FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISIONAL RECORDS 1888-2009
SEASON Total Seasons 110 % Time in
TEAMS (133) 1888-89 to 2008-09 1 2 3 4 Tot Top Flight
1 ACCRINGTON (OLD REDS) ? 5 0 0 0 5 100.00%
2 EVERTON Everton's crest,Liverpool emblem
 
106 4 0 0 110 96.36%
3 LIVERPOOL   94 11 0 0 105 89.52%
4 ASTON VILLA
Crest of Aston Villa Football Club
Arsenal crest,Manchester United's emblem,Manchester City crest
 
98 10 2 0 110 89.09%
5 ARSENAL   92 13 0 0 105 87.62%
6 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR   74 16 0 0 90 82.22%
7 MANCHESTER UNITED   84 22 0 0 106 79.25%
8 MANCHESTER CITY   80 25 1 0 106 75.47%
9 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Sunderland A.F.C. crest
79 26 0 0 105 75.24%
10 SUNDERLAND 78 29 1 0 108 72.22%
11 CHELSEA
West Bromwich Albion crest
Badge of Blackburn Rovers FC,Crest,Badge of Bolton Wanderers
 
74 29 0 0 103 71.84%
12 WEST BROMWICH ALBION   73 36 1 0 110 66.36%
13 BOLTON WANDERERS   70 28 11 1 110 63.64%
14 BLACKBURN ROVERS   69 36 5 0 110 62.73%
15 WEST HAM UNITED   52 31 0 0 83 62.65%
16 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Badge of Sheffield Wednesday
Middlesbrough Football Club Crest,emblem,Badge of Derby County F.C.
Sheffield United logo,Badge of Wolverhampton Wanderers
Image:Ntmcrest.gif,Stoke City badge
Badge of Birmingham City,Burnley crest
Leicester City crest,MK Dons badge
 
66 33 7 0 106 62.26%
17 LEEDS UNITED   50 30 2 0 82 60.98%
18 MIDDLESBROUGH   60 37 2 0 99 60.61%
19 DERBY COUNTY   65 41 4 0 110 59.09%
20 SHEFFIELD UNITED   60 40 5 1 106 56.60%
21 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS   60 45 3 2 110 54.55%
22 NOTTINGHAM FOREST   56 45 5 0 106 52.83%
23 STOKE CITY   53 41 7 1 102 51.96%
24 BIRMINGHAM CITY   55 47 4 0 106 51.89%
25 BURNLEY   51 41 11 7 110 46.36%
26 LEICESTER CITY   47 56 1 0 104 45.19%
27 WIMBLEDON-MK DONS (2004/05)   14 6 5 7 32 43.75%
28 SOUTHAMPTON  Image:Saints badge 2.gif,Ipswich Town badge.gif,Badge of Preston North End
 
35 38 9 0 82 42.68%
29 IPSWICH TOWN   27 26 11 0 64 42.19%
30 PRESTON NORTH END   46 40 19 5 110 41.82%
31 COVENTRY CITY
Coventry City badge,Charlton Athletic crest,Portsmouth Football Club Crest
Notts County badge,Blackpool logo
Badge of Norwich City,Darwen
Fulham's crest since 2000.,Crystal Palace's emblem,Queens Park Rangers badge,Luton Town badge,Badge of Cardiff City,Image:Bury Badge.gif
Wigan Athletic crest,Bradford City A.F.C. logo,Image:Grimb Badge.gif
Watford badge
Bristol City badge,Oxford United badge
 
