English First Division (1892-1992) Champions Quiz

1892-93 - Sunderland were managed by Tom Watson and played their home games at the Newcastle Road Stadium. There was an 11-point gap back to the second team in the league, Preston North End. It was the first time that the league had 16 teams. Sunderland won 22 of their 30 games.

1897-98 - Sheffield United won the title having won 5 points more than second placed Sunderland. They played their home games at the Brammall Lane Stadium. The league was played with 16 teams. The club didn't have a manager and Joseph Wostinholm, the club's secretary, was in charge of running the team.

1900-01 - Liverpool, managed by Tom Watson, won the title by 2 points from second placed Sunderland. They played their home games at Anfield and won 19 of the 30 games that they had played.

1909-10 - Aston Villa won the title having won 23 out of 38 games. The league was played with 20 teams. Liverpool were runners-up, 5 points behind the champions. The club was managed by George Ramsay and played their home games at Villa Park.

1910-11 - Manchester United won the title with 52 points, one more than runners-up Aston Villa. Both teams won 22 games, but United drew 8 to Villa's 7. At the time, a win was worth 2 points and a draw 1 point. United's manager was Ernest Mangnall, who left the club the following year and went to manage rivals Manchester City.

1920-21 - Burnley won the title five points clear of second-placed Manchester United. They won 23 out of 42 games, the participating teams were 22, scoring 79 goals in the process. Their secretary-manager was John Haworth, who was appointed to the position in July 1910.

1923-24 - Huddersfield Town, under the management of Herbert Chapman, won their first ever league title. They finished the season with 57 points, same as runners-up Cardiff City, winning the title by having a better goal average. This was Town's first of three consecutive titles, making them the first to achieve this feat.

1926-27 - Newcastle United managed to stop Huddersfield Town's winning streak of three consecutive League titles, beating them into second place, with a margin of five points (56 to 51). This was Newcastle's fourth title and had Frank Watt as secretary-manager. They scored 96 times, with Jimmy Trotter getting 39 of them.

1929-30 - Wednesday won the title rather comfortably, having a 10-point margin over the second placed Derby County. This was their fourth title; they scored a total of 105 goals and their top scorer was Jack Allen with 33 goals. Their manager was Robert Brown who served from 1920 until December 1933.

1934-35 - Arsenal FC won their third consecutive title, the second club to achieve this feat, under the management of George Allison. They finished four points clear of second placed Sunderland, scoring 115 times with Ted Drake grabbing 42 of those.
Huddersfield Town were the first team to win three consecutive titles: 1923-24, 1924-25 and 1925-26.

1938-39 - Everton won their fifth title, finishing 4 points above second placed Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tommy Lawton scored 34 out of the 88 that the team scored. Theo Kelly, the then secretary of the club, guided them to the title. At the end of the season, he was appointed as the first manager of the club.
This was the last championship before the enforced break due to World War 2.

1948-1949 - Portsmouth won the title in their Golden Jubilee year. They finished 5 points in front of second placed Manchester United and missed their chance of a double, after losing the FA Cup semi-final against Leicester City. Under the management of Bob Jackson, they managed to score 84 goals, with their top scorer Peter Harris netting 18 times.
The won the title again in the following season, 1949-50.

1960-1961 - Spurs, under the management of Bill Nicholson, won the title by 8 points from second placed Sheffield Wednesday. This was their second title and, after they beat Leicester City in the FA Cup final, became the first club to achieve the League and Cup double in the 20th century. They scored 115 goals in the league, with Bobby Smith getting 28 of those.

1961-1962 - This was Ipswich Town's first appearance in the First Division, having being promoted the season before, and they won the title by 3 points from second placed Burnley. They were managed by Alf Ramsey, who 4 years later was the manager of the England, who won the world cup. Ipswich Town scored 93 goals with Ray Crawford getting 33 of those.

1967-1968 - City won their second League title by 2 points from their rivals Manchester United. City were under the management of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison, scored 86 goals and Neil Young top scorer with 19.
[their first Leageu title was in 1936-37]