This document lists all clubs which have appeared in the Football League and FA Premier League and shows the periods they have spent in each division. The divisions are designated using Roman numerals as follows
I Football League 1888-92, Division One 1892-1992, FA Premier 1992-
II Division Two 1892-1992, Division One 1992-2004, Football League Championship 2004-
III Division Three 1920-21 & 1958-92, Division Three (South) 1921-58,
Division Three (North) 1921-58, Division Two 1992-2004, Division One 2004-
IV Division Four 1958-92, Division Three 1992-2004, Division Two 2004-
For each club the club name is followed by the date the club joined the league or the period(s) of membership of the League and any previous names of the club during league membership (these are cross-referenced in the text). This is followed by the list of divisions the club has played in and the period(s) spent in each division. To the right of the division number is shown the total number of seasons spent in the division with the longest consecutive period given in square brackets. The total number of seasons spent in the League is given to the left of the highest division played in. Membership of a regionalised division is shown by 'n' or 's' appended to the period of membership. Dates of transfer from one region to another are also shown. Totals do not includ period during the wars.
Aberdare Athletic (1921-27)
6 III 6 [6] 1921-27s
Accrington (1888-93)
5 I 5 [5] 1888-93
Accrington Stanley (1921-62, 2006)
43 III 32 [32] 1921-60n
IV 11 [10*] 1960-61, 2006-16
(resigned from League March 1962)
AFC Wimbledon (2011)
5 IV 5 [5*] 2011-16p
AFC Bournemouth (1923) (known as Bournemouth; Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic to 1971)
86 I 1 [1*] 2015-16
II 5 [3] 1987-90, 2013-15
III 69 [40] 1923-70s, 1971-75, 1982-87, 1990-2002, 2003-08, 2010-13
IV 11 [7] 1970-71, 1975-82, 2002-03, 2008-10
Aldershot Town (2008-13) (Known as Aldershot (1932-91))
57 III 24 [19] 1932-58s, 1973-76, 1987-89
IV 33 [15] 1958-73, 1976-87, 1989-91, 2008-2013
(expelled from League March 1992)
Ardwick - see Manchester City
Arsenal (1893) (Woolwich Arsenal to 1914)
112 I 99 [90*] 1904-13, 1919-2016
II 13 [11] 1893-1904, 1913-15
Ashington (1921-29)
8 III 8 [8] 1921-29n
Aston Villa (1888)
117 I 105 [44] 1888-1936, 1938-59, 1960-67, 1975-87, 1988-2016r
II 10 [3] 1936-38, 1959-60, 1967-70, 1972-75, 1987-88
III 2 [2] 1970-72
Barnet (1991-2001, 2005-13, 2015)
19 III 1 [1] 1993-94
IV 18 [1] 1991-93, 1994-2001, 2005-13, 2015-16
Barnsley (1898)
107 I 1 [1] 1997-98
II 73 [30] 1898-1932, 1934-38, 1946-53, 1955-59, 1981-97,
1998-2002, 2006-2014
III 23 [6] 1932-34n, 1938-39n, 1953-55n, 1959-65, 1968-72,
1979-81, 2002-2006, 2014-16p
IV 10 [7] 1965-68, 1972-79
Barrow (1921-72)
44 III 33 [30] 1921-58n, 1967-70
IV 11 [9] 1958-67, 1970-72
Birmingham - see Birmingham City
Birmingham City (1892) (Small Heath to 1905; Birmingham to 1945)
113 I 57 [18] 1894-96, 1901-02, 1903-08, 1921-39, 1948-50, 1955-65,
1972-79, 1980-84, 1985-86, 2002-2006, 2007-08, 2009-11
II 52 [9] 1892-94, 1896-1901, 1902-03, 1908-21, 1946-48, 1950-55,
1965-72, 1979-80, 1984-85, 1986-89, 1992-94, 1995-2002, 2006-07
2008-09, 2011-16
III 4 [3] 1989-92, 1994-95
Blackburn Rovers (1888)
107 I 72 [44] 1888-1936, 1946-48, 1958-66, 1992-99, 2001-12
II 40 [12] 1936-39, 1948-58, 1966-71, 1975-79, 1980-92, 1999-2001
2012-16
III 5 [4] 1971-75, 1979-80
Blackpool (1896-99, 1900)
108 I 28 [23] 1930-33, 1937-67, 1970-71, 2010-11
II 50 [26] 1896-99, 1900-30, 1933-37, 1967-70, 1971-78, 2007-10, 2011-15
III 23 [8] 1978-81, 1985-90, 1992-2000, 2001-07, 2015-16r
