English Clubs Divisional Movements (L-P)

Leeds City (1905-1919)
10  II   10 [10]  1905-15*
* disbanded by order of the FA in Oct 1919

Leeds United (1920)
77  I    50  [18]  1924-27, 1928-31, 1932-47, 1956-60, 1964-82, 1990-
    II   27  [9]   1920-24, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1947-56, 1960-64, 1982-90

Leicester City (1894) (Leicester Fosse to 1919)
99  I    46  [12]  1908-1909, 1925-35, 1937-39, 1954-55, 1957-69, 1971-78,
                   1980-81, 1983-87, 1994-95, 1996-2002, 2003-
    II   53  [14]  1894-1908, 1909-25, 1935-37, 1946-54, 1955-57, 1969-71,
                   1978-80, 1981-83, 1987-94, 1995-96, 2002-03

Leicester Fosse - see Leicester City

Leyton Orient (1905) (Clapton Orient to 1946, Orient 1966-87)
88  I    1   [1]   1962-63
    II   41  [20]  1905-29, 1956-62, 1963-66, 1970-82
    III  33  [20]  1929-56s, 1966-70, 1982-85, 1989-95
    IV   13  [9]   1985-89, 1995-

Lincoln City (1892-1908, 1909-11, 1912-20, 1921-87, 1988)
97  II   34  [16]  1892-1908, 1909-11, 1912-20, 1932-34, 1948-49, 1952-61
    III  31  [11]  1921-32n, 1934-48n, 1949-52n, 1961-62, 1976-79, 1981-86,
                   1998-99
    IV   32  [14]  1962-76, 1979-81, 1986-87, 1988-98, 1999-

Liverpool (1893)
100 I    89  [42]  1894-95, 1896-1904, 1905-54, 1962-
    II   11  [8]   1893-94, 1895-96, 1904-05, 1954-62

Loughborough (1895-1900) (also known as Loughborough Town,
                          defunct 1900)
5   II   5   [5]   1895-1900

Loughborough Town - see Loughborough

Luton Town (1897-1900, 1920)
80  I    16  [10]  1955-60, 1974-75, 1982-92
    II   32  [11]  1897-1900, 1937-55, 1960-63, 1970-74, 1975-82, 1992-96
    III  27  [17]  1920-37s, 1963-65, 1968-70, 1996-2001, 2002-
    IV    4  [3]   1965-68, 2001-2002

Maidstone United (1989-92, defunct and reformed 1992)
3   IV    3  [3]   1989-92

Macclesfield Town (1997)
7   III   1  [1]   1998-99
    IV    6  [5]   1997-98, 1999-

Manchester City (1892) (Ardwick to 1894)
101 I    75  [17]  1899-1902, 1903-09, 1910-26, 1928-38, 1947-50, 1951-63,
                   1966-83, 1985-87, 1989-96, 2000-01, 2002-
    II   25  [7]   1892-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1926-28, 1938-47, 1950-51,
                   1963-66, 1983-85, 1987-89, 1996-98, 1999-2000, 2001-2002
    III  1   [1]   1998-99

Manchester United (1892) (Newton Heath to 1902)
101 I    79  [29]  1892-94, 1906-22, 1925-31, 1936-37, 1938-74, 1975-
    II   22  [12]  1894-1906, 1922-25, 1931-36, 1937-38, 1974-75

Mansfield Town (1931)
66  II   1   [1]   1977-78
    III  42  [22]  1931-32s-37n-47s-60n, 1963-72, 1975-77, 1978-80, 1986-91,
                   1992-93, 2002-03
    IV   23  [9]   1960-63, 1972-75, 1980-86, 1991-92, 1993-2002, 2003-

Merthyr Town (1920-30, defunct 1934, present Merthyr Tydfil club formed 1945)
11  III  11  [11]  1920-30s

Middlesbrough (1899)
94  I    55  [18]  1902-24, 1927-28, 1929-54, 1974-82, 1988-89, 1992-93,
                   1995-97, 1998-
    II   37  [12]  1899-1902, 1924-27, 1928-29, 1954-66, 1967-74, 1982-86,
                   1987-88, 1989-92, 1993-95, 1997-98
    III  2   [1]   1966-67, 1986-87

Middlesbrough Ironopolis (1893-94, defunct 1894)
1   II   1   [1]   1893-94

Millwall (1920) (Millwall Athletic to 1925)
77  I    2   [2]   1988-90
    II   33  [9]   1928-34, 1938-48, 1966-75, 1976-79, 1985-88, 1990-96, 2001-
    III  37  [10]  1920-28s, 1934-38s, 1948-58s, 1962-64, 1965-66, 1975-76,
                   1979-85, 1996-2001
    IV   5   [4]   1958-62, 1964-65

Millwall Athletic - see Millwall

Nelson (1921-31, defunct 1936, reformed as Nelson Town, reverted to Nelson 1946)
10  II   1   [1]   1923-24
    III  9   [7]   1921-23n, 1924-31n

