	58.7	56.3	58.6	32.5
38	Queens Park Rangers	18	16.4	12.2	14.4	60.1	54.6	61.5	32.6
39	Grimsby Town	51	14.3	9.0	16.3	57.5	62.4	52.0	32.8
40	Luton Town	32	15.2	10.7	15.6	62.4	60.7	56.4	32.9
41	Walsall	13	10.4	8.3	16.8	52.4	68.7	39.7	33.0
42	Nottingham Forest	41	15.7	10.5	15.6	62.7	61.2	57.7	33.2
43	Bradford Park Avenue	22	15.6	8.5	16.7	65.8	66.8	55.5	33.3
44	Notts County	37	14.8	10.2	15.9	60.1	62.8	54.7	33.3
45	Oldham Athletic	36	15.5	11.0	15.8	60.0	60.9	57.7	33.3
46	Burton United	10	9.4	6.2	18.8	39.4	68.2	34.4	33.4
47	Millwall	31	15.6	11.5	15.7	57.1	58.5	58.6	33.4
48	Crewe Alexandra	9	10.1	7.3	20.3	43.5	76.4	37.6	33.5
49	Gateshead	9	14.3	11.0	16.6	54.3	59.5	54.0	33.5
50	Chesterfield	20	13.1	9.5	16.1	53.5	61.8	48.9	33.6
51	Tranmere Rovers	11	15.1	12.8	17.6	59.0	63.7	58.3	33.6
52	Bradford City	27	14.6	10.5	16.7	56.7	62.0	54.4	33.6
53	Barnsley	65	14.3	10.3	16.6	57.3	64.2	53.5	33.8
54	Hull City	50	14.4	10.9	16.0	56.3	60.3	54.3	33.9
55	Carlisle United	15	15.2	10.5	16.2	55.8	57.1	56.3	34.1
56	Charlton Athletic	39	15.4	11.1	16.3	63.4	67.3	57.5	34.1
57	Coventry City	19	15.7	10.1	16.3	58.3	60.6	57.3	34.2
58	Bristol City	41	14.6	10.6	16.0	55.4	59.1	54.4	34.2
59	Lincoln City	34	11.0	7.6	18.2	51.1	70.5	40.8	34.2
	Team	Sns	WpS	DpS	LpS	FpS	ApS	PpS	Avg Pos
60	Cardiff City	32	15.0	10.6	16.3	57.4	62.3	55.6	34.5
61	Port Vale	41	13.1	9.0	17.6	54.3	66.2	48.6	34.5
62	Brentford	10	15.6	10.9	15.9	58.8	62.5	57.7	34.6
63	Bury	39	15.4	9.0	17.1	61.4	65.9	55.2	34.6
64	Watford	17	15.0	12.3	17.1	55.2	58.0	57.5	34.7
65	Scunthorpe United	6	14.3	10.5	17.1	62.6	71.8	53.5	34.8
66	Rotherham United	20	15.1	9.9	17.2	66.1	71.9	55.2	35.1
67	Portsmouth	37	14.7	11.6	17.0	59.8	62.8	56.0	35.3
68	Brighton & Hove Albion	15	15.2	10.3	17.4	58.7	65.5	56.1	35.3
69	Swindon Town	18	14.5	12.1	17.6	57.7	64.5	55.6	35.3
70	Cambridge United	8	12.8	13.0	17.1	48.6	59.5	51.6	35.6
71	Leyton Orient	41	13.1	10.9	16.9	48.0	58.0	50.4	35.7
72	Shrewsbury Town	10	13.8	11.9	16.9	48.1	54.9	53.3	36.2
73	Bristol Rovers	19	14.3	11.0	17.3	61.2	69.3	53.9	36.2
74	Swansea City	34	14.6	9.4	17.9	63.4	73.2	53.2	36.4
75	Oxford United	18	14.1	11.9	17.8	52.0	58.0	54.4	36.6
76	Plymouth Argyle	34	13.9	10.9	17.6	60.7	68.7	52.7	36.7
77	Stockport County	26	11.5	9.6	18.8	47.0	66.9	44.1	36.7
78	Doncaster Rovers	14	11.4	9.7	19.1	51.7	74.5	44.0	37.2
79	Southend United	6	14.6	11.5	19.8	54.6	69.0	55.5	37.3
80	Reading	11	13.8	10.7	19.0	55.5	70.6	52.1	38.1

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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