Saturday, 7 May 2011

The Compound Premier League Table

 

(First posted 2011. Last updated 2024)

 There are certain thoughts that will always reveal your age. Hearing that QPR and Norwich have been promoted back to the Premier League, I had the instinctive response that that seemed right, the rightness signifying nothing more than that both teams were at their peak in the late eighties and early nineties when I was in my teens and early twenties and was paying much closer attention to League football (and that both were entertaining and attractive teams to watch, too - once QPR had stopped using that plastic pitch, anyway. If Wimbledon and Luton had returned to the big time - not though either of them exist as league teams anymore - my reaction would have been "Here we go again")

 This thought raised a further question "Which teams actually have been in the top division for the most years?" I couldn't find a table of all of this information anywhere - after 1992 certainly, the term "Since Premier League records began" a guaranteed way to irritate anyone over about thirty - so I ended up having to collate it myself. So here's the compound table of First Division/ Premier League membership since 1888 -

1. Everton 122 seasons (1888-1915/ 1919-30, 1931-39/ 1946-51, 1954-2025)
2. Aston Villa 111 (1888-1915/ 1919-36, 1938-39/ 1946-59, 1960-67, 1975-87, 1988-2016, 2019-25)
3. Arsenal 108 (1904-13, 1919-39/ 1946-2025)
4. Liverpool 107 (1894-95, 1896-1904, 1905-15/ 1919-39/ 1946-54, 1962-2025)
5. Manchester U 100 (1892-94, 1906-15/ 1919-22, 1925-31, 1936-37, 1938-39/ 1946-74, 1975-2025)
6. Manchester City 95 (1899-1902, 1903-09, 1910-15/ 1919-26, 1928-37, 1947-50, 1951-63, 1966-83, 1985-87, 1989-96, 2000-01, 2002-25)
7. Newcastle 91 (1898-1915/ 1919-34, 1948-61, 1965-78, 1984-89, 1993-2009, 2010-16, 2017-25)
8. Chelsea 90 (1907-10, 1912-15/ 1919-24, 1930-39/ 1946-62, 1963-75, 1977-79, 1984-88, 1989-2025)
=. Tottenham 90 (1909-1915, 1920-28, 1933-35, 1950-77, 1978-2025)
10. Sunderland 86 (1890-1915/ 1919-39/ 1946-58, 1964-70, 1976-77, 1980-85, 1990-91, 1996-97, 1999-2003, 2005-06, 2007-17) 
11. WBA 81 (1888-1901, 1902-04, 1911-15/ 1919-27, 1931-38, 1949-73, 1976-86, 2002-03, 2004-06, 2008-09, 2010-18, 2020-21)
12. Bolton 73 (1888-99, 1900-03, 1905-08, 1909-10, 1911-15/ 1919-33, 1935-39/ 1946-64, 1978-80, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2001-12)
13. Blackburn 72 (1888-1915/ 1919-36, 1946-48, 1958-66, 1992-99, 2001-12)
14. Wolves 70 (1888-1906, 1932-39/ 1946-65, 1967-76, 1977-82, 1983-84, 2003-04, 2009-12, 2018-25)
15. Derby 68 (1888-1907, 1912-14, 1919-21, 1926-39/ 1946-53, 1969-80, 1986-91, 1996-2002, 2007-08)
16. West Ham 67 (1923-32, 1958-78, 1981-89, 1991-92, 1993-2003, 2005-11, 2012-25)
17. Sheffield Wednesday 66 (1892-99, 1900-1915/ 1919-20, 1926-37, 1950-51, 1952-55, 1956-58, 1959-70, 1984-1990, 1991-2000)
