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Football League First Division

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Established
1871 (153 years old)

First Recorded Event
1888-09-08

Current Season
1999-2000

Sport
Soccer

Location
England

Gender
Male

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Results
02/05	Wimbledon FC	3 - 0	Sheffield Un
02/05	West Ham	3 - 0	Nottingham F
02/05	Sheffield We	0 - 0	Liverpool
02/05	QPR	1 - 0	Crystal Pala
02/05	Oldham	2 - 5	Manchester C
02/05	Notts County	2 - 1	Luton
02/05	Manchester U	3 - 1	Tottenham
02/05	Leeds	1 - 0	Norwich
02/05	Everton	2 - 1	Chelsea
02/05	Aston Villa	2 - 0	Coventry

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The Football League First Division is a former division of the Football League and from 1888 to 1992, it was the top tier division in the English football league system. Following the creation of the Premier League, the name was given to the second tier division (which was rebranded as the Football League Championship in 2004 and in 2016 adopted its current name of the EFL Championship.)

The Football League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. It originally consisted of a single division of 12 clubs (Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke (now Stoke City), West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers), known as The Football League. When the League admitted additional members from the rival Football Alliance in 1892, it was split into two divisions.

For the next 100 years, the First Division was the top professional league in English football. Then, in 1992 the 22 clubs making up the First Division elected to resign from the Football League and set up the Premier League. The Football League was consequently re-organised, with the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions now renamed the First, Second and Third respectively. Thus, the First Division, while still the top level of the Football League, now became the second level of the entire English football league system.

The First Division was renamed as the Football League Championship prior to the start of the 2004–05 season, as part of a league-wide rebrand. The Football League rebranded itself as the English Football League prior to the 2016–17 season, with its top level becoming the EFL Championship at that time.

Liverpool were the most frequent winners of the First Division when it was the top flight of English football, winning it a total of 18 times.


Seasons

1991-1992		1990-1991		1989-1990		1988-1989

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Teams

Aberdare Athlet		Accrington FC		Bootle FC		Burton Swifts
Burton United F		Durham City AFC		Glossop North E		Hereford United
Leeds City FC		Loughborough FC		Middlesbrough I		Nelson FC
New Brighton AF		New Brighton To		Rotherham Town		Scarborough FC
Thames AFC		Wigan Borough F		Wimbledon FC		Workington AFC

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