Think you’ve got it bad? Find out how your team ranks in Fan Suffering League

“Long-Suffering Fan Index” ranks all 92 league clubs by how much their fans suffer – based on data from 220,000 results since 1888 birth of Football League 

Rochdale fans rank top, Man Utd’s bottom but how do your club’s fans rank? Find out by consulting the full Long-Suffering Fan Index table below 

 

The Long-Suffering Fan Index In Full, For All 92 League Clubs

See how your club ranks, in each of three different eras:

1. Since 1888 – birth of The Football League – to now
2. Since 1946 – start of the post-war era – to now
3. Since 1882 – the start of the Premiership – to now

	TABLE 1:				TABLE 2:				TABLE 3:
	1888-2013				1946-2013				1992-2013
		Index				Index				Index
1	Rochdale	66.12		1	Rochdale	80.38		1	Exeter City	78.09
2	Hartlepool United	64.72		2	Hartlepool United	78.65		2	Dagenham & Redbridge	76.32
3	Exeter City	64.08		3	Bury	77.71		3	Swindon Town	75.42
4	Newport County	63.53		4	Newport County	77.65		4	Oldham Athletic	75.00
5	Colchester United	63.39		5	Torquay Uniited	77.49		5	Mansfield Town	74.08
6	Southend United	63.12		6	Exeter City	77.08		6	York City	72.81
7	Torquay Uniited	62.96		7	Mansfield Town	76.77		7	Leyton Orient	71.27
8	Mansfield Town	62.90		8	Scunthorpe United	75.72		8	Hartlepool United	70.51
9	Leyton Orient	62.83		9	Colchester United	75.41		9	Bristol Rovers	70.35
10	AFC Wimbledon	62.45		10	York City	75.37		10	Reading	70.16
11	Port Vale	62.30		11	Crewe Alexandra	75.26		11	Sheffield Wednesday	69.44
12	York City	62.08		12	Chesterfield	74.89		12	Southampton	69.17
13	Scunthorpe United	61.92		13	Bradford City	74.01		13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	68.90
14	Crewe Alexandra	61.80		14	Brentford	73.95		14	Newport County	68.11
15	Bristol Rovers	61.61		15	Southend United	73.39		15	Cheltenham Town	67.98
16	Walsall	61.26		16	Shrewsbury Town	72.91		16	Bury	67.67
17	Morecambe	60.76		17	Northampton Town	72.82		17	Notts County	67.29
18	Burton Albion	60.63		18	Walsall	72.57		18	Carlisle United	67.26
19	Fleetwood Town	60.58		19	Tranmere Rovers	72.12		19	Brentford	67.26
20	Gillingham	60.54		20	AFC Wimbledon	71.82		20	Nottingham Forest	67.00
21	Chesterfield	60.49		21	Plymouth Argyle	71.15		21	Wycombe Wanderers	67.00
22	Bradford City	60.41		22	Leyton Orient	70.61		22	Rochdale	66.61
23	Bournemouth	60.26		23	Doncaster Rovers	70.38		23	Crawley Town	66.60
24	Carlisle United	60.17		24	Barnsley	69.50		24	Chesterfield	66.29
25	Bury	60.12		25	Carlisle United	69.46		25	Bradford City	65.42
26	Northampton Town	59.86		26	Port Vale	69.30		26	Southend United	64.92
27	Shrewsbury Town	59.62		27	Gillingham	69.05		27	Plymouth Argyle	64.80
28	Notts County	59.08		28	Burton Albion	68.30		28	Colchester United	64.27
29	Tranmere Rovers	59.02		29	Morecambe	68.29		29	Milton Keynes Dons	63.89
30	Milton Keynes Dons	58.81		30	Bristol Rovers	68.23		30	Bournemouth	63.81
31	Barnsley	58.62		31	Fleetwood Town	68.14		31	Accrington Stanley	63.54
32	Dagenham & Redbridge	58.51		32	Oldham Athletic	67.85		32	Oxford Uunited	62.91
33	Stevenage	58.42		33	Bournemouth	66.83		33	Morecambe	62.53
34	Doncaster Rovers	58.33		34	Notts County	65.81		34	Doncaster Rovers	62.44
35	Rotherham United	58.21		35	Hull City	65.55		35	Rotherham United	62.03
36	Bristol City	57.24		36	Charlton Athletic	64.71		36	AFC Wimbledon	61.97
37	Accrington Stanley	56.97		37	Swindon Town	64.55		37	Peterborough United	61.92
38	Oldham Athletic	56.95		38	Rotherham United	64.18		38	Tottenham Hotspur	61.49
39	Brentford	56.93		39	Milton Keynes Dons	64.07		39	Brighton & Hove Albion	61.08
40	Plymouth Argyle	56.78		40	Dagenham & Redbridge	64.01		40	Yeovil Town	60.75
41	Blackpool	56.28		41	Coventry City	63.96		41	Swansea City	60.44
42	Brighton & Hove Albion	54.92		42	Fulham	63.86		42	Hull City	59.96
43	Stoke City	54.72		43	Crawley Town	63.58		43	Bristol City	59.96
44	Hull City	54.42		44	Preston North End	63.57		44	Blackpool	59.77
45	Cheltenham Town	54.37		45	Swansea City	62.88		45	Tranmere Rovers	59.25
46	Wycombe Wanderers	54.04		46	Blackpool	62.79		46	Preston North End	59.15
47	Swindon Town	53.71		47	Portsmouth	62.56		47	Gillingham	58.84
48	Coventry City	52.97		48	Bristol City	62.35		48	Crewe Alexandra	57.92
49	Peterborough United	52.83		49	Huddersfield Town	61.93		49	Coventry City	57.50
50	Cardiff City	52.79		50	Watford	61.75		50	Portsmouth	56.80
51	Preston North End	52.73		51	Stevenage	61.40		51	Millwall	56.12
52	Reading	52.55		52	Cardiff City	60.92		52	Barnsley	56.04
53	Burnley	52.42		53	Oxford Uunited	60.74		53	Port Vale	55.65
54	Fulham	52.40		54	Millwall	60.36		54	Burton Albion	55.19
55	Nottingham Forest	52.38		55	Reading	60.33		55	Fleetwood Town	54.89
56	Swansea City	52.29		56	Brighton & Hove Albion	60.26		56	Huddersfield Town	54.41
57	Watford	51.42		57	Crystal Palace	59.66		57	Burnley	54.38
58	Middlesbrough	50.97		58	Stoke City	59.56		58	Sheffield United	54.21
59	Derby County	50.91		59	Sheffield United	58.99		59	Sunderland	53.99
60	Birmingham City	50.86		60	Sheffield Wednesday	58.27		60	West Ham United	53.59
61	Charlton Athletic	50.85		61	Middlesbrough	57.69		61	Scunthorpe United	53.50
62	Sheffield United	49.99		62	Accrington Stanley	57.69		62	Shrewsbury Town	51.52
63	Portsmouth	49.88		63	Peterborough United	57.67		63	Derby County	51.42
64	Queen’s Park Rangers	49.81		64	Wycombe Wanderers	57.40		64	Norwich City	51.10
65	Crystal Palace	49.13		65	Birmingham City	57.14		65	Cardiff City	51.02
66	Bolton Wanderers	48.98		66	Bolton Wanderers	56.94		66	Walsall	50.50
67	Blackburn Rovers	48.04		67	Queen’s Park Rangers	56.52		67	Queen’s Park Rangers	50.40
68	Norwich City	47.81		68	Derby County	55.23		68	Ipswich Town	50.31
69	Leicester City	47.51		69	Blackburn Rovers	55.15		69	Wigan Athletic	49.58
70	Millwall	47.41		70	Leicester City	54.24		70	Northampton Town	48.39
71	Huddersfield Town	47.32		71	Burnley	54.15		71	Leeds United	48.29
72	West Bromwich Albion	46.37		72	Southampton	53.29		72	Crystal Palace	48.14
73	Crawley Town	46.05		73	Norwich City	52.78		73	Charlton Athletic	48.10
74	Oxford Uunited	45.92		74	West Bromwich Albion	52.65		74	Middlesbrough	47.64
75	Wolverhampton Wanderers	45.55		75	Sunderland	51.67		75	Fulham	46.34
76	Southampton	45.21		76	Cheltenham Town	50.75		76	Birmingham City	45.85
77	Sheffield Wednesday	45.01		77	West Ham United	50.61		77	Stevenage	45.28
78	Yeovil Town	45.00		78	Ipswich Town	48.70		78	Blackburn Rovers	45.22
79	Wigan Athletic	44.78		79	Nottingham Forest	48.35		79	Leicester City	45.17
80	Sunderland	42.69		80	Leeds United	48.02		80	Watford	44.59
81	Ipswich Town	42.64		81	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46.28		81	Bolton Wanderers	44.58
82	West Ham United	41.93		82	Newcastle United	45.37		82	Everton	43.24
83	Newcastle United	41.27		83	Aston Villa	45.08		83	West Bromwich Albion	43.16
84	Manchester City	40.57		84	Everton	42.85		84	Aston Villa	42.13
85	Everton	39.28		85	Yeovil Town	41.84		85	Torquay Uniited	41.38
86	Leeds United	37.75		86	Wigan Athletic	40.68		86	Stoke City	40.52
87	Aston Villa	37.11		87	Manchester City	40.44		87	Manchester City	39.34
88	Tottenham Hotspur	32.44		88	Tottenham Hotspur	36.17		88	Newcastle United	37.87
89	Chelsea	31.46		89	Chelsea	33.48		89	Liverpool	32.13
90	Arsenal	30.22		90	Arsenal	30.99		90	Arsenal	24.97
91	Liverpool	21.97		91	Liverpool	25.83		91	Chelsea	23.17
92	Manchester United	21.31		92	Manchester United	21.18		92	Manchester United	20.28

