ENGLISH LEAGUE FOOTBALL

History
 
The creation of the Football League was in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. This was dominated by those clubs who had supported professionalism, and the twelve founding members consisted of six from Lancashire (Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Accrington, Everton and Preston North End) and six from the Midlands (Aston Villa, Derby County, Notts County, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). No sides from the South or London initially participated.
 
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Current holders:
 
PREMIER LEAGUE
 
MANCHESTER CITY
 
FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
 
BURNLEY
 
LEAGUE ONE
 
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
 
LEAGUE TWO
 
LEYTON ORIENT
 
NATIONAL LEAGUE
 
WREXHAM

 
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Summary of tier one of title wins (in bold) and runners-up positions
Club No. of title winsNo. of runners-up positionsSeasons
Manchester United20151907-08, 1910-11, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1979-80, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2017-18, 2020-21
Liverpool19151898-99, 1900-01, 1905-06, 1909-10, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1968-69, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2013-14, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22
Arsenal1391925-26, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2015-16
Everton971889-90, 1890-91, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1914-15, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87
Manchester City961903-04, 1920-21, 1936-37, 1967-68, 1976-77, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
Aston Villa7101888-89, 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1902-03, 1907-08, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1980-81, 1989-90, 1992-93
Sunderland651891-92, 1892-93, 1893-94, 1894-95, 1897-98, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1912-13, 1922-23, 1934-35, 1935-36
Chelsea641954-55, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2014-15, 2016-17
Newcastle United421904-05, 1906-07, 1908-09, 1926-27, 1995-96, 1996-97
Sheffield Wednesday411902-03, 1903-04, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1960-61
Leeds United351964-65, 1965-66, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1991-92
Wolverhampton Wanderers351937-38, 1938-39, 1949-50, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60
Huddersfield Town331923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1933-34
Blackburn Rovers311911-12, 1913-14, 1993-94, 1994-95
Preston North End251888-89, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1891-92, 1892-93, 1905-06, 1952-53
Tottenham Hotspur251921-22, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1962-63, 2016-17
Derby County231895-96, 1929-30, 1935-36, 1971-72, 1974-75
Burnley221919-20, 1920-21, 1959-60, 1961-62
Portsmouth201948-49, 1949-50
Sheffield United121896-97, 1897-98, 1899-1900
West Bromwich Albion121919-20, 1924-25, 1953-54
Ipswich Town121961-62, 1980-81, 1981-82
Nottingham Forest121966-67, 1977-78, 1978-79
Leicester City111928-29, 2015-16
Bristol City011906-07
Oldham Athletic011914-15
Cardiff City011923-24
Charlton Athletic011936-37
Blackpool011955-56
Queen's Park Rangers011975-76
Watford011982-83
Southampton011983-84
Summary of tier two of title wins (in bold) and runners-up positions
Manchester City741895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47, 1950-51, 1965-66, 1988-89, 1999-2000, 2001-02
Leicester City721907-08, 1924-25, 1937-37, 1953-54, 1956-57, 1970-71, 1979-80, 2002-03, 2013-14
Sheffield Wednesday521899-1900, 1925-26, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1983-84
Sunderland521963-64, 1975-76, 1979-80, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2006-07
Norwich City511971-72, 1985-86, 2003-04, 2010-11, 2018-19, 2020-21
Birmingham City471892-93, 1893-94, 1900-01, 1902-03, 1920-21, 1947-48, 1954-55, 1971-72, 1984-85, 2006-07, 2008-09
Middlesbrough441901-02, 1926-27, 1928-29, 1973-74, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1997-98, 2015-16
Leeds United431923-24, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1955-56, 1963-64, 1989-90, 2019-20
Burnley431897-98, 1912-13,1946-47,1972-73, 2013-14,2015-16, 2022-23
Derby County421911-12, 1914-15, 1925-26, 1968-69, 1986-87, 1995-96 
Newcastle United421897-98, 1947-48, 1964-65, 1992-93, 2009-10, 2016-17
Wolverhampton Wanderers42

