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From the 1992-1993 to the 2003-2004 season, the Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League and the second-highest division in the overall English football league system. Before that it was the top division overall, but that ended with the creation of the FA Premier League.

The