Which puts Huddersfield Town right in the top group along the above serial winners.įrom a geographical perspective, London might have been and still be the city with by far the most teams, but its the North-Western cities that picked up most of the trophies to date. If we combine the two metrics – championships won and seasons played in the top league – we can calculate an efficiency index in winning tropies when in the race. It is topping the list of most seasons played in the top flight.Ģ3 teams have been crowned champions at least once, Manchester United (19 titles), Liverpool (18) and Arsenal (13) being the most successful collectors of silverware.

Everton, one of the twelve founding members, is currently playing its 110th season in the top league, having missed only four for two spells in the second division. Since the foundation of the Football League, a total of 64 teams have played at least one season in the respective top flight of English football.

Eleven seasons had been suspended during the first and second world wars. We've crunched the numbers of all 113 top flight seasons (1888-1892: Football League, 1892-1992: First Division, 1992-today: Premier League). Twelve teams started into the first season on September 8 1888, which would produce Preston North End as their very first champions. Today exactly 125 years ago, The English Football League was founded at the Royal Hotel in Manchester, becoming the first national football league in the world.

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