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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

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Sport
Soccer

Location
England

Gender
Male

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Results
02 May	Wimbledon FC	3 - 0	Sheffield Un
02 May	West Ham	3 - 0	Nottingham F
02 May	Sheffield We	0 - 0	Liverpool
02 May	QPR	1 - 0	Crystal Pala
02 May	Oldham	2 - 5	Manchester C
02 May	Notts County	2 - 1	Luton
02 May	Manchester U	3 - 1	Tottenham
02 May	Leeds	1 - 0	Norwich
02 May	Everton	2 - 1	Chelsea
02 May	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
1987-1988		1986-1987		1985-1986		1984-1985
1983-1984		1982-1983		1981-1982		1980-1981
1979-1980		1978-1979		1977-1978		1976-1977
1975-1976		1974-1975		1973-1974		1972-1973
1971-1972		1970-1971		1969-1970		1968-1969
1967-1968		1966-1967		1965-1966		1964-1965
1963-1964		1962-1963		1961-1962		1960-1961
1959-1960		1958-1959		1957-1958		1956-1957
1955-1956		1954-1955		1953-1954		1952-1953
1951-1952		1950-1951		1949-1950		1948-1949
1947-1948		1946-1947		1938-1939		1937-1938
1936-1937		1935-1936		1934-1935		1933-1934
1932-1933		1931-1932		1930-1931		1929-1930
1928-1929		1927-1928		1926-1927		1925-1926
1924-1925		1923-1924		1922-1923		1921-1922
1920-1921		1919-1920		1914-1915		1913-1914
1912-1913		1911-1912		1910-1911		1909-1910
1908-1909		1907-1908		1906-1907		1905-1906
1904-1905		1903-1904		1902-1903		1901-1902
1900-1901		1899-1900		1898-1899		1897-1898
1896-1897		1895-1896		1894-1895		1893-1894
1892-1893		1891-1892		1890-1891		1889-1890
1888-1889

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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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