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Post by Panda on May 7, 2006 18:29:02 GMT 1
Some of you may have seen this last season. It's a list of the 92 league clubs from this season, ranked based on their average league position. There's always a little bit of movement each season so here's is this year's list. (It's worth mentioning that clubs that have recently joined the League are at something of a disadvantage due to them not playing in the old Div. 3 North/South setup, which meant older clubs have played a lot of seasons with a worst possible ranking of 66, compared to 92 now. If I get a chance at some point I may redo the rankings so the Div. 3 North/South teams aren't given joint rankings for those seasons, therefore evening things up with the newer clubs.
Any time spent outside the league is not included.
1. Liverpool (average = 8.627) 2. Arsenal (9.126) 3. Everton 4. Manchester United 5. Aston Villa 6. Tottenham Hotspur 7. Newcastle United 8. Chelsea 9. Manchester City 10. Sunderland (15.505) 11. West Bromwich Albion 12. Leeds United 13. Blackburn Rovers 14. Derby County 15. West Ham United 16. Sheffield Wednesday 17. Wolverhampton Wanderers 18. Middlesbrough 19. Sheffield United 20. Bolton Wanderers (20.991) 21. Nottingham Forest 22. Birmingham City 23. Leicester City 24. Stoke City 25. Ipswich Town 26. Southampton 27. Burnley 28. Preston North End 29. Portsmouth 30. Charlton Athletic (30.808) 31. Coventry City 32. Huddersfield Town 33. Milton Keynes Dons (including Wimbledon) 34. Blackpool 35. Fulham 36. Norwich City 37. Queen's Park Rangers 38. Notts County 39. Luton Town 40. Crystal Palace (40.418) 41. Bristol City 42. Grimsby Town 43. Cardiff City 44. Bury 45. Barnsley 46. Oldham Athletic 47. Millwall 48. Hull City 49. Plymouth Argyle 50. Watford (47.013) 51. Bradford City 52. Port Vale 53. Brighton & Hove Albion 54. Oxford United 55. Rotherham 56. Leyton Orient 57. Swindon Town 58. Swansea City 59. Reading 60. Bristol Rovers (52.557) 61. Brentford 62. Walsall 63. Chesterfield 64. Lincoln City 65. Wigan Athletic 66. Tranmere Rovers 67. AFC Bournemouth 68. Stockport County 69. Shrewsbury Town 70. Carlisle United (59.500) 71. Southend United 72. Gillingham 73. Wrexham 74. Wycombe Wanderers 75. Doncaster Rovers 76. Crewe Alexandra 77. Northampton Town 78. Mansfield Town 79. Peterborough United 80. Colchester United (66.722) 81. Yeovil Town 82. Scunthorpe United 83. Chester City 84. Torquay United 85. Darlington 86. Hartlepool United 87. Rochdale 88. Cheltenham Town 89. Rushden & Diamonds 90. Macclesfield Town 91. Barnet 92. Boston United (81.250)
If Accrington Stanley were on the list, they'd be at #70.
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2006 20:53:58 GMT 1
Will we ever climb?
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Post by Robin on May 8, 2006 9:22:44 GMT 1
Will we ever climb? We're more likely to fall!
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Post by frag on May 8, 2006 10:12:12 GMT 1
Any changes from last season's list?
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Post by Admin on May 8, 2006 10:22:01 GMT 1
Will we ever climb? We're more likely to fall! True, but you are 38th after all Long way to go to get near us
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Post by Panda on May 9, 2006 18:03:48 GMT 1
Here's the list with changes from last season in brackets:
1. Liverpool 2. Arsenal 3. Everton 4. Manchester United 5. Aston Villa 6. Tottenham Hotspur 7. Newcastle United 8. Chelsea 9. Manchester City 10. Sunderland 11. West Bromwich Albion 12. Leeds United 13. Blackburn Rovers (up 1) 14. Derby County (down 1) 15. West Ham United (up 1) 16. Sheffield Wednesday (down 1) 17. Wolverhampton Wanderers 18. Middlesbrough 19. Sheffield United 20. Bolton Wanderers 21. Nottingham Forest 22. Birmingham City 23. Leicester City 24. Stoke City 25. Ipswich Town 26. Southampton 27. Burnley 28. Preston North End 29. Portsmouth 30. Charlton Athletic 31. Coventry City (up 1) 32. Huddersfield Town (up 1) 33. Milton Keynes Dons (down 2) 34. Blackpool 35. Fulham 36. Norwich City 37. Queen's Park Rangers (up 1) 38. Notts County (down 1) 39. Luton Town 40. Crystal Palace 41. Bristol City (up 1) 42. Grimsby Town (down 1) 43. Cardiff City (up 1) 44. Bury (down 1) 45. Barnsley (up 1) 46. Oldham Athletic (down 1) 47. Millwall 48. Hull City 49. Plymouth Argyle 50. Watford 51. Bradford City 52. Port Vale (up 1) 53. Brighton & Hove Albion (up 1) 54. Oxford United (down 2) 55. Rotherham United 56. Leyton Orient 57. Swindon Town 58. Swansea City 59. Reading (up 1) 60. Bristol Rovers (down 1) 61. Brentford 62. Walsall 63. Chesterfield 64. Lincoln City 65. Wigan Athletic (up 4) 66. Tranmere Rovers (down 1) 67. AFC Bournemouth (down 1) 68. Stockport County (down 1) 69. Shrewsbury Town (down 1) 70. Carlisle United (re-entry) 71. Southend United (down 1) 72. Gillingham 73. Wrexham (down 2) 74. Wycombe Wanderers (down 1) 75. Doncaster Rovers (down 1) 76. Crewe Alexandra (down 1) 77. Northampton Town (down 1) 78. Mansfield Town 79. Peterborough United 80. Colchester United 81. Yeovil Town (up 6) 82. Scunthorpe United 83. Chester City 84. Torquay United 85. Darlington (down 1) 86. Hartlepool United 87. Rochdale (down 2) 88. Cheltenham Town (up 1) 89. Rushden & Diamonds (down 1) 90. Macclesfield Town 91. Barnet (re-entry) 92. Boston United (down 1)
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Post by Admin on May 9, 2006 20:33:32 GMT 1
I expect yeovil and colchester will catch the stags soon
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Post by Tom on May 12, 2006 17:51:16 GMT 1
59th! I hope we reach the Top 50 soon
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Post by Panda on May 12, 2006 18:11:53 GMT 1
I expect yeovil and colchester will catch the stags soon Yeovil will overtake Mansfield with a top-half finish next season. Colchester would probably overtake them with 2 seasons in the Championship.
