Football League Championship [Definition]

Football League Championship

Founded
20042004 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections.... [click for more] 1992–2004 (as Division One) 1892–1992 (as Division Two)
Nation
England God Save the Queen Unofficial: Rule Britannia Land of Hope and Glory Jerusalem... [click for more]
WalesWales (Welsh: Cymru; pronounced "Kum-REE", IPA: ) is a country or nation and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom, the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales has a land boundary with England in the island of Great Britain and is otherwise bounded by sea.... [click for more]
Promotion To
Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992, when the top division football clubs broke away from the Football League after securing a greatly improved TV rights deal with the then fledgling satellite television company Sky Television. The new name was merely a branding exercise as there was no innovation in competitive terms; an identical first tier league h... [click for more]
Relegation To
League OneFootball League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... [click for more]
Number of Teams
24
Level on Pyramid
Level 2The English football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (though for historical reasons — namely that the league system was originally intended to be United Kingdom-wide — a small number of Welsh clubs also compete).... [click for more]
Cups
FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its prestige as the sport's premier domestic cup competition is without par around the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournam... [click for more] League CupThe Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. Like the more prestigious FA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. Unlike the FA Cup, only the 92 members of The Football League (who organise the competition) and FA Premier League can enter. The winners qualify for the UEFA Cup, if they have not qualified for European competition in some other way.... [click for more]
Current Champions (2007-08)
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878.... [click for more]
Current Season
The Football League 2007–08
Website
Official

The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short, or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football LeagueThe Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. It also organises two knockout cup competitions. The Football League was founded in 1888 with 12 member clubs, but steady growth and the addition of more divisions meant that by 1959 the League had 92 clubs. Financial considerations led to a major shake-up in 1992 when, in a step to maximise their revenue, the leading members of T...
[click for more] and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League.

The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2004–2005 season Overview The current season (2004-2005) is the 133rd competitive season in English football. This season is the first to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division are now called the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two respectively. Coca-Cola replaces the Nationwide Building Society as title sponsor....
[click for more], having been previously known as the Football League First DivisionFrom the 1992-1993 to the 2003-2004 season, the Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League and the second-highest division in the overall English football league system. Before that it was the top division overall, but that ended with the creation of the FA Premier League....
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[click for more], in the 2004–05 season it was the richest non-top flight football division in the world, and the sixth richest division in EuropeEurope is a historical and cultural continent, and a geographical subcontinent, forming the westernmost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, and to the east by the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea (for more detailed description see Geography of Europe)....
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For history before 2004, see Football League First DivisionFrom the 1992-1993 to the 2003-2004 season, the Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League and the second-highest division in the overall English football league system. Before that it was the top division overall, but that ended with the creation of the FA Premier League....
[click for more] after 1993 and Football League Second DivisionBetween the 1992-93 and 2004-05 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. Before that it was the second division overall, but that ended with the creation of the FA Premier League prior to the start of the 1992-93 season....
[click for more] before that year.

In 2004-05, the Football League Championship announced a total attendance (including postseason) of 9.8 million, which it said was the fourth highest total attendance for a European football division, behind the FA Premier League (12.88m), SpainThe Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish: Reino de Espa�a or Espa�a; Catalan: Regne d'Espanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino de Espa�a; Asturian: Reinu d'Espa�a) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the citi...
[click for more]'s Primera divisiónThe Spanish football league is called La Liga. It is divided into various divisions. The top two: Primera divisi�n (First division) and Segunda divisi�n (Second division) have professional teams. The lower leagues are amateur. The structure of Liga: Primera divisi�n (20 teams) Segunda divisi�n (22 teams) Segunda divisi�n B (4 groups, 20 teams each) Tercera divisi�n Regional divisions The number of regional divisions depends on the region, in Catalonia, for example, there are five divisions under Tercera div...
[click for more] (11.57m) and Germany The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the heart of Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland, and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands....
[click for more]'s Bundesliga (10.92m), but beating ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a southern European country, comprising a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. It shares its nothern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italian territory....
[click for more]'s Serie ASerie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. The division consists of 20 clubs from the 2004-05 season. The bottom three clubs in the league table are relegated to Serie B, to be replaced by the top three clubs from that division....
[click for more] (9.77m) and FranceThe French Republic or France (French: R�publique fran�aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....
[click for more]'s Ligue 1Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, one of two divisions making up the Championnats Nationaux, the other being Ligue 2. Current Teams (2004/05) AC Ajaccio AJ Auxerre SC Bastia FC Girondins de Bordeaux SM Caen FC Istres RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco FC FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC AS Saint-Etienne FC Sochaux-Montb�lliard RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC ...
[click for more] (8.17m).^[2]^[3]^[4] The total figures were aided somewhat by the presence of 24 clubs, compared to 20 clubs in both Serie A and Ligue 1, and 18 in the Bundesliga. A major factor to the competition's success comes from television revenue.

The league is comprised of 24 teams. Over the course of a season, which runs annually from August to the following May, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each team competing in 46 games in total. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the league table by points gained, then goal difference and then goals scored. In the event that two or more teams finish the season equal in all these respects, teams are separated by alphabetical order, unless a promotion, relegation or play-off place (see below) is at stake, when the teams are separated by a playoff game^[5].

