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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.

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	11	56.7%	19.1%	24.0%	2.28	1.33	1.89
2	Manchester City	25	50.3%	21.8%	27.8%	1.97	1.32	1.72
3	Chelsea	19	48.7%	25.6%	25.5%	1.68	1.12	1.71
4	Manchester United	22	49.7%	20.5%	29.6%	1.75	1.18	1.69
5	Arsenal	13	50.4%	17.0%	32.4%	1.92	1.28	1.68
6	Tottenham Hotspur	16	46.5%	25.7%	27.6%	1.87	1.27	1.65
7	Newcastle United	26	45.9%	20.8%	33.1%	1.71	1.37	1.58
8	Ipswich Town	20	43.8%	25.6%	30.5%	1.59	1.33	1.57
9	Birmingham City	45	43.9%	24.1%	31.8%	1.58	1.25	1.56
10	Bolton Wanderers	28	43.4%	25.5%	30.9%	1.56	1.21	1.56
11	West Ham United	29	43.6%	24.3%	31.9%	1.59	1.31	1.55
12	Sunderland	26	42.3%	27.9%	29.6%	1.49	1.19	1.55
13	Leeds United	27	42.2%	27.0%	30.7%	1.51	1.26	1.53
14	Aston Villa	10	42.4%	26.3%	31.2%	1.46	1.15	1.53
15	Sheffield United	34	42.4%	26.0%	31.5%	1.60	1.31	1.53
16	West Bromwich Albion	33	41.6%	25.0%	33.2%	1.55	1.27	1.50
17	Middlesbrough	37	41.8%	24.2%	33.9%	1.58	1.34	1.49
18	Sheffield Wednesday	28	41.2%	25.6%	33.0%	1.52	1.30	1.49
19	Leicester City	52	41.1%	24.7%	34.0%	1.54	1.41	1.48
20	Blackburn Rovers	36	40.5%	25.6%	33.8%	1.47	1.34	1.47
21	Derby County	35	40.7%	24.3%	34.8%	1.56	1.40	1.46
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	40.3%	23.8%	35.8%	1.52	1.35	1.44
23	Preston North End	33	38.7%	26.5%	34.7%	1.53	1.43	1.42
24	Queens Park Rangers	18	38.1%	28.3%	33.5%	1.39	1.26	1.42
25	Southampton	34	39.1%	24.7%	36.1%	1.55	1.49	1.42
26	Stoke City	35	38.7%	25.6%	35.5%	1.40	1.32	1.41
27	Burnley	34	39.0%	24.1%	36.7%	1.44	1.43	1.41
28	Fulham	50	38.4%	24.0%	37.4%	1.47	1.38	1.39
29	Norwich City	27	37.7%	25.9%	36.2%	1.39	1.37	1.39
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
30	Crystal Palace	27	37.3%	27.3%	35.3%	1.29	1.24	1.39
31	Blackpool	43	38.3%	24.1%	37.4%	1.45	1.43	1.39
32	Huddersfield Town	33	37.6%	26.0%	36.2%	1.39	1.33	1.39
33	Nottingham Forest	41	37.4%	25.2%	37.3%	1.49	1.45	1.37
34	Millwall	31	36.4%	26.9%	36.5%	1.32	1.36	1.36
35	Oldham Athletic	36	36.7%	25.9%	37.2%	1.41	1.43	1.36
36	Brentford	10	36.7%	25.7%	37.5%	1.38	1.47	1.36
37	Coventry City	19	37.2%	23.9%	38.7%	1.38	1.43	1.35
38	Bradford Park Avenue	22	38.3%	20.7%	40.8%	1.60	1.63	1.35
39	Luton Town	32	36.6%	25.7%	37.6%	1.49	1.46	1.35
40	Carlisle United	15	36.3%	25.0%	38.5%	1.32	1.36	1.34
41	Charlton Athletic	39	36.0%	25.9%	37.9%	1.47	1.56	1.34
42	Notts County	37	36.2%	24.9%	38.8%	1.46	1.53	1.33
43	Bury	39	37.0%	21.7%	41.2%	1.47	1.58	1.32
44	Cardiff City	32	35.7%	25.2%	38.9%	1.36	1.48	1.32
45	Bristol City	41	35.3%	25.7%	38.9%	1.34	1.43	1.31
46	Grimsby Town	51	36.1%	22.6%	41.1%	1.45	1.57	1.31
47	Hull City	50	34.8%	26.3%	38.7%	1.35	1.45	1.30
48	Rotherham United	20	35.7%	23.4%	40.7%	1.56	1.70	1.30
49	Leeds City	10	36.8%	20.2%	42.8%	1.51	1.62	1.30
50	Brighton & Hove Albion	15	35.4%	23.9%	40.5%	1.36	1.52	1.30
51	Bradford City	27	34.8%	25.0%	40.0%	1.35	1.48	1.29
52	Barnsley	65	34.7%	25.0%	40.1%	1.38	1.55	1.29
53	Watford	17	33.7%	27.7%	38.5%	1.23	1.30	1.29
54	Portsmouth	37	33.9%	26.8%	39.1%	1.37	1.44	1.28
55	Gateshead	9	34.1%	26.1%	39.6%	1.29	1.41	1.28
56	Tranmere Rovers	11	33.2%	28.0%	38.6%	1.29	1.39	1.27
57	Scunthorpe United	6	34.1%	25.0%	40.8%	1.49	1.71	1.27
58	Swansea City	34	34.8%	22.4%	42.7%	1.50	1.74	1.26
59	Bristol Rovers	19	33.5%	25.8%	40.6%	1.43	1.62	1.26
	Team	Sns	%W	%D	%L	GFA	GAA	PpG
60	Burton Swifts	5	37.8%	12.8%	49.2%	1.87	2.22	1.26
61	Chesterfield	20	33.8%	24.4%	41.6%	1.37	1.59	1.26
62	Swindon Town	18	32.7%	27.4%	39.8%	1.30	1.45	1.25
63	Shrewsbury Town	10	32.3%	27.9%	39.6%	1.12	1.28	1.25
64	Plymouth Argyle	34	32.7%	25.7%	41.4%	1.42	1.61	1.24
65	Oxford United	18	32.1%	27.1%	40.6%	1.18	1.31	1.23
66	Leyton Orient	41	32.1%	26.5%	41.3%	1.17	1.41	1.22
67	Port Vale	41	33.0%	22.6%	44.3%	1.36	1.66	1.21
68	Glossop North End	16	33.0%	21.5%	45.3%	1.36	1.63	1.20
69	Southend United	6	31.8%	25.0%	43.1%	1.18	1.50	1.20
70	Cambridge United	8	29.9%	30.2%	39.8%	1.13	1.38	1.20
71	Darwen	6	36.3%	10.7%	52.8%	1.85	1.84	1.19
72	Reading	11	31.6%	24.5%	43.7%	1.27	1.61	1.19
73	Gainsborough Trinity	16	31.0%	20.9%	48.0%	1.27	1.82	1.14
74	Walsall	13	29.3%	23.4%	47.1%	1.46	1.92	1.11
75	Stockport County	26	28.7%	24.2%	47.0%	1.17	1.67	1.10
76	Lincoln City	34	29.8%	20.6%	49.4%	1.38	1.90	1.10
77	Doncaster Rovers	14	28.3%	24.1%	47.5%	1.28	1.84	1.09
78	Burton United	10	27.3%	18.0%	54.6%	1.14	1.98	1.00
79	Crewe Alexandra	9	26.7%	19.4%	53.8%	1.15	2.02	0.99
80	Loughborough	5	21.5%	12.6%	65.8%	1.07	2.59	0.77

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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