The Football League
Country	England (and two clubs from Wales)
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1888
Divisions	Football League Championship Football League One Football League Two
Number of teams	72 (24 in each division)
Promotion to	Premier League
Relegation to	Football Conference
Levels on pyramid	Level 2-4
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup Football League Cup Football League Trophy (League One and Two clubs only)
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Cup (League Cup winners)
Current champions	West Bromwich Albion F.C (2007–08)
TV	BSkyB (live) ITV (highlights)
Website	http://www.football-league.co.uk/
2007–08 season

The Football League is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales. Most European countries have two principal Association football competitions a more prestigious league which is typically a double Round-robin tournament restricted The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. 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The Football League is also the name of the governing body of the league competition and this body also organises two knockout cup competitions, the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition Structure The Trophy is currently contested by just Football League One and Football League Two clubs and from season 2006-07 is played in a knock-out (

For sponsorship reasons, the Football League's league competition is currently known as the Coca-Cola Football League, the Football League Cup as the Carling Cup, and the Football League Trophy as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. Corporate sponsorship of major English football competitions dates back to the early 1980s although minor competitions such as the Watney Cup and Texaco Cup

Contents 1 Overview 2 Competition 2.1 League 2.2 Cup 3 History 4 Media rights 5 Football League clubs 6 Past League winners 6.1 1888-1892 6.2 1892-1920 6.3 1920-1921 6.4 1921-1958 6.5 1958-1992 6.6 1992-2004 6.7 2004-present 6.8 Titles by club 7 Play-offs 7.1 Controversy 7.2 Play-Off Winners 8 Footballs 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Overview

The Football League consists of 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It also organises two knockout cup competitions. The Football League was founded in 1888 by William McGregor, originally with 12 member clubs. William McGregor (13 April 1846 &ndash 20 December 1911 was an Association football administrator in the Victorian era who is regarded as the founder of The Steady growth and the addition of more divisions meant that by 1950 the League had 92 clubs. Financial considerations led to a major shake-up in 1992 when, in a step to maximise their revenue, the leading members of the Football League broke away to form their own competition, the FA Premier League, which was renamed in 2007 as the Premier League. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Football League therefore no longer includes the top 20 clubs who belong to this group, although promotion and relegation between the Football League and the Premier League continues. In many Sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions promotion and relegation In total, 130 teams have played in the Football League [1] up to 2007 (including those in the Premier League, since clubs must pass through the Football League before reaching the former).

Competition

League

The Football League's 72 member clubs are grouped into three divisions: the Football League Championship, Football League One, and Football League Two (previously the Football League First Division, Football League Second Division and Football League Third Division respectively; they were renamed for sponsorship reasons). The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons is the second-highest division of The Football Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for Sponsorship reasons is the third-highest division of The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest Each division has 24 clubs, and in any given season a club plays each of the others in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. This makes for a total of 46 games played each season.

Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a defeat. At the end of the season, clubs at the top of their division may win promotion to the next higher division, while those at the bottom may be relegated to the next lower one. At the top end of the competition, three Championship clubs win promotion from The Football League to the Premier League, with the bottom three Premier League clubs taking their places. At the lower end, two League Two clubs lose their Football League status with relegation to the National division of the Football Conference, while two teams from Conference National join League Two of The Football League in their stead. Conference National (currently named the Blue Square Premier for sponsorship reasons is the top division of the Football Conference. Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the

Division	Promoted		Relegated
	Directly Up	Via Playoff
The Championship	Top 2 clubs	One from 3rd to 6th place finishers	Bottom 3 clubs
League One	Top 2 clubs	One from 3rd to 6th place finishers	Bottom 4 clubs
League Two	Top 3 clubs	One from 4th to 7th place finishers	Bottom 2 clubs

Promotion and relegation are determined by final league positions, but to sustain interest for more clubs over the length of the season one promotion place from each division is decided according to a playoff between four clubs, which takes place at the end of the season. It is therefore possible for a team finishing sixth in the Championship or League One, or seventh in League Two, to be promoted rather than the clubs finishing immediately above them in the standings.

Two professional football clubs from Wales, Cardiff City and Swansea City, play in The Football League. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from This disqualifies them from participation in the League of Wales and the Welsh Cup, and so also deprives them of the chance to qualify for UEFA competitions by this route. The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales. The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. One English club, Berwick Rangers, plays in the Scottish football league system. Berwick Rangers Football Club are a football team based in the English Border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, who play in the Scottish Football League The Scottish football league system is a series of generally unconnected leagues for Scottish football clubs

Reserve teams of Football League clubs usually play in the Pontin's Holidays League (for the Midlands and North) or the Pontin's Holidays Combination (for the South).