IV 7 [4] 1981-85, 1990-92, 2000-01
Bolton Wanderers (1888)
117 I 73 [22] 1888-99, 1900-03, 1905-08, 1909-10, 1911-33, 1935-64,
1978-80, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2001-12
II 32 [7] 1899-1900, 1903-05, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1933-35, 1964-71,
1973-78, 1980-83, 1993-95, 1996-97, 1998-2001, 2012-16r
III 11 [5] 1971-73, 1983-87, 1988-93
IV 1 [1] 1987-88
Bootle (1892-93)
1 II 1 [1] 1892-93
Boston United (2002)
5 IV 5 [5] 2002-07
Bournemouth - see AFC Bournemouth
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic - see AFC Bournemouth
Bradford (1908-70) (known as Bradford Park Avenue)
51 I 3 [3] 1914-21
II 22 [15] 1908-14, 1921-22, 1928-50
III 16 [8] 1922-28n, 1950-58n, 1961-63
IV 10 [7] 1958-61, 1963-70
Bradford City (1903)
102 I 12 [10] 1908-22, 1999-2001
II 29 [8] 1903-08, 1922-27, 1929-37, 1985-90, 1996-99, 2001-2004
III 38 [17] 1927-29n, 1937-61n, 1969-72, 1977-78, 1982-85, 1990-96,
2004-2007, 2013-16
IV 23 [8] 1961-69, 1972-77, 1978-82, 2007-13
Bradford Park Avenue - see Bradford
Brentford (1920)
89 I 5 [5] 1935-47
II 12 [7] 1933-35, 1947-54, 1992-93, 2014-16
III 57 [14] 1920-33s, 1954-62s, 1963-66, 1972-73, 1978-92, 1993-98,
1999-2007, 2009-14
IV 15 [6] 1962-63, 1966-72, 1973-78, 1998-99, 2007-09
Brighton and Hove Albion (1920)
89 I 4 [4] 1979-83
II 23 [5*] 1958-62, 1972-73, 1977-79, 1983-87, 1988-92, 2002-03,
2004-06, 2011-16
III 55 [31] 1920-58s, 1962-63, 1965-72, 1973-77, 1987-88, 1992-96,
2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-11
IV 7 [5] 1963-65, 1996-2001
Bristol City (1901)
104 I 9 [5] 1906-11, 1976-80
II 48 [11] 1901-06, 1911-22, 1923-24, 1927-32, 1955-60, 1965-76,
1980-81, 1990-95, 1998-99, 2007-13, 2015-16
III 45 [16] 1922-23s, 1924-27s, 1932-55s, 1960-65, 1981-82,
1984-90, 1995-98, 1999-2007, 2013-15
IV 2 [2] 1982-84
Bristol Rovers (1920-2014, 2015)
88 II 19 [9] 1953-62, 1974-81, 1990-93
III 59 [26] 1920-53s, 1962-74, 1981-90, 1993-2001, 2007-11
IV 10 [6] 2001-07, 2011-14, 2015-16p
Burnley (1888)
117 I 53 [24] 1888-97, 1898-1900, 1913-30, 1947-71, 1973-76, 2009-10, 2014-15
II 46 [13] 1897-98, 1900-13, 1930-47, 1971-73, 1976-80, 1982-83,
1994-95, 2000-09, 2010-14, 2015-16p
III 11 [5] 1980-82, 1983-85, 1992-94, 1995-2000
IV 7 [7] 1985-92
Burslem Port Vale - see Port Vale
Burton Swifts - see Burton United
Burton United (1892-1907) (Burton Swifts to 1901, merged with Burton Wanderers)
15 II 15 [15] 1892-1907
Burton Wanderers (1894-97) (see also Burton United)
3 II 3 [3] 1894-97
Burton Albion (2009)
7 III 1 [1*] 2015-16p
IV 6 [6] 2009-15
Bury (1894)
111 I 22 [17] 1895-1912, 1924-29
II 39 [21] 1894-95, 1912-24, 1929-57, 1961-67, 1968-69, 1997-99
III 27 [7] 1957-61n, 1967-68, 1969-71, 1974-80, 1985-92, 1996-97,
1999-2002, 2011-13, 2015-16
IV 23 [9] 1971-74, 1980-85, 1992-96, 2002-11, 2013-15
Cambridge United (1970-2005, 2014)
37 II 8 [6] 1978-84, 1991-93
III 9 [3] 1973-74, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1993-95, 1999-2002
IV 20 [5] 1970-73, 1974-77, 1985-90, 1995-99, 2002-05, 2014-16
Cardiff City (1920)
89 I 16 [8] 1921-29, 1952-57, 1960-62, 2013-14
II 44 [13] 1920-21, 1929-31s, 1947-52s, 1957-60s, 1962-75,
1976-82, 1983-85, 2003-13, 2014-16
III 19 [9] 1931-47, 1975-76, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1988-90, 1993-95,
1999-2000, 2001-03
IV 10 [4] 1986-88, 1990-93, 1995-99, 2000-01
Carlisle United (1928-2004, 2005)
80 I 1 [1] 1974-75
II 15 [9] 1965-74, 1975-77, 1982-86
III 41 [23] 1928-58n, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1977-82, 1986-87, 1995-96,
1997-98, 2006-14
IV 23 [8] 1958-62, 1963-64, 1987-95, 1996-97, 1998-2004, 2005-06