New Brighton (1923-51, defunct 1983, new club formed 1993)
21  III  21  [21]  1923-51n

New Brighton Tower (1898-1901, defunct 1901)
3   II   3   [3]   1898-1901

Newcastle United (1893) (Newcastle East End to 1893)
100 I    74  [32]  1898-34, 1948-61, 1965-78, 1984-89, 1993-
    II   26  [7]   1893-98, 1934-48, 1961-65, 1978-84, 1989-93

Newcastle East End - see Newcastle United

Newport County (1920-31, 1932-88, defunct 1989, new club formed 1989,
                known as AFC Newport to 1999)
60  II   1   [1]   1946-47
    III  40  [15]  1920-31s, 1932-39s, 1947-62s, 1980-87
    IV   19  [18]  1962-80, 1987-88

Newton Heath - see Manchester United

Northampton Town (1920)
77  I    1   [1]   1965-66
    II   3   [2]   1963-65, 1966-67
    III  44  [31]  1920-58s, 1961-63, 1967-69, 1976-77, 1987-90, 1997-99, 2000-03
    IV   29  [10]  1958-61, 1969-76, 1977-87, 1990-97, 1999-2000, 2003-

Northwich Victoria (1892-94)
2   II   2   [2]   1892-94

Norwich City (1920)
77  I    20  [9]   1972-74, 1975-81, 1982-85, 1986-95
    II   29  [12]  1934-39, 1960-72, 1974-75, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1995-
    III  28  [14]  1920-34s, 1946-60s

Nottingham Forest (1892)
101 I    56 [16]  1892-1906, 1907-11, 1922-25, 1957-72, 1977-93, 1994-97,
                  1998-99
    II   43 [17]  1906-07, 1911-22, 1925-49, 1951-57, 1972-77, 1993-94,
                  1997-98, 1999-
    III  2  [2]   1949-51s

Notts County (1888)
105 I    30 [16]  1888-93, 1897-1913, 1914-20, 1923-26, 1981-84, 1991-92
    II   37 [8]   1893-97, 1913-14, 1920-23, 1926-30, 1931-35, 1950-58,
                  1973-81, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1992-95
    III  29 [8]   1930-31s, 1935-50s, 1958-59, 1960-64, 1971-73, 1985-90,
                  1995-97, 1998-
    IV   9  [7]   1959-60, 1964-71, 1997-98

Oldham Athletic (1907)
86  I    12 [9]   1910-23, 1991-94
    II   36 [17]  1907-10, 1923-35, 1953-54, 1974-91, 1994-97
    III  31 [11]  1935-53n, 1954-58n, 1963-69, 1971-74, 1997-
    IV   7  [5]   1958-63, 1969-71

Orient - see Leyton Orient

Oxford United (1962)
42  I    3  [3]   1985-88
    II   18 [8]   1968-76, 1984-85, 1988-94, 1996-99
    III  15 [8]   1965-68, 1976-84, 1994-96, 1999-2001
    IV   6  [3]   1962-65, 2001-

Peterborough United (1960)
44  II   2  [2]   1992-94
    III  20 [7]   1961-68, 1974-79, 1991-92, 1994-97, 2000-
    IV   22 [12]  1960-61, 1968-74, 1979-91, 1997-2000

Plymouth Argyle (1920)
77  II   34 [13]  1930-50, 1952-56, 1959-68, 1975-77, 1986-92
    III  38 [10]  1920-30s, 1950-52s, 1956-59s, 1968-75, 1977-86, 1992-95, 1996-98,
                  2002-
    IV   5  [4]   1995-96, 1998-2002

Portsmouth (1920)
77  I    27 [25]  1927-59, 1987-88, 2003-
    II   38 [15]  1924-27, 1959-61, 1962-76, 1983-87, 1988-2003
    III  10 [4]   1920-24s, 1961-62, 1976-78, 1980-83
    IV   2  [2]   1978-80

Port Vale (1892-96, 1898-1907, 1919) (Burslem Port Vale to 1913)
91  II   41 [10]  1892-96, 1898-1907, 1919-29, 1930-36, 1954-57, 1989-92,
                  1994-2000
    III  39 [11]  1929-30n, 1936-38n-52s-54n, 1957-58s, 1959-65, 1970-78,
                  1983-84, 1986-89, 1992-94, 2000-
    IV   13 [5]   1958-59, 1965-70, 1978-83, 1984-86

Preston North End (1888)
105 I    46 [13]  1888-1901, 1904-12, 1913-14, 1919-25, 1934-49, 1951-61
    II   35 [9]   1901-04, 1912-13, 1914-15, 1925-34, 1949-51, 1961-70,
                  1971-74, 1978-81, 2000-
    III  19 [6]   1970-71, 1974-78, 1981-85, 1987-93, 1996-2000
    IV   5  [3]   1985-87, 1993-96

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