English football champions

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The English football champions are the winners of the highest league in English football, which is currently the FA Premier League. Teams in bold are those who won the double of League Championship and FA Cup in that season. Image:PrestonNorthEnd1888.jpg

1 History
2 Football League First Division (1888-1992)
3 FA Premier League (1992-present)
4 Total titles won
5 Notes
6 References
7 See also

[edit] History

Following the legalisation of professional football by the Football Association in 1885^[1], the English Football League was established in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. It was the first professional football league in the world.

At the end of the 1888-89 season, Preston North End were the first club to be crowned champions after completing their fixtures unbeaten. In 1992, the teams then in the First Division defected to form the FA Premier League, which supplanted the Football League First Division as highest level of football in England.

Liverpool, with 18 titles, have been crowned champions more times than any other club. They are followed by Manchester United (15) and Arsenal (13).

[edit] Football League First Division (1888-1992)

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Top Scorer
1888-89	Preston North End ^[2](1)	Aston Villa	John Goodall (Preston) (21 goals)
1889-90	Preston North End (2)	Everton	Jimmy Ross (Preston) (21)
1890-91	Everton (1)	Preston North End	Jack Southworth (Blackburn) (26)
1891-92	Sunderland (1)	Preston North End	Johnny Campbell (Sunderland) (32)
1892-93	Sunderland (2)	Preston North End	Johnny Campbell (Sunderland) (31)
1893-94	Aston Villa (1)	Sunderland	Jack Southworth (Everton) (27)
1894-95	Sunderland (3)	Everton	Johnny Campbell (Sunderland) (22)
1895-96	Aston Villa (2)	Derby County	Johnny Campbell (Aston Villa) and Steve Bloomer (Derby) (20)
1896-97	Aston Villa (3)	Sheffield United	Steve Bloomer (Derby) (22)
1897-98	Sheffield United (1)	Sunderland	George Wheldon (Aston Villa) (21)
1898-99	Aston Villa (4)	Liverpool	Steve Bloomer (Derby) (23)
1899-1900	Aston Villa (5)	Sheffield United	Billy Garraty (Aston Villa) (27)
1900-01	Liverpool (1)	Sunderland	Steve Bloomer (Derby) (23)
1901-02	Sunderland (4)	Everton	Jimmy Settle (Everton) (18)
1902-03	The Wednesday (1)	Aston Villa	Sam Raybould (Liverpool) (31)
1903-04	The Wednesday (2)	Manchester City	Steve Bloomer (Derby) (20)
1904-05	Newcastle United (1)	Everton	Arthur Brown (Sheff. Utd.) (22)
1905-06	Liverpool (2)	Preston North End	Walter White (Bolton) (26)
1906-07	Newcastle United (2)	Bristol City	Alf Young (Everton) (28)
1907-08	Manchester United (1)	Aston Villa	E. West (Nottm. Forest) (27)
1908-09	Newcastle United (3)	Everton	Bert Freeman (Everton) (38)
1909-10	Aston Villa (6)	Liverpool	Jack Parkinson (Liverpool) (30)
1910-11	Manchester United (2)	Aston Villa	Albert Shepherd (Newcastle) (25)
1911-12	Blackburn Rovers (1)	Everton	H. Hampton (Aston Villa), G. Holley (Sunderland) and D. McLean (The Wednesday) (25)
1912-13	Sunderland (5)	Aston Villa	David McLean (The Wednesday) (30)
1913-14	Blackburn Rovers (2)	Aston Villa	George Elliot (Middlesbrough) (32)
1914-15	Everton (2)	Oldham Athletic	Bobby Parker (Everton) (35)
1916-19	League suspended due to World War I
1919-20	West Bromwich Albion (1)	Burnley	Fred Morris (West Bromwich Albion) (37)
1920-21	Burnley (1)	Manchester City	Joe Smith (Bolton) (38)
1921-22	Liverpool (3)	Tottenham Hotspur	Andy Wilson (Middlebrough) (31)
1922-23	Liverpool (4)	Sunderland	Charlie Buchan (Sunderland) (30)
1923-24	Huddersfield Town (1)	Cardiff City	W. Chadwick (Everton) (28)
1924-25	Huddersfield Town (2)	West Bromwich Albion	Frank Roberts (Manchester City) (31)
1925-26	Huddersfield Town (3)	Arsenal	Ted Harper (Blackburn) (43)
1926-27	Newcastle United (4)	Huddersfield Town	Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday) (37)
1927-28	Everton (3)	Huddersfield Town	Dixie Dean (Everton) (60)
1928-29	Sheffield Wednesday (3)	Leicester City	Dave Halliday (Sunderland) (43)
1929-30	Sheffield Wednesday (4)	Derby County	Vic Watson (West Ham) (41)
1930-31	Arsenal (1)	Aston Villa	Tom Waring (Aston Villa) (49)
1931-32	Everton (4)	Arsenal	Dixie Dean (Everton) (44)
1932-33	Arsenal (2)	Aston Villa	Jack Bowers (Derby) (35)
1933-34	Arsenal (3)	Huddersfield Town	Jack Bowers (Derby) (34)
1934-35	Arsenal (4)	Sunderland	Ted Drake (Arsenal) (42)
