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Now seems like a good time to enter Volume 5 of what will be 48 volumes sometime next week and likely 49 volumes by the time this is completed. This edition is the first truly WORLD club rankings because, unlike 1960-1963, South American teams are added.
As you may have noticed, the primary entries on this blog are weekly Top 25s, but the formulas used were created primarily to determine annual rankings.

You voted and I listened. Actually, I determined the year-end World Club Rankings 2007 Top 25 and then posted a meaningless poll in which you participated and, strictly by coincidence, Manchester United came in tops in both. In the vote, Arsenal actually received more than 20 percent of the vote.

I've applied my formulas for world clubs for each year going back to 1960. Unfortunately, I don't have enough South American data to adequately rank those teams until 1964, so from 1960-1963, the list consists of European teams only. Lots of people think those are the only ones that matter.

I'd like to take a second and congratulate the Houston Dynamo on their victory over the Revolution this afternoon to take the MLS Cup at RFK. I have to admit that it was nice to see a team from New England finally lose a game in ANY sport, for a change. The day was sunny, but it was a little cool at the stadium.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!!! Unless, of course, you're English, in which case (a) it's not Thanksgiving and (b) you're probably not happy. As somebody who was relatively disinterested, I have to say that yesterday's game with Croatia was as exciting a game as I had hoped it would be.