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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
Football League Championship 2004-
Editors: gtho4, ozzz2002, stuthehistoryguy Quiz Search:
1 Promotion & Relegation, and All That
The joys of promotion, the despair of relegation, and a few tid-bits on unusual achievements in the promotion and relegation stakes.
Difficult
10 Q
gtho4
Jan 03 06
900 plays
2 Championship Season 2004-05
A review of the 2004-05 regular season.
Difficult
15 Q
Ryan26
May 19 05
1143 plays
3 Division 1 History: 1888-1992
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.
Very Difficult
10 Q
Kurf
Aug 27 02
1005 plays
4 The Football League
A test of your knowledge of the original and best football league in the world!
Very Difficult
10 Q
tfc123
Feb 17 01
2334 plays
5 Division One: 2003-04
This quiz is on the excellent Division 1 season of 2003-04. On this quiz you will have to guess the score.
Difficult
10 Q
1111simon_123
Nov 11 04
468 plays
6 League Champions 1900-1910
This is a quiz on Divison 1 winners of the English football league from the 1900-01 season to the 1909-10 season.
Difficult
10 Q
Jabbawocky
Jun 08 05
282 plays
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Last Updated Jan 28 13 6:47 AM

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?


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