Football League First Division (1892-1992)

The Football league first division 1892-1992 was the top flight in english football it fist began i
1888 when Aston Villa director Charlie Fossey decide to creat a compitition were the best teams in the country could play each other and the one team with the most wins was the best team in england. 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) , simply known as The Football League. When the League admitted additional members from the rival Football Alliance in 1892, it was split into two divisions; the original League was expanded (the two best Alliance members joining) and renamed the First Division, while the rest of the Alliance members were admitted into the Second Division.
==Size==
The First Division initially consisted of 12 founder clubs; since then it has undergone a series of expansions as football became more popular and the number of quality teams increased. There were also a series of contractions in the late 1980s, although they were soon reversed, as follows:
No. of teams	From	To
12 	1888	1891
14 	1891	1892
16 	1892	1898
18 	1898	1905
20 	1905	1915
22 	1919	1987
21 	1987	1988
20 	1988	1991
22† 	1991	1995
24 	1995	-
† as the second tier of professional football in England (from 1992)
==The Trophy==
The English Football League Championship trophy, designed and manufactured by Vaughtons of Birmingham in 1890, is the same one that England's champion team received until the FA Premier League came into existence in the summer of 1992.
Known sometimes as “The Lady” because the lid bears the figure of a woman, the trophy has been presented to some of English football’s legendary teams. They include the great Huddersfield Town triple title winners of the 1920s and the Arsenal teams that won five titles in eight seasons in the 1930s. Manchester United’s Busby Babes carried off the trophy in 1956 and 1957 before the Munich air disaster, and Liverpool collected the trophy 11 times in 18 seasons between 1972/73 and 1989/90. The last team to collect the trophy as English champions were Leeds United in 1991/92. Since then, as the prize of the second tier, no team can repeat a year with it due to being promoted to the Premier League.
The current holders are Newcastle United, who celebrated winning the Championship in April 2010.
==Winners==
==Football League (1888–1892)==
Year 	Champions
(number of titles)	Runners-up 	Third place 	Leading goalscorer 	Goals
1888–89	Preston North End[1] 	Aston Villa 	Wolverhampton Wanderers	John Goodall (Preston North End) 	21
1889–90	Preston North End (2)	Everton 	Blackburn Rovers 	Jimmy Ross (Preston North End) 	24
1890–91	Everton 	Preston North End	Notts County 	Jack Southworth (Blackburn Rovers)	26
1891–92	Sunderland 	Preston North End	Bolton Wanderers 	John Campbell (Sunderland) 	32
==Football League First Division (1892–1992)==
Year 	Champions
(number of titles) 	Runners-up 	Third place 	Leading goalscorer 	Goals
1892–93 	Sunderland (2) 	Preston North End 	Everton 	John Campbell (Sunderland) 	31
1893–94 	Aston Villa 	Sunderland 	Derby County 	Jack Southworth (Everton) 	27
1894–95 	Sunderland (3) 	Everton 	Aston Villa 	John Campbell (Sunderland) 	22
1895–96 	Aston Villa (2) 	Derby County 	Everton 	Johnny Campbell (Aston Villa)
Steve Bloomer (Derby County)	20
1896–97 	Aston Villa (3) 	Sheffield United 	Derby County 	Steve Bloomer (Derby County) 	22
1897–98 	Sheffield United 	Sunderland 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Fred Wheldon (Aston Villa) 	21
1898–99 	Aston Villa (4) 	Liverpool 	Burnley 	Steve Bloomer (Derby County) 	23
1899–1900 	Aston Villa (5) 	Sheffield United 	Sunderland 	Billy Garraty (Aston Villa) 	27
1900–01 	Liverpool 	Sunderland 	Notts County 	Steve Bloomer (Derby County) 	23
1901–02 	Sunderland (4) 	Everton 	Newcastle United 	Jimmy Settle (Everton) 	18
1902–03 	The Wednesday 	Aston Villa 	Sunderland 	Sam Raybould (Liverpool) 	31
1903–04 	The Wednesday (2) 	Manchester City 	Everton 	Steve Bloomer (Derby County) 	20
1904–05 	Newcastle United 	Everton 	Manchester City 	Arthur Brown (Sheffield United) 	22
1905–06 	Liverpool (2) 	Preston North End 	Sheffield Wednesday 	Albert Shepherd (Bolton Wanderers) 	26
1906–07 	Newcastle United (2) 	Bristol City 	Everton 	Alex Young (Everton) 	30