The two teams finishing the season in the top two positions are promoted to the Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992, when the top division football clubs broke away from the Football League after securing a greatly improved TV rights deal with the then fledgling satellite television company Sky Television. The new name was merely a branding exercise as there was no innovation in competitive terms; an identical first tier league h...
[click for more] and the bottom three teams are relegated to Football League One. In addition, the teams finishing in positions 3-6 compete in the Football League Championship Play-Offs, a knock-out competition with the winner also being promoted to the Premier League. In the playoffs, the third placed team plays against the sixth-placed team and the fourth placed team plays against the fifth placed team in two-legged semi-finals. The winners of each semifinal then compete in a single match with the prize being promotion to the Premier League and the Championship playoff trophy.

The three promoted teams are replaced in the division for the next season by the teams finishing in the bottom three in the Premier League and the relegated teams are replaced by the two teams finishing at the top of Division One and the winner of the Division 1 playoff final.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
C	West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878.... [click for more]	46	23	12	11	88	55	33	81	Premier League
P	Stoke City Stoke City F.C. (known as Stoke F.C. until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. The club is reputedly the second oldest football league club in the world after Notts County F.C. claiming to have been formed in 1863 (disputed by some who claim it to be 1868). The club’s nickname is The Potters. They currently play in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	46	21	16	9	69	55	14	79	Premier League
3	Hull CityHull City Association Football Club are an English football team based at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Hull. They play in amber and black kits and will contest the 2004/05 season in Football League One.... [click for more]	46	21	12	13	65	47	18	75	League Championship playoffs
4	Bristol CityBristol City is a football club in Bristol, England, which plays in Football League One. Its home is Ashton Gate Stadium. As of June 2004, Brian Tinnion is the team's player-manager.... [click for more]	46	20	14	12	54	53	1	74
5	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club playing in the FA Premier League, based in London. History Crystal Palace was formed in 1905, with its headquarters at The Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The team played in the Southern League until 1920, when they were promoted to Division Three of the Football League.... [click for more]	46	18	17	11	58	42	16	71
6	Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more]	46	18	16	12	62	56	6	70
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at the Molineux. Molineux Stadium is situated on Waterloo Road and has four stands all named after players who have become legendary at the club - Billy Wright, Steve Bull, Stan Cullis and Jack Harris.... [click for more]	46	18	16	12	53	48	5	70
8	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. is the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are popularly known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and by most supporters as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys or Town derived from the team name. Ipswich won the League in the 1961/62 under the management of Sir Alf Ramsey, and the FA Cup in 1978 with Bobby Robson at the helm. Town also won the UEFA Cup in 1981, beating Dutch team AZ Alkmaar 5-4 in a two-legged final.... [click for more]	46	18	15	13	65	56	9	69
9	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. are a football club in The Football League. They were formed in Sheffield, England, in 1889. Their nickname is 'The Blades' and can be seen on the team emblem.... [click for more]	46	17	15	14	56	51	5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle by season: 2001/02 - 2002/03 - 2003/04 - 2004/05 Plymouth Argyle Football Club, also known as the Pilgrims and based in Plymouth, are one of only two football clubs in the English Football League to play in a principally green home strip. Traditionally the team play in a white away strip, but this was changed to one which was principally tangerine in colour for the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons, an act of homage to their highly successful former manager Paul Sturrock whose supported club, Dun... [click for more]	46	17	13	16	60	50	10	64
11	Charlton Athletic Founded in 1905, Charlton Athletic F.C. play at The Valley, in Charlton, southeast London. History Charlton were elected to the Football League in 1921, and gained promotion to the First Division in 1936. They remained in the First Division, winning the FA Cup in 1947, until 1957, when they were relegated.... [click for more]	46	17	13	16	63	58	5	64
12	Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff. They currently play in the Football League Championship. Their current ground is Ninian Park, but the club are in the process of planning and construcing a new stadium to be located opposite the old one. They are managed by Lennie Lawrence. The existing Chairman of the club is the well-known Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam.... [click for more]	46	16	16	14	59	55	4	64
13	Burnley Burnley F.C. is a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England. Nicknamed The Clarets due to their claret and blue strip, they have played at Turf Moor since 1883. They were founder members of The Football League in 1888, and are currently in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	46	16	14	16	60	67	-7	62
14	Queens Park RangersQueens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherd's Bush, London. The team currently plays in the Football League Championship after finishing second in the Second Division.... [click for more]	46	14	16	16	60	66	-6	58
15	Preston North End Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. They currently (2004-2005) play in the Football League Championship Their home ground is at Deepdale in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and they are nicknamed the 'Lilywhites'.... [click for more]	46	15	11	20	50	56	-6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday are a football club in the English Football League. Sheffield Wednesday currently play in Football League One. Their current manager is Paul Sturrock, whose appointment was announced at a press conference at 11am on Thursday 23 September 2004.... [click for more]	46	14	13	19	54	55	-1	55
17	Norwich City Norwich City Football Club are a football team based in Norwich, England. They are known as the "Canaries" due to their yellow and green strip. From 1995 until 2004 the club played in the First Division of the Football League, but after winning the league championship under Nigel Worthington in 2003/04, they are in the FA Premier League as of the 2004/05 season.... [click for more]	46	15	10	21	49	59	-10	55
18	Barnsley Barnsley Football Club are an English football league team, based in the town of Barnsley and nicknamed the Tykes. They were founded in the 1892 as Barnsley St. Peter's. The height of their success was in 1912, when they beat Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup. They also reached the final in 1910 but lost to Newcastle United.... [click for more]	46	14	13	19	52	65	-13	55
19	Blackpool Blackpool Football Club is an English professional football club. Their home ground is located at Bloomfield Road in the centre of the resort of Blackpool in north-west England. Blackpool FC are known as the Seasiders or Tangerines. Their team colour is tangerine.... [click for more]	46	12	18	16	59	64	-5	54
20	Southampton Southampton F.C. (originally St. Mary's YMA) is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints. Based in the city of Southampton in Hampshire, the team was formed in November 1885. In 1898 the team moved into The Dell, the ground which was to be their home for over 100 years. However, as a result of poor stadium capacity, the team moved to St Mary's Stadium in 2001.... [click for more]	46	13	15	18	56	72	-16	54
21	Coventry City Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues due to the traditional colour of their strip (which itself is sky blue in honour of the sky blue cloth traditionally made in the city), are a football team based in Coventry, England. They currently play in the Football League Championship. They are currently managed by Micky Adams, who was appointed on January 21, 2005 following the departure of Peter Reid.... [click for more]	46	14	11	21	52	64	-12	53
R	Leicester City Leicester City F.C., nicknamed the "Foxes", are an English football team, playing in the Football League Championship. They were relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2003/2004 season. They play at the Walkers Stadium, Leicester.... [click for more]	46	12	16	18	42	45	-3	52	League One
R	Scunthorpe United	46	11	13	22	46	69	-23	46
R	Colchester UnitedColchester United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. External link Colchester United Official Homepage ... [click for more]	46	7	17	22	62	86	-24	38

