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The English Football League, established in 1888 as The Football League by Aston Villa director William McGregor and renamed "English Football League" in 2016, was the first professional football league in the world. Since its founding, however, many other leagues have been founded in England.
The earliest reference to football is in a 1314 decree issued by the Lord Mayor of London, Nicholas de Farndone, on behalf of King Edward II.Originally written in Norman French, a translation of the decree includes: "for as much as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large footballs in the fields of the public, from which many evils might arise that God forbid: we command ...
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League.
William McGregor (13 April 1846 – 20 December 1911) [1] [2] was a Scottish association football administrator in the Victorian era who was the founder of the Football League (now English Football League), the first organised association football league in the world.
List of football league clubs in the top four tiers of English football (i.e. the Premier League and the English Football League), as of the 2023–24 season, by year formed. To provide a consistent methodology, the year used is that published by the clubs themselves.
The Football League in England, the oldest football league in the world, was founded by Aston Villa Football Club, at the suggestion of club director William McGregor, who were in search of regular competitive football. After discussions with other club directors, very few were initially interested with noticeable rejection from London area ...
Kick corner and ball fixture is introduced by The Football Association. The first Welsh football club, Wrexham A.F.C., is founded. Football introduced in France by English sailors, and Le Havre is founded. Rangers F.C. is founded in Scotland. 1873 in football; The Scottish Football Association is founded.
[35] [36] [37] Stoke City claim to have been founded in 1863 but lack documented proof of any activity before the match in 1868 and, in 2019, the English Football League (EFL) declared that Nottingham Forest (founded 1865) was the EFL's oldest club ahead of the 2019–20 season, Notts County having been relegated to the National League. [38]