2014-16
Charlton Athletic (1921)
88 I 26 [14] 1936-57, 1986-90, 1998-99, 2000-07
II 45 [15] 1929-33, 1935-36, 1957-72, 1975-80, 1981-86, 1990-98,
1999-2000, 2007-09, 2012-16r
III 17 [8] 1921-29s, 1933-35s, 1972-75, 1980-81, 2009-12
Chelsea (1905)
100 I 81 [27*] 1907-10, 1912-24, 1930-62, 1963-75, 1977-79, 1984-88,
1989-2016
II 19 [6] 1905-07, 1910-12, 1924-30, 1962-63, 1975-77, 1979-84,
1988-89
Cheltenham Town (1999-2015)
16 III 4 [1] 2002-03, 2006-09
IV 12 [6] 1999-2002, 2003-06, 2009-15
Chester - see Chester City
Chester City (1931-2000, 2004-09) (Chester to 1983)
67 III 35 [20] 1931-58n, 1975-82, 1986-93, 1994-95
IV 32 [17] 1958-75, 1982-86, 1993-94, 1995-2000, 2004-09
expelled from Conf. Lge in 2010 and wound up in 2012
Chesterfield (1899-1909, 1921) (Chesterfield Town to 1915; Chesterfield Municipal to 1922)
98 II 20 [10] 1899-1909, 1931-33, 1936-51
III 60 [13] 1921-31n, 1933-36n, 1951-61n, 1970-83, 1985-89,
1995-2000, 2001-07, 2011-12, 2014-16
IV 18 [9] 1961-70, 1983-85, 1989-95, 2000-01, 2007-11, 2012-14
Chesterfield Municipal - see Chesterfield
Chesterfield Town - see Chesterfield
Clapton Orient - see Leyton Orient
Colchester United (1950-90, 1992)
64 II 2 [2] 2006-08
III 38 [11] 1950-61s, 1962-65, 1966-68, 1974-76, 1977-81, 1998-2006
2008-16r
IV 24 [9] 1961-62, 1965-66, 1968-74, 1976-77, 1981-90, 1992-98
Coventry City (1919)
90 I 34 [34] 1967-2001
II 29 [9] 1919-25, 1936-52, 1964-67, 2001-12
III 26 [10] 1925-26n, 1926-36s, 1952-58s, 1959-64, 2012-16
IV 1 [1] 1958-59
Crawley Town (2011)
5 III 3 [3] 2012-15
IV 2 [1*] 2011-12, 2015-16
Crewe Alexandra (1892-96, 1921)
92 II 12 [5] 1892-96, 1997-2002, 2003-06
III 45 [30] 1921-58n, 1963-64, 1968-69, 1989-91, 1994-97, 2002-03
2006-09, 2012-16r
IV 35 [20] 1958-63, 1964-68, 1969-89, 1991-94, 2009-12
Crystal Palace (1920)
89 I 16 [4] 1969-73, 1979-81, 1989-93, 1994-95, 1997-98, 2004-05, 2013-16
II 37 [8] 1921-25, 1964-69, 1973-74, 1977-79, 1981-89, 1993-94,
1995-97, 1998-2004, 2006-13
III 33 [26] 1920-21, 1925-58s, 1961-64, 1974-77
IV 3 [3] 1958-61
Dagenham and Redbridge (2007-16)
9 III 1 [1] 2010-11
IV 8 [5*] 2007-10, 2011-16r
Darlington (1921-89, 1990-2010)
81 II 2 [2] 1925-27
III 32 [24] 1921-25n, 1927-58n, 1966-67, 1985-87, 1991-92
IV 47 [18] 1958-66, 1967-85, 1987-89, 1990-91, 1992-2010
Darwen (1891-99)
8 I 2 [1] 1891-92, 1893-94
II 6 [5] 1892-93, 1894-99
*Darwen wound up in 2009
Derby County (1888)
117 I 65 [20] 1888-1907, 1912-14, 1919-21, 1926-53, 1969-80, 1987-91,
1996-2002, 2007-08
II 48 [12] 1907-12, 1914-15, 1921-26, 1953-55, 1957-69, 1980-84,
1986-87, 1991-96, 2002-07, 2008-16
III 4 [2] 1955-57n, 1984-86
Doncaster Rovers (1901-03, 1904-05, 1923-98, 2003)
84 II 19 [8] 1901-03, 1904-05, 1935-37, 1947-48, 1950-58
2008-12, 2013-14
III 34 [12] 1923-35n, 1937-47n, 1948-50n, 1958-59, 1966-67,
1969-71, 1981-83, 1984-88, 2004-08, 2012-13, 2014-16r
IV 31 [10] 1959-66, 1967-69, 1971-81, 1983-84, 1988-98, 2003-04
Durham City (1921-28)
7 III 7 [7] 1921-28n
Everton (1888)
117 I 113 [62*] 1888-1930, 1931-51, 1954-2016
II 4 [3] 1930-31, 1951-54
Exeter City (1920-2003, 2008-15)
84 III 47 [31] 1920-58s, 1964-66, 1977-84, 1990-94, 2009-12
IV 37 [11] 1958-64, 1966-77, 1984-90, 1994-2003, 2008-09, 2012-16
Fleetwood Town (2012)
4 III 2 [2*] 2014-16
IV 2 [2] 2012-14
Fulham (1907)
98 I 25 [14] 1949-52, 1959-68, 2001-14
II 52 [17] 1907-28, 1932-49, 1952-59, 1968-69, 1971-80, 1982-86,
1999-2001, 2014-16
III 18 [8] 1928-32s, 1969-71, 1980-82, 1986-94, 1997-99
IV 3 [3] 1994-97
Gainsborough Trinity (1896-1912)
16 II 16 [16] 1896-1912
Gateshead (1919-60) (South Shields to 1930)
34 II 9 [9] 1919-28
III 23 [23] 1928-58n