1931-32, 1966-67, 1976-77, 1982-83, 2008-09, 2017-18

Liverpool401893-94, 1895-96, 1904-05, 1961-62
West Bromwich Albion361901-02, 1910-11, 1930-31, 1948-49, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2019-20
Bolton Wanderers341899-1900, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1934-35, 1977-78, 1996-97
Notts County321894-95, 1896-97, 1913-14, 1922-23, 1980-81
Preston North End321903-04, 1912-13, 1914-15, 1933-34, 1950-51
Nottingham Forest321906-07, 1921-22, 1956-57, 1993-94, 1997-98
Fulham311948-49, 1958-59, 2001-02, 2021-22
Ipswich Town301960-61, 1967-68, 1991-92
Chelsea251906-07, 1911-12, 1929-30, 1962-63, 1976-77, 1983-84, 1988-89
Manchester United241896-97, 1905-06, 1924-25, 1935-36, 1937-38, 1974-75
West Ham United231922-23, 1957-58, 1980-81, 1990-91, 1992-93
Tottenham Hotspur221908-09, 1919-20, 1932-33, 1949-50
Stoke City221921-22, 1932-33, 1962-63, 2007-08
Aston Villa221937-38, 1959-60, 1974-75, 1987-88
Queen's Park Rangers221967-68, 1972-73, 1982-83, 2010-11
Grimsby Town211900-01, 1928-29, 1933-34
Crystal Palace211968-69, 1978-79, 1993-94
Reading211994-95, 2005-06, 2011-12
Sheffield United181892-93, 1938-39, 1952-53, 1960-61, 1970-71, 1989-90, 2005-06, 2018-19, 2022-23
Cardiff City131920-21, 1951-52, 1959-60, 2012-13
Huddersfield Town121919-20, 1952-53, 1969-70
Portsmouth

121926-27, 1986-87, 2002-03
Blackpool121929-30, 1936-37, 1969-70 
Charlton Athletic121935-36, 1985-86, 1999-2000
Blackburn Rovers121938-39, 1957-58, 2000-01
Luton Town121954-55, 1973-74, 1981-82
AFC Bournemouth112014-15, 2021-22
Bury111894-95, 1923-24
Bristol City111905-06, 1975-76
Bradford City111907-08, 1998-99
Oldham Athletic111909-10, 1990-91
Everton111930-31, 1953-54
Brentford101934-35
Coventry City101966-67
Oxford United

101984-85
Millwall101987-88
Southampton031965-66, 1977-78, 2011-12
Watford031981-82, 2014-15, 2020-21
Brighton & Hove Albion021978-79, 2016-17
Glossop North End011898-99
Arsenal011903-04
Bradford Park Avenue011913-14
Leyton Orient011961-62
Northampton Town011964-65
Barnsley011996-97
Wigan Athletic012004-05
Hull City012012-13
Summary of tier three of title wins (in bold) and runners-up positions
Wigan Athletic402002-03, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2021-22
Plymouth Argyle321958-59, 1975-75, 1985-86, 2003-04, 2022-23
Brighton & Hove Albion231971-72, 1976-77, 1987-88, 2001-02, 2010-11
Hull City221958-59, 1965-66, 2004-05, 2020-21
Bury211960-61, 1967-68, 1996-97
Oxford United211967-68, 1983-84, 1995-96
Watford211968-69, 1978-79, 1997-98
Reading211985-86, 1993-94, 2001-02
Luton Town211969-70, 2004-05, 2018-19
Portsmouth201961-62, 1982-83
Preston North End201970-71, 1999-2000
Wolverhampton Wanderers201988-89, 2013-14
Coventry City201963-64, 2019-20
Bristol City141964-65, 1989-90, 1997-98, 2006-07, 2014-15
Rotherham United131980-81, 2000-01, 2019-20, 2021-22
Swindon Town121962-63, 1968-69, 1995-96
Millwall121965-66, 1984-85, 2000-01
Brentford121991-92, 1994-95, 2013-14
Bolton Wanderers121972-73, 1992-93, 2016-17
Southampton111959-60, 2010-11
Norwich City111959-60, 2009-10
Grimsby Town111961-62, 1979-80
Carlisle United111964-65, 1981-82 
Queen's Park Rangers111966-67, 2003-04
Fulham111970-71, 1998-99
Bristol Rovers

