Football League Records & Statistics 1888-89 to 2018-19
Football stats of the respective League positions season by season for every club in the four flights
of English football from 1888-89 to 2018-19
Football stats arranged A to Z with all 139 clubs
who have participated in the Football League
from 1888 to 2019 with their League positions
Stats showing years spent in each of the four flights of League football by the 139 clubs, together with the amount of time spent in the Top Flight, arranged club by club from 1888-89 to 2018-19
Football League stats showing the total number of
seasons spent in the Top Flight of English
football from 1888-89 to 2018-19 with tables for current & historical consecutive season runs
Football stats detailing the points amassed
by season for every club in the top flight
from 1888-89 to 1938-39
Football stats detailing the points amassed by season for every club in the old First Division from 1946-47 to 1991-92
Full details of every League Club in the Top Four Flights of English Football for 2009-10. Includes links to every club's official web site & Wikipedia.
Football stats showing the Top 5 League
finishes for every season
from 1888-89 to 2017-18
All-time top 5 league finishes arranged as a
table of merit. Also incldes Post-WW2 and
Premier League Era tables.
Football stats detailing the points amassed
by season for every club in the Top Flight
from 1888-89 to 2016-17
A batch of railway locomotives were built and named after famous football clubs in the 1930s
by the London & North-East Railway
FOOTBALL LEAGUE
The Football League is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football. It was the top level football league in England from its foundation in the 19th century until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split away to form the FA Premier League. Since 1992 it has had 72 clubs evenly divided into three divisions, which are currently known as The Championship, League One, and League Two.
After four years of debate, The Football Association finally legalised professionalism on 20 July 1885. 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. 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.
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. The first season of the Football League began a few months later on 8 September with 12 member clubs.
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 North End won the first league title without losing a game, and completed the first league & cup double by also taking the FA Cup. Every one of the original 12 Football League club has at least one relegation in their history, unlike some European leagues such as Spain, Portugal, Scotland or the Republic of Ireland.
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Table of every London Football Club's record in
the Top Flight from season 1904-05 to 2018-19.
Complete details of every Football League Top
Flight Table from season 1888-89 to 1914-15
Complete details of every Football League Top
Flight Table from season 1919-20 to 1939-40
Complete details of every Football League Top Flight Table from season 1946-47 to 1991-92
Complete details of every Football League Second Flight Table from season 1892-93 to 1914-15
Complete details of every Football League Second Flight Table from season 1919-20 to 1939-40
Complete details of every Football League Second Flight Table from season 1946-47 to 1991-92
Complete details of every Football League Second Flight Table from season 1992-93 to 2015-16
Football stats detailing the points amassed
by season for every club in the Second Flight
from 1892-93 to 2016-17
Complete details of every Football League Third Flight Table from season 1920-21 to 1939-40
Complete details of every Football League Third Flight Table from season 1946-47 to 1991-92
Complete details of every Football League Fourth Flight Table from season 1946-47 to 1991-92
Complete details of every Football League Third Flight Table from season 1992-93 to 2015-16
Complete details of every Football League Fourth Flight Table from season 1992-93 to 2015-16
Football stats detailing the points amassed
by season for every club in the Third Flight
from 1920-21 to 2016-17
Football stats detailing the points amassed
by season for every club in the Fourth Flight
from 1958-59 to 2016-17
The Football League Trophy is a knockout cup competition organised by and named after The Football League. It was first played in 1983–84.
The top 358 clubs ranked by their end of
season 2012-13 League positions
Detailed chart showing the set-up of the first 10 levels of the English Football Pyramid System of Leagues for professional, semi-professional
and amateur football.
Combined Table for all 34 clubs which participated in Football League Division One during the 1950s from season 1949-50 to 1958-59.
Combined Table for all 34 clubs which participated in Football League Division One during the 1960s from season 1959-60 to 1968-69.
Combined Table for all 35 clubs which participated in Football League Division One during the 1970s from season 1969-70 to 1978-79.
Combined Table for all 39 clubs which participated in Football League Division One during the 1980s from season 1979-80 to 1978-79.
Combined Table for all 34 clubs which participated in the Top Flight during the 1990s from season 1989-90 to 1988-89.
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The top 366 clubs ranked by their end of
season 2013-14 League positions
The top 367 clubs ranked by their end of
season 2014-15 League positions
The top 368 clubs ranked by their end of
season 2015-16 League positions
The top 368 clubs ranked by their end of
season 2016-17 League positions
The top 368 clubs ranked by their end of
season 2017-18 League positions
