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

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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