Last updated: 12 April 2008
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

Club	Finishing position last seasonThe 2006-2007 season will be the 135th competitive season in English football. Overview Arsenal will move into their new home, the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium.... [click for more]
Barnsley Barnsley Football Club are an English football league team, based in the town of Barnsley and nicknamed the Tykes. They were founded in the 1892 as Barnsley St. Peter's. The height of their success was in 1912, when they beat Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup. They also reached the final in 1910 but lost to Newcastle United.... [click for more]	20th
Blackpool Blackpool Football Club is an English professional football club. Their home ground is located at Bloomfield Road in the centre of the resort of Blackpool in north-west England. Blackpool FC are known as the Seasiders or Tangerines. Their team colour is tangerine.... [click for more]	3rd in League OneFootball League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... [click for more] (play-off winner)
Bristol CityBristol City is a football club in Bristol, England, which plays in Football League One. Its home is Ashton Gate Stadium. As of June 2004, Brian Tinnion is the team's player-manager.... [click for more]	2nd in League One
Burnley Burnley F.C. is a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England. Nicknamed The Clarets due to their claret and blue strip, they have played at Turf Moor since 1883. They were founder members of The Football League in 1888, and are currently in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	15th
Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff. They currently play in the Football League Championship. Their current ground is Ninian Park, but the club are in the process of planning and construcing a new stadium to be located opposite the old one. They are managed by Lennie Lawrence. The existing Chairman of the club is the well-known Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam.... [click for more]¹	13th
Charlton Athletic Founded in 1905, Charlton Athletic F.C. play at The Valley, in Charlton, southeast London. History Charlton were elected to the Football League in 1921, and gained promotion to the First Division in 1936. They remained in the First Division, winning the FA Cup in 1947, until 1957, when they were relegated.... [click for more]	19th in the Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992, when the top division football clubs broke away from the Football League after securing a greatly improved TV rights deal with the then fledgling satellite television company Sky Television. The new name was merely a branding exercise as there was no innovation in competitive terms; an identical first tier league h... [click for more]
Colchester UnitedColchester United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. External link Colchester United Official Homepage ... [click for more]	10th
Coventry City Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues due to the traditional colour of their strip (which itself is sky blue in honour of the sky blue cloth traditionally made in the city), are a football team based in Coventry, England. They currently play in the Football League Championship. They are currently managed by Micky Adams, who was appointed on January 21, 2005 following the departure of Peter Reid.... [click for more]	17th
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club playing in the FA Premier League, based in London. History Crystal Palace was formed in 1905, with its headquarters at The Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The team played in the Southern League until 1920, when they were promoted to Division Three of the Football League.... [click for more]	12th
Hull CityHull City Association Football Club are an English football team based at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Kingston upon Hull. They play in black and amber strips and will contest the 2004/05 season in Football League One.... [click for more]	21st
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. are the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are popularly known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and by most supporters as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys or Town derived from the team name. Ipswich won the League in the 1961/62 under the management of Sir Alf Ramsey, and the FA Cup in 1978 with Bobby Robson at the helm. Town also won the UEFA Cup in 1981, beating Dutch team AZ Alkmaar 5-4 in a two-legged final.... [click for more]	14th
Leicester City Leicester City F.C., nicknamed the "Foxes", are an English football team, playing in the Football League Championship. They were relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2003/2004 season. They play at the Walkers Stadium, Leicester.... [click for more]	19th
Norwich City Norwich City Football Club are a football team based in Norwich, England. They are known as the "Canaries" due to their yellow and green strip. From 1995 until 2004 the club played in the First Division of the Football League, but after winning the league championship under Nigel Worthington in 2003/04, they are in the FA Premier League as of the 2004/05 season.... [click for more]	16th
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle by season: 2001/02 - 2002/03 - 2003/04 - 2004/05 Plymouth Argyle Football Club, also known as the Pilgrims and based in Plymouth, are one of only two football clubs in the English Football League to play in a principally green home strip. Traditionally the team play in a white away strip, but this was changed to one which was principally tangerine in colour for the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons, an act of homage to their highly successful former manager Paul Sturrock whose supported club, Dun... [click for more]	11th
Preston North End Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. They currently (2004-2005) play in the Football League Championship Their home ground is at Deepdale in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and they are nicknamed the 'Lilywhites'.... [click for more]	7th
Queens Park RangersQueens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherd's Bush, London. The team currently plays in the Football League Championship after finishing second in the Second Division.... [click for more]	18th
Scunthorpe United	1st in League One
Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. are a football club in The Football League. They were formed in Sheffield, England, in 1889. Their nickname is 'The Blades' and can be seen on the team emblem.... [click for more]	18th in the Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday are a football club in the English Football League. Sheffield Wednesday currently play in Football League One. Their current manager is Paul Sturrock, whose appointment was announced at a press conference at 11am on Thursday 23 September 2004.... [click for more]	9th
Southampton Southampton F.C. (originally St. Mary's YMA) is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints. Based in the city of Southampton in Hampshire, the team was formed in November 1885. In 1898 the team moved into The Dell, the ground which was to be their home for over 100 years. However, as a result of poor stadium capacity, the team moved to St Mary's Stadium in 2001.... [click for more]	6th
Stoke City Stoke City F.C. (known as Stoke F.C. until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. The club is reputedly the second oldest football league club in the world after Notts County F.C. claiming to have been formed in 1863 (disputed by some who claim it to be 1868). The club’s nickname is The Potters. They currently play in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	8th
Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more]	20th in the Premier League
West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878.... [click for more]	4th
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at the Molineux. Molineux Stadium is situated on Waterloo Road and has four stands all named after players who have become legendary at the club - Billy Wright, Steve Bull, Stan Cullis and Jack Harris.... [click for more]	5th