Cup

The Football League organises two knockout cup competitions, the Football League Cup (currently called the Carling Cup) and the Football League Trophy (or for sponsorship reasons, the Johnstone's Paint Trophy). The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition Structure The Trophy is currently contested by just Football League One and Football League Two clubs and from season 2006-07 is played in a knock-out ( The League Cup was established in 1960 and is open to all Football League and Premier League clubs, with the winner eligible to participate in the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. The Football League Trophy is for clubs belonging to League One and League Two and the Football League celebrated its 100th birthday in 1988 with a Centenary Tournament at Wembley between 16 of its member clubs. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The Football League Centenary Tournament (also known as the Mercantile Credit Football Festival was held from April 16 to April 17 1988 at Wembley

History

After four years of debate, The Football Association finally legalised professionalism on 20 July 1885. The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Before that date many clubs made illegal payments to "professional" players to boost the competitiveness of their teams, arousing the contempt of those clubs abiding by the laws of the amateur Football Association code. As more and more clubs became professional the ad-hoc fixture list of FA Cup, inter-county, and 'friendly' matches was seen by many as an unreliable stream of revenue, and ways were considered of ensuring a consistent income.

A Scottish draper and director of Aston Villa, William McGregor, was the first to set out to bring some order to a chaotic world where clubs arranged their own fixtures. William McGregor (13 April 1846 &ndash 20 December 1911 was an Association football administrator in the Victorian era who is regarded as the founder of The On 2 March 1888, he wrote to the Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, West Bromwich Albion and to the secretary of Aston Villa about the formation of a football league. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are

The first meeting was held at Anderson's Hotel in London on 23 March 1888 on the eve of the FA Cup Final with the name of the Football League being settled at a further meeting on 17 April at Manchester's Royal Hotel. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. The first season of the Football League began a few months later on 8 September with 12 member clubs. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz

Each club played the other twice, once at home and once away, and two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. This points system was not agreed upon until after the season had started; the alternative proposal was one point for a win only. Preston won the first league title without losing a game, and completed the first league-cup double by also taking the FA Cup. The Double is a term in football, which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after

Every original Football League club has at least one relegation to their credit, unlike some European leagues such as Spain, Scotland or Republic of Ireland. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe.

The early years of the League saw the addition of more clubs, and a new Second Division was formed in 1892 with the absorption of the rival Football Alliance. The Football Alliance was an Association football league in England which ran for three seasons from 1889&ndash90 to 1891&ndash92. The bottom clubs of the lower division were required to apply for re-election to the League at the end of each season. Automatic promotion and relegation for two clubs was introduced after the League expanded to two divisions of eighteen in 1898; this came into effect when the previous system of test matches between the bottom two clubs of the First Division and the top two clubs of the Second Division was brought in to disrepute when Stoke and Burnley colluded in the final match to ensure they were both in the First Division the next season. A test match in football is a match played at the end of a season between a team that has done badly in a higher league and one that has done well in a lower league

Aston Villa and Sunderland dominated the early years of the game, but after a few years other northern clubs began to catch up, with the likes of Newcastle United and Manchester United joining the League and having success. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Liverpool won the first of their record 18 League titles in 1901. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. It was not until the early years of the 20th century that southern clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur established themselves in the League, and there would be a further wait until 1931 before a southern club, Arsenal, would win the League for the first time. Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League.

The League was suspended for four seasons during World War I and resumed in 1919 with the First and Second Divisions expanded to 22 clubs. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The following year, 1920, leading clubs from the Southern League joined the League to form a new Third Division, which in 1921 was renamed the Third Division South upon the further addition of more clubs in a new Third Division North. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958 The Third Division North of The Football League was a level in English association football, which ran parallel to Third Division South from One club from each of these divisions would gain promotion to the Second Division, with the two relegated clubs being assigned to the more appropriate Third Division. To accommodate potential difficulties in this arrangement, clubs in the Midlands such as Mansfield Town or Walsall would sometimes be moved from one Third Division to the other. Mansfield Town Football Club are an English football club who from the 2008&ndash09 season will compete in the Conference National. Walsall Football Club are an English football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, currently playing in League One.

Following this burst of postwar growth, the League entered into a prolonged period of relative stability with few changes in the membership, although there were changes on the pitch. A new offside law in 1925 reducing the number of opponents between the player and the goal from three to two led to a large increase in goals. Numbers on shirts were introduced in 1939 and white balls in 1951. The first floodlit game was played between Portsmouth and Newcastle United in 1956, opening up the possibility of midweek evening matches. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon

The League was suspended once more in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II, this time for seven seasons. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Third Divisions were expanded to 24 clubs each in 1950, bringing the total number of League clubs to 92, and in 1958 the decision was made to end the regionalisation of the Third Divisions and reorganise the clubs into a new nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest "Fourth Division" redirects here For usage of the term in the Military, see 4th Division. To accomplish this the clubs in the top half of both the Third Division North and South joined together to form the new Third Division, and those in the bottom half made up the Fourth Division. Four clubs were promoted and relegated between these two lower divisions, while two clubs exchanged places in the upper divisions until 1974, when the number increased to three.

A new cup competition open to all the members of the League, the Football League Cup, was held for the first time in 1960-61 to provide clubs a new source of income. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition Aston Villa won the inaugural League Cup and, despite an initial lack of enthusiasm on the part of some of the bigger clubs, the competition became firmly established in the footballing calendar.

Substitutes were first allowed for injured players in 1965, and for any reason the next year.

