Who are the oldest and youngest teams in the English Football League?

Jack Flash

The oldest club in the Football League is Notts County, founded in 1862. I'm not sure which is the youngest. Sep 28 02, 12:14 PM

Kainantu

Try this.......... the lot. Arsenal FC 1886. Aston Villa FC 1874 Blackburn Rovers 1875 Bolton Wanderers 1874 and 1886 (second date found on another site) Chelsea FC 1905 Derby Country FC 1884 Everton FC 1879 Leeds United FC 1919 Leicester City FC 1884 Liverpool FC 1892 Manchester United FC 1878 Middlesbrough FC 1876 Newcastle United FC 1892 Southampton FC 1880 Sunderland FC 1879 Tottenham Hotspur FC 1882 West Ham United FC 1895 http://www.wsoccer.com/ Sep 28 02, 12:23 PM

palaceben

For completeness of the Premiership, the missing three are: Birmingham City - 1875 Fulham - 1898 Manchester City - 1894 But that still leaves the other 72 Football League teams I guess.... Sep 28 02, 5:29 PM

palaceben

Division One Bradford City - 1903 Brighton and Hove Albion - 1900 Burnley - 1882 Coventry City - 1883 Crystal Palace - says here 1861, but that was a different club - it was 1905 Derby county - 1884 Gillingham - 1893 Grimsby Town - 1878 Ipswich Town - 1878 Leicester City - 1884 Millwall - 1885 Norwich City - 1902 Nottingham Forest - 1865 Portsmouth - 1898 Preston North End - 1881 Reading - 1871 Rotherham - 1870 Sheffield United - 1889 Sheffield Wednesday - 1867 Stoke City - 1868 Walsall - 1888 Watford - 1891 Wimbledon - 1889 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 1877 continued..... Sep 28 02, 6:04 PM

palaceben

Division Two Barnsley - 1887 Blackpool - 1887 Brentford - 1889 Bristol City - 1894 Cardiff City - 1899 Cheltenham Town - 1892 Chesterfield - 1866 Colchester - 1937 Crewe Alexandra - 1877 Huddersfield Town - 1908 Luton Town - 1885 Mansfield Town - 1897 Northampton Town - 1897 Notts County - 1862 Oldham Athletic - 1895 Peterborough - 1934 Plymouth Argyle - 1886 Port Vale - 1876 QPR - 1885 Stockport County - 1883 Swindon Town - 1879 Tranmere Rovers - 1885 Wigan Athletic - 1932 Wycombe Wanderers - 1887 continued.... Sep 28 02, 6:05 PM

palaceben

Division Three AFC Bournemouth - 1899 Boston United - 1933 Bristol Rovers - 1883 Bury - 1885 Cambridge United - 1912 Carlisle United - 1905 Darlington - 1883 Exeter City - 1904 Harletpool United - 1908 Hull City - 1905 Kidderminster Harriers - 1886 Leyton Orient - 1881 Lincoln City - 1884 Macclesfiled Town - 1874 Oxford United - 1893 Rochdale - 1907 Rushden and Diamonds - tricky ... Rushden Town - 1889 merged with Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992 and a new club was formed. Scunthorpe United - 1899 Shrewsbury Town - 1886 Southend United - 1906 Swansea City - 1912 Torquay United - 1899 Wrexham - 1872 York City - 1922 So it looks like the youngest team is either Colchester United - 1937, or Rushden and Diamonds after their merger in 1992 (Lucky the boss is off today!) http://www.teamtalk.com - except for Boston (www.bostonunited.co.uk/clubhist) Sep 28 02, 6:05 PM

palaceben

The Irthlingborouh Diamonds half of Rushden and Diamonds was formed in 1946 according to http://www.thediamondsfc.com/club/view/history/0,,10784,00.html Sep 28 02, 6:14 PM

Pinchbeck

According to The Supporters Guide to football 1992, Maidstone United founded in 1897 were admitted to the League in 1989. This may be out of date if it's the latest to join the league you want. Sep 29 02, 1:12 PM

palaceben

By Pinchbeck's reckoning, which is perfectly valid, the youngest league team is Boston United, as they only joined the league this year. Sep 29 02, 6:41 PM