1935-36	Sunderland (6)	Derby County	P. Glover (Grimsby), R.Carter (Sunderland) and B. Gurney (Sunderland) (31)
1936-37	Manchester City (1)	Charlton Athletic	Freddie Steel (Stoke) (33)
1937-38	Arsenal (5)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Tommy Lawton (Everton) (38)
1938-39	Everton (5)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Tommy Lawton (Everton) (35)
1940-46	League suspended due to World War II
1946-47	Liverpool (5)	Manchester United	Dennis Westcott (Wolves) (37)
1947-48	Arsenal (6)	Manchester United	Ronnie Rooke (Arsenal) (33)
1948-49	Portsmouth (1)	Manchester United	Willie Moir (Bolton) (25)
1949-50	Portsmouth (2)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dickie Davis (Sunderland) (25)
1950-51	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	Manchester United	Stan Mortensen (Blackpool) (30)
1951-52	Manchester United (3)	Tottenham Hotspur	George Robledo (Newcastle) (33)
1952-53	Arsenal (7)	Preston North End	Charlie Wayman (Preston) (24)
1953-54	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1)	West Bromwich Albion	Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield) (29)
1954-55	Chelsea (1)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ronnie Allen (West Bromwich Albion) (27)
1955-56	Manchester United (4)	Blackpool	Nat Lofthouse (Bolton) (33)
1956-57	Manchester United (5)	Tottenham Hotspur	John Charles (Leeds) (38)
1957-58	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)	Preston North End	Bobby Smith (Tottenham) (36)
1958-59	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)	Manchester United	Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea) (33)
1959-60	Burnley (2)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dennis Viollet (Man. Utd.) (32)
1960-61	Tottenham Hotspur (2)	Sheffield Wednesday	Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea) (41)
1961-62	Ipswich Town (1)	Burnley	Ray Crawford (Ipswich) and Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion) (33)
1962-63	Everton (6)	Tottenham Hotspur	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham) (37)
1963-64	Liverpool (6)	Manchester United	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham) (35)
1964-65	Manchester United (6)	Leeds United	Andy McEvoy (Blackburn) and Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham) (29)
1965-66	Liverpool (7)	Leeds United	Willie Irvine (Burnley) (29)
1966-67	Manchester United (7)	Nottingham Forest	Ron Davies (Southampton) (37)
1967-68	Manchester City (2)	Manchester United	George Best (Man. Utd.) and Ron Davies (Southampton) (28)
1968-69	Leeds United (1)	Liverpool	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham) (27)
1969-70	Everton (7)	Leeds United	Jeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion) (25)
1970-71	Arsenal (8)	Leeds United	Tony Brown (West Bromwich Albion) (28)
1971-72	Derby County (1)	Leeds United	Francis Lee (Manchester City) (33)
1972-73	Liverpool^[3] (8)	Arsenal	Bryan 'Pop' Robson (West Ham) (28)
1973-74	Leeds United (2)	Liverpool	Mick Channon (Southampton) (21)
1974-75	Derby County (2)	Liverpool	Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle) (21)
1975-76	Liverpool^[3] (9)	Queens Park Rangers	Ted MacDougall (Norwich) (23)
1976-77	Liverpool^[4] (10)	Manchester City	Malcolm Macdonald (Arsenal) and Andy Gray (Aston Villa) (25)
1977-78	Nottingham Forest^[5] (1)	Liverpool	Bob Latchford (Everton) (30)
1978-79	Liverpool (11)	Nottingham Forest	Frank Worthington (Bolton) (24)
1979-80	Liverpool (12)	Manchester United	Phil Boyer (Southampton) (23)
1980-81	Aston Villa (7)	Ipswich Town	Peter Withe (Aston Villa) and Steve Archibald (Tottenham) (20)
1981-82^[6]	Liverpool ^[5](13)	Ipswich Town	Kevin Keegan (Southampton) (26)
1982-83	Liverpool ^[5] (14)	Watford	Luther Blissett (Watford) (27)
1983-84	Liverpool^[4] ^[5] (15)	Southampton	Ian Rush (Liverpool) (32)
1984-85	Everton ^[7](8)	Liverpool	Kerry Dixon (Chelsea) and Gary Lineker (Leicester) (24)
1985-86	Liverpool (16)	Everton	Gary Lineker (Everton) (30)
1986-87	Everton (9)	Liverpool	Clive Allen (Tottenham) (33)
1987-88	Liverpool (17)	Manchester United	John Aldridge (Liverpool) (26)
1988-89	Arsenal (9)	Liverpool	Alan Smith (Arsenal) (23)
1989-90	Liverpool (18)	Aston Villa	Gary Lineker (Tottenham) (24)
1990-91	Arsenal (10)	Liverpool	Alan Smith (Arsenal) (22)
1991-92	Leeds United (3)	Manchester United	Ian Wright (Crystal Palace/Arsenal) (29)