Beginning with the 1976-77 season, clubs finishing level on points began to be separated according to goal difference (the difference between goals scored and goals conceded) rather than goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). This was an effort to prevent overly defensive play encouraged by the greater advantage in limiting goals allowed. In the event that clubs had equal points and equal goal differences, priority was given to the club that had scored the most goals. There has been only one season, 1988-89, when this level of differentiation was necessary to determine the League champion, and this was the occasion of one of the most dramatic nights in League history, when Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield in the last game of the season to win the League on this tiebreaker. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Anfield is an all-seater Association football Stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England

Another important change was made in 1981, when it was decided to award three points for a win instead of two, a further effort to increase attacking football. (This scoring rule was not added by FIFA to the World Cups until the 1994 cup. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 ) In a similar vein, playoffs to determine promotion places were introduced in 1987 so that more clubs remained eligible for promotion closer to the end of the season, and at the same time to aid in the reduction over two years of the number of clubs in the First Division from 22 to 20. At the same time, automatic promotion and relegation between the Fourth Division and the Football Conference was introduced for one club, replacing the annual application for re-election to the League of the bottom four clubs and linking the League to the developing National League System pyramid. Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football Emblematic of the confusion that was beginning to envelop the game, the number of clubs at the top of the league would return to 22 for the 1991-92 season, before once more dropping to 20 for 1995-96. The issues creating the uncertainty in the game all centered on money.

The increasing influence of money in English football was evident with such events as the first £1m transfer in the game, that of Trevor Francis from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest in February 1979. Trevor John Francis (born 19 April 1954 in Boxhill, Plymouth, England) is a former footballer who won 52 caps Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham The first £2million player was Tony Cottee (West Ham United to Everton, July 1988). Prior to the formation of the FA Premier League, the highest transfer fee paid was £2. 9million for the transfer of Dean Saunders from Derby County to Liverpool during the 1991 close season. Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964 in Swansea) is a former Welsh footballer who played as a Striker in a professional career which lasted Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. The first £3million player was Alan Shearer, who moved from Southampton to Blackburn Rovers in July 1992, the summer prior to the first Premier League season. Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire.

Since 1983 the League has accepted lucrative sponsorships for its main competition. Below is a list of sponsors and the League's name under their sponsorship:

• 1983-1986: Canon (Canon League)
• 1986-1987: Today newspaper (Today League)
• 1987-1993: Barclays Bank (Barclays League)
• 1993-1996: Endsleigh Insurance (Endsleigh League)
• 1996-2004: Nationwide Building Society (Nationwide Football League)
• 2004-2007: Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola Football League)

The League's cup competitions have different sponsors (see English football sponsorship for more information). is a Japanese Multinational corporation that specializes in imaging and optical products including Cameras photocopiers and Computer printers Today was a national Newspaper in the United Kingdom, which existed for less than a decade ( 1986 - 95) Barclays PLC is a major global financial services provider operating in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia Endsleigh Insurance is a Cheltenham -based UK insurance intermediary specialising in the student and graduate markets Nationwide Building Society is the largest Building society in the world Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries Corporate sponsorship of major English football competitions dates back to the early 1980s although minor competitions such as the Watney Cup and Texaco Cup

The other major source of revenue is television. The 1980s saw competition between terrestrial broadcasters for the rights to show League matches, but the arrival on the scene of satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (Sky TV), eagerly searching for attractive programming to build its customer base and willing to pay huge sums, changed the picture entirely. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the The League's top tier clubs had been agitating for several years to be able to keep more of the League's revenue for themselves, threatening to break away and form their own league if necessary. In 1992 the threat was realised as the First Division clubs left to establish the FA Premier League and signed a contract for exclusive live coverage of their games with Sky TV. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The FA Premier League agreed to maintain the promotion and relegation of three clubs with The Football League, but The League was now in a far weaker position — without its best clubs and without the clout to negotiate high revenue TV deals. This problem was exacerbated with the collapse in 2002 of ITV Digital, holder of TV rights for The Football League, which cost League clubs millions of pounds in revenue. ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network

The new, slimmed down League, 70 clubs until 1995 and 72 clubs since, renamed its divisions to reflect the changes. The old Second Division became the new First Division, the Third Division became the Second Division, and the Fourth Division became the Third Division. The financial health of its clubs has become perhaps the highest League priority due to the limited resources available. However there are some promising signs for the future, as the League planned to announce new initiatives beginning with the 2004-05 season, coinciding with the start of a new sponsorship agreement with Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries The first of these changes was a rebranding of the League with the renaming of the First Division to The Championship, the Second Division to League One and the Third Division to League Two. The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons

The Football League's collection is held by the National Football Museum. The National Football Museum is a Museum in Preston, England, founded to preserve conserve and interpret several important collections of Association

