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+----- Thread: All-time Football League Positions 1888-2018 (/showthread.php?tid=6796)
All-time Football League Positions 1888-2018 - talkSAFT - 14-05-2018
Total
1 8,292 Liverpool
2 8,240 Arsenal
3 8,152 Everton
4 8,078 Manchester United
5 7,916 Aston Villa
6 7,663 Manchester City
7 7,600 Newcastle United
8 7,486 Tottenham Hotspur
9 7,444 Chelsea
10 7,436 Sunderland
11 7,191 West Bromwich Albion
12 6,955 Blackburn Rovers
13 6,884 Derby County
14 6,814 Wolverhampton Wanderers
15 6,797 Sheffield Wednesday
16 6,773 Middlesbrough
17 6,749 Bolton Wanderers
18 6,683 Sheffield United
19 6,675 West Ham United
20 6,638 Birmingham City
21 6,629 Leicester City
22 6,585 Nottingham Forest
23 6,565 Leeds United
24 6,495 Stoke City
25 6,130 Burnley
26 6,029 Southampton
27 5,734 Preston North End
28 5,421 Portsmouth
29 5,380 Fulham
30 5,353 Huddersfield Town
31 5,283 Charlton Athletic
32 5,132 Blackpool
33 5,087 Coventry City
34 4,959 Norwich City
35 4,791 Queens Park Rangers
36 4,774 Ipswich Town
37 4,619 Crystal Palace
38 4,615 Cardiff City
39 4,468 Bristol City
40 4,397 Hull City
1951 to present 92
1924 to 1950: 88
1922 to 1923 86
1921 66
1920 44
1906 to 1915 40
1899 to 1905 36
1895 to 1898 32
1894 31
1893 28
1892 14
1888 to 1891 12
Some may favour awarding extra points for finishing as Champions, but:-
whose decision is it whether to award 5 extra points, or 10 extra points?
No consideration is given to points accumulated, games won, or goals scored.
Based purely on League position since The Football League's.
inauguration (1888) these are the top 40 Clubs.
The League champions are awarded 92 League pts,
whilst the bottom team in League 2 are awarded 1 League point.
(Between 1924 and 1950, there were only 88 Clubs in the League,
and so the League champions gained 88 League pts.
Between 1888 (12 Clubs) and 1923 (86 Clubs) there were varying
nos of League members. The Champs get 12 pts (for example) for
winning the 1888-89 season,
When there were 2 Division 3s (North & South), the winners would have
each received 49 pts, whilst the runners-up both got 47.