IV 2 [2] 1958-60
Gillingham (1920-38, 1950)
84 II 5 [5] 2000-05
III 59 [18] 1920-38s, 1950-58s, 1964-71, 1974-89, 1996-2000, 2005-08
2009-10, 2013-16
IV 20 [7] 1958-64, 1971-74, 1989-96, 2008-09, 2010-13
Glossop (1898-1915) (Glossop North End to 1899)
17 I 1 [1] 1899-1900
II 16 [15] 1898-99, 1900-15
Glossop North End - see Glossop
Grimsby Town (1892-1910, 1911-2010)
106 I 12 [7] 1901-03, 1929-32, 1934-48
II 52 [9] 1892-1901, 1903-10, 1911-20, 1926-29, 1932-34, 1948-51,
1956-59, 1962-64, 1980-87, 1991-97, 1998-2003
III 28 [6] 1920-26n, 1951-56n, 1959-62, 1964-68, 1972-77, 1979-80,
1987-88, 1990-91, 1997-98, 2003-04
IV 14 [6] 1968-72, 1977-79, 1988-90, 2004-10
Halifax Town (1921-93, 1998-2002) (AFC Halifax Town)
69 III 42 [35] 1921-63n, 1969-76
IV 27 [17] 1963-69, 1976-93, 1998-2002
Hartlepool - see Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United (1921) (Hartlepools United to 1968; Hartlepool to 1977)
88 III 43 [30] 1921-58n, 1968-69, 1991-94, 2003-06, 2007-13
IV 45 [22] 1958-68, 1969-91, 1994-2003, 2006-07, 2013-16
Hartlepools United - see Hartlepool United
Hereford United (1972-97, 2006-12)
31 II 1 [1] 1976-77
III 5 [3] 1973-76, 1977-78, 2008-09
IV 25 [19] 1972-73, 1978-97, 2006-08, 2009-12
*Hereford were dissolved in 2014
Huddersfield Town (1910)
95 I 30 [25] 1920-52, 1953-56, 1970-72
II 37 [14] 1910-20, 1952-53, 1956-70, 1972-73, 1983-88, 1995-2001
2012-16
III 22 [7] 1973-75, 1980-83, 1988-95, 2001-03, 2004-12
IV 6 [5] 1975-80, 2003-04
Hull City (1905)
100 I 4 [2] 2008-10, 2013-15
II 57 [21] 1905-30, 1933-36, 1949-56, 1959-60, 1966-78, 1985-91
2005-08, 2010-13, 2015-16p
III 29 [6] 1930-33n, 1936-49n, 1956-59n, 1960-66, 1978-81,
1983-85, 1991-96, 2004-05
IV 10 [8] 1981-83, 1996-2004
Ipswich Town (1938)
71 I 36 [18] 1961-64, 1968-86, 1992-95, 2000-02
II 24 [6] 1954-55, 1957-61, 1964-68, 1986-92, 1995-2000, 2002-16
III 11 [9] 1938-54s, 1955-57s
Kidderminster Harriers (2000-05)
5 IV 5 [5] 2000-05
Leeds City (1905-15)
10 II 10 [10] 1905-15
(expelled from the League mid-season Oct 1919)
Leeds United (1920)
89 I 50 [18] 1924-27, 1928-31, 1932-47, 1956-60, 1964-82, 1990-2004
II 36 [9] 1920-24, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1947-56, 1960-64, 1982-90,
2004-07, 2010-16
III 3 [3] 2007-10
Leicester City (1894) (Leicester Fosse to 1919)
111 I 48 [12] 1908-09, 1925-35, 1937-39, 1954-55, 1957-69, 1971-78,
1980-81, 1983-87, 1994-95, 1996-2002, 2003-04, 2014-16
II 62 [14] 1894-1908, 1909-25, 1935-37, 1946-54, 1955-57, 1969-71,
1978-80, 1981-83, 1987-94, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2004-08, 2009-14
III 1 [1] 2008-09
Leicester Fosse - see Leicester City
Leyton Orient (1905) (Clapton Orient to 1946; Orient 1966-87)
100 I 1 [1] 1962-63
II 41 [20] 1905-29, 1956-62, 1963-66, 1970-82
III 42 [20] 1929-56s, 1966-70, 1982-85, 1989-95, 2006-15
IV 16 [11] 1985-89, 1995-2006, 2015-16
Lincoln City (1892-1908, 1909-11, 1912-20, 1921-87, 1988-2011)
104 II 34 [16] 1892-1908, 1909-11, 1912-20, 1932-34, 1948-49, 1952-61
III 31 [11] 1921-32n, 1934-48n, 1949-52n, 1961-62, 1976-79,
1981-86, 1998-99
IV 39 [14] 1962-76, 1979-81, 1986-87, 1988-98, 1999-2011
Liverpool (1893)
112 I 101 [54*] 1894-95, 1896-1904, 1905-54, 1962-2016
II 11 [8] 1893-94, 1895-96, 1904-05, 1954-62
Loughborough (1895-1900) (also known as Loughborough Town)
5 II 5 [5] 1895-1900
Loughborough Town - see Loughborough
Luton Town (1897-1900, 1920-2009, 2014)
87 I 16 [10] 1955-60, 1974-75, 1982-92
II 34 [11] 1897-1900, 1937-55, 1960-63, 1970-74, 1975-82, 1992-96
2005-07
III 30 [17] 1920-37s, 1963-65, 1968-70, 1996-2001, 2002-05, 2007-08