Media rights

In 2001 the league signed a £315 million deal with ITV Digital, but in March 2002 the channel was put into administration by its parent companies when the league refused to accept a £130 million reduction in the deal. ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network As of 2007, UK television rights are held by Sky Sports. In November 2007 the league announced a new domestic rights deal worth £264 million with Sky and the BBC for the three seasons from 2009-2012. It covers Football League, Carling Cup and Johnstone's Paint Trophy matches and the full range of media: terrestrial and pay television, broadband internet, video-on-demand and mobile services. Structure The Trophy is currently contested by just Football League One and Football League Two clubs and from season 2006-07 is played in a knock-out ( The deal represents a 135% increase on the previous deal and works out at an average of over £1. 2 million per club per season, though some clubs will receive more than others. Sky will provide the majority of the coverage, but the BBC will have some of the higher profile matches, namely 10 exclusively live matches from the Coca-Cola Championship per season and the semi-finals and finals of the Carling Cup. ^[1]

Football League clubs

Below are listed the member clubs of The Football League for the 2008–09 season. Former Football League clubs include all 20 of the current members of the Premier League along with various relegated, removed or defunct clubs. The Football League comprises professional football clubs from England and Wales. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Although the competition is primarily for English clubs, two of the sides competing in 2008–09 are from Wales—Cardiff City and Swansea City. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from

Teams new or moved leagues in this list are: Birmingham City F.C., Derby County F.C. , Reading F.C. , Swansea City F.C. ,Nottingham Forest F.C. , Doncaster Rovers F.C. , leicester City F.C , Colchester United F.C. , Scunthorpe United F.C. , Bournemouth A.F.C. , Luton Town F.C. , Gillingham Town F.C. , Port Vale F.C. , Hereford United F.C. , Peterborough United F.C. , Stockport County , Aldershot F.C. and Exeter City. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. Reading Football Club are an Association football club based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Colchester United Football Club is an English football team who play in League One for the 2008-09 season following confirmation of their relegation on Scunthorpe United Football Club are an English Association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. AFC Bournemouth are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. Gillingham Town Football Club is a football club based in Gillingham Dorset, England. Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. Hereford United Football Club are an English professional football club based in the city of Hereford. Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football team based in Peterborough. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, England. Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club which went out of business in 1992. Exeter City Football Club are an English football club based in Exeter, who were members of the Football League from 1920 to 2003 and rejoined

The Championship Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Doncaster Rovers Ipswich Town Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea City Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One Brighton and Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leicester City Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Scunthorpe United Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two A.F.C. Bournemouth Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barnet Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester City Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Morecambe Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Wycombe Wanderers

Past League winners

NB: League and FA Cup Double winners are highlighted in bold. Barnsley Football Club is an English football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and nicknamed the Tykes, with Toby Tyke Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers) Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. 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1888-1892

When the Football League was first established, all 12 clubs played in just one division. The founder members were;

• Accrington
• Aston Villa
• Blackburn Rovers
• Bolton Wanderers
• Burnley
• Derby County
• Everton
• Notts County
• Preston North End
• Stoke
• West Bromwich Albion
• Wolverhampton Wanderers

In 1890 Stoke were not re-elected, and were replaced by Sunderland. Accrington Football Club is a former English football club from Accrington, Lancashire, who were one of the founder members of The Football Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Stoke joined the Football Alliance. The Football Alliance was an Association football league in England which ran for three seasons from 1889&ndash90 to 1891&ndash92. In 1891 the League expanded from 12 to 14 clubs by electing Stoke and Darwen, both from the Football Alliance. Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Darwen FC are a football club from Darwen in Lancashire, north west England. The Football Alliance was an Association football league in England which ran for three seasons from 1889&ndash90 to 1891&ndash92.

The champions were:

Season	The Football League
1888-89	Preston North End
1889-90	Preston North End
1890-91	Everton
1891-92	Sunderland

1892-1920

In 1892 the Football League absorbed 11 of the 12 clubs in the rival Football Alliance after it folded, meaning the League now had enough clubs to form another division. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in The Football Alliance was an Association football league in England which ran for three seasons from 1889&ndash90 to 1891&ndash92. The existing division was renamed the First Division and the new division was called the Second Division.

These 11 clubs were:

Elected to First Division:

• Newton Heath
• Nottingham Forest
• The Wednesday

Elected to Second Division:

• Ardwick
• Bootle
• Burton Swifts
• Crewe Alexandra
• Grimsby Town
• Lincoln City
• Small Heath
• Walsall Town Swifts

Along with Darwen who became the first club to be relegated from the First Division, the other three new clubs in the 14-team Second Division were:

• Northwich Victoria from The Combination
• Sheffield United from the Northern League
• Burslem Port Vale from the Midland League. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club Bootle Football Club is an English football club from Bootle, Merseyside. Burton United Football Club was an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire that played in The Football League Crewe Alexandra Football Club are an English football team based at Gresty Road in Crewe, Cheshire, England and nicknamed The Railwaymen Grimsby Town are an English Football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football Lincoln City FC are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Walsall Football Club are an English football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, currently playing in League One. Darwen FC are a football club from Darwen in Lancashire, north west England. Northwich Victoria Football Club is an English football club based in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire. The Combination was a minor league during the early days of English football. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. History The Northern League ran as one of two major amateur competitions (with the Isthmian League) in tandem with the professional Football League Southern League Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League.

