English Second Division Champions 1893-2003

Champions

• 1993-2003 (Division One)
• 1947-1992 (Division Two)
• 1920-1939 (Division Two)
• 1893-1915 (Division Two)

Summaries

• 1947-2003
• 1893-1939
• Overall summary

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Football League Division One Champions 1993-2002

In 1992 the 22 Division One clubs resigned en masse from the Football League and formed the FA Premier League. At the end of the 1991-92 season promotion and relegation took place as normal between Div 1 and Div 2 and the 22 clubs which would have formed Div 1 of the Football League for season 1992-93 became the founder members of the new FA Premier League. Consequently the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered and Division Two became Divsion One.

2003   Portsmouth
2002   Manchester City
2001   Fulham
2000   Charlton Athletic
1999   Sunderland
1998   Nottingham Forest
1997   Bolton Wanderers
1996   Sunderland
1995   Middlesbrough
1994   Crystal Palace
1993   Newcastle United

Index | Champions 1947 | Summary 1947 | Overall Summary

Football League Division Two Champions 1947-1992

1992   Ipswich Town
1991   Oldham Athletic
1990   Leeds United
1989   Chelsea
1988   Millwall
1987   Derby County
1986   Norwich City
1985   Oxford United
1984   Chelsea
1983   Queen's Park Rangers
1982   Luton Town
1981   West Ham United
1980   Leicester City
1979   Crystal Palace
1978   Bolton Wanderers
1977   Wolverhampton Wanderers
1976   Sunderland
1975   Manchester United
1974   Middlesbrough
1973   Burnley
1972   Norwich City
1971   Leicester City
1970   Huddersfield Town
1969   Derby County
1968   Ipswich Town
1967   Coventry City
1966   Manchester City
1965   Newcastle United
1964   Leeds United
1963   Stoke City
1962   Liverpool
1961   Ipswich Town
1960   Aston Villa
1959   Sheffield Wednesday
1958   West Ham United
1957   Leicester City
1956   Sheffield Wednesday
1955   Birmingham City
1954   Leicester City
1953   Sheffield United
1952   Sheffield Wednesday
1951   Preston North End
1950   Tottenham Hotspur
1949   Fulham
1948   Birmingham City
1947   Manchester City

Index | Champions 1920 | Champions 1993 | Summary 1947 | Overall Summary

Summary 1947-2003 (57 championships)

4  Leicester City
3  Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Manchester City
2  Birmingham City, West Ham United, Norwich City, Derby County, Chelsea,
   Leeds United, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, Bolton Wanderers,
   Fulham
1  Tottenham Hostpur, Preston North End, Sheffield United, Aston Villa,
   Liverpool, Stoke City, Coventry City, Huddersfield Town, Burnley
   Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Luton Town, Queen's Park
   Rangers, Oxford United, Millwall, Oldham Athletic, Nottingham Forest,
   Charlton Athletic, Portsmouth

Index | Champions 1947 | Champions 1993 | Summary 1893 | Overall summary

Football League Division Two Champions 1920-39

1939   Blackburn Rovers
1938   Aston Villa
1937   Leicester City
1936   Manchester United
1935   Brentford
1934   Grimsby Town
1933   Stoke City
1932   Wolverhampton Wanderers
1931   Everton
1930   Blackpool
1929   Middlesbrough
1928   Manchester City
1927   Middlesbrough
1926   The Wednesday (now Sheffield Wednesday)
1925   Leicester City
1924   Leeds United
1923   Notts County
1922   Nottingham Forest
1921   Birmingham (now Birmingham City)
1920   Tottenham Hotspur

Index | Champions 1893 | Champions 1947 | Summary 1893 | Overall Summary

Football League Division Two Champions 1893-1915

1915   Derby County
1914   Notts County
1913   Preston North End
1912   Derby County
1911   West Bromwich Albion
1910   Manchester City
1909   Bolton Wanderers
1908   Bradford City
1907   Nottingham Forest
1906   Bristol City
1905   Liverpool
1904   Preston North End
1903   Manchester City
1902   West Bromwich Albion
1901   Grimsby Town
1900   The Wednesday (now Sheffield Wednesday)
1899   Manchester City
1898   Burnley
1897   Notts County
1896   Liverpool
1895   Bury
1894   Liverpool
1893   Small Heath (now Birmingham City)

Index | Champions 1920 | Summary 1893 | Overall Summary

Summary 1893-1939 (43 championships)

4  Manchester City
3  Liverpool, Notts County
2  West Bromwich Albion, Preston North End, Derby County, 
   Small Heath/Birmingham, Nottingham Forest, The Wednesday, 
   Middlesbrough, Grimsby Town, Leicester City
1  Bury, Burnley, Bristol City, Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers, 
   Tottenham Hotspur, Leeds United, Blackpool, Everton, Wolverhampton 
   Wanderers, Stoke City, Brentford, Manchester United, Aston Villa,
   Blackburn Rovers

Index | Champions 1893 | Champions 1920 | Champions 1947 | Summary 1947

Summary 1893-2003 (100 championships)

7  Manchester City
6  Leicester City
5  The Wednesday/Sheffield Wednesday
4  Small Heath/Birmingham/Birmingham City, Liverpool, Derby County,
   Middlesbrough
3  Notts County, Preston North End, Ipswich Town, Leeds United,
   Bolton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland
2  West Bromwich Albion, Grimsby Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa,
   Stoke City, Burnley, Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers,
   West Ham United, Norwich City, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace,
   Fulham
1  Bury, Bristol City, Bradford City, Blackpool, Everton, Brentford, 
   Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield United, Coventry City,  Huddersfield Town,
   Luton Town, Queen's Park Rangers, Oxford United, Millwall, Oldham Athletic,
   Charlton Athletic, Portsmouth

Index | Champions 1893 | Champions 1993