1907–08 	Manchester United 	Aston Villa 	Manchester City 	Enoch West (Nottingham Forest) 	27
1908–09 	Newcastle United (3) 	Everton 	Sunderland 	Bert Freeman (Everton) 	38
1909–10 	Aston Villa (6) 	Liverpool 	Blackburn Rovers 	Jack Parkinson (Liverpool) 	30
1910–11 	Manchester United (2) 	Aston Villa 	Sunderland 	Albert Shepherd (Newcastle United) 	25
1911–12 	Blackburn Rovers 	Everton 	Newcastle United 	Harry Hampton (Aston Villa)
George Holley (Sunderland)
David McLean (The Wednesday)	25
1912–13 	Sunderland (5) 	Aston Villa 	Sheffield Wednesday 	David McLean (The Wednesday) 	30
1913–14 	Blackburn Rovers (2) 	Aston Villa 	Middlesbrough 	George Elliot (Middlesbrough) 	32
1914–15 	Everton (2) 	Oldham Athletic 	Blackburn Rovers 	Bobby Parker (Everton) 	35
1915/16–1918/19	League suspended due to the First World War 	League suspended due to the First World War 	League suspended due to the First World War 	League suspended due to the First World War 	League suspended due to the First World War
1919–20 	West Bromwich Albion 	Burnley 	Chelsea 	Fred Morris (West Bromwich Albion) 	37
1920–21 	Burnley 	Manchester City 	Bolton Wanderers 	Joe Smith (Bolton Wanderers) 	38
1921–22 	Liverpool (3) 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Burnley 	Andy Wilson (Middlesbrough) 	31
1922–23 	Liverpool (4) 	Sunderland 	Huddersfield Town 	Charlie Buchan (Sunderland) 	30
1923–24 	Huddersfield Town 	Cardiff City 	Sunderland 	Wilf Chadwick (Everton) 	28
1924–25 	Huddersfield Town (2) 	West Bromwich Albion 	Bolton Wanderers 	Frank Roberts (Manchester City) 	31
1925–26 	Huddersfield Town (3) 	Arsenal 	Sunderland 	Ted Harper (Blackburn Rovers) 	43
1926–27 	Newcastle United (4) 	Huddersfield Town 	Sunderland 	Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday) 	37
1927–28 	Everton (3) 	Huddersfield Town 	Leicester City 	Dixie Dean (Everton) 	60
1928–29 	The Wednesday (3) 	Leicester City 	Aston Villa 	Dave Halliday (Sunderland) 	43
1929–30 	Sheffield Wednesday (4) 	Derby County 	Manchester City 	Vic Watson (West Ham United) 	41
1930–31 	Arsenal 	Aston Villa 	Sheffield Wednesday 	Tom Waring (Aston Villa) 	49
1931–32 	Everton (4) 	Arsenal 	Sheffield Wednesday 	Dixie Dean (Everton) 	44
1932–33 	Arsenal (2) 	Aston Villa 	Sheffield Wednesday 	Jack Bowers (Derby County) 	35
1933–34 	Arsenal (3) 	Huddersfield Town 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Jack Bowers (Derby County) 	34
1934–35 	Arsenal (4) 	Sunderland 	Sheffield Wednesday 	Ted Drake (Arsenal) 	42
1935–36 	Sunderland (6) 	Derby County 	Huddersfield Town 	W. G. Richardson (West Bromwich Albion) 	39
1936–37 	Manchester City 	Charlton Athletic 	Arsenal 	Freddie Steele (Stoke City) 	33
1937–38 	Arsenal (5) 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Preston North End 	Tommy Lawton (Everton) 	28
1938–39 	Everton (5) 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Charlton Athletic 	Tommy Lawton (Everton) 	35
1939/40–1945/46	League suspended due to the Second World War	League suspended due to the Second World War	League suspended due to the Second World War	League suspended due to the Second World War	League suspended due to the Second World War
1946–47 	Liverpool (5) 	Manchester United 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Dennis Westcott (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 	37
1947–48 	Arsenal (6) 	Manchester United 	Burnley 	Ronnie Rooke (Arsenal) 	33
1948–49 	Portsmouth 	Manchester United 	Derby County 	Willie Moir (Bolton Wanderers) 	25
1949–50 	Portsmouth (2) 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Sunderland 	Dickie Davis (Sunderland) 	25
1950–51 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Manchester United 	Blackpool 	Stan Mortensen (Blackpool) 	30
1951–52 	Manchester United (3) 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Arsenal 	George Robledo (Newcastle United) 	33
1952–53 	Arsenal (7) 	Preston North End 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Charlie Wayman (Preston North End) 	24
1953–54 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	West Bromwich Albion 	Huddersfield Town 	Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield Town) 	29
