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The Football League was the brainchild of William McGregor, a Scotsman who became a director at Aston Villa. He had moved to Birmingham to seek his fortune and opened a linen draper's shop near Villa Park. With the onset of the age of professionalism in 1885, football had become a disorganised shambles with games constantly being called off because clubs had arranged more lucrative matches elsewhere. McGregor decided that football needed order and he wrote to the leading clubs of the time putting forward a proposal that they should combine to arrange home and away fixtures each season - and thus the seeds of The Football League were sown. The plans were announced at a meeting at Anderton's Hotel in Fleet Street on 22nd March 1888, and the first league kicked off on 8th September 1888 with 12 member clubs. Jack Gordon of Preston is widely regarded as scoring the first goal of the new competition and North End went on to claim the first Football League Championship without losing a game, and win the FA Cup without conceding a goal.

A second division was added in 1892, and a third division was added in 1920. In 1921 the league was expanded again, with the addition of Division Three (North). The existing third division became Division Three (South). These two divisions were reformed in 1958 as Division Three and Division Four. When the FA Premier League was formed in 1992 (being the former Division One), the Football League shrank from 4 divisions to 3 divisions (Division Four became Division Three, Division Three became Division Two, and Division Two became Division One). In 2004 the First Division became the League Championship, Division Two became League One, and Division Three became League Two.

Football League : Division One 1888-2004
League Championship 2004-
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1 trivia quiz  League Champions 1900-1910 icon
This is a quiz on Divison 1 winners of the English football leauge from the 1900-01 season to the 1909-10 season.
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 Jun 08 05
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2 trivia quiz  Promotion & Relegation, and All That coolicon
The joys of promotion, the despair of relegation, and a few tid-bits on unusual achievements in the promotion and relegation stakes.
 Very Difficult 10Q
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 Jan 03 06
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3 trivia quiz  Championship Season 2004-05 icon
A review of the 2004-05 regular season.
 Difficult 15Q
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 May 19 05
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4 trivia quiz  Division 1 History : 1888-1992 icon
The Football League is considered one of the best competitions in the world. Let's find out what you know about the statistics of Division 1 from its formation in 1888-89, through to 1991-92, the last season before the FA Premier League commenced.
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 Aug 27 02
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5 trivia quiz  The Football League
A test of your knowledge of the original and best football league in the world!
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 Feb 17 01
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6 trivia quiz  Division One 2003-04 icon
This quiz is on the excellent Division 1 season of 2003-04. On this quiz you will have to guess the score.
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Some sample questions from this category:

* Who were the first team to win the Football League?
* Which team has won the most League Championships (FL and FAPL), up until the 1999-2000 season?
* Who were the last club to win the First Division before the formation of the F.A. Premier League?
* Which of the following clubs was NOT a founding member of the English Football League?
* Which two clubs set the record for the biggest home win, and what was the score?
* Which three clubs set the record for the most successive wins, when they won 13 straight?
* Which two clubs were responsible for the biggest away wins, and what was the score?
* Which club set the record for the longest run without a win, when they failed to win in 28 consecutive matches?
* What was the highest scoring draw?
* What was the highest number of goals scored (total) in one match?
* Which club had the longest run without defeat, and how many games?
* What was the longest run without a draw?
* Which club had the longest streak of successive defeats, and how many games in a row did they lose?
* Which club played the most successive games without scoring a goal, when they failed to score in 10 successive league matches?
* What was the score between Ipswich Town and Crewe Alexander?
* What was the score between Burnley and Norwich City?
* What was the score between Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion?
* What was the score between Ipswich Town and Norwich City?
* Which team won the league?
* What was the score between Walsall and West Brom?

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