Liverpool the best team in England Evarrrrrrrr (its offical)!

mike65

Its comes as no surprise to me 'naturalment', but Liverpool have been confirmed as the best team in the history of the English game having a points average of 1.63 per game.

Liverpool top all-time table

Liverpool pipped Manchester United to top spot in an all-time league table dating back to the start of English League football and published by The Times on Monday.

According to the standings, which awards three points for a win and one for a draw since the start of league football in 1888, Liverpool, who have won a record 18 titles, emerged with 5,927 points from their 3,643 matches - an average of 1.63 points a game.

Manchester United, who have won 15 titles, were second with 5,337 points from their 3,287 matches - an average of 1.62 points per game followed by Arsenal, champions 13 times, who totalled 5,780 points from 3,643 matches at 1.59 points a match.

Despite playing only 2,063 matches in the top division, Leeds United were fourth with 1.48 average points with Aston Villa fifth (1.47), Everton sixth (1.47), Tottenham Hotspur seventh (1.44), Newcastle United eighth (1.43), Wolverhampton Wanderers ninth (1.42) and Burnley tenth (1.41).

Chelsea, champions for the last two seasons, are 14th (average 1.39 points) and would have to total more than 90 points a season for the next 23 years to overhaul Liverpool's present average points per game.

Leyton Orient, who spent one season in the top division in 1962-63, placed 62nd and last in the list with 0.64 points a match.

Everton, founder members of the league in 1888, have played more top flight matches than any other club: 4,027 while Liverpool have won more than anyone else: 1,674. Everton also hold the record for drawn games (987) and defeats (1,402).

More here

Mike.

wheres me jumpa

Ive thought and thought and thought but I just cant find a way to twist this in Uniteds favour, give me another ten minutes

Guy:Incognito

Arsenal and Liverpool have played exactly the same amount of games, what'r the odds?

wheres me jumpa

Weird seeing Burnley up there.

zAbbo

Deffo the best supported club on here as well.

Johnny_the_fox

the daddies of english football...

Pepe LeFrits

I wonder if this had been carried out 15 years ago what it would have looked like, and what it will look like in 15 years time?

The Times today also declared that the Arsenal team in '91 that won the league with just 1 defeat and a 2 point deduction was the greatest team in the history of English football. The Times also said that the Arsenal team that went unbeaten was the yardstick by which all Arsenal teams must now be measured, go figure.

Rikand

i wonder how much last season affected Sunderlands total ? lol

I reckoned blackburns total would be higher on that list with 3 titles to our name, but oh well

iregk

I wonder, what exactly was the point in that piece of research though? Its kind of like saying, wow look how great Anderlect were they won this years ago!

TheMonster

wheres me jumpa wrote:

Ive thought and thought and thought but I just cant find a way to twist this in Uniteds favour, give me another ten minutes

I think you will find Utd have more actual points than Liverpool (Not even sure this is true but it sounds good)

event

we were 4th

cool

patmac

Basically this is rubbish, they are essentially rewarding teams for spending time outside the top division. The all time top 10 based on points earned in the top division only are (wait for it Everton fans):
1 EVERTON 4322
2 LIVERPOOL 4291
3 ARSENAL 4206
4 ASTON VILLA 3952
5 MAN UTD 3877
6 NEWCASTLE 3183
7 MAN CITY 3132
8 TOTTENHAM 3056
9 SUNDERLAND 3009
10 CHELSEA 3002.
Unfortunately the most succesful club in the history of football is Liverpool as they have won more trophies than anyone else, but we new that anyway because they keep reminding of it.

Villain

Where can one see the full stats?

Rikand

irish1 wrote:

Where can one see the full stats?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-2282835,00.html

at the top of that article there is a link that says ::

All-time league table in full

Click on it

Trampas

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

I wonder if this had been carried out 15 years ago what it would have looked like, and what it will look like in 15 years time?

The Times today also declared that the Arsenal team in '91 that won the league with just 1 defeat and a 2 point deduction was the greatest team in the history of English football. The Times also said that the Arsenal team that went unbeaten was the yardstick by which all Arsenal teams must now be measured, go figure.

Sounds like a Sky Sports person. Doesn't believe football existed before the premiership

mike65

Here's the full list, complete with teams who have long since been forgotten.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,110108,00.html

Mike.

KdjaCL

And like that the posts were gone.......


Comment on the thread not your own whiney little "man Utd/livErpool r de best" crap.



kdjac

mike65

Much tidier.

Nice to see Wolves in that list, but kind of depressing too.

Mike.