Footballing over achievers

[Arnold]

A survey has revealed that Championship strugglers Doncaster Rovers are the biggest achievers in English Football. The Achievers Report looked at results, league tables and club records and then compared the resources of each club with its achievements since the Premier League began in 1992. Portsmouth came in second, with Hull City fourth. (Daily Mirror)

Here's the full list:

1 Doncaster Rovers
2 Portsmouth
3 Reading
4 Hull City
5 Wigan Athletic
6 Cheltenham Town
7 Aldershot
8 Carlisle United
9 Scunthorpe United
10 Accrington Stanley
11 Morecambe Town
12 Bolton W
13 Yeovil Town
14 Colchester United
15 Sunderland
16 Hereford United
17 Swansea City
18 West Bromwich Albion
19 Northampton Town
20 Stoke City
21 Dagenham & Redbridge
22 Plymouth Argyle
23 Preston North End
24 Walsall
25 Rochdale
26 Macclesfield Town
27 Arsenal
28 Watford
29 Manchester United
30 Southend United
31 Blackburn
32 West Ham United
33 Chelsea
34 Wycombe Wanderers
35 Burnley
36 Barnet
37 Chesterfield
38 Everton
39 Blackpool
40 Rotherham United
41 Newcastle United
42 Crewe Alexandra
43 Gillingham
44 Bristol City
45 Liverpool
46 Barnsley
47 Leyton Orient
48 Hartlepool United
49 Port Vale
50 Lincoln City
51 Stockport County
52 Aston Villa
53 Birmingham City
54 Charlton Athletic
55 Peterborough United
56 Bury
57 Huddersfield Town
58 Fulham
59 Ipswich Town
60 Brighton & Hove Albion
61 Middlesbrough
62 Tottenham Hotspur
63 Derby County
64 Swindon Town
65 Crystal Palace
66 Darlington
67 Queens Park Rangers
68 Bristol Rovers
69 Chester City
70 Bradford City
71 Millwall
72 Tranmere Rovers
73 Oldham Athletic
74 Bournemouth
75 Grimsby Town
76 Sheffield United
77 Southampton
78 Norwich City
79 Leeds Utd
80 Exeter City
81 Cardiff City
82 MK Dons
83 Shrewsbury Town
84 Brentford
85 Leicester City
86 Luton Town
87 Notts County
88 Manchester City
89 Coventry City
90 Nottingham Forest
91 Wolverhampton Wanderers POG
92 Sheffield Wednesday

[PureOldGold]

Don't rub it in .

[Arnold]

I did smile when I saw it mate

You good?

[Kentucky Kid]

villa beat birmingham again

[PureOldGold]

Oct 24, 2008 17:52:54 GMT -1 Arnold said:

I did smile when I saw it mate

You good?

Yeah i'm good mate, keeping busy with two part time jobs and a voluntary placement at school.
How about you?

I can pin up the all time league table and than i'll be smiling again. ;D

[Arnold]

Very true mate ;D

[Kentucky Kid]

premier league all time table
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_FA_Premier_League_table
note whos best of the rest behing the top 4

[MagicalUnited]

1. Manchester United

[Kentucky Kid]

5th is much better

[MagicalUnited]

4 places better eh?

[Kentucky Kid]

um nope

[MagicalUnited]

i always thought Aston Villa were shit


surprised tbh

[Kentucky Kid]

you cheeky fecker
actually im surprised too after the d'ol and graham taylor period

[Alex]

[Scottsus of Nazareth]

Oct 24, 2008 17:50:40 GMT -1 Arnold said:

90 Nottingham Forest
91 Wolverhampton Wanderers POG
92 Sheffield Wednesday

HAHA HAHA HA!!!

;D

[Mrs H]

Bottom. Biggest under achievers in the country.

[gt]

We're not far off ;D

Still we achieved a miracle on Sunday

[Mrs H]

I take solace in that we've been up, we've been down, we've been rich, we're poor and it's the same for you. What's Wolves excuse? ;D

[C@V]

They shop in Pound Land!

[BW]

The survey reveals that most the big clubs are under achievers. With Man Utd an under achiever in 29th place , Chelsea 33rd and Arsenal 27th despite the 3 teams winning almost everything since 1992.
Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday at the bottom with a few other big clubs for company comes as no suprise, both being acknowledged as big clubs and both doing nothing for years.

At the top of the table are all the minnows, no one expects or expected them to achieve anything and in a few years time most of them will probably be back where they were, in lower leagues.