English Football’s Biggest Clubs : REVEALED!

[GreersElbow]

Or alternatively, you're not as good as you think you are...

Seeing as this is breaking news and just revealed, you need to sell this to the papers. You're a future statistical king. Move out the way, Prince George Louis Alexandria. We have a fresh one in town.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

I'd rather watch a repeat of the playoff semi final with Holloway than sit doing that 'maths project'

Jesus Christ.

 

[GreersElbow]

How the **** is Leicester in the top 20?

 

[itszamora]

How the **** is Leicester in the top 20?

Probably because, as I suspect from his username, the OP is a Leicester fan.

 

[GreersElbow]

Probably because, as I suspect from his username, the OP is a Leicester fan.

I know - he biggest underachievers in the Football League currently are Wolverhampton Wanderers, Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle who are all two divisions below their ‘natural level’. I think he fancies himself as a bit of a pundit.

 

[Maximus]

History is just that - history. You're always going to come unstuck when you look at things over a long period, as people use their current knowledge. Why not use a multiplier system to create more points for the last 5 seasons etc.

 

[Bladders]

Bury?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Old Etonians still exist, don't they? Along with the Royal Engineers and they've both lifted the FA Cup on at least one occasion.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

West Brom above N Forest,winners of the European Cup on 2 occasions

would like to see revised stats,say since 1960

 

[shingle]

What a crock of shite, never read such a load of drivel

 

[GreersElbow]

He blocked me on twitter.

The moron is saying big clubs SHOULD be in the Premier league because of their history. I was pointing out that no club should be anywhere unless the performances dictate, but the silly twit didn't seem to understand that.

 

[1901]

Shocking.

We are bigger than Leicester for a start.
Topping last seasons attendance table.
4 Promotions this Millenium.

 

[GreersElbow]

Shocking.

We are bigger than Leicester for a start.
Topping last seasons attendance table.
4 Promotions this Millenium.

Yeah, but he's a Leicester fan (god bless him), so of course they'll be in the top 20.

 

[Billy the Fish]

On the whole it's not far off, but there are some anomalies which need sorting. You are discounting too many variables.

On attendances you should come up with a points system per season and per division based on how far above/below a club's average is in relation to the divisional average. This would take account for a general shift in the populararity of football i.e when crowds dipped in the 80s and when they shot up in the 90s, and it would show up when big clubs like Man City were getting 30,000 crowds in the 3rd division and small clubs like Wigan or Oldham getting >20,000 crowds in the top division.

As THRK says, you need to put some weighting on time elapsed since the records began. That will give you a more accurate figure on the current table, and it will also allow you produce a table for each season since the records began showing clubs that are upwardly mobile or on the slide. I'd be interested to see how Fulham and Charlton did in that respect.

I'm sure there are many other ways to improve it, that is just off the top of my head.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Shocking.

We are bigger than Leicester for a start.
Topping last seasons attendance table.
4 Promotions this Millenium.

Although that is clearly nonsense. We are not, by any stretch of the imagination, bigger than Leicester.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

As soon as I saw Bury were a bigger club than Brighton that stopped me reading anymore.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Shocking.

We are bigger than Leicester for a start.
Topping last seasons attendance table.
4 Promotions this Millenium.

got a mate who's a Leicester fan,when we started playing them in the old Div1 & 2,he once said,what's it coming to,were even losing to Seaside Rovers now,cheeky f*****

I wouldn't say were bigger than Leicester,potentially yes,but not yet

 

[Billy the Fish]

Your points system is far too basic as well.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Is it me or is the OP more interested in being an attention whoare for his blog than coming up with something accurate?

 

[Canonman]

50th? blimey that can't be right surely. Does that include our Charity Shield?