¹Club is located in WalesWales (Welsh: Cymru; pronounced "Kum-REE", IPA: ) is a country or nation and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom, the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales has a land boundary with England in the island of Great Britain and is otherwise bounded by sea....
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Season	Winner	Runner-Up	Promoted Play-Off Winner
2004–05	Sunderland Sunderland Association Football Club is a football club based in Sunderland, on Wearside in the North-East of England. For most of the late 1990s, under the management of Peter Reid, they were in the FA Premier League; however, after a dreadful run of results they finished bottom of the league in 2002-2003 (with a record-low 19 points) and were relegated to the Football League First Division (now called the Football League Championship). During the 2002-2003 season Sunderland appointed two new managers in ... [click for more]	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club are a football team based in Wigan, England. They are known as the "Latics". In 2003 they were promoted to the Football League Championship for the first time.... [click for more]	West Ham UnitedWest Ham United F.C are a professional English football club based in East London. They play at the Boleyn Ground, which is known more commonly as Upton Park due to its location in the London district of the same name and the London Underground tube station used to travel to the football ground. They are nicknamed "The Hammers" by the media, but are better known as "The Irons" by their own fans. The club has a training facility at Chadwell Heath, adjacent to the railway line from which the team may occasion... [click for more]
2005–06The 2005-2006 season will be the 134th competitive season in English football. Overview The rebuilt Wembley Stadium is due to open. It should be ready for the FA Cup final in May.... [click for more]	Reading Reading F.C. is a football team based in Reading, England, currently playing in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. are a football club in The Football League. They were formed in Sheffield, England, in 1889. Their nickname is 'The Blades' and can be seen on the team emblem.... [click for more]	Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more]
2006–07	Sunderland	Birmingham City Birmingham City (BCFC) is one of Birmingham's two professional soccer teams (the other is Aston Villa F.C.). Originally known as The Small Heath Alliance, they became Birmingham F.C. in 1905 and Birmingham City F.C. in 1945.... [click for more]	Derby County Derby County F.C. is an English football club, currently playing in the Football League Championship. History ... [click for more]
2007–08	West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878.... [click for more]	Stoke City Stoke City F.C. (known as Stoke F.C. until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. The club is reputedly the second oldest football league club in the world after Notts County F.C. claiming to have been formed in 1863 (disputed by some who claim it to be 1868). The club’s nickname is The Potters. They currently play in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	(TBC)

For past winners at this level before 2004, see List of winners of English Football League Championship and predecessors.

