Football Teams

A good football team gives the town or city in which it's based a big boost to its civic pride by publicising it's name throughout the country. If it's very successful it can even give it international recognition throughout Europe and the rest of the world. 

What is the history of Football?

The first set of rules were produced at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1848, at a meeting attended by representatives of the public schools of  Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Shrewsbury.  The rules were not universally accepted and it was the FA (Football Association) formed in 1863 which was instrumental in formulating the rules of the modern game. 

The Football League was founded in 1888 and the first matches started on 8 September with 12 clubs representing 12 towns. They were Accrington, Aston Villa (of Aston in Birmingham), Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton (based in Liverpool), Notts County (based in Nottingham), Preston North End, Stoke, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The English Premier League was founded in 1992  and is the elite league of the UK.  

The city of Glasgow has dominated the game in Scotland. After Celtic won the 2008 Scottish League  and Rangers won the 2008 Scottish Cup, a Glasgow based team has now won the Scottish League 94 times whereas a team based elsewhere in Scotland has won it just 18 Times, and a Glasgow team has now won the Scottish Cup on 82 occasions compared to non-Glasgow teams who have a combined total of 40 wins.

Football Tables

The tables include the winners of both the English Premier League and the FA Cup for 2008.

Table 1 - Towns that have won the English League

Table 2 - Largest Towns never to have won the English League

Table 3 - Towns who have won the FA Cup

Table 4 - Largest Towns never to have won the FA Cup

Table 5 - Towns with Teams in the Premiership & Football League 2008-9

Table 6 - Largest Towns without a Football League Team

Table 7 - Towns Represented in the Premiership 2008-9

Table 8 - Towns Represented in the Championship 2008-9

Table 9 - Towns Represented in League One 2008-9

Table 10 - Towns Represented in League Two 2008-9

Table 11 - Towns with European Champions

Table 12 - Towns with European Trophy Winners

Table 13 - Towns with European Finalists

This page was last updated: 06/07/08

Town history extracts are taken from Wikipedia and are licensed under GFDL