Season	First Division	Second Division
1892-93	Sunderland	Small Heath
1893-94	Aston Villa	Liverpool
1894-95	Sunderland	Bury
1895-96	Aston Villa	Liverpool
1896-97	Aston Villa	Notts County
1897-98	Sheffield United	Burnley
1898-99	Aston Villa	Manchester City
1899-1900	Aston Villa	The Wednesday
1900-01	Liverpool	Grimsby Town
1901-02	Sunderland	West Bromwich Albion
1902-03	The Wednesday	Manchester City
1903-04	The Wednesday	Preston North End
1904-05	Newcastle United	Liverpool
1905-06	Liverpool	Bristol City
1906-07	Newcastle United	Nottingham Forest
1907-08	Manchester United	Bradford City
1908-09	Newcastle United	Bolton Wanderers
1909-10	Aston Villa	Manchester City
1910-11	Manchester United	West Bromwich Albion
1911-12	Blackburn Rovers	Derby County
1912-13	Sunderland	Preston North End
1913-14	Blackburn Rovers	Notts County
1914-15	Everton	Derby County
1915-19	League suspended due to World War I
1919-20	West Bromwich Albion	Tottenham Hotspur

In 1893, Accrington resigned fom the League, and were replaced by Lancashire League champions Liverpool. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Grimsby Town are an English Football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers) Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Accrington Football Club is a former English football club from Accrington, Lancashire, who were one of the founder members of The Football Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. It had been decided to expand the League by a further 4 clubs, to 2 divisions of 16, 4 additional clubs were elected. These were:

• Woolwich Arsenal
• Newcastle United, an amalgamation of Newcastle West End and Newcastle East End
• Rotherham Town from the Midland League
• Middlesbrough Ironopolis from the Northern League. Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Rotherham Town FC were an English football club from Rotherham, Yorkshire. There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League. Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club were an English association football club which briefly played in the Football League in the 1890s

Bootle resigned from the League shortly before the season started, leaving Div 2 with 15 clubs.

In 1894 Northwich returned to the Combination, and Middlesbrough Ironopolis folded. Membership was restored to 2 divisions of 16 by electing:

• Bury from the Lancashire League and
• Leicester Fosse and
• Burton Wanderers both from the Midland League. Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Burton Wanderers were a football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England that spent three seasons in The Football League

In 1895 Loughborough were elected at the expense of Walsall, who replaced them in the Midland League. Loughborough Athletic and Football Club were an English football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, that played in The Football

In 1896 the following clubs left the League:

• Burslem Port Vale joined the Midland League
• Crewe Alexandra joined The Combination
• Rotherham Town. Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League. Crewe Alexandra Football Club are an English football team based at Gresty Road in Crewe, Cheshire, England and nicknamed The Railwaymen The Combination was a minor league during the early days of English football. Rotherham Town FC were an English football club from Rotherham, Yorkshire.

They were replaced by:

• Blackpool from the Lancashire League
• Gainsborough Trinity and
• Walsall both from the Midland League. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough Lincolnshire. Walsall Football Club are an English football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, currently playing in League One.

1897:

• Luton Town from the Southern League replaced

• Burton Wanderers who returned to the Midland League. Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. Burton Wanderers were a football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England that spent three seasons in The Football League There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League.

1898:

The League expanded to 2 Divisions of 18 by electing 4 new clubs:

• Burslem Port Vale returned from the Midland League, which also supplied
• Glossop North End and
• Barnsley
• New Brighton Tower from the Lancashire League, were the 4th. Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. Glossop North End AFC are an English football club based in Glossop, Derbyshire. Barnsley Football Club is an English football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and nicknamed the Tykes, with Toby Tyke New Brighton Tower FC were an English football club based in New Brighton, in Wallasey, that folded in 1901.

1899:

• Blackpool and
• Darwen left to join the Lancashire League, and were replaced by

• Chesterfield from the Midland League and
• Middlesbrough from the Northern League. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. Darwen FC are a football club from Darwen in Lancashire, north west England. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Middlesbrough Football Club, also known as The Boro are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Premier League.

1900:

• Blackpool and
• Stockport County joined from the Lancashire League replacing

• Luton Town (back to the Southern League) and
• Loughborough. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, England. Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. Loughborough Athletic and Football Club were an English football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, that played in The Football

1901:

• Bristol City from the Southern League and
• Doncaster Rovers from the Midland League replaced

• Walsall (back to the Midland League) and
• New Brighton Tower
• Additionally, Burton Swifts merged with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers) History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League. Walsall Football Club are an English football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, currently playing in League One. New Brighton Tower FC were an English football club based in New Brighton, in Wallasey, that folded in 1901. Burton Swifts were an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. Burton Wanderers were a football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England that spent three seasons in The Football League Burton United Football Club was an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire that played in The Football League

1902:

No changes in membership.

1903:

• Doncaster Rovers returned to the Midland League and were replaced by a brand new club
• Bradford City

1904:

• Stockport County left for the Midland League, changing places with
• Doncaster Rovers

1905:

The League expanded to 2 Divisions of 20 by electing 4 new clubs:

• Chelsea a brand new club
• Clapton Orient from the Southern League
• Hull City
• Leeds City

Also, Doncaster Rovers and Stockport County swapped leagues again, and

• Small Heath changed their name to Birmingham. Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, England. Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster Leyton Orient FC are an English Professional football team from east London currently playing in League One of the Football League Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Leeds City Football Club were the leading professional football club in Leeds, England, before World War I. Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, England. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham.

