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The Football Alliance was an association football league in England from 1889 to 1892. Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...
1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
It was formed by 12 clubs as a rival to The Football League, which had begun in the 1888-89 season, also with 12 member clubs. The Alliance covered a similar area to the League, stretching from the Midlands to the North West, but also further east in Sheffield, Grimsby and Sunderland. The Wednesday were the first champions. The Football League logo The Football League (often referred to as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) is a league competition for English football (soccer) clubs (though a few Welsh clubs also take part) containing three divisions (the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two...
1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
In general, the midlands of a territory are its central regions. ...
North West England is one of the regions of England. ...
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ...
Location within the British Isles Coat of Arms of Great Grimsby Great Grimsby (typically known simply as Grimsby) is a seaport on the river Humber in the north of England, which has a population of 91,000. ...
Sunderland is an industrial area and port in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club in the English Football League, based in Sheffield, UK. Sheffield Wednesday won the play-offs of Football League One on 29 May 2005 to win promotion to the Football League Championship. ...
At the end of the Alliance's first season, when Stoke dropped out of the Football League, the Alliance accepted them as a new member. The following year, Stoke and Darwen, another Alliance club, were accepted into the League, taking its membership to 14 clubs. Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). The club is reputedly the second-oldest football league club in the world, after Notts County F...
Darwen F.C. are a football club from Darwen in the north west of England. ...
In 1892 it was decided to formally merge the two leagues, and so the Football League Second Division was formed, consisting mostly of Football Alliance clubs. The existing League clubs, plus three of the strongest Alliance clubs, comprised the Football League First Division. 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ...
From 1889 until 1992, this was the highest division overall of organized football in England. ...
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1 Elected to Football League First Division
2 Elected to Football League Second Division Manchester City Football Club is a football club based in Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
Bootle F.C. are an English football club from Bootle, Merseyside. ...
Burton United Football Club was formed from the merger of Burton Swifts F.C. (then a Football League club) and Burton Wanderers F.C. in 1901. ...
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English league football team based at Gresty Road in Crewe, Cheshire, England and nicknamed The Railwaymen due to that towns links with the industry. ...
Darwen F.C. are a football club from Darwen in the north west of England. ...
Grimsby Town F.C. are an English football Football League Two club. ...
Lincoln City F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system). ...
Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford Football Ground in Manchester, Lancashire. ...
Nottingham Forest Football Club are an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. ...
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club in the English Football League, based in Sheffield, UK. Sheffield Wednesday won the play-offs of Football League One on 29 May 2005 to win promotion to the Football League Championship. ...
Birmingham City (BCFC) are a football club from England who play in the FA Premier League . ...
Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). The club is reputedly the second-oldest football league club in the world, after Notts County F...
Sunderland Albion Football Club were an English football team formed in 1888 as a rival to Sunderland A.F.C.. Sunderland Albion were formed by some members of Sunderland who did not like the commercial direction the club was taking. ...
Walsall Football Club are an English football club which will play the 2005/06 season in Football League One, having been relegated from the First Division at the end of the 2003/2004 season. ...
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