34 26 22 1 83 40.96%
32 PORTSMOUTH   32 38 10 2 82 39.02%
33 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN   30 33 19 6 88 34.09%
34 CHARLTON ATHLETIC   26 41 14 0 81 32.10%
35 NOTTS COUNTY   30 37 29 14 110 27.27%
36 BLACKPOOL   27 52 15 7 101 26.73%
37 NORWICH CITY   21 33 28 0 82 25.61%
38 DARWEN   2 6 0 0 8 25.00%
39 QUEENS PARK RANGERS   20 23 39 0 82 24.39%
40 FULHAM   20 50 18 3 91 21.98%
41 BURY   22 39 24 19 104 21.15%
42 LUTON TOWN   16 35 29 5 85 18.82%
43 CARDIFF CITY   15 37 19 11 82 18.29%
44 CRYSTAL PALACE   13 33 33 3 82 15.85%
45 OLDHAM ATHLETIC   12 36 32 11 91 13.19%
46 WIGAN ATHLETIC   4 2 17 8 31 12.90%
47 BRADFORD CITY   12 29 35 19 95 12.63%
48 GRIMSBY TOWN   12 52 27 14 105 11.43%
49 WATFORD   8 23 46 5 82 9.76%
50 BRISTOL CITY   9 42 44 2 97 9.28%
51 OXFORD UNITED   3 18 15 8 44 6.82%
52 BRENTFORD   5 10 53 14 82 6.10%
53 BRADFORD PARK AVENUE   3 22 14 11 50 6.00%
54 GLOSSOP NORTH END
Reading logo,Glossop North End
 
1 16 0 0 17 5.88%
55 BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION   4 17 54 7 82 4.88%
56 READING   2 15 56 8 81 2.47%
57 MILLWALL   2 35 40 5 82 2.44%
58 SWANSEA CITY
Image:Swansea City A.F.C. logo.gif
Carlisle United's emblem
 
2 35 26 19 82 2.44%
59 CARLISLE UNITED   1 15 35 21 72 1.39%
60 SWINDON TOWN
Image:Swindon town fc badge choice 2007.PNG
1 19 57 5 82 1.22%
61 NORTHAMPTON TOWN Hull City badge,Northampton Town logo,The Leyton Orient Crest
 
1 3 47 32 83 1.20%
62 HULL CITY 1 53 23 16 93 1.08%
63 LEYTON ORIENT 1 41 36 15 93 1.08%
64 BARNSLEY
Barnsley F.C. logo
1 68 21 10 100 1.00%
65 PORT VALE
Port Vale F.C. logo
Badge of Plymouth Argyle,Image:Lincoln City F.C. badge.png
logo,Logo,Rotherham logo,Image:Brist Badge.png,Image:Chesterfield FC Badge.png,Gainsborough Trinity
 
0 40 40 16 96 0.00%
66 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE   0 39 38 5 82 0.00%
67 LINCOLN CITY   0 34 31 37 102 0.00%
68 ROTHERHAM UNITED   0 26 45 9 80 0.00%
69 STOCKPORT COUNTY   0 26 39 32 97 0.00%
70 BRISTOL ROVERS   0 20 55 4 79 0.00%
71 CHESTERFIELD   0 20 51 20 91 0.00%
72 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY   0 16 0 0 16 0.00%
73 WALSALL   0 15 61 9 85 0.00%
74 BURTON UNITED ? 0 15 0 0 15 0.00%
75 CREWE ALEXANDRA
Image:tracrest.gif,Crewe Alexandra badge
Doncaster Rovers club badge
 
0 12 11 62 85 0.00%
76 TRANMERE ROVERS   0 11 53 16 80 0.00%
77 DONCASTER ROVERS   0 12 31 31 74 0.00%
78 SHREWSBURY TOWN
Shrewsbury Town's emblem
The badge of Leeds City, also the coat of arms of Leeds before 1924
 
0 10 33 15 58 0.00%
79 LEEDS CITY   0 10 0 0 10 0.00%
80 SOUTH SHIELDS Southend United badge,Image:Camb10.jpg,Scunthorpe United Logo
 
0 9 2 0 11 0.00%
81 CAMBRIDGE UNITED   0 8 8 19 35 0.00%
82 SOUTHEND UNITED   0 7 55 20 82 0.00%
83 SCUNTHORPE UNITED   0 7 18 34 59 0.00%
84 LOUGHBOROUGH (TOWN?) ? 0 5 0 0 5 0.00%
85 WREXHAM Image:Wrexham badge.jpg
 
0 4 54 22 80 0.00%
86 ROTHERHAM COUNTY ? 0 4 2 0 6 0.00%
87 AFC BOURNEMOUTH
Darlington FC's crestı
 