1906:

No changes in membership.

1907:

• Burton United left to join the Birmingham League and
• Port Vale also left. Burton United Football Club was an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire that played in The Football League Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They were replaced by

• Fulham from the Southern League and
• Oldham Athletic from the Lancashire Combination. Fulham Football Club is an English football team based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. Oldham Athletic Football Club (2004 Ltd, more commonly Oldham Athletic Football Club or informally Oldham Athletic, is an English football club The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1891-92

1908:

• Bradford PA and
• Tottenham Hotspur replaced

• Lincoln City (to the Midland League) and
• Stoke (to the Birmingham League). Bradford Association Football Club (almost always referred to as Bradford (Park Avenue) are a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Lincoln City FC are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

1909:

• Lincoln City returned, surrendering their Midland League place to
• Chesterfield. Lincoln City FC are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

1910:

• Huddersfield Town joined from the Midland League, where they were replaced by

• Grimsby Town. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Grimsby Town are an English Football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football

1911:

• Grimsby Town returned, their place in the Midland League being taken by

• Lincoln City. Grimsby Town are an English Football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football Lincoln City FC are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system

1912:

• Lincoln City's turn to return, with

• Gainsborough Trinity replacing them in the Midland League. Lincoln City FC are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough Lincolnshire.

1913:

No membership changes.

1914:

• Woolwich Arsenal changed their name to Arsenal.

1915:

No membership changes, and operations were suspended for the duration of the First World War. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

1919:

• Leeds City were forced into liquidation by the FA for financial irregularities, and

• Port Vale returned to the League to replace them. Leeds City Football Club were the leading professional football club in Leeds, England, before World War I. Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two.

1920-1921

In 1920 the Football League admitted the clubs from the first division of the Southern League (the Southern League continued with its remaining clubs) and Grimsby Town, who had failed to be re-elected to the Second Division the season before and been replaced by Cardiff City (of the Southern League). History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. Grimsby Town are an English Football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. The clubs were placed in the new Third Division:

Season	First Division	Second Division	Third Division
1920-21	Burnley	Birmingham	Crystal Palace

1921-1958

After just one season under the old format, the League expanded again. Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. This time it admitted a number of clubs from the north of England to balance things out, as the last expansion brought mainly clubs from the south. The existing Third Division was renamed the Third Division South, and the new division was named the Third Division North. Grimsby Town transferred to the new northern division. Both divisions ran in parallel, with clubs from both Third Divisions being promoted to the national Second Division at the end of each season:

Season	First Division	Second Division	Third Division North	Third Division South
1921-22	Liverpool	Nottingham Forest	Stockport County	Southampton
1922-23	Liverpool	Notts County	Nelson	Bristol City
1923-24	Huddersfield Town	Leeds United	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portsmouth
1924-25	Huddersfield Town	Leicester City	Darlington	Swansea City
1925-26	Huddersfield Town	The Wednesday	Grimsby Town	Reading
1926-27	Newcastle United	Middlesbrough	Stoke City	Bristol City
1927-28	Everton	Manchester City	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Millwall
1928-29	The Wednesday	Middlesbrough	Bradford City	Charlton Athletic
1929-30	Sheffield Wednesday	Blackpool	Port Vale	Plymouth Argyle
1930-31	Arsenal	Everton	Chesterfield	Notts County
1931-32	Everton	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Lincoln City	Fulham
1932-33	Arsenal	Stoke City	Hull City	Brentford
1933-34	Arsenal	Grimsby Town	Barnsley	Norwich City
1934-35	Arsenal	Brentford	Doncaster Rovers	Charlton Athletic
1935-36	Sunderland	Manchester United	Chesterfield	Coventry City
1936-37	Manchester City	Leicester City	Stockport County	Luton Town
1937-38	Arsenal	Aston Villa	Tranmere Rovers	Millwall
1938-39	Everton	Blackburn Rovers	Barnsley	Newport County
1939-40	League abandoned due to World War II
1940-46	League suspended due to World War II
1946-47	Liverpool	Manchester City	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff City
1947-48	Arsenal	Birmingham City	Lincoln City	Queens Park Rangers
1948-49	Portsmouth	Fulham	Hull City	Swansea City
1949-50	Portsmouth	Tottenham Hotspur	Doncaster Rovers	Notts County
1950-51	Tottenham Hotspur	Preston North End	Rotherham United	Nottingham Forest
1951-52	Manchester United	Sheffield Wednesday	Lincoln City	Plymouth Argyle
1952-53	Arsenal	Sheffield United	Oldham Athletic	Bristol Rovers
1953-54	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester City	Port Vale	Ipswich Town
1954-55	Chelsea	Birmingham City	Barnsley	Bristol City
1955-56	Manchester United	Sheffield Wednesday	Grimsby Town	Leyton Orient
1956-57	Manchester United	Leicester City	Derby County	Ipswich Town
1957-58	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Ham United	Scunthorpe United	Brighton & Hove Albion