Season	Semifinal (1st Leg)	Semifinal (2nd Leg)	Final
2004-05	Preston North End Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. They currently (2004-2005) play in the Football League Championship Their home ground is at Deepdale in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and they are nicknamed the 'Lilywhites'.... [click for more] 2-0 Derby County Derby County F.C. is an English football club, currently playing in the Football League Championship. History ... [click for more] West Ham UnitedWest Ham United F.C are a professional English football club based in East London. They play at the Boleyn Ground, which is known more commonly as Upton Park due to its location in the London district of the same name and the London Underground tube station used to travel to the football ground. They are nicknamed "The Hammers" by the media, but are better known as "The Irons" by their own fans. The club has a training facility at Chadwell Heath, adjacent to the railway line from which the team may occasion... [click for more] 2-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. are the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are popularly known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and by most supporters as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys or Town derived from the team name. Ipswich won the League in the 1961/62 under the management of Sir Alf Ramsey, and the FA Cup in 1978 with Bobby Robson at the helm. Town also won the UEFA Cup in 1981, beating Dutch team AZ Alkmaar 5-4 in a two-legged final.... [click for more]	Derby County Derby County F.C. is an English football club, currently playing in the Football League Championship. History ... [click for more] 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. They currently (2004-2005) play in the Football League Championship Their home ground is at Deepdale in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and they are nicknamed the 'Lilywhites'.... [click for more] Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. are the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are popularly known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and by most supporters as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys or Town derived from the team name. Ipswich won the League in the 1961/62 under the management of Sir Alf Ramsey, and the FA Cup in 1978 with Bobby Robson at the helm. Town also won the UEFA Cup in 1981, beating Dutch team AZ Alkmaar 5-4 in a two-legged final.... [click for more] 0-2 West Ham UnitedWest Ham United F.C are a professional English football club based in East London. They play at the Boleyn Ground, which is known more commonly as Upton Park due to its location in the London district of the same name and the London Underground tube station used to travel to the football ground. They are nicknamed "The Hammers" by the media, but are better known as "The Irons" by their own fans. The club has a training facility at Chadwell Heath, adjacent to the railway line from which the team may occasion... [click for more]	West Ham UnitedWest Ham United F.C are a professional English football club based in East London. They play at the Boleyn Ground, which is known more commonly as Upton Park due to its location in the London district of the same name and the London Underground tube station used to travel to the football ground. They are nicknamed "The Hammers" by the media, but are better known as "The Irons" by their own fans. The club has a training facility at Chadwell Heath, adjacent to the railway line from which the team may occasion... [click for more] 1-0 Preston North End Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. They currently (2004-2005) play in the Football League Championship Their home ground is at Deepdale in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and they are nicknamed the 'Lilywhites'.... [click for more]
2005-06	Leeds United 1-1 Preston North End Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club playing in the FA Premier League, based in London. History Crystal Palace was formed in 1905, with its headquarters at The Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The team played in the Southern League until 1920, when they were promoted to Division Three of the Football League.... [click for more] 0-3 Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more]	Preston North End Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. They currently (2004-2005) play in the Football League Championship Their home ground is at Deepdale in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and they are nicknamed the 'Lilywhites'.... [click for more] 0-2 Leeds United Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more] 0-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club playing in the FA Premier League, based in London. History Crystal Palace was formed in 1905, with its headquarters at The Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The team played in the Southern League until 1920, when they were promoted to Division Three of the Football League.... [click for more]	Leeds United 0-3 Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more]
2006-07	Southampton Southampton F.C. (originally St. Mary's YMA) is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints. Based in the city of Southampton in Hampshire, the team was formed in November 1885. In 1898 the team moved into The Dell, the ground which was to be their home for over 100 years. However, as a result of poor stadium capacity, the team moved to St Mary's Stadium in 2001.... [click for more] 1-2 Derby County Derby County F.C. is an English football club, currently playing in the Football League Championship. History ... [click for more] Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at the Molineux. Molineux Stadium is situated on Waterloo Road and has four stands all named after players who have become legendary at the club - Billy Wright, Steve Bull, Stan Cullis and Jack Harris.... [click for more] 2-3 West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878.... [click for more]	Derby County 2-3 Southampton (Derby won 4-3 on penalties, AET) West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers	Derby County 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
2007-08	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club playing in the FA Premier League, based in London. History Crystal Palace was formed in 1905, with its headquarters at The Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The team played in the Southern League until 1920, when they were promoted to Division Three of the Football League.... [click for more] 1-2 Bristol CityBristol City is a football club in Bristol, England, which plays in Football League One. Its home is Ashton Gate Stadium. As of June 2004, Brian Tinnion is the team's player-manager.... [click for more] Watford 0-2 Hull CityHull City Association Football Club are an English football team based at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Kingston upon Hull. They play in black and amber strips and will contest the 2004/05 season in Football League One.... [click for more]	Bristol City 2-1 Crystal Palace AET Hull City 4-1 Watford	Bristol City vs. Hull City Wembley StadiumWembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England, which is currently being rebuilt. It stands opposite Wembley Arena.... [click for more], May 24... [click for more], 3:00pm

Season	Clubs
2004-05	Gillingham Gillingham F.C. is a football team based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. They are currently in the Football League Championship. They play home games at Priestfield Stadium.... [click for more], Nottingham Forest History Nottingham Forest F.C. are an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. The club lies directly opposite the Trent from its city rival Notts County, the two clubs being the closest in England.... [click for more], Rotherham United Rotherham United F.C. are a football club in The Football League. They were formed in Rotherham, England, in 1889.... [click for more]
2005-06	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. is an English league football team based at Gresty Road in Crewe, England and nicknamed The Railwaymen due to that town's links with the industry. Formed in 1877 and reputedly named after Princess Alexandra (some suggest that the decision to form the club was actually taken in a pub named after the Princess). They currently play in the Football League Championship.... [click for more], Millwall Millwall Football Club is a football team based at the 20,146 capacity New Den Stadium in south-east London, England. They currently play in the Football League Championship.... [click for more], Brighton & Hove Albion
2006-07	Southend UnitedSouthend United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall stadium in Victoria Avenue Prittlewell. Their nicknames are 'The Shrimpers' or 'The Blues'. Currently the team is managed by former player Steve Tilson. The club was founded in 1906, and has played at Roots Hall since the early 1950's. Their main rival is Colchester United, who currently play in Football League One.... [click for more], Luton TownLuton Town F.C. are a professional English football team based in the town of Luton. They are nicknamed The Hatters due to the historical association of the town with the hat making trade. They currently play in Football League One.... [click for more], Leeds United
2007-08	Leicester City Leicester City F.C., nicknamed the "Foxes", are an English football team, playing in the Football League Championship. They were relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2003/2004 season. They play at the Walkers Stadium, Leicester.... [click for more], Scunthorpe United, Colchester UnitedColchester United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. External link Colchester United Official Homepage ... [click for more]