IV 7 [3] 1965-68, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2014-16
Macclesfield Town (1997-2012)
15 III 1 [1] 1998-99
IV 14 [13] 1997-98, 1999-2012
Maidstone United (1989-92)
3 IV 3 [3] 1989-92
(resigned from League Sep 1992)
Manchester City (1892) (Ardwick to 1894)
113 I 87 [17] 1899-1902, 1903-09, 1910-26, 1928-38, 1947-50, 1951-63,
1966-83, 1985-87, 1989-96, 2000-01, 2002-16
II 25 [7] 1892-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1926-28, 1938-47, 1950-51,
1963-66, 1983-85, 1987-89, 1996-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02
III 1 [1] 1998-99
Manchester United (1892) (Newton Heath to 1902)
113 I 91 [41*] 1892-94, 1906-22, 1925-31, 1936-37, 1938-74, 1975-2016
II 22 [12] 1894-1906, 1922-25, 1931-36, 1937-38, 1974-75
Mansfield Town (1931-2008, 2013)
73 II 1 [1] 1977-78
III 42 [13] 1931-32s, 1932-37n, 1937-47s, 1947-60n, 1963-72,
1975-77, 1978-80, 1986-91, 1992-93, 2002-03
IV 30 [9] 1960-63, 1972-75, 1980-86, 1991-92, 1993-2002, 2003-08, 2013-16
Merthyr Town (1920-30)
10 III 10 [10] 1920-30s
Middlesbrough (1899)
106 I 60 [18] 1902-24, 1927-28, 1929-54, 1974-82, 1988-89, 1992-93,
1995-97, 1998-2009
II 44 [12] 1899-1902, 1924-27, 1928-29, 1954-66, 1967-74, 1982-86,
1987-88, 1989-92, 1993-95, 1997-98, 2009-16p
III 2 [1] 1966-67, 1986-87
Middlesbrough Ironopolis (1893-94)
1 II 1 [1] 1893-94
Millwall (1920) (Millwall Athletic to 1925)
89 I 2 [2] 1988-90
II 40 [9] 1928-34, 1938-48, 1966-75, 1976-79, 1985-88, 1990-96,
2001-06, 2019-15
III 42 [10] 1920-28s, 1934-38s, 1948-58s, 1962-64, 1965-66,
1975-76, 1979-85, 1996-2001, 2006-10, 2015-16
IV 5 [4] 1958-62, 1964-65
Millwall Athletic - see Millwall
Milton Keynes Dons (1977) (Wimbledon to 2004)
39 I 14 [14] 1986-2000
II 7 [4] 1984-86, 2000-04, 2015-16r
III 12 [7] 1979-80, 1981-82, 1983-84, 2004-06, 2008-15
IV 6 [2] 1977-79, 1980-81, 1982-83, 2006-08
Morecambe FC (2007)
9 IV 9 [9*] 2007-16
Nelson (1921-31)
10 II 1 [1] 1923-24
III 9 [7] 1921-23n, 1924-31n
New Brighton (1923-51)
21 III 21 [21] 1923-51n
New Brighton Tower (1898-1901)
3 II 3 [3] 1898-1901
Newcastle United (1893)
112 I 85 [32] 1898-1934, 1948-61, 1965-78, 1984-89, 1993-2009, 2010-16r
II 27 [7] 1893-98, 1934-48, 1961-65, 1978-84, 1989-93, 2009-10
Newport County (1920-31, 1932-88, 2013)
63 II 1 [1] 1946-47
III 40 [15] 1920-31s, 1932-39s, 1947-62s, 1980-87
IV 22 [18] 1962-80, 1987-88, 2013-16
Newton Heath - see Manchester United
Northampton Town (1920)
89 I 1 [1] 1965-66
II 3 [2] 1963-65, 1966-67
III 47 [31] 1920-58s, 1961-63, 1967-69, 1976-77, 1987-90, 1997-99,
2000-03, 2006-09
IV 38 [10] 1958-61, 1969-76, 1977-87, 1990-97, 1999-2000, 2003-06,
2009-16p
Northwich Victoria (1892-94)
2 II 2 [2] 1892-94
Norwich City (1920)
89 I 25 [9] 1972-74, 1975-81, 1982-85, 1986-95, 2004-05, 2011-14, 2015-16r
II 35 [12] 1934-39, 1960-72, 1974-75, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1995-2004
2005-09, 2010-11, 2014-15
III 29 [14] 1920-34s, 1946-60s, 2009-10
Nottingham Forest (1892)
113 I 56 [16] 1892-1906, 1907-11, 1922-25, 1957-72, 1977-93, 1994-97,
1998-99
II 52 [17] 1906-07, 1911-22, 1925-49, 1951-57, 1972-77, 1993-94,
1997-98, 1999-2005, 2008-16
III 5 [3] 1949-51s, 2005-08
Notts County (1888)
117 I 30 [16] 1888-93, 1897-1913, 1914-20, 1923-26, 1981-84, 1991-92
II 37 [8] 1893-97, 1913-14, 1920-23, 1926-30, 1931-35, 1950-58,
1973-81, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1992-95
III 34 [8] 1930-31s, 1935-50s, 1958-59, 1960-64, 1971-73, 1985-90,
1995-97, 1998-2004, 2010-15
IV 16 [7] 1959-60, 1964-71, 1997-98, 2004-10, 2015-16
*to 2016, Notts County are the most promoted/relegated side in the English leagues (29 times).
