English Football League is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales.
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20 Facts About English League
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The Football English League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor, originally with 12 member clubs.
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Unlike in most other Leagues in Europe, no single English club managed to remain ever-present in the division during the one hundred and four years of its existence as the top division in the country.
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English League was suspended for four seasons during the First World War and resumed in 1919 with the First and Second Divisions expanded to 22 clubs.
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In 1920, leading clubs from the Southern English League joined the English League to form a new Third Division, which in 1921 was renamed the Third Division South upon the further addition of more clubs in a new Third Division North.
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English League was suspended once more in 1939 with the outbreak of the Second World War, this time for seven seasons.
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The fortunes of the First Division clubs suffered a fresh blow in 1985 when all English League clubs were banned from European competitions as a result of the Heysel disaster, where crowd trouble involving Liverpool fans at the European Cup final in Belgium resulted in 39 spectator deaths during a crush in a Juventus fan section.
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The first £2million player transferred between English League clubs was Tony Cottee, who moved from West Ham United to Everton in July 1988 – although several players had already been sold by English League clubs to foreign clubs for even higher fees.
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However, following the formation of the Premier English League, it became increasingly difficult for newly promoted clubs to establish themselves in the top flight.
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In spite of the economic prosperity between 1992 and 2004, many Football English League clubs did run into financial problems during this time, although none of them were forced out of business.
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Former Football English League clubs include all 20 of the current members of the Premier English League along with various relegated, removed or defunct clubs.
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In 1920 the Football English League admitted the clubs from the first division of the Southern English League and Grimsby Town, who had failed to be re-elected to the Second Division the season before and been replaced by Cardiff City .
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Football English League Play-offs are used as a means of determining the final promotion place from each of the league's three divisions.
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Since 1983 the English League has accepted lucrative sponsorships for its main competition.
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In 1992 the threat was realised as the First Division clubs left to establish the FA Premier English League and signed a contract for exclusive live coverage of their games with Sky TV.
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Many Football English League matches are broadcast to local audiences via BBC Local Radio stations or by commercial stations.
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