snowychap Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Source blog: noobnorm.com Quote Liverpool are riding high at the top of the Premier League, but who’s the all-time top dog? To find out, we created this live graphic, which tots up all points acquired in English football’s top flight — from the first football league in 1888, to the end of the 2019 Premier League season. Note: for seasons prior to 1981-82 we converted the totals to 3 points for a win. ... Here’s a quick summary… After winning the first football league in 1888-89, Preston North End remained at the top of the all-time table for a further 7 seasons In season 1896-97, they were overtaken by Aston Villa, who held the title right up to season 1936-37, when they were overtaken by Sunderland Sunderland then stayed on top until 1958-59, when they were overtaken by Aston Villa, who claimed the top spot for a second time In season 1968-69, Everton became the 4th team to top the all-time table. And they would stay at the top for over 35 years! They were finally overtaken in season 2005-06, when Liverpool took the top spot At the end of the 2019 season, Liverpool were still leading England’s all-time league table ...more on the link Edited January 3, 2020 by snowychap 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Basically for about 50 years we were the best team in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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