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Post by Panda on May 12, 2006 18:13:53 GMT 1
59th! I hope we reach the Top 50 soon You should move up next season, wherever you finish but you're still about 10 top flight seasons away from the top 50.
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Post by Tom on May 12, 2006 19:37:18 GMT 1
Didnt realise the Top 50 was so difficult to crack. I guess our lack of top flight experience hinders us here
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Post by Panda on May 12, 2006 19:52:01 GMT 1
Yeah... As the rankings are based on an average over a long period of time, they don't change much year-on-year. Even if Reading won the Premiership next season, they'd probably only move up 3 places at the most.
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Post by Panda on May 12, 2006 19:53:02 GMT 1
Actually, it could be 4 as Oxford won't be on next season's list.
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Post by Tom on May 12, 2006 19:58:14 GMT 1
I think when I first saw this I thought it was based on only this seasons performance over the 4 leagues.
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Post by Panda on May 12, 2006 20:04:33 GMT 1
If it was based on this season, then that would make Reading #21. That list is coming soon...
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Post by Tom on May 12, 2006 20:08:02 GMT 1
Ooh I'll look forward to seeing that
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Post by Panda on Aug 27, 2006 16:44:19 GMT 1
I'm currently in the process of doing the new version of this that adjusts the rankings for the Division 3 North and South years.
It might be ready next week...
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Post by Dj on Aug 31, 2006 11:11:18 GMT 1
Am so frustrated that Burnley are 1 above us!
Those seasons in the old 3rd Division did us no good whatsoever!
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Post by Panda on Sept 16, 2006 13:40:54 GMT 1
The new version is complete!
Here are the new rankings. Changes from the old version are shown in brackets.
1. Liverpool 2. Arsenal 3. Everton 4. Manchester United 5. Aston Villa 6. Tottenham Hotspur 7. Newcastle United 8. Chelsea 9. Manchester City 10. Sunderland 11. Leeds United (up 1) 12. West Bromwich Albion (down 1) 13. Blackburn Rovers 14. Derby County 15. West Ham United 16. Sheffield Wednesday 17. Wolverhampton Wanderers 18. Middlesbrough 19. Sheffield United 20. Bolton Wanderers 21. Nottingham Forest 22. Birmingham City 23. Leicester City 24. Stoke City 25. Southampton (up 1) 26. Ipswich Town (down 1) 27. Burnley 28. Preston North End 29. Portsmouth 30. Charlton Athletic 31. Huddersfield Town (up 1) 32. Milton Keynes Dons (up 1) (includes Wimbledon) 33. Coventry City (down 2) 34. Blackpool 35. Fulham 36. Notts County (up 2) 37. Norwich City (down 1) 38. Luton Town (up 1) 39. Queens Park Rangers (down 2) 40. Bury (up 4) 41. Grimsby Town (up 1) 42. Bristol City (down 1) 43. Barnsley (up 2) 44. Cardiff City (down 1) 45. Crystal Palace (down 5) 46. Oldham Athletic 47. Hull City (up 1) 48. Millwall (down 1) 49. Plymouth Argyle 50. Bradford City (up 1) 51. Oxford United (up 3) 52. Port Vale 53. Watford (down 3) 54. Swansea City (up 4) 55. Brighton & Hove Albion (down 2) 56. Rotherham United (down 1) 57. Leyton Orient (down 1) 58. Reading (up 1) 59. Brentford (up 2) 60. Swindon Town (down 3) 61. Bristol Rovers (down 1) 62. Chesterfield (up 1) 63. Wigan Athletic (up 2) 64. Lincoln City 65. Stockport County (up 3) 66. Walsall (down 4) 67. Shrewsbury Town (up 2) 68. Tranmere Rovers (down 2) 69. AFC Bournemouth (down 2) 70. Wycombe Wanderers (up 4) 71. Carlisle United (down 1) 72. Doncaster Rovers (up 3) 73. Southend United (down 2) 74. Wrexham (down 1) 75. Gillingham (down 3) 76. Peterborough United (up 3) 77. Northampton Town 78. Yeovil Town (up 3) 79. Crewe Alexandra (down 3) 80. Mansfield Town (down 2) 81. Colchester United (down 1) 82. Scunthorpe United 83. Chester City 84. Torquay United 85. Cheltenham Town (up 3) 86. Darlington (down 1) 87. Rochdale 88. Hartlepool United (down 2) 89. Rushden & Diamonds 90. Macclesfield Town 91. Barnet 92. Boston United
If Oxford and Rushden were taken out and replaced with Accrington Stanley and Hereford, they would be at positions 82 and 89, respectively.
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Post by Robin on Sept 16, 2006 17:26:02 GMT 1
How can Notts County have risen two places when we finished 4th from bottom in the Football League last season, it doesn't make any sense!
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