Oldham Athletic (1907)
98 I 12 [9] 1910-23, 1991-94
II 36 [17] 1907-10, 1923-35, 1953-54, 1974-91, 1994-97
III 43 [19*] 1935-53n, 1954-58n, 1963-69, 1971-74, 1997-2016
IV 7 [5] 1958-63, 1969-71
Orient - see Leyton Orient
Oxford United (1962-2006, 2010)
50 I 3 [3] 1985-88
II 18 [8] 1968-76, 1984-85, 1988-94, 1996-99
III 15 [8] 1965-68, 1976-84, 1994-96, 1999-2001
IV 14 [6*] 1962-65, 2001-06, 2010-16p
Peterborough United (1960)
56 II 5 [2] 1992-94, 2009-10, 2011-13
III 26 [7] 1961-68, 1974-79, 1991-92, 1994-97, 2000-05
2008-09, 2010-11, 2013-16
IV 25 [12] 1960-61, 1968-74, 1979-91, 1997-2000, 2005-08
Plymouth Argyle (1920)
89 II 40 [13] 1930-50, 1952-56, 1959-68, 1975-77, 1986-92, 2004-10
III 39 [10] 1920-30s, 1950-52s, 1956-59s, 1968-75, 1977-86,
1992-95, 1996-98, 2002-04, 2010-11
IV 10 [5*] 1995-96, 1998-2002, 2011-16
Port Vale (1892-96, 1898-1907, 1919) (Burslem Port Vale to 1913)
103 II 41 [10] 1892-96, 1898-1907, 1919-29, 1930-36, 1954-57, 1989-92,
1994-2000
III 44 [8] 1929-30n, 1936-38n, 1938-52s, 1952-54n, 1957-58s,
1959-65, 1970-78, 1983-84, 1986-89, 1992-94, 2000-08, 2013-16
IV 18 [5] 1958-59, 1965-70, 1978-83, 1984-86, 2008-13
Portsmouth (1920)
89 I 33 [25] 1927-59, 1987-88, 2003-10
II 40 [15] 1924-27, 1959-61, 1962-76, 1983-87, 1988-2003, 2010-12
III 11 [4] 1920-24s, 1961-62, 1976-78, 1980-83, 2012-13
IV 5 [3*] 1978-80, 2013-16
Preston North End (1888)
117 I 46 [13] 1888-1901, 1904-12, 1913-14, 1919-25, 1934-49, 1951-61
II 43 [11] 1901-04, 1912-13, 1914-15, 1925-34, 1949-51, 1961-70,
1971-74, 1978-81, 2000-11, 2015-16
III 23 [6] 1970-71, 1974-78, 1981-85, 1987-93, 1996-2000, 2011-15
IV 5 [3] 1985-87, 1993-96
Queen's Park Rangers (1920)
89 I 23 [13] 1968-69, 1973-79, 1983-96, 2011-13, 2014-15
II 27 [7] 1948-52, 1967-68, 1969-73, 1979-83, 1996-2001, 2004-11
2013-14, 2015-16
III 39 [21] 1920-48s, 1952-67s, 2001-04
Reading (1920)
89 I 3 [2] 2006-08, 2012-13
II 22 [5] 1926-31, 1986-88, 1994-98, 2002-06, 2008-12, 2013-16
III 56 [33] 1920-26s, 1931-71s, 1976-77, 1979-83, 1984-86, 1988-94,
1998-2002
IV 8 [5] 1971-76, 1977-79, 1983-84
Rochdale (1921)
88 III 40 [31] 1921-59n, 1969-74, 2010-12, 2014-16
IV 48 [36] 1959-69, 1974-2010, 2012-14
Rotherham County - see Rotherham United
Rotherham Town (1893-96) (see also Rotherham United)
3 II 3 [3] 1893-96
Rotherham United (1919) (Rotherham County to 1926, merged with Rotherham Town)
90 II 29 [17] 1919-23, 1951-68, 1981-83, 2001-05, 2014-16
III 48 [21] 1923-51n, 1968-73, 1975-81, 1983-88, 1989-91, 1992-97,
2000-01, 2005-2007, 2013-14
IV 13 [6] 1973-75, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1997-2000, 2007-13
Rushden and Diamonds (2001-06) (AFC Rushden & Diamonds)
5 III 1 [1] 2003-04
IV 4 [2] 2001-03, 2004-06
*Rushen and Diamonds folded in 2011
Scarborough (1987-99)
12 IV 12 [12] 1987-99
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United - see Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United (1950) (Scunthorpe & Lindsey United to 1958)
66 II 9 [6] 1958-64, 2007-08, 2009-11
