davieG Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/all-time-premier-league-table-since-1992-best-teams-every-club 14. Leicester Points: 669 (from 536 games), Seasons: 14, Goal difference: -69 The lowest-placed team to have actually won the Premier League. Which, to be fair, most Foxes fans would likely have taken five years ago if you’d offered it to them. Possibly with the words: “Yeah, fair enough, the lowest place team to… sorry, come again?” Leicester arrived in the Premier League in 1994 under Brian Little's stewardship, and immediately went back down. It was Martin O'Neill who later led them to four consecutive top-10 finishes, and things went a bit haywire after he left in 2000: Leicester finished bottom in 2002, made a one-season appearance in 2003/04, then briefly dipped down to the third tier in 2008/09, before returning in 2014 to pull off a great escape and then a title win. A perfectly normal narrative.
AKCJ Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 Not bad considering we've probably not even been in the Premier League for half of it's existence.
bovril Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 37 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Not bad considering we've probably not even been in the Premier League for half of it's existence. I make this our 14th season, so yeah exactly half. Edit: just seen that was in the original post.
StanSP Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 14 seasons. 14th place. Been quite dull whenever we've been in the division. Not sure what we add to it.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 156 more points than Notts Forest and Derby combined.
Guest Electric Yetis Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 Opened it up and an error in the first write up, saying Swindon were in the PL in 92/93. Makes me not want to read the rest 😄.
Corky Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 6 hours ago, StanSP said: 14 seasons. 14th place. Been quite dull whenever we've been in the division. Not sure what we add to it. We're pretty much either top half or relegated. We don't spend years flitting between 12th and 16th.
Osavo Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 Though interesting, these are basically just tables of who has spent the most seasons in the league really. More interesting to understand performance is the points per game one, which has us at 12th, leapfrogging Southampton and West Ham.
Koke Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 7 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: 156 more points than Notts Forest and Derby combined. The likes of Wigan and Charlton are above them.
Lambert09 Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 I think this list is definitive proof that Burnley are now a bigger club than Forest
Spudulike Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 So Brentford could be the 50th club to play in the Premier League.
Spudulike Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 5 hours ago, Osavo said: Though interesting, these are basically just tables of who has spent the most seasons in the league really. More interesting to understand performance is the points per game one, which has us at 12th, leapfrogging Southampton and West Ham. Except you could potentially have a club winning the Premier League in their first season and then jump to the top of the all time table.
Osavo Posted 31 July 2020 Posted 31 July 2020 25 minutes ago, Spudulike said: Except you could potentially have a club winning the Premier League in their first season and then jump to the top of the all time table. Well yes, obviously that could happen. But also that would point to a very good Premier League performance, so I struggle to understand the point you're trying to make.
Aus Fox Posted 1 August 2020 Posted 1 August 2020 So Forest who bang on about European Cups, have spent a grand total of 5 of the last 28 seasons in the top flight. The same as Bournemouth, hull and next season Sheff Utd. Derby who claim to be of equal size or bigger than us, have spent 75% of seasons since the PL began outside the top division, the same As Watford, QPR and Birmingham. Its hard to argue of the last 30 years we are by far the biggest club in the East Midlands and second only to Villa in the midlands. If you need any more evidence in that time we have picked up two league cups and a PL title. On a side note I’d love to finish 23 points above Leeds next season and move above them. They are remarkably high for a team who have spent 16 seasons outside the division and shows how hard they fell.
Aus Fox Posted 1 August 2020 Posted 1 August 2020 8 hours ago, Osavo said: Though interesting, these are basically just tables of who has spent the most seasons in the league really. More interesting to understand performance is the points per game one, which has us at 12th, leapfrogging Southampton and West Ham. Massively disagree, why should a team benefit on a table like this through not being in the division? We were shit for about 10 years where as some clubs plodded along nicely, others like Ipswich, Reading and Forest had one or two good seasons, but then went back down. They shouldn’t be looked at as better for that. The fact is you need to be in The Premier League to earn the points.
Spudulike Posted 1 August 2020 Posted 1 August 2020 10 hours ago, Osavo said: Well yes, obviously that could happen. But also that would point to a very good Premier League performance, so I struggle to understand the point you're trying to make. Of course it would but gives a false indication of Premier League success over 28 seasons. If, for example, Brentford get promoted and next season win the PL with the best points per game ratio, should they be recorded above ManU as the all time most successful team?
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