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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
1	Accrington Stanley	1888-89	4
1	Aston Villa	1888-89	1
1	Blackburn Rovers	1888-89	2
1	Bolton Wanderers	1888-89	3
1	Burnley	1888-89	1
1	Derby County	1888-89	2
1	Everton	1888-89	1
1	Notts County	1888-89	4
1	Preston North End	1888-89	2
1	Stoke City	1888-89
1	West Bromwich Albion	1888-89	2
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1888-89	1
13	Birmingham City	1889-90
13	Birmingham St George's	1889-90
13	Bootle	1889-90
13	Crewe Alexandra	1889-90	4
13	Darwen	1889-90
13	Grimsby Town	1889-90	4
13	Long Eaton Rangers	1889-90
13	Manchester United	1889-90
13	Nottingham Forest	1889-90	1
13	Sheffield Wednesday	1889-90
13	Sunderland Albion	1889-90
13	Walsall	1889-90
25	Sunderland	1890-91	1
26	Burton United	1891-92
26	Lincoln City	1891-92	3
26	Manchester City	1891-92
29	Port Vale	1892-93
29	Sheffield United	1892-93	2
31	Arsenal	1893-94
31	Liverpool	1893-94	1
31	Manchester City	1893-94	1
31	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	1893-94
31	Newcastle United	1893-94	1
31	Rotherham United	1893-94
37	Bury	1894-95
37	Leicester City	1894-95
39	Loughborough	1895-96
40	Blackpool	1896-97	3
40	Gainsborough Trinity	1896-97
40	Walsall	1896-97	4
43	Luton Town	1897-98	3
44	Barnsley	1898-99	3
44	Glossop North End	1898-99
46	Chesterfield	1899-00	4
46	Middlesbrough	1899-00	2
48	Stockport County	1900-01	3
49	Bristol City	1901-02	2
49	Doncaster Rovers	1901-02	3
51	Manchester United	1902-03	1
52	Bradford City	1903-04	3
53	Birmingham City	1905-06	2
53	Chelsea	1905-06	1
53	Hull City	1905-06	2
53	Leeds City	1905-06
53	Leyton Orient	1905-06
58	Fulham	1907-08	1
58	Oldham Athletic	1907-08	4
60	Bradford Park Avenue	1908-09
60	Tottenham Hotspur	1908-09	1
62	Huddersfield Town	1910-11	3
63	Arsenal	1914-15	1
64	Coventry City	1919-20	2
64	Leicester City	1919-20	2
64	Port Vale	1919-20	3
64	South Shields	1919-20
64	West Ham United	1919-20	1
69	Brentford	1920-21	1
69	Brighton and Hove Albion	1920-21	1
69	Bristol Rovers	1920-21	4
69	Cardiff City	1920-21	3
69	Crystal Palace	1920-21	1
69	Exeter City	1920-21	3
69	Gillingham	1920-21	4
69	Leeds United	1920-21	1
69	Millwall	1920-21	2
69	Newport County	1920-21	4
69	Northampton Town	1920-21	3
69	Norwich City	1920-21	2
69	Plymouth Argyle	1920-21	3
69	Portsmouth	1920-21	2
69	Queens Park Rangers	1920-21	2
69	Reading	1920-21	3
69	Southampton	1920-21	2
69	Southend United	1920-21
69	Swansea City	1920-21
69	Swindon Town	1920-21	4
69	Watford	1920-21	2
90	Ashington	1921-22
90	Barrow	1921-22	4
90	Charlton Athletic	1921-22	2
90	Darlington	1921-22
90	Halifax Town	1921-22
90	Hartlepool United	1921-22
90	Rochdale	1921-22
90	Southport	1921-22
90	Tranmere Rovers	1921-22	4
90	Wrexham	1921-22	2
100	Bournemouth	1923-24
101	Rotherham United	1925-26	3
101	Stoke City	1925-26	2
103	Torquay United	1927-28
104	Carlisle United	1928-29
105	Leyton Orient	1929-30	3
105	Sheffield Wednesday	1929-30	2
105	York City	1929-30
108	Gateshead	1930-31
109	Chester City	1931-32
109	Mansfield Town	1931-32	3
111	Aldershot	1932-33
112	Ipswich Town	1938-39	2
113	Colchester United	1950-51	4
113	Scunthorpe United	1950-51
113	Shrewsbury Town	1950-51	4
116	Workington	1951-52
117	Peterborough United	1960-61	3
118	Oxford United	1962-63	2
119	Cambridge United	1970-71	4
119	Swansea City	1970-71	2
121	Bournemouth	1971-72	1
122	Hereford United	1972-73
123	Wimbledon	1977-78
124	Wigan Athletic	1978-79	3
125	Barnet	1991-92	4
126	Wycombe Wanderers	1993-94	3
127	Macclesfield Town	1997-98
128	Cheltenham Town	1999-00	4
129	Kidderminster Harriers	2000-01
130	Rushden and Diamonds	2001-02
131	Boston United	2002-03
132	Yeovil Town	2003-04
133	Milton Keynes Dons	2004-05	4
134	Dagenham and Redbridge	2007-08
134	Morecambe	2007-08
136	Burton Albion	2009-10	3
137	Stevenage	2010-11	3
138	AFC Wimbledon	2011-12	3
138	Crawley Town	2011-12	4
140	Fleetwood Town	2012-13	4
141	Forest Green Rovers	2017-18
142	Salford City	2019-20	4
143	Harrogate Town	2020-21	4
144	Sutton United	2021-22
145	Bromley	2024-25	4