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Revealed: Newcastle United's lofty position in the all-time English top flight table

Newcastle United are in the top ten most successful clubs of all time – a place ahead of regional rivals Sunderland.

In a new table that reveals the top 30 all-time top flight clubs, United are ninth.

Amazingly the English top flight is now 131 years old with the first organised season taking place in 1888.

It was a time of Queen Victoria, Jack the Ripper and the first motion picture. Preston North End were the first champions and every year since, with the exception of the war years, teams across the land have competed to be crowned the best.

Liverpool currently hold the best overall record in league despite Manchester United holding the most titles.

A fan has now posted a table to Reddit which aggregates all the wins, losses and draws in the top-flight over the past 131 years.

Liverpool come out on top, with 1,934 wins and 6,833 points. That is 100 points higher than Arsenal with rivals Everton in third.

Everton may hold the record for the most top flight games but they have also suffered more losses than any other team - 1,546 to date.

Aston Villa, Man City, Spurs, Chelsea, the Magpies and the Black Cats make up the rest of the top ten.

Here is the top 30 all-time top-flight table.

1. Liverpool - 6,833

2. Arsenal - 6,711

3. Everton - 6,642

4. Man Utd - 6,356

5. Villa - 5,897

6. Man City - 5,220

7. Spurs - 5,049

8. Chelsea - 5,029

9. Newcastle - 4,848

10. Sunderland - 4,560

11. West Brom 4,065

12. Blackburn Rovers 3,702

13. Bolton Wanderers 3,692

14. Sheffield Wednesday 3,552

15. Wolverhampton Wanderers 3,429

16. Derby County 3,303

17. Sheffield United 3,173

18. West Ham United 3,127

19. Middlesbrough 3,065

20. Leeds United 3,061

21. Burnley  2,996

22. Nottingham Forest 2,949

23. Stoke City 2,917

24. Birmingham City 2,755

25. Leicester City 2,570

26. Preston North End 2,403

27. Southampton 2,123

28. Huddersfield Town 1,808

29. Portsmouth 1,765

30. Coventry City 1,686

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