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004-05	Nathan Ellington	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club are a football team based in Wigan, England. They are known as the "Latics". In 2003 they were promoted to the Football League Championship for the first time.... [click for more]	24
2005-06	Marlon King	Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more]	21
2006-07	Jamie CuretonJamie Cureton (born 28 August 1975) is an English football player who is currently a striker for Queens Park Rangers in the English Football League Championship.... [click for more]	Colchester UnitedColchester United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. External link Colchester United Official Homepage ... [click for more]	23
2007-08	Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeSylvan Ebanks-Blake (born March 29, 1986 in Cambridge) is an English football player. He signed for Manchester United as a junior player. He played his first senior match for the club on October 26, 2004 against Crewe Alexandra.... [click for more]	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at the Molineux. Molineux Stadium is situated on Waterloo Road and has four stands all named after players who have become legendary at the club - Billy Wright, Steve Bull, Stan Cullis and Jack Harris.... [click for more]	23

Home Club	Stadium Name	Capacity
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday are a football club in the English Football League. Sheffield Wednesday currently play in Football League One. Their current manager is Paul Sturrock, whose appointment was announced at a press conference at 11am on Thursday 23 September 2004.... [click for more]	Hillsborough	39,814
Southampton Southampton F.C. (originally St. Mary's YMA) is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints. Based in the city of Southampton in Hampshire, the team was formed in November 1885. In 1898 the team moved into The Dell, the ground which was to be their home for over 100 years. However, as a result of poor stadium capacity, the team moved to St Mary's Stadium in 2001.... [click for more]	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. are a football club in The Football League. They were formed in Sheffield, England, in 1889. Their nickname is 'The Blades' and can be seen on the team emblem.... [click for more]	Bramall LaneBramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, England that has successively been the home first of Sheffield F.C., then of Sheffield Wednesday F.C., and since the start of the 20th century, of Sheffield United F.C.. It is the oldest major football ground in the world; the ground hosted its first match in 1862. It has held as many as 68,000 fans in the past, but was extensively renovated in the wake of the Taylor Report, and now has an all-seated capacity of 30,936.... [click for more]	32,609
Coventry City Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues due to the traditional colour of their strip (which itself is sky blue in honour of the sky blue cloth traditionally made in the city), are a football team based in Coventry, England. They currently play in the Football League Championship. They are currently managed by Micky Adams, who was appointed on January 21, 2005 following the departure of Peter Reid.... [click for more]	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Leicester City	Walkers StadiumThe Walkers Stadium is a football stadium which plays home matches to English football team Leicester City F.C.. The stadium, inaugarated in July, 2004, holds 32,500 and is named after Leicester City's sponsers Walkers.... [click for more]	32,500
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. are the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are popularly known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and by most supporters as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys or Town derived from the team name. Ipswich won the League in the 1961/62 under the management of Sir Alf Ramsey, and the FA Cup in 1978 with Bobby Robson at the helm. Town also won the UEFA Cup in 1981, beating Dutch team AZ Alkmaar 5-4 in a two-legged final.... [click for more]	Portman RoadPortman Road is the home ground of English football (soccer) club Ipswich Town. It has a capacity of 30,300 and is located in Ipswich, Suffolk.... [click for more]	30,311
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at the Molineux. Molineux Stadium is situated on Waterloo Road and has four stands all named after players who have become legendary at the club - Billy Wright, Steve Bull, Stan Cullis and Jack Harris.... [click for more]	Molineux	28,525
Stoke City Stoke City F.C. (known as Stoke F.C. until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. The club is reputedly the second oldest football league club in the world after Notts County F.C. claiming to have been formed in 1863 (disputed by some who claim it to be 1868). The club’s nickname is The Potters. They currently play in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	Britannia StadiumThe Britannia Stadium is the home of Stoke City Football Club. The club had played at the Victoria Ground until 1997. The club's manager at this time was Chic Bates. The new stadium holds 28,000 supporters, with the highest attendance being recorded for the sell out fixture against Everton in their F.A. Cup 3rd Round tie in 2002.... [click for more]	28,383
West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878.... [click for more]	The HawthornsThe Hawthorns is the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. in West Bromwich, England. Hosting Association Football since September 3, 1900, the ground was the first Football League ground to be built in the 20th century, the club moving there after the expiry of their lease on the old Stoney Lane ground.... [click for more]	28,003
Charlton Athletic Founded in 1905, Charlton Athletic F.C. play at The Valley, in Charlton, southeast London. History Charlton were elected to the Football League in 1921, and gained promotion to the First Division in 1936. They remained in the First Division, winning the FA Cup in 1947, until 1957, when they were relegated.... [click for more]	The Valley	27,111
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club playing in the FA Premier League, based in London. History Crystal Palace was formed in 1905, with its headquarters at The Crystal Palace in Sydenham. The team played in the Southern League until 1920, when they were promoted to Division Three of the Football League.... [click for more]	Selhurst ParkSelhurst Park is a football stadium in south London, and is the current home ground of Crystal Palace F.C. History In 1922 the site, a former brickfield, was bought from the Brighton Railway Company for �2,570. The stadium (designed by Archibald Leitch) was constructed by a Mr Humphreys for around �30,000, and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of London on 30 August 1924. There was then only one stand (the present Main Stand), but this was unfinished due to industrial action; Crystal Palace played She... [click for more]	26,309
Norwich City Norwich City Football Club are a football team based in Norwich, England. They are known as the "Canaries" due to their yellow and green strip. From 1995 until 2004 the club played in the First Division of the Football League, but after winning the league championship under Nigel Worthington in 2003/04, they are in the FA Premier League as of the 2004/05 season.... [click for more]	Carrow RoadCarrow Road is the football stadium of Norwich City Football Club who currently play in the Football League Championship. The team moved to Carrow Road following occupation of various other stadia from 1902. The ground capacity is 26,034.... [click for more]	26,034
Hull CityHull City Association Football Club are an English football team based at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Kingston upon Hull. They play in black and amber strips and will contest the 2004/05 season in Football League One.... [click for more]	KC StadiumKingston Communications Stadium (also referred to as the 'KC Stadium'). It is named after the stadium's sponsors, Kingston Communications and is a new facility for the city of Hull hosting football, rugby league and a series of pop concerts. It is the first stadium in England to be built in a parkland setting. The stadium has an all-seating capacity of 25,404. The seat colours are predominantly black with a white and amber band around the stadium and the word Hull depicted in amber and white.... [click for more]	25,404
Barnsley Barnsley Football Club are an English football league team, based in the town of Barnsley and nicknamed the Tykes. They were founded in the 1892 as Barnsley St. Peter's. The height of their success was in 1912, when they beat Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup. They also reached the final in 1910 but lost to Newcastle United.... [click for more]	Oakwell	23,009
Burnley Burnley F.C. is a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England. Nicknamed The Clarets due to their claret and blue strip, they have played at Turf Moor since 1883. They were founder members of The Football League in 1888, and are currently in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	Turf Moor	22,546
Preston North End Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. They currently (2004-2005) play in the Football League Championship Their home ground is at Deepdale in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and they are nicknamed the 'Lilywhites'.... [click for more]	DeepdaleDeepdale is a stadium in Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and England's National Football Museum.... [click for more]	22,225
Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff. They currently play in the Football League Championship. Their current ground is Ninian Park, but the club are in the process of planning and construcing a new stadium to be located opposite the old one. They are managed by Lennie Lawrence. The existing Chairman of the club is the well-known Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam.... [click for more]	Ninian ParkNinian Park is a football stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Currently, it is the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., a Welsh club that competes in the English Football League Championship. The club is planning a new ground, code named St David's Stadium (name subject to change via naming rights agreement), but no time frame for construction has yet been set.... [click for more]*	22,008
Bristol CityBristol City is a football club in Bristol, England, which plays in Football League One. Its home is Ashton Gate Stadium. As of June 2004, Brian Tinnion is the team's player-manager.... [click for more]	Ashton Gate	21,497
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle by season: 2001/02 - 2002/03 - 2003/04 - 2004/05 Plymouth Argyle Football Club, also known as the Pilgrims and based in Plymouth, are one of only two football clubs in the English Football League to play in a principally green home strip. Traditionally the team play in a white away strip, but this was changed to one which was principally tangerine in colour for the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons, an act of homage to their highly successful former manager Paul Sturrock whose supported club, Dun... [click for more]	Home ParkHome Park is an Association Football stadium located in Plymouth, England, and is home to Plymouth Argyle, who currently play in the Football League Championship.... [click for more]	20,922
Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t... [click for more]	Vicarage Road	19,920
Queens Park RangersQueens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherd's Bush, London. The team currently plays in the Football League Championship after finishing second in the Second Division.... [click for more]	Loftus RoadLoftus Road is the stadium of the English Football team Queens Park Rangers. It has a small capacity of 19,100 and was given nicknames such as Laughtus Road and Legoland (due to its notoriously restrictive legroom) during Fulham Football Club's brief stay while their ground was being renovated. It also played host to London Wasps Rugby Club before Fulham's arrival, and has hosted boxing.... [click for more]	19,148
Blackpool Blackpool Football Club is an English professional football club. Their home ground is located at Bloomfield Road in the centre of the resort of Blackpool in north-west England. Blackpool FC are known as the Seasiders or Tangerines. Their team colour is tangerine.... [click for more]	Bloomfield RoadBloomfield Road, Blackpool, is the football (soccer) stadium of the English club Blackpool F.C. The venue was used during the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship.... [click for more]	9,612
Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park*	9,183
Colchester UnitedColchester United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. External link Colchester United Official Homepage ... [click for more]	Layer Road*	6,200