111973-74, 1989-90
Blackburn Rovers111974-75, 1979-80
Cambridge United111977-78, 1990-91
Burnley111981-82, 1999-2000
AFC Bournemouth111986-87, 2012-13
Southend United111990-91, 2005-06
Birmingham City111991-92, 1994-95
Sheffield United111988-89, 2016-17
Northampton Town101962-63
Leyton Orient101969-70
Aston Villa101971-72
Oldham Athletic101973-74
Hereford United101975-76
Mansfield Town101976-77
Wrexham101977-78
Shrewsbury Town101978-79
Bradford City101984-85
Sunderland101987-88
Stoke City101992-93
Scunthorpe United102006-07
Swansea City102007-08
Leicester City102008-09
Charlton Athletic102011-12
Doncaster Rovers102012-13
Walsall021960-61, 1998-99
Middlesbrough021966-67, 1986-87
Cardiff City021975-76, 1982-83
Barnsley021980-81, 2018-19
Peterborough United022008-09, 2020-21
Burton Albion012015-16
Crystal Palace011963-64
Notts County011972-73
Wimbledon011983-84
Port Vale011993-94
Stockport County011996-97
Crewe Alexandra012002-03
Colchester United012005-06
Nottingham Forest012007-08
Leeds United012009-10
Sheffield Wednesday012011-12
Milton Keynes Dons012014-15
Ipswich Town012022-23
Summary of tier three (South) of title wins (in bold) and runners-up positions
Bristol City311922-23, 1926-27, 1937-38, 1954-55
Plymouth Argyle261921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1929-30, 1951-52
Millwall211927-28, 1937-38, 1952-53
Notts County211930-31, 1936-37, 1949-50
Swansea City201924-25, 1948-49
Charlton Athletic201928-29, 1934-35
Ipswich Town201953-54, 1956-57
Reading141925-26, 1931-32, 1934-35, 1948-49, 1951-52
Crystal Palace131920-21, 1928-29, 1930-31, 1938-39
Brentford121929-30, 1932-33, 1957-58
Brighton & Hove Albion121953-54, 1955-56, 1957-58
Southampton111920-21, 1921-22
Norwich City111933-34, 1950-51
Coventry City111933-34, 1935-36
Luton Town111935-36, 1936-37
Queen's Park Rangers111946-47, 1947-48
Leyton Orient111954-55, 1955-56
Portsmouth101923-24
Fulham101931-32
Newport County101938-39
Cardiff City101946-47
Nottingham Forest101950-51
Bristol Rovers101952-53
Northampton Town021927-28, 1949-50
Exeter City011932-33
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic011947-48
Torquay United011956-57
Summary of tier three (North) for title wins (in bold) and runners-up positions
Lincoln City331927-28, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1936-37, 1947-48, 1951-52
Doncaster Rovers321934-35, 1937-38, 1938-39, 1946-47, 1949-50
Barnsley311933-34, 1938-39, 1953-54, 1954-55
Stockport County221921-22, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1936-37
Grimsby Town211925-26, 1951-52, 1955-56
Port Vale211929-30, 1952-53, 1953-54
Chesterfield211930-31, 1933-34, 1935-36
Hull City201932-33, 1948-49
Rotherham United131946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51
Bradford Park Avenue121922-23, 1925-26, 1927-28
Darlington111921-22, 1924-25
Nelson111922-23, 1924-25
Derby County111955-56, 1956-57
Wolverhampton Wanderers101923-24
Stoke City101926-27
Bradford City101928-29
Tranmere Rovers101937-38
Oldham Athletic101952-53
Scunthorpe United101957-58
Rochdale021923-24, 1926-27
Gateshead021931-32, 1949-50
Accrington Stanley021954-55, 1957-58
Wrexham011932-33
Halifax Town011934-35
Chester011935-36
Mansfield Town011950-51
Hartlepool United011956-57
Summary of tier four title wins (in bold) and runners-up positions
Chesterfield4 0 1969-70, 1984-85, 2010-11, 2013-14
Notts County311959-60, 1970-71, 1997-98, 2009-10
Gillingham311963-64, 1973-74, 1995-96, 2012-13
Doncaster Rovers311965-66, 1968-69, 1983-84, 2003-04
Peterborough United301960-61, 1973-74, 2007-08