III 22 [8] 1950-58n, 1964-68, 1972-73, 1983-84, 1999-2000, 2005-07
2008-09, 2011-13, 2014-16
IV 35 [15] 1968-72, 1973-83, 1984-99, 2000-05, 2013-14
Sheffield United (1892)
113 I 60 [37] 1893-1934, 1946-49, 1953-56, 1961-68, 1971-76, 1990-94
2006-07
II 42 [12] 1892-93, 1934-39, 1949-53, 1956-61, 1968-71, 1976-79,
1984-88, 1989-90, 1994-2006, 2007-11
III 10 [5*] 1979-81, 1982-84, 1988-89, 2011-16
IV 1 [1] 1981-82
Sheffield Wednesday (1892) (The Wednesday to 1929)
113 I 66 [16] 1892-99, 1900-20, 1926-37, 1950-51, 1952-55, 1956-58,
1959-70, 1984-90, 1991-2000
II 38 [6] 1899-1900, 1920-26, 1937-50, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1958-59,
1970-75, 1980-84, 1990-91, 2000-03, 2005-10, 2012-16
III 9 [5] 1975-80, 2003-05, 2010-12
Shrewsbury Town (1950-2003, 2004)
65 II 10 [10] 1979-89
III 36 [15] 1950-51n, 1951-58s, 1959-74, 1975-79, 1989-92, 1994-97
2012-14, 2015-16
IV 19 [7] 1958-59, 1974-75, 1992-94, 1997-2003, 2004-12, 2014-15
Small Heath - see Birmingham City
South Shields - see Gateshead
Southampton (1920)
89 I 39 [27] 1966-74, 1978-2005, 2012-16
II 39 [24] 1922-53, 1960-66, 1974-78, 2005-09, 2011-12
III 11 [7] 1920-22s, 1953-60s, 2009-11
Southend United (1920)
89 II 7 [6] 1991-97, 2006-07
III 57 [39] 1920-66s, 1972-76, 1978-80, 1981-84, 1987-89, 1990-91,
1997-98, 2005-06, 2007-10, 2015-16
IV 25 [7] 1966-72, 1976-78, 1980-81, 1984-87, 1989-90, 1998-2005
2010-15
Southport (1921-78)
50 III 34 [30] 1921-58n, 1967-70, 1973-74
IV 16 [9] 1958-67, 1970-73, 1974-78
Stalybridge Celtic (1921-23)
2 III 2 [2] 1921-23n
Stevenage Borough (2010)
6 III 3 [3] 2011-14
IV 3 [2*] 2010-11, 2014-16
Stockport County (1900-04, 1905-2011)
99 II 26 [12] 1900-04, 1905-21, 1922-26, 1937-38, 1997-2002
III 40 [14] 1921-22n, 1926-37n, 1938-59n, 1967-70, 1991-97, 2002-05
2008-10
IV 33 [21] 1959-67, 1970-91, 2005-08, 2010-11
Stoke - see Stoke City
Stoke City (1888-90, 1891-1908, 1919) (Stoke to 1925)
109 I 60 [16] 1888-90, 1891-1907, 1922-23, 1933-53, 1963-77, 1979-85
2008-16
II 41 [10] 1907-08, 1919-22, 1923-26, 1927-33, 1953-63, 1977-79,
1985-90, 1993-98, 2002-08
III 8 [4] 1926-27n, 1990-93, 1998-2002
Sunderland (1890)
115 I 85 [57] 1890-1958, 1964-70, 1976-77, 1980-85, 1990-91, 1996-97,
1999-2003, 2005-06, 2007-16
II 29 [6] 1958-64, 1970-76, 1977-80, 1985-87, 1988-90, 1991-96,
1997-99, 2003-05, 2006-07
III 1 [1] 1987-88
Swansea City (1920) (Swansea Town to 1970)
89 I 7 [5*] 1981-83, 2011-16
II 37 [16] 1925-47, 1949-65, 1979-81, 1983-84, 2008-11
III 27 [8] 1920-25s, 1947-49s, 1965-67, 1970-73, 1978-79, 1984-86,
1988-96, 2000-01, 2005-08
IV 18 [5] 1967-70, 1973-78, 1986-88, 1996-2000, 2001-05
Swansea Town - see Swansea City
Swindon Town (1920)
89 I 1 [1] 1993-94
II 18 [6] 1963-65, 1969-74, 1987-93, 1994-95, 1996-2000
III 64 [36] 1920-63s, 1965-69, 1974-82, 1986-87, 1995-96, 2000-06
2007-11, 2012-16
IV 6 [4] 1982-86, 2006-07, 2011-12
Thames (1930-32)
2 III 2 [2] 1930-32s
Torquay United (1927-2007, 2009-14)
78 III 36 [24] 1927-58s, 1960-62, 1966-72, 1991-92, 2004-05
IV 42 [19] 1958-60, 1962-66, 1972-91, 1992-2004, 2005-07
