THE CLUBS

There have been 132 clubs in the 128 seasons of the Football League. Here they are in order of when they entered the league, starting with the founding 12 in 1891.

Rank Club First Season Current Tier
1Accrington Stanley1888-894
1Aston Villa1888-891
1Blackburn Rovers1888-892
1Bolton Wanderers1888-893
1Burnley1888-891
1Derby County1888-892
1Everton1888-891
1Notts County1888-894
1Preston North End1888-892
1Stoke City1888-89
1West Bromwich Albion1888-892
1Wolverhampton Wanderers1888-891
13Birmingham City1889-90
13Birmingham St George's1889-90
13Bootle1889-90
13Crewe Alexandra1889-904
13Darwen1889-90
13Grimsby Town1889-904
13Long Eaton Rangers1889-90
13Manchester United1889-90
13Nottingham Forest1889-901
13Sheffield Wednesday1889-90
13Sunderland Albion1889-90
13Walsall1889-90
25Sunderland1890-911
26Burton United1891-92
26Lincoln City1891-923
26Manchester City1891-92
29Port Vale1892-93
29Sheffield United1892-932
31Arsenal1893-94
31Liverpool1893-941
31Manchester City1893-941
31Middlesbrough Ironopolis1893-94
31Newcastle United1893-941
31Rotherham United1893-94
37Bury1894-95
37Leicester City1894-95
39Loughborough1895-96
40Blackpool1896-973
40Gainsborough Trinity1896-97
40Walsall1896-974
43Luton Town1897-983
44Barnsley1898-993
44Glossop North End1898-99
46Chesterfield1899-004
46Middlesbrough1899-002
48Stockport County1900-013
49Bristol City1901-022
49Doncaster Rovers1901-023
51Manchester United1902-031
52Bradford City1903-043
53Birmingham City1905-062
53Chelsea1905-061
53Hull City1905-062
53Leeds City1905-06
53Leyton Orient1905-06
58Fulham1907-081
58Oldham Athletic1907-084
60Bradford Park Avenue1908-09
60Tottenham Hotspur1908-091
62Huddersfield Town1910-113
63Arsenal1914-151
64Coventry City1919-202
64Leicester City1919-202
64Port Vale1919-203
64South Shields1919-20
64West Ham United1919-201
69Brentford1920-211
69Brighton and Hove Albion1920-211
69Bristol Rovers1920-214
69Cardiff City1920-213
69Crystal Palace1920-211
69Exeter City1920-213
69Gillingham1920-214
69Leeds United1920-211
69Millwall1920-212
69Newport County1920-214
69Northampton Town1920-213
69Norwich City1920-212
69Plymouth Argyle1920-213
69Portsmouth1920-212
69Queens Park Rangers1920-212
69Reading1920-213
69Southampton1920-212
69Southend United1920-21
69Swansea City1920-21
69Swindon Town1920-214
69Watford1920-212
90Ashington1921-22
90Barrow1921-224
90Charlton Athletic1921-222
90Darlington1921-22
90Halifax Town1921-22
90Hartlepool United1921-22
90Rochdale1921-22
90Southport1921-22
90Tranmere Rovers1921-224
90Wrexham1921-222
100Bournemouth1923-24
101Rotherham United1925-263
101Stoke City1925-262
103Torquay United1927-28
104Carlisle United1928-29
105Leyton Orient1929-303
105Sheffield Wednesday1929-302
105York City1929-30
108Gateshead1930-31
109Chester City1931-32
109Mansfield Town1931-323
111Aldershot1932-33
112Ipswich Town1938-392
113Colchester United1950-514
113Scunthorpe United1950-51
113Shrewsbury Town1950-514
116Workington1951-52
117Peterborough United1960-613
118Oxford United1962-632
119Cambridge United1970-714
119Swansea City1970-712
121Bournemouth1971-721
122Hereford United1972-73
123Wimbledon1977-78
124Wigan Athletic1978-793
125Barnet1991-924
126Wycombe Wanderers1993-943
127Macclesfield Town1997-98
128Cheltenham Town1999-004
129Kidderminster Harriers2000-01
130Rushden and Diamonds2001-02
131Boston United2002-03
132Yeovil Town2003-04
133Milton Keynes Dons2004-054
134Dagenham and Redbridge2007-08
134Morecambe2007-08
136Burton Albion2009-103
137Stevenage2010-113
138AFC Wimbledon2011-123
138Crawley Town2011-124
140Fleetwood Town2012-134
141Forest Green Rovers2017-18
142Salford City2019-204
143Harrogate Town2020-214
144Sutton United2021-22
145Bromley2024-254