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The television rights for the Football League Championship are currently held by Sky SportsBritish Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. It also produces TV content, and TV channels....
[click for more]. Sky Sports will hold the exclusive rights until the 2009-2010 season. Highlights of Championship matches and goals of league one and league two matches are shown by ITVIndependent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. The original 'ITV' channel has now been rebranded as ITV1 by ITV plc (the operator of the "Channel 3" franchises in England and Wales)....
[click for more] on The Championship. From 2009-2010 Sky Sports will show 65 live matches. The BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was established by a Royal Charter in 1927. (For an earlier history see British Broadcasting Company, Ltd.) The BBC is an autonomous corporation run by a board of governors appointed by the incumbent government for a term of four years (formerly five years) and it operates under license as the national publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom....
[click for more] will show 10 live games a season and has rights to show a highlight show. The deal is on a three year contract and is worth £264m that will mostly be paid by SkyBritish Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. It also produces TV content, and TV channels....
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Barnsley Barnsley Football Club are an English football league team, based in the town of Barnsley and nicknamed the Tykes. They were founded in the 1892 as Barnsley St. Peter's. The height of their success was in 1912, when they beat Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup. They also reached the final in 1910 but lost to Newcastle United....
[click for more] | Blackpool Blackpool Football Club is an English professional football club. Their home ground is located at Bloomfield Road in the centre of the resort of Blackpool in north-west England. Blackpool FC are known as the Seasiders or Tangerines. Their team colour is tangerine....
[click for more] | Bristol City | Burnley Burnley F.C. is a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England. Nicknamed The Clarets due to their claret and blue strip, they have played at Turf Moor since 1883. They were founder members of The Football League in 1888, and are currently in the Football League Championship....
[click for more] | Cardiff City | Charlton Athletic | Colchester United | Coventry City | Crystal Palace | Hull City | Ipswich Town | Leicester City | Norwich City | Plymouth Argyle | Preston North End | Queens Park Rangers | Scunthorpe United | Sheffield United | Sheffield Wednesday | Southampton Southampton F.C. (originally St. Mary's YMA) is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints. Based in the city of Southampton in Hampshire, the team was formed in November 1885. In 1898 the team moved into The Dell, the ground which was to be their home for over 100 years. However, as a result of poor stadium capacity, the team moved to St Mary's Stadium in 2001....
[click for more] | Stoke City | Watford Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. The team was formerly owned by Elton John, who is now honorary life president. Best known of the club's past managers is former England manager Graham Taylor. Under Taylor, the team rose from the Fourth Division to the old First Division (now the Premiership). In 1984 Watford reached the FA Cup final and finished second in that Division, but began a slow decline after that. Graham Taylor left the club in 1987, and t...
[click for more] | West Bromwich Albion | Wolverhampton Wanderers