2009-14
Tottenham Hotspur (1908)
97 I 81 [38*] 1909-15, 1920-28, 1933-35, 1950-77, 1978-2016
II 16 [8] 1908-09, 1919-20, 1928-33, 1935-50, 1977-78
Tranmere Rovers (1921-2015)
87 II 11 [10] 1938-39, 1991-2001
III 58 [17] 1921-38n, 1946-61n, 1967-75, 1976-79, 1989-91, 2001-14
IV 18 [10] 1961-67, 1975-76, 1979-89, 2014-15
Walsall (1892-95, 1896-1901, 1921) (Walsall Town Swifts to 1895)
96 II 15 [5] 1892-95, 1896-1901, 1961-63, 1988-89, 1999-2000,
2001-04
III 72 [16] 1921-27n, 1927-31s, 1931-36n, 1936-58s, 1960-61,
1963-79, 1980-88, 1989-90, 1995-99, 2000-01, 2004-06, 2007-16
IV 9 [5] 1958-60, 1979-80, 1990-95, 2006-07
Walsall Town Swifts - see Walsall
Watford (1920)
89 I 9 [6] 1982-88, 1999-2000, 2006-07, 2015-16
II 29 [8*] 1969-72, 1979-82, 1988-96, 1998-99, 2000-06
2007-15
III 46 [31] 1920-58s, 1960-69, 1972-75, 1978-79, 1996-98
IV 5 [3] 1958-60, 1975-78
The Wednesday - see Sheffield Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion (1888)
117 I 78 [24] 1888-1901, 1902-04, 1911-27, 1931-38, 1949-73,
1976-86, 2002-03, 2004-06, 2008-09, 2010-16
II 37 [9] 1901-02, 1904-11, 1927-31, 1938-49, 1973-76, 1986-91,
1993-2002, 2003-04, 2006-08, 2009-10
III 2 [2] 1991-93
West Ham United (1919)
90 I 58 [20] 1923-32, 1958-78, 1981-89, 1991-92, 1993-2003, 2005-11,
2012-16
II 32 [19] 1919-23, 1932-58, 1978-81, 1989-91, 1992-93, 2003-05,
2011-12
Wigan Athletic (1978)
38 I 8 [8] 2005-13
II 4 [2] 2003-05, 2013-15
III 18 [11] 1982-93, 1997-2003, 2015-16p
IV 8 [4] 1978-82, 1993-97
Wigan Borough (1921-31)
10 III 10 [10] 1921-31n
(resigned from League 26 Oct 1931)
Wimbledon - see Milton Keynes Dons
Wolverhampton Wanderers (1888)
117 I 63 [26] 1888-1906, 1932-65, 1967-76, 1977-82, 1983-84, 2003-04
2009-12
II 48 [14] 1906-23, 1924-32, 1965-67, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1984-85,
1989-2003, 2004-09, 2012-13, 2014-16
III 4 [1] 1923-24n, 1985-86, 1988-89, 2013-14
IV 2 [2] 1986-88
Workington (1951-77)
26 III 10 [7] 1951-58n, 1964-67
IV 16 [10] 1958-64, 1967-77
Wrexham (1921-2008)
80 II 4 [4] 1978-82
III 54 [32] 1921-60n, 1962-64, 1970-78, 1982-83, 1993-2002, 2003-05
IV 22 [10] 1960-62, 1964-70, 1983-93, 2002-03, 2005-08
Wycombe Wanderers (1993)
23 III 12 [10] 1994-2004, 2009-10, 2011-12
IV 11 [4*] 1993-94, 2004-09, 2010-11, 2012-16
Yeovil Town (2003)
13 II 1 [1] 2013-14
III 9 [8] 2005-13, 2014-15
IV 3 [2] 2003-05, 2015-16
York City (1929-2004, 2012-16)
72 II 2 [2] 1974-76
III 38 [22] 1929-58n, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1971-74, 1976-77, 1984-88,
1993-99
IV 32 [7] 1958-59, 1960-65, 1966-71, 1977-84, 1988-93, 1999-2004
2012-16r
Prepared and maintained by James M. Ross (1888-1996), Michael Heneghan (1996-2002), Stuart Orford (2002-2005) and Eoin Culliton (2005-2016) for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: James M. Ross
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Michael Heneghan
(bombchucker@hotmail.com),
Stuart Orford
(sjorford@yahoo.co.uk)
and Eoin Culliton
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