1958-1992

For the beginning of the 1958-59 season, national Third and Fourth Divisions were introduced to replace the regional Third Division North and Third Division South:

Season	First Division	Second Division	Third Division	Fourth Division
1958-59	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield Wednesday	Plymouth Argyle	Port Vale
1959-60	Burnley	Aston Villa	Southampton	Walsall
1960-61	Tottenham Hotspur	Ipswich Town	Bury	Peterborough United
1961-62	Ipswich Town	Liverpool	Portsmouth	Millwall
1962-63	Everton	Stoke City	Northampton Town	Brentford
1963-64	Liverpool	Leeds United	Coventry City	Gillingham
1964-65	Manchester United	Newcastle United	Carlisle United	Brighton & Hove Albion
1965-66	Liverpool	Manchester City	Hull City	Doncaster Rovers
1966-67	Manchester United	Coventry City	Queens Park Rangers	Stockport County
1967-68	Manchester City	Ipswich Town	Oxford United	Luton Town
1968-69	Leeds United	Derby County	Watford	Doncaster Rovers
1969-70	Everton	Huddersfield Town	Leyton Orient	Chesterfield
1970-71	Arsenal	Leicester City	Preston North End	Notts County
1971-72	Derby County	Norwich City	Aston Villa	Grimsby Town
1972-73	Liverpool	Burnley	Bolton Wanderers	Southport
1973-74	Leeds United	Middlesbrough	Oldham Athletic	Peterborough United
1974-75	Derby County	Manchester United	Blackburn Rovers	Mansfield Town
1975-76	Liverpool	Sunderland	Hereford United	Lincoln City
1976-77	Liverpool	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Mansfield Town	Cambridge United
1977-78	Nottingham Forest	Bolton Wanderers	Wrexham	Watford
1978-79	Liverpool	Crystal Palace	Shrewsbury Town	Reading
1979-80	Liverpool	Leicester City	Grimsby Town	Huddersfield Town
1980-81	Aston Villa	West Ham United	Rotherham United	Southend United
1981-82	Liverpool	Luton Town	Burnley	Sheffield United
1982-83	Liverpool	Queens Park Rangers	Portsmouth	Wimbledon
1983-84	Liverpool	Chelsea	Oxford United	York City
1984-85	Everton	Oxford United	Bradford City	Chesterfield
1985-86	Liverpool	Norwich City	Reading	Swindon Town
1986-87	Everton	Derby County	Bournemouth	Northampton Town
1987-88	Liverpool	Millwall	Sunderland	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1988-89	Arsenal	Chelsea	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rotherham United
1989-90	Liverpool	Leeds United	Bristol Rovers	Exeter City
1990-91	Arsenal	Oldham Athletic	Cambridge United	Darlington
1991-92	Leeds United	Ipswich Town	Brentford	Burnley

1992-2004

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Season	First Division	Second Division	Third Division
1992-93	Newcastle United	Stoke City	Cardiff City
1993-94	Crystal Palace	Reading	Shrewsbury Town
1994-95	Middlesbrough	Birmingham City	Carlisle United
1995-96	Sunderland	Swindon Town	Preston North End
1996-97	Bolton Wanderers	Bury	Wigan Athletic
1997-98	Nottingham Forest	Watford	Notts County
1998-99	Sunderland	Fulham	Brentford
1999-2000	Charlton Athletic	Preston North End	Swansea City
2000-01	Fulham	Millwall	Brighton & Hove Albion
2001-02	Manchester City	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plymouth Argyle
2002-03	Portsmouth	Wigan Athletic	Rushden & Diamonds
2003-04	Norwich City	Plymouth Argyle	Doncaster Rovers

2004-present

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Season	Championship	League One	League Two
2004-05	Sunderland	Luton Town	Yeovil Town
2005-06	Reading	Southend United	Carlisle United
2006-07	Sunderland	Scunthorpe United	Walsall
2007-08	West Bromwich Albion	Swansea City	Milton Keynes Dons

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Titles by club

Due to the breakaway of the Premier League in 1992, winning the Football League title no longer makes a team the top tier champions of English football. The following table splits wins between those before and after that date, and also shows both the total number of top flight titles won by each club, and the total number of league titles won from 1889 to 2007. It is sorted by number of top flight titles, which is a more significant measure of a club's success over its history than the number of Football League titles won - the top few English football clubs will probably win the Football League again only if they are relegated within the next 100 years or so.

Club	League titles 1889-1992	Premier League titles 1993-2007	Top flight titles	Football League titles 1993-2008	Football league titles 1889-2008
Liverpool	18	0	18	0	18
Manchester United	7	10	17	0	7
Arsenal	10	3	13	0	10
Everton	9	0	9	0	9
Aston Villa	7	0	7	0	7
Sunderland	6	0	6	4	10
Newcastle United	4	0	4	1	5
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	4	0	4
Huddersfield Town	3	0	3	0	3
Leeds United	3	0	3	0	3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	3	0	3
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	3	0	2
Chelsea	1	2	3	0	1
Burnley	2	0	2	0	2
Manchester City	2	0	2	1	3
Portsmouth	2	0	2	1	3
Derby County	2	0	2	0	2
Preston North End	2	0	2	0	2
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	2	0	2
Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	1	2
Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	1
Sheffield United	1	0	1	0	1
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	1	2
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	1	1
Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	1	1
Crystal Palace	0	0	0	1	1
Fulham	0	0	0	1	1
Middlesbrough	0	0	0	1	1
Norwich City	0	0	0	1	1
Reading	0	0	0	1	1

Play-offs

Main article: Football League play-offs

The Football League Play-Offs are used as a means of determining the final promotion place from each of the league's three divisions. This is a way of keeping the possibility of promotion open for more clubs towards the end of the season.

