England - List of Champions (original) (raw)

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Football League Champions 1889-1915

1889 *Preston NE 1890 -Preston NE 1891 *Everton 1892 *Sunderland 1893 Sunderland 1894 Aston Villa 1895 Sunderland 1896 Aston Villa 1897 Aston Villa 1898 *-Sheffield United 1899 Aston Villa 1900 Aston Villa 1901 *Liverpool 1902 Sunderland 1903 *The Wednesday 1904 The Wednesday 1905 *Newcastle United 1906 Liverpool 1907 Newcastle United 1908 *Manchester United 1909 Newcastle United 1910 Aston Villa 1911 Manchester United 1912 *Blackburn Rovers 1913 Sunderland 1914 Blackburn Rovers 1915 Everton

Index|Summary 1889|Champions 1920|War 1915

Football League Champions 1920-39

1920 *-West Bromwich Albion 1921 *Burnley 1922 Liverpool 1923 Liverpool 1924 *Huddersfield Town 1925 Huddersfield Town 1926 -Huddersfield Town 1927 -Newcastle United 1928 Everton 1929 The Wednesday 1930 -Sheffield Wednesday 1931 *Arsenal 1932 Everton 1933 Arsenal 1934 Arsenal 1935 Arsenal 1936 -Sunderland 1937 *Manchester City 1938 Arsenal 1939 Everton

Index|Champions 1889|Champions 1947|Summary 1889|War 1940

Summary 1889-1939 (47 championships)

6 Sunderland, Aston Villa 5 Everton, Arsenal 4 Liverpool, Newcastle United, The Wednesday/Sheffield Wednesday 3 Huddersfield Town 2 Preston North End, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers 1 Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Burnley, Manchester City

Index|Champions 1920|Champions 1947

Football League Champions 1947-1992

1947 Liverpool 1948 Arsenal 1949 *Portsmouth 1950 -Portsmouth 1951 *Tottenham Hostpur 1952 Manchester United 1953 Arsenal 1954 *Wolverhampton Wanderers 1955 *Chelsea 1956 Manchester United 1957 Manchester United 1958 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1959 -Wolverhampton Wanderers 1960 -Burnley 1961 -Tottenham Hotspur 1962 *-Ipswich Town 1963 Everton 1964 Liverpool 1965 Manchester United 1966 Liverpool 1967 Manchester United 1968 Manchester City 1969 *Leeds United 1970 Everton 1971 Arsenal 1972 *Derby County 1973 Liverpool 1974 Leeds United 1975 -Derby County 1976 Liverpool 1977 Liverpool 1978 *-Nottingham Forest 1979 Liverpool 1980 Liverpool 1981 -Aston Villa 1982 Liverpool 1983 Liverpool 1984 Liverpool 1985 Everton 1986 Liverpool 1987 -Everton 1988 Liverpool 1989 Arsenal 1990 Liverpool 1991 Arsenal 1992 -Leeds United

Index|Champions 1920|Champions 1993|Summary 1947

FA Premier League Champions 1993-now

In 1992 the 22 Division One clubs resigned en masse from the Football League and formed the FA Premier League. At the end of the 1991-92 season promotion and relegation took place as normal between Div 1 and Div 2 and the 22 clubs which would have formed Div 1 of the Football League for season 1992-93 became the founder members of the new FA Premier League.

1993 Manchester United 1994 Manchester United 1995 -Blackburn Rovers 1996 Manchester United 1997 Manchester United 1998 Arsenal 1999 Manchester United 2000 Manchester United 2001 Manchester United 2002 Arsenal 2003 Manchester United 2004 -Arsenal 2005 Chelsea 2006 Chelsea 2007 Manchester United 2008 Manchester United
2009 Manchester United
2010 Chelsea 2011 Manchester United
2012 Manchester City 2013 -Manchester United
2014 Manchester City 2015 Chelsea 2016 *-Leicester City 2017 -Chelsea 2018 Manchester City 2019 Manchester City 2020 -Liverpool 2021 Manchester City 2022 Manchester City 2023 Manchester City 2024 -Manchester City 2025