1954–55 	Chelsea 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Portsmouth 	Ronnie Allen (West Bromwich Albion) 	27
1955–56 	Manchester United (4) 	Blackpool 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers) 	33
1956–57 	Manchester United (5) 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Preston North End 	John Charles (Leeds United) 	38
1957–58 	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 	Preston North End 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur) 	36
1958–59 	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) 	Manchester United 	Arsenal 	Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea) 	33
1959–60 	Burnley (2) 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Dennis Viollet (Manchester United) 	32
1960–61 	Tottenham Hotspur (2) 	Sheffield Wednesday 	Wolverhampton Wanderers 	Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea) 	41
1961–62 	Ipswich Town 	Burnley 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Ray Crawford (Ipswich Town)
Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion)	33
1962–63 	Everton (6) 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Burnley 	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur) 	37
1963–64 	Liverpool (6) 	Manchester United 	Everton 	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur) 	35
1964–65 	Manchester United (6) 	Leeds United 	Chelsea 	Andy McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers)
Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)	29
1965–66 	Liverpool (7) 	Leeds United 	Burnley 	Willie Irvine (Burnley) 	29
1966–67 	Manchester United (7) 	Nottingham Forest 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Ron Davies (Southampton) 	37
1967–68 	Manchester City (2) 	Manchester United 	Liverpool 	George Best (Manchester United)
Ron Davies (Southampton)	28
1968–69 	Leeds United 	Liverpool 	Everton 	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur) 	27
1969–70 	Everton (7) 	Leeds United 	Chelsea 	Jeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion) 	25
1970–71 	Arsenal (8) 	Leeds United 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Tony Brown (West Bromwich Albion) 	28
1971–72 	Derby County 	Leeds United 	Liverpool 	Francis Lee (Manchester City) 	33
1972–73 	Liverpool[2] (8) 	Arsenal 	Leeds United 	Pop Robson (West Ham United) 	28
1973–74 	Leeds United (2) 	Liverpool 	Derby County 	Mick Channon (Southampton) 	21
1974–75 	Derby County (2) 	Liverpool 	Ipswich Town 	Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle United) 	21
1975–76 	Liverpool[2] (9) 	Queens Park Rangers 	Manchester United 	Ted MacDougall (Norwich City) 	23
1976–77 	Liverpool[4] (10) 	Manchester City 	Ipswich Town 	Malcolm Macdonald (Arsenal)
Andy Gray (Aston Villa)	25
1977–78 	Nottingham Forest[4] 	Liverpool 	Everton 	Bob Latchford (Everton) 	30
1978–79 	Liverpool (11) 	Nottingham Forest 	West Bromwich Albion 	Frank Worthington (Bolton Wanderers) 	24
1979–80 	Liverpool (12) 	Manchester United 	Ipswich Town 	Phil Boyer (Southampton) 	23
1980–81 	Aston Villa (7) 	Ipswich Town 	Arsenal 	Peter Withe (Aston Villa)
Steve Archibald (Tottenham Hotspur)	20
1981–82[5] 	Liverpool[5](13) 	Ipswich Town 	Manchester United 	Kevin Keegan (Southampton) 	26
1982–83 	Liverpool[4] (14) 	Watford 	Manchester United 	Luther Blissett (Watford) 	27
1983–84 	Liverpool[3][4] (15) 	Southampton 	Nottingham Forest 	Ian Rush (Liverpool) 	32
1984–85 	Everton[6] (8) 	Liverpool 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Kerry Dixon (Chelsea)
Gary Lineker (Leicester City)	24
1985–86 	Liverpool (16) 	Everton 	West Ham United 	Gary Lineker (Everton) 	30
1986–87 	Everton (9) 	Liverpool 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Clive Allen (Tottenham Hotspur) 	33
1987–88 	Liverpool (17) 	Manchester United 	Nottingham Forest 	John Aldridge (Liverpool) 	26
1988–89 	Arsenal (9) 	Liverpool 	Nottingham Forest 	Alan Smith (Arsenal) 	23
1989–90 	Liverpool (18) 	Aston Villa 	Tottenham Hotspur 	Gary Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur) 	24
1990–91 	Arsenal (10) 	Liverpool 	Crystal Palace 	Alan Smith (Arsenal) 	22
1991–92 	Leeds United (3) 	Manchester United 	Sheffield Wednesday 	Ian Wright (Crystal Palace/Arsenal) 	29
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