0 3 67 9 79 0.00%
88 DARLINGTON   0 3 31 46 80 0.00%
89 BURTON WANDERERS ? 0 3 0 0 3 0.00%
90 NEW BRIGHTON TOWER ? 0 3 0 0 3 0.00%
91 YORK CITY
York City's emblem
Image:Peterborough United Logo.PNG
 
0 2 38 28 68 0.00%
92 COLCHESTER UNITED   0 2 31 24 57 0.00%
93 PETERBOROUGH UNITED   0 2 22 25 49 0.00%
94 NORTHWICH VICTORIA
Northwich Victoria
Image:MansfieldTFC Badge.gif,Hereford United,Newport County,Nelson
 
0 2 0 0 2 0.00%
95 GILLINGHAM   0 1 59 17 77 0.00%
96 MANSFIELD TOWN   0 1 42 27 70 0.00%
97 NEWPORT COUNTY   0 1 40 19 60 0.00%
98 NELSON   0 1 9 0 10 0.00%
99 HEREFORD UNITED   0 1 5 22 28 0.00%
100 BOOTLE ? 0 1 0 0 1 0.00%
101 MIDDLESBROUGH IRONOPOLIS ? 0 1 0 0 1 0.00%
102 EXETER CITY
Image:hartlepool2.gif,Rochdale badge,Image:HalifaxTownAFC.gif,Exerter City Club Badge
Image:Chest Badge.gif
Southport,Gateshead FC Logo
 
0 0 44 33 77 0.00%
103 HALIFAX TOWN   0 0 40 29 69 0.00%
104 HARTLEPOOL UNITED   0 0 37 44 81 0.00%
105 ROCHDALE   0 0 36 45 81 0.00%
106 CHESTER CITY   0 0 35 32 67 0.00%
107 TORQUAY UNITED   0 0 34 39 73 0.00%
108 SOUTHPORT   0 0 34 16 50 0.00%
109 BARROW   0 0 33 11 44 0.00%
110 ACCRINGTON STANLEY   0 0 32 5 37 0.00%
111 ALDERSHOT   0 0 24 29 53 0.00%
112 GATESHEAD   0 0 21 2 23 0.00%
113 NEW BRIGHTON ? 0 0 21 0 21 0.00%
114 WORKINGTON
Workington
Wycombe Wanderers badge
 
0 0 10 16 26 0.00%
115 WYCOMBE WANDERERS   0 0 10 6 16 0.00%
116 MERTHYR TOWN ? 0 0 10 0 10 0.00%
117 WIGAN BOROUGH [badge]
 
0 0 10 0 10 0.00%
118 ASHINGTON   0 0 8 0 8 0.00%
119 DURHAM CITY
0 0 7 0 7 0.00%
120 ABERDARE ATHLETIC ? 0 0 6 0 6 0.00%
121 CHELTENHAM TOWN
Image:Chelt Badge.gif
0 0 4 5 9 0.00%
122 YEOVIL TOWN image:Yeovil_Town_Football_Club.gif,Stalybridge Celtic
 
0 0 4 2 6 0.00%
123 STALYBRIDGE CELTIC   0 0 2 0 2 0.00%
124 THAMES ASSOCIATION ? 0 0 2 0 2 0.00%
125 BARNET 150,Image:Barnet Badge.PNG,Macclesfield Town badge
 
0 0 1 13 14 0.00%
126 MACCLESFIELD TOWN   0 0 1 11 12 0.00%
127 RUSHDEN AND DIAMONDS   0 0 1 4 5 0.00%
128 SCARBOROUGH
Scarborough FC,Image:Boston Utd Badge.png
Image:Kidderminsterbadge.gif
Dagenham & Redbridge crest
 
0 0 0 12 12 0.00%
129 BOSTON UNITED   0 0 0 5 5 0.00%
130 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS   0 0 0 5 5 0.00%
131 MAIDSTONE UNITED   0 0 0 3 3 0.00%
132 DAGENHAM AND REDBRIDGE   0 0 0 2 2 0.00%
133 MORECAMBE   0 0 0 2 2 0.00%
NON-LEAGUE TEAMS SEASON 2008-09 SHOWN IN ITALICS