Index|Champions 1947|Summary 1947

Summary 1947-now (78 championships)

18 Manchester United 15 Liverpool 9 Manchester City 8 Arsenal 6 Chelsea 4 Everton 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United 2 Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County 1 Burnley, Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City

Index|Champions 1889|Champions 1993|Overall summary

Summary 1889-now (125 championships)

20 Manchester United 19 Liverpool 13 Arsenal 10 Manchester City 9 Everton 7 Aston Villa 6 Sunderland, Chelsea 4 Newcastle United, The Wednesday/Sheffield Wednesday 3 Huddersfield Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers 2 Preston North End, Portsmouth, Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County 1 Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City

Index|Champions 1889|Champions 1993|Overall summary

Wartime Champions 1915-1919

The Football League closed down at the end of the 1914-15 season until the end of the war. Two regional leagues were organised for the Midlands and Lancashire and London clubs formed their own competition. In 1918 and 1919 the Midlands and Lancashire champions met over two legs in unofficial championship matches (these titles are not counted in clubs championship totals).

1915-16 Lancashire Section Principal tournament: Manchester City Subsidiary tournaments: Northern division: Burnley Southern division: Manchester City Midland Section Principal tournament: Nottingham Forest Subsidiary tournaments: Northern division: Leeds City Southern division: Nottingham Forest Midland division: Grimsby Town London Combination Principal tournament: Chelsea Supplementary tournament: Chelsea South-Western Combination Portsmouth

1916-17 Lancashire Section Principal tournament: Liverpool Subsidiary tournaments: Section A: Rochdale Section B: Everton Section C: Burnley Section D: Manchester United
Midland Section Principal tournament: Leeds City Susidiary tournaments:
Section A: Bradford Park Avenue Section B: Sheffield United Section C: Birmingham City Section D: Chesterfield London Combination West Ham United

1917-18 Lancashire Section Principal tournament: Stoke Subsidiary tournaments: Section A: Liverpool Section B: Manchester City Section C: Preston North End Section D: Bolton Wanderers Midland Section Principal tournament: Leeds City Subsidiary tournaments: Section A: Grimsby Town Section B: Notts County Section C: The Wednesday Section D: Leeds City London Combination Chelsea

League Championship Cup Play-off First leg: Leeds City (2) 2 Stoke (0) 0 Second leg: Stoke (0) 1 Leeds City (0) 0 Leeds won on goal average

1918-19 Lancashire Section Principal tournament: Everton Subsidiary tournaments: Section A: Blackpool Section B: Oldham Athletic Section C: Manchester City Section D: Liverpool Midland Section Principal tournament: Nottingham Forest Subsidiary tournaments: Section A: Sheffield United Section B: Birmingham Section C: Bradford Park Avenue Section D: Hull City London Combination Brentford

League Championship Cup Play-off First leg: Nottingham Forest 0 Everton 0 Second leg: Everton 0 Nottingham Forest 1 Forest won overall

Index|Champions 1920|War 1940

Wartime Champions 1940-46

Normal league competition was suspended on declaration of war in 1939 and alternative regional leagues were organised.

1939-40 Midland League: Wolverhampton Wanderers West League: Stoke City North-East League: Huddersfield Town North-West League: Bury South League 'A': Arsenal South League 'B': Queen's Park Rangers South League 'C': Tottenham Hotspur South League 'D': Crystal Palace South-West League: Plymouth Argyle East Midland League: Chesterfield

1940-41 Northern Regional League: Preston North End Southern Regional League: Crystal Palace

1941-42 League North: Blackpool League South: Leicester City London League: Arsenal

1942-43 League North: Blackpool League South: Arsenal League West: Lovells Athletic

1943-44 League North: Blackpool League South: Tottenham Hotspur League West Lovells Athletic

1944-45 League North: Huddersfield Town League South: Tottenham Hotspur League West: Cardiff City

1945-46 League North: Sheffield United League South: Birmingham City

Index|Champions 1947|War 1915

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