The I Hate Alex Ferguson Thread!

(17-01-2013 13:53 )Don Tingley Wrote:  Really? UEFA says we're the biggest club in England. You're not even on the list.

That's being a little 'generous' with the truth.

That list is from the Uefa Team Ranking, which uses the Club Coefficient.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_coefficient

In brief, it uses a formula to rank teams based on their Champions League and Eurpoa League performance for the previous five years. This ranking is used to provide the seedings for the next competition.

That particular list is the number of five year periods each club has been the top ranked club. Leeds were ranked top in the periods 1966-70, 1967-71 and 1968-72, a total of 3 times (obviously an amended formula is used for this period as there was a cup competition not a league).

That ranks Leeds joint fifth, with Liverpool joint 9th, and Chelsea and Man Utd joint 11th.
However, given the wide range of time period the table refers to and the different competitions, it isn't really very meaningful, and certainly isn't indicative of Leeds being the 'biggest club in England' in the present day.

Nice try though