[edit] FA Premier League (1992-present)

Year	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Top Scorer
1992–93	Manchester United (8)	Aston Villa	Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham) (22)
1993–94	Manchester United (9)	Blackburn Rovers	Andy Cole (Newcastle) (34)
1994–95	Blackburn Rovers (3)	Manchester United	Alan Shearer (Blackburn) (34)
1995–96	Manchester United (10)	Newcastle United	Alan Shearer (Blackburn) (31)
1996–97	Manchester United (11)	Newcastle United	Alan Shearer (Newcastle) (25)
1997–98	Arsenal (11)	Manchester United	C. Sutton (Blackburn), D. Dublin (Coventry), M. Owen (Liverpool) (18)
1998–99	Manchester United^[8] (12)	Arsenal	J.F. Hasselbaink (Leeds), M. Owen (Liverpool), D. Yorke (Manchester Utd.) (18)
1999–2000	Manchester United (13)	Arsenal	Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) (30)
2000–01	Manchester United (14)	Arsenal	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) (23)
2001–02	Arsenal (12)	Liverpool	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) (24)
2002–03	Manchester United (15)	Arsenal	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester Utd.) (25)
2003–04	Arsenal ^[2](13)	Chelsea	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) (30)
2004–05	Chelsea (2)	Arsenal	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) (25)
2005–06	Chelsea (3)	Manchester United	Thierry Henry (Arsenal) (27)

[edit] Total titles won

Titles	Club
18	Liverpool
15	Manchester United
13	Arsenal
9	Everton
7	Aston Villa
6	Sunderland
4	Newcastle United
4	Sheffield Wednesday^[9]
3	Blackburn Rovers
3	Chelsea
3	Huddersfield Town
3	Leeds United
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2	Burnley
2	Derby County
2	Manchester City
2	Portsmouth
2	Preston North End
2	Tottenham Hotspur
1	Ipswich Town
1	Nottingham Forest
1	Sheffield United
1	West Bromwich Albion

[edit] Notes

^a The History of the Football League. Football League website. Retrieved on February 15, 2006.
^a ^b Completed the season unbeaten.
^a ^b Also won the UEFA Cup.
^a ^b Also won the European Cup.
^a ^b ^c ^d Also won the League Cup.
^a From the 1981/82 season onwards three points were awarded for a win. Prior to this a win gave two points.
^a Also won the Cup Winners Cup.
^a In addition to the double of League and FA Cup, Manchester United also won the European Cup in 1999. This achievement is referred to as The Treble.
^a Sheffield Wednesday were known as The Wednesday until 1929.