 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

• Mick Thorburn: mick@thorburnpr.co.uk: Tel:  0034950 453340

• warren@warrenunited.net

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

Methodology: How The Fan-Suffering Index Was Calculated

In formulating the index, statisticians at the English National Football Archive were commissioned by the producers of Warren United to rank all 92 League clubs by the suffering of their fans. ENFA’s “stattos” gave different weightings for victory in the following domestic competitions: Premier League (or past equivalent) (10), Championship (6), League One (4), League Two (2), FA Cup (8), League Cup (6), Johnstone’s Paint Trophy (2), Test match wins (used to decide promotion and relegation in the 1890s) (2), play-off wins (4).

 

Other factors inputted include: average league position; percentage of games won in all domestic competitions; average home attendance; promotion and relegation; and season-by-season record in the FA Cup.

 

About Warren United:

The first episode of Warren United kicks off on April 22 at 10pm on ITV4.

Co-written by Simon Nye, the writer of Men Behaving Badly, David Quantick and Dominic Holland, the show features the voices of BATFA award-winner Darren Boyd (as Warren), Morgana Robinson, Nitin Ganatra and Johnny Vegas (as Fat Baz, manager of Brainsford United).

 

The English National Football Archive is at www.enfa.co.uk

Contact: statsmen@enfa.co.uk