English football league system – Level 2

Promotion to: Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992, when the top division football clubs broke away from the Football League after securing a greatly improved TV rights deal with the then fledgling satellite television company Sky Television. The new name was merely a branding exercise as there was no innovation in competitive terms; an identical first tier league h...
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Relegation to: Football League One

League competitions	The FA The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). The FA was established in 1863 and is the oldest football association in the world. It was instrumental in formulating the rules of the modern game and has a special place in the history of the sport. It is a member of UEFA and FIFA, and holds a permanent seat on the International Football Association Board (IFAB).... [click for more]	Cup competitions
Premier League	England The England national football team is organised under the auspices of The Football Association, the governing body for football in England, and represents England (not the whole UK) in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. As the IOC does not accept regional representative teams, the UK does not compete in Olympic football.... [click for more] (B) (C)	FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its prestige as the sport's premier domestic cup competition is without par around the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournam... [click for more]
The Football LeagueThe Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. It also organises two knockout cup competitions. The Football League was founded in 1888 with 12 member clubs, but steady growth and the addition of more divisions meant that by 1959 the League had 92 clubs. Financial considerations led to a major shake-up in 1992 when, in a step to maximise their revenue, the leading members of T... [click for more] (Champ, 1, 2Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.... [click for more])	(U-21) (U-20) (U-19)	Football League Cup
Football ConferenceThe Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of so-called non-league football in England. Conference National is the highest of the three divisions within The Football Conference, and Conference North and Conference South serve as regional feeders one step down. The Football Conference consisted of only one division up until 2004, but expanded as part of an extensive restructuring of the National League System which took effect beginning with the 2004-05 season.... [click for more] (NatConference National (often referred to as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons) is the top division of the Football Conference. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system. Two clubs from Conference National are eligible for promotion to the Football League Two at the end of each season, and the three bottom clubs are liable to be relegated to either Conference North or Conference South, the lower regional divisions of Th... [click for more], NConference North (often referred to as Nationwide North for sponsorship reasons) is a new division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at the second level of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of the English football league system.... [click for more], SConference South (often referred to as Nationwide South for sponsorship reasons) is a new division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference North it is at the second level of the National League System, and at the sixth tier overall of the English football league system.... [click for more])	(U-18) (U-17) (U-16)	FA Community ShieldThe FA Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an English association football trophy. It is contested in an annual match between the champions of the FA Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup. If a team wins The Double (both the Premiership and the FA Cup), the Double winner plays the Premier League runner-up. Traditionally the game is played on the weekend before the start of the regular domestic season. Currently, the game is played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales whilst Wembley S... [click for more]
Northern PremierThe Northern Premier League, known in recent years as the UniBond League under a title sponsorship contract, is one of the three regional English football leagues whose champions are promoted to the Football Conference, currently called the Nationwide Conference. From now on its champions will be promoted to the Conference North division rather than the national.... [click for more] (PremThe Premier Division is the top division of the Northern Premier League. It is one of the fifth divisions down in the English football league system. For sponsorship reasons, it is often referred to as the UniBond League Premier Division.... [click for more], 1N, 1S)	List of clubsThis is a list of football clubs located in England and the leagues and divisions they play in (though note that not all play in the English football league system). Also included in this list are the few clubs from outside England that play in the English system.... [click for more]	Football League TrophyThe Football League Trophy is the generic name of an English football competition for clubs in the two lower divisions of the Football League, the official name of which is frequently changed to match changes in sponsors, and which is presently called the LDV Vans Trophy. It is frequently referred to as the Associate Members' Cup, though that name is now an anachronism as there is no longer a distinction between full and associate membership of the League.... [click for more]
Southern LeagueThe Southern League is an English football league for semi-professional and amateur teams. For other uses, see Southern League (disambiguation). ... [click for more] (Prem, 1Mid, 1S&W)	List of venues	FA TrophyThe FA Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference,Southern League,Isthmian League,and Northern Premier League.Clubs at lower levels of the National League System play in the FA Vase.... [click for more]
Isthmian LeagueThe Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England. It is more commonly known by the name of its official title sponsor as the Ryman League, and before that as the Diadora League, ICIS League and Vauxhall-Opel League.... [click for more] (PremThe Premier Division is the top division of the Isthmian League. It was at the sixth tier of the English fo