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| Our League History |
The Football League was the first league to be formed in the world. From small beginnings of 12 clubs in 1888 (all based around the North of England and the Midlands), expansion saw the league cater for 92 clubs by 1950. The breakaway of the top clubs to form the F.A. Premier League in 1992 degraded the quality of the first division, but "League status" is still the ultimate aim of a large number of semi-professional clubs across the country.
Preston North End were the inaugural champions, not losing a game in 1888-89. Over the first decade, clubs came and went with the epicentre still very much in the North of England. Woolwich Arsenal became the first club from South of Birmingham to join in 1893, a season after the league expanded to two divisions. After the turn of the century, the league became more and more representative of England as a whole. Aston Villa had become the second club to compete the League/F A Cup double in 1897, but Tottenham Hotspur, of the Southern League became the only club from below the Football League to take the F A Cup in 1901.
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