The format was first introduced in 1987, after the decision was made to reduce the top flight from 22 to 20 clubs over the next two seasons; initially, the play-offs involved the team finishing immediately above the relegation places in a given division and the three teams who finished immediately below the promotion places in the division below - essentially one team was fighting to keep their place in the higher division while the other three teams were attempting to take it from them. In 1989, this was changed—instead of teams from different divisions playing each other, the four teams below the automatic promotion places contested the play-offs. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The first season of this arrangement saw the final being contested in home and away legs. The four teams play off in two semi-finals and a final, with the team winning the final being promoted. Originally the semi-finals and the final were all two-legged home-and-away affairs, but from 1990 onwards the final was a one-off match (usually at Wembley or, during its rebuilding, the Millennium Stadium). Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the The Millennium Stadium (Stadiwm y Mileniwm is the National stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff. It is in this format that the play-offs continue today. A proposal to have six teams rather than four competing for the final place was defeated at the league's AGM in 2003. ^[2]

Controversy

For all the excitement the play-offs generate, the concept causes significant controversy, because a team that has proved itself the third best in its division over the course of a season has to play a two legged semi-final and a one-off final against teams it has theoretically already beaten, in order to win promotion. This is especially the case for the team that finishes third in the table, who will have often been many points ahead of the chasing pack, and often pushing for automatic promotion, only to then lose out in the play-offs. It is all the worse for those in the division below the Premier League given the amounts of money involved in gaining promotion; the Football League Championship play-off final has often been called "the richest game of football in the world" due to the money on offer through gaining promotion. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons

Some fans have also noticed the prevalence of a curse over the playoffs, in which the team who loses in the final of the promotion playoff is relegated the next season. A curse (also called execration) is any manner of Adversity thought to be inflicted by any supernatural power (such as a spell, a Prayer, an [2]

Play-Off Winners

Season	Division Two	Division Three	Division Four
1986-87	Charlton Athletic	Swindon Town	Aldershot
1987-88	Middlesbrough	Walsall	Swansea City
1988-89	Crystal Palace	Port Vale	Leyton Orient
1989-90	Swindon Town1	Notts County	Cambridge United
1990-91	Notts County	Tranmere Rovers	Torquay United
1991-92	Blackburn Rovers	Peterborough United	Blackpool
	Division One	Division Two	Division Three
1992-93	Swindon Town	West Bromwich Albion	York City
1993-94	Leicester City	Burnley	Wycombe Wanderers
1994-95	Bolton Wanderers	Huddersfield Town	Chesterfield
1995-96	Leicester City	Bradford City	Plymouth Argyle
1996-97	Crystal Palace	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton Town
1997-98	Charlton Athletic	Grimsby Town	Colchester United
1998-99	Watford	Manchester City	Scunthorpe United
1999-00	Ipswich Town	Gillingham	Peterborough United
2000-01	Bolton Wanderers	Walsall	Blackpool
2001-02	Birmingham City	Stoke City	Cheltenham Town
2002-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
2003-04	Crystal Palace	Brighton & Hove Albion	Huddersfield Town
	Championship	League One	League Two
2004-05	West Ham United	Sheffield Wednesday	Southend United
2005-06	Watford	Barnsley	Cheltenham Town
2006-07	Derby County	Blackpool	Bristol Rovers
2007-08	Hull City	Doncaster Rovers	Stockport County

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Footballs

The Mitre Pro 100T is the official match football of the Football League and is used by all 72 teams from the Championship and Leagues One and Two. Established in England in 1817 Mitre Sports International is a supplier of balls boots and accessories for football rugby netball and cricket Mitre's current deal started in the 2007–08 season and runs until the end of the 2010–11 season. As of the 2007–08 season, every Football League Championship team has their own Mitre football for home matches. Established in England in 1817 Mitre Sports International is a supplier of balls boots and accessories for football rugby netball and cricket The balls sport the home team's crest and colours.

Huddersfield Town will play the 2008–09 season with a customised Mitre ball to celebrate their centenery. The Football League rules have not allowed this before, but they have been relaxed as Mitre were formerly based in Huddersfield. Huddersfield ( is a large Market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, 190 miles (306km north

See also

• English football league system
• Football DataCo
• Football League 100 Legends
• Football League Awards
• Football League Referees
• National Football Museum - holder of the Football League Collection
• Premiership-Football League gulf
• St. Mary's Church, Handsworth - burial place of the League's founder
• Sports league attendances

References

External links

• History of football kit by club
• The Football League official website
• RSSSF Football League archive, 1888-

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