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    Historical Ranking: ENGLAND

    [Last updated: end of 2008-2009 season]

    Rank Club Points
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    Liverpool
    Manchester United
    Arsenal
    Aston Villa
    Everton
    Tottenham Hotspur
    Newcastle United
    Sunderland
    Chelsea
    Manchester City
    Blackburn Rovers
    Shefield Wednesday
    Wolverhampton Wanderers
    Nottingham Forest
    West Bromwich Albion
    Derby County
    Bolton Wanderers
    Leeds United
    Sheffield United
    Burnley
    553
    512
    416
    357
    349
    281
    276
    273
    266
    266
    247
    241
    237
    232
    232
    210
    202
    198
    198
    177
    Rank Second Tier Clubs Points
    21
    22
    23
    24
    25
    26
    27
    28
    29
    30
    31
    32
    33
    34
    35
    36
    37
    38
    39
    40
    41
    42
    43
    44
    Leicester City
    Preston North End
    Birmingham City
    Middlesbrough
    West Ham United
    Stoke City
    Portsmouth
    Huddersfield Town
    Ipswich Town
    Notts County
    Southampton
    Blackpool
    Coventry City
    Charlton Athletic
    Bury
    Fulham
    Norwich City
    Grimsby Town
    Barnsley
    Cardiff City
    Queens Park Rangers
    Bristol City
    Crystal Palace
    Oldham Athletic
    177
    177
    173
    172
    169
    158
    140
    133
    116
    116
    116
    108
    105
    104
    100
    98
    91
    86
    79
    76
    71
    67
    66
    65
    Rank Third Tier Clubs Points
    45
    46
    47
    48
    49
    50
    51
    52
    53
    54
    55
    56
    57
    58
    59
    60
    61
    62
    63
    64
    65
    66
    67
    68
    Bradford City
    Hull City
    Millwall
    Leyton Orient
    Plymouth Argyle
    Port Vale
    Swansea City
    MK Dons
    Watford
    Lincoln City
    Rotherham United
    Brighton and Hove Albion
    Stockport County
    Brentford
    Reading
    Swindon Town
    Chesterfield
    Doncaster Rovers
    Bristol Rovers
    Carlisle United
    Walsall
    Crewe Alexandra
    Shrewsbury Town
    Tranmere Rovers
    64
    58
    46
    45
    44
    44
    43
    42
    42
    38
    33
    30
    29
    28
    27
    25
    24
    21
    20
    20
    17
    12
    12
    12
    Rank Fourth Tier Clubs Points
    69
    70
    71
    72
    73
    74
    75
    76
    77
    78
    79
    80
    81
    82
    83
    84
    85
    86
    87
    88
    89
    90
    91
    92
    Wigan Athletic
    Scunthorpe United
    Southend United
    Northampton Town
    Gillingham
    Bournemouth
    Darlington
    Peterborough United
    Colchester United
    Hereford
    Exeter City
    Yeovil Town
    Accrington Stanley
    Aldershot Town
    Barnet
    Burton Albion
    Cheltenham Town
    Dagenham and Redbridge
    Hartlepool United
    Macclesfield Town
    Morecambe
    Rochdale
    Torquay United
    Wycombe Wanderers
    12
    9
    9
    7
    6
    4
    4
    4
    2
    2
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Rank Non-league & Defunct Clubs with a Score Points
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    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
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    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    24
    25
    26
    27
    28
    Luton Town
    Oxford United
    The Wanderers
    Bradford Park Avenue
    Burton United
    Glossop North End
    Gainsborough Trinity
    Old Etonians
    Accrington
    Cambridge United
    Darwen
    Leeds City
    Blackburn Olympic
    Clapham Rovers
    Old Carthusians
    Oxford University
    Royal Engineers
    Loughborough
    Wrexham
    Mansfield Town
    New Brighton Tower
    York City
    Nelson
    Newport County
    Bootle
    Middlesbrough Ironopolis
    Rushden and Diamonds
    Southport
    75
    32
    30
    29
    18
    18
    16
    12
    10
    10
    10
    10
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    3
    3
    3
    2
    2
    1
    1
    1
    1

