Ultimate League

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Liverpool are English football’s top team, according to the Ultimate League table compiled by Sky Sports – while Arsenal have pulled level with Manchester United in second.

The Ultimate League calculates the average position of every club over the past 50 years and incorporates the final 2015/16 standings.

Only teams that have played in the Football League for at least 15 seasons during the 50-year period are included. Any non-league ventures are also factored.

Liverpool topped the 89-team table with an average position of 3.32, buoyed by their phenomenal success during the 1970s and 80s.

Ahead of this season, Manchester United were in second place but, after Arsenal finished second in the 2015/16 Premier League and United only managed fifth, the Gunners have drawn level with the Red Devils.

Premier League champions in 2014/15, Chelsea rank sixth in the Ultimate League behind Everton, who have contested a record 113 seasons in English football’s top flight.

Despite being relegated from the Premier …

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