Did you know...If you allocated a points system of 10 points for being in the league each season then + 10 points for winning the league, +8 for runners up, + 6 for 3rd place, + 4 for 4th place, + 2 for 5th place, +1 for 6th place then -1 for 15th place, -2 for 16th place, -4 for 17th place, - 6 for 18th place, -8 for 19th place, -10 for 20th place Then the table would look like this: Team Total points 1 MANCHESTER UTD 340 2 ARSENAL 296 3 CHELSEA 274 4 LIVERPOOL 247 5 TOTTENHAM H. 196 6 NEWCASTLE UTD 194 7 ASTON VILLA 185 8 EVERTON 179 9 MANCHESTER C 141 10 BLACKBURN R 133 11 WEST HAM 130 12 FULHAM 114 12 MIDDLESBROUGH 114 14 BOLTON WANDS 101 15 LEEDS UTD 99 16 SOUTHAMPTON 89 17 SUNDERLAND 83 18 CHARLTON ATH 66 19 WIGAN ATH 65 20 LEICESTER CITY 54 20 PORTSMOUTH 54 22 BIRMINGHAM 50 22 STOKE CITY 50 24 DERBY COUNTY 46 25 COVENTRY CITY 45 26 WIMBLEDON 41 27 SHEFF WED 39 28 WEST BROM ALB 30 29 NORWICH CITY 22 30 SWANSEA CITY 20 31 IPSWICH TOWN 16 31 READING 16 33 WOLVES 15 34 NOTTM FOREST 10 35 HULL CITY 8 35 QUEENS PARK R. 8 37 BRADFORD CITY 6 38 BURNLEY 4 38 CRYSTAL PAL 4 38 SHEFFIELD UTD 4 41 BARNSLEY 2 41 BLACKPOOL 2 43 WATFORD 0
Oldham's near to Manchester and Swindon's not too far from Bristol, though more towards London. Neither of them in the prem league in the aforementioned period. ie 1995 to 2013.