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    The About a Ball Ranking is a points scoring system devised our statisticians to grade each league club according to their historical achievements since the beginning of organised football in this country. We felt the need for such a ranking after hearing numerous lower division chairmen claiming that their club is one of the biggest in the country and should rightfully be in the top division. However, there are only 20 places in the Premiership and therefore only 20 clubs deserve to occupy them, so we decided to find out which clubs really are sleeping giants and which are currently flying well above their historical status.

    How it works

    Points awarded as follows:

    Champions Cup Win +15
    Other European Trophy Win +10
    League Championship +10
    FA Cup Win +6
    League Cup Win +3
    Second Level Division Win +3
    Lower Division Win +1
    Season in top division +2
    Season in 2nd division +1
    Bonuses: Super Cup; Club Cup; Double +1

    Notes: The scores include any points scored by a club under a former name. In cases where clubs have merged or re-formed, the new club has been awarded the points accumulated by its previous incarnations wherever there is a continuation or substantial link between the old and new clubs.

    Criticisms and Improvements

    There is no account taken of when the points were scored, so a team (e.g. Sunderland) could have scored a large portion of their points a long time ago in a very different era. The teams did not all join the league at the same time so founder members such as Burnley have scored their points over a much longer period of time than “new” clubs such as Wimbledon/MK Dons. The system takes account only of on the pitch successes and not off the pitch factors such as attendance and annual budget which could indicate a big club. The About a Ball ranking could be improved (and also complicated) by including points for average attendances and annual budget/profit, dividing points totals by the number of years clubs have been in the league, or by giving less weight to points scored a long time ago. However, we are satisfied that our system accurately ranks the 92 league clubs based on historical success and identifies clubs currently under or over achieving.

    Conclusions

    It is clear that Liverpool are by far the most successful English football club ever, which was the expected result. However, their lead has been drastically reduced by Manchester United over the past few seasons. There is a considerable gap to third placed Arsenal, who themselves have a comfortable margin over Aston Villa and Everton, separated by only a few points in fourth and fifth respectively. They could collectively be known as the big five because the last sizeable gap in the ranking (68 points) separates them from sixth placed Tottenham Hotspur and the rest of the chasing pack. Of the 20 clubs contesting the 2009-2010 Premier League, 13 are historically among the top 20 English teams and are therefore competing at their correct historical level. The other seven have risen above their traditional status.

    Wigan Athletic are currently the most over-achieving club in the country, having reached the dizzy heights of three whole divisions above their historical level. The Premier League’s Hull City and the Championship’s Peterborough United and Scunthorpe United are all currently playing at two divisions above their normal station, which perhaps explains why they have had a difficult start to the season.

    When we turn to underachievement, Leeds United supporters have the most to be concerned about. They should be comfortably inside the country’s top twenty but unfortunately they’ve hit hard times and find themselves two divisions lower down. Notts County, Bury and Grimsby Town are also all two divisions below their historical status.

    All the other 28 clubs that have ever scored points under this system have been included in the study in case they ever return to league football. Of course, there’s no chance of that ever happening for many of them because they have been dissolved or disbanded over the years. Luton Town and Oxford United, however, will be hopeful of making it back in the not too distant future. Their scores would put them in the second and third tiers of English football respectively and they are both pushing for promotion back to the football league this season. It’s interesting to note that teams such as The Wanderers and Bradford Park Avenue are still statistically among the top sixty achievers in the country.

    It is strictly forbidden to copy or reproduce these tables without permission. Any breach of copyright may lead to prosecution. The tables will be updated annually and any feedback on the results/corrections to data is welcome.

    aboutaball.com 2009

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