First Division

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defunct football league top tier of English football

First Division was the former top tier of English football, comprising the country’s leading professional clubs before the creation of the Premier League.

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Label Occurrences
First Division canonical 8

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct football league ⓘ
top tier of English football ⓘ
administeredBy English Football League ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
alsoIncludedClubsFrom Wales ⓘ
competitionFormat round-robin league ⓘ
confederation UEFA ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dissolved 1992 ⓘ
domesticCup FA Cup ⓘ
firstSeason 1888–89 ⓘ
foundedBy The Football League founders ⓘ
governingBody English Football League ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
inception 1888 ⓘ
lastSeason 1991–92 ⓘ
laterName Football League First Division ⓘ
leagueCup EFL Cup ⓘ
surface form: Football League Cup
levelOnPyramid 1 ⓘ
mostChampionshipsNumber 18 (Liverpool, pre-1992 top-flight titles) ⓘ
mostTitlesClub Arsenal F.C. ⓘ
Everton F.C. ⓘ
Liverpool F.C. ⓘ
notableChampion Blackburn Rovers F.C. ⓘ
Chelsea F.C. ⓘ
Derby County F.C. ⓘ
Leeds United F.C. ⓘ
surface form: Leeds United A.F.C.

Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
Nottingham Forest F.C. ⓘ
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. ⓘ
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. ⓘ
notableEarlyChampion Aston Villa ⓘ
surface form: Aston Villa F.C.

Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
numberOfTeamsAtCreation 12 ⓘ
organizer English Football League ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
originalName English Football League ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
partOf English football league system ⓘ
surface form: The Football League system
promotionTo none (was highest level) ⓘ
qualifiedFor European Cup Winners’ Cup ⓘ
surface form: Cup Winners' Cup

European Cup ⓘ
UEFA Europa League ⓘ
surface form: UEFA Cup
region England ⓘ
relegationTo Second Division ⓘ
replacedBy Premier League ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
status historical competition ⓘ
succeededBy Premier League ⓘ
surface form: FA Premier League
topTierUntil 1992 ⓘ
typeOfLeague professional league ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Littlewoods Cup → includesClubsFrom → First Division ⓘ
Football League First Division → alsoKnownAs → First Division ⓘ
Coventry City F.C. → historicalDivision → First Division ⓘ
Second Division 1961–62 → promotedTo → First Division ⓘ
Second Division → promotionTo → First Division ⓘ
1976 FA Cup Final → ManchesterUnitedDivision → First Division ⓘ
Chris Lawler → participantIn → First Division ⓘ
First Division 1961–62 → seasonOfLeague → First Division ⓘ