18. Sheffield U 62 (1893-1915/ 1919-34, 1946-49, 1953-56, 1962-68, 1971-76, 1990-94, 2006-07, 2019-21, 2023-24)
=. Stoke 62 (1888-90, 1891-1907, 1922-23, 1933-39/ 1946-53, 1963-77, 1979-85, 2008-18)
20. M'boro 61 (1902-15/ 1919-24, 1927-28, 1929-39/ 1946-54, 1974-82, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1995-97, 1998-2009, 2016-17)
21. Burnley 60 (1888-97, 1898-1900, 1913-15/ 1919-30, 1947-71, 1973-76, 2009-10, 2014-15, 2016-22, 2023-24) 
22. Nottingham Forest 59 (1892-1906, 1907-11, 1922-25, 1957-72, 1977-93, 1994-97, 1998-99, 2022-25)
23. Birmingham 57 (1894-96, 1901-02, 1903-08, 1921-39, 1948-50, 1955-65, 1972-79, 1980-84, 1985-86, 2002-06, 2007-08, 2009-11)
24. Leicester 56 (1908-09, 1925-35, 1937-39, 1954-55, 1957-69, 1971-78, 1980-81, 1983-87, 1994-95, 1996-2002, 2003-04, 2014-23, 2024-25)
25. Leeds 53 (1924-27, 1928-31, 1932-39/ 1946-47, 1956-60, 1964-82, 1990-2004, 2020-23)
26. Preston 46 (1888-1901, 1904-12, 1913-14, 1919-25, 1934-39/ 1946-49, 1951-61)
27. Southampton 45 (1966-74, 1978-2005, 2012-23, 2024-25) 
28. Coventry 34 (1967-2001)
29. Portsmouth 33 (1927-39/ 1946-59, 1987-88, 2003-10)
30. Huddersfield 32 (1921-39/ 1946-52, 1954-56, 1970-72, 2017-19)
31. Notts C 30 (1888-93, 1897-1913, 1914-15/ 1919-20, 1923-26, 1981-84, 1991-92)
32. Fulham 29 (1949-52, 1959-68, 2001-14, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2022-25) 
33. Blackpool 28 (1930-33, 1937-39/ 1946-67, 1970-71, 2010-11)
34. Norwich 27 (1972-74, 1975-81, 1982-85, 1986-95, 2004-05, 2011-14, 2015-16, 2019-20, 2021-22) 
35. Ipswich 26 (1961-64, 1968-86, 1992-95, 2000-02, 2024-25)
36. Charlton 26 (1936-39/ 1946-57, 1986-90, 1998-99, 2000-07)
37. Crystal Palace 25 (1969-73, 1979-81, 1989-93, 1994-95, 1997-98, 2004-05, 2013-25)
38. QPR 23 (1968-69, 1973-79, 1983-96, 2011-13, 2014-15) 
39. Bury 22 (1895-1912, 1924-29)
40. Cardiff 17 (1921-29, 1952-57, 1960-62, 2013-14, 2018-19)
=. Luton 17 (1956-60, 1974-75, 1983-92, 2023-24)
42. Wimbledon 15 (1985-2000)
43. Watford 14 (1982-88, 1999-2000, 2006-07, 2015-20, 2021-22)
44. Bradford 12 (1908-15/ 1919-22, 1999-2001)
=. Brighton 12 (1979-83, 2017-25)
=. Grimsby 12 (1901-03, 1929-32, 1934-39/ 1946-48)
=. Oldham 12 (1910-15/ 1919-23, 1991-94)
48. Brentford 9 (1935-39/ 1946-47, 2021-25)  
=. Bristol City 9 (1906-11, 1976-80)
=. Swansea 9 (1981-83, 2011-18)  
51. Bournemouth 8 (2015-20, 2022-25) 
=. Wigan 8 (2005-13)
53. Accrington 5 (1888-93)
=. Hull 5 (2008-10, 2013-15, 2016-17)
55. Bradford PA 3 (1914-15/ 1919-21)
=. Oxford 3 (1985-88)
=. Reading 3 (2006-08, 2012-13)
58. Darwen 2 (1892-94)
=. Millwall 2 (1988-90)
60. Barnsley 1 (1997-98)
=. Carlisle 1 (1974-75)
=. Glossop 1 (1899-1900)
=. Leyton Orient 1 (1962-63)
=. Northampton 1 (1965-66)
=. Swindon 1 (1993-94)

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