Brentford301962-63, 1998-99, 2008-09
Swindon Town301985-86, 2011-12, 2019-20
Northampton Town221975-761986-87, 2005-06, 2015-16
Walsall221959-60, 1979-80, 1994-95, 2006-07
Carlisle United211963-64, 1994-95, 2005-06 
Lincoln City211975-76, 1980-81, 2018-19 
Cambridge United211976-77, 1998-99, 2020-21
Brighton & Hove Albion201964-65, 2000-01
Rotherham United131988-89, 1991-92, 1999-2000, 2012-13
Shrewsbury Town131974-75, 1993-94, 2011-12, 2014-15
Exeter City131976-77, 1989-90, 2008-09, 2021-22
Grimsby Town121971-72, 1978-79, 1989-90
Southend United121971-72, 1977-78, 1980-81
Cardiff City121987-88, 1992-93, 2000-01
Millwall111961-62, 1964-65
Darlington111965-66, 1990-91
Stockport County111966-67, 1990-91
Southport111966-67, 1972-73
Luton Town111967-68, 2001-02
Preston North End111986-87, 1995-96
Plymouth Argyle112001-02, 2016-17
Port Vale101958-59
Mansfield Town101974-75
Watford101977-78
Reading101978-79
Huddersfield Town101979-80
Sheffield United101981-82
Wimbledon101982-83
York City101983-84
Wolverhampton Wanderers101987-88
Burnley101991-92
Wigan Athletic101996-97
Swansea City101999-2000
Rushden & Diamonds102002-03
Yeovil Town102004-05
Milton Keynes Dons102007-08
Burton Albion102014-15
Portsmouth102016-17
Accrington Stanley102017-18
Cheltenham Town102020-21
Forest Green Rovers102021-22
Leyton Orient102022-23
Wrexham021969-70, 1992-93
AFC Bournemouth021970-71, 2009-10
Hull City021982-83, 2003-04
Chester City021985-86, 1993-94
Hartlepool United022002-03, 2006-07
Scunthorpe United022004-05, 2013-14
Bury022010-11, 2018-19
Coventry City011958-59
Crystal Palace011960-61
Colchester United011961-62
Oldham Athletic011962-63
Barnsley011967-68
Halifax Town011968-69
Hereford United011972-73
Bradford City011981-82
Blackpool011984-85
Tranmere Rovers011988-89
Fulham011996-97
Macclesfield Town011997-98
Oxford United012015-16
Crewe Alexandra012019-20
Stevenage012022-23
Summary of tier five title wins (in bold) and runners-up positions
Barnet331986-87, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91, 2004-05, 2014-15
Kidderminster Harriers311993-94, 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2012-13
Macclesfield Town301994-95, 1996-97, 2017-18
Enfield211981-82, 1982-83, 1985-86
Maidstone United211982-83, 1983-84, 1988-89
Cheltenham Town211997-98, 1998-99, 2015-16
Altrincham201979-80, 1980-81
Stevenage201995-96, 1996-97
Lincoln City201987-88, 2016-17
Wrexham122011-12, 2021-22, 2022-23
Colchester United111990-91, 1991-92
Wycombe Wanderers111991-92, 1992-93
Rushden & Diamonds111999-2000, 2000-01
Yeovil Town112000-01, 2002-03
Dagenham & Redbridge112001-02, 2006-07
Luton Town112009-10, 2013-14
Runcorn101981-82
Wealdstone101984-85
Scarborough101986-87
Darlington101989-90
Halifax Town101997-98
Boston United102001-02
Chester City102003-04
Accrington Stanley102005-06
Aldershot Town102007-08
Burton Albion102008-09
Crawley Town102010-11
Fleetwood Town102011-12
Mansfield Town102012-13
Leyton Orient102018-19
Barrow102019-20
Sutton United102020-21
Stockport County102021-22
Kettering Town041980-81, 1988-89, 1993-94, 1998-99
Hereford United032003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06
Cambridge United032007-08, 2008-09, 2013-14
Nuneaton Borough021983-84, 1984-85
Woking021994-95, 1995-96
Tranmere Rovers022016-17, 2017-18
Weymouth011979-80
Frickley Athletic011985-86
Bromsgrove Rovers011992-93
Morecambe012002-03
Oxford United012006-07
AFC Wimbledon012010-11
Bristol Rovers012014-15
Forest Green Rovers012015-16
Solihull Moors012018-19
Harrogate Town012019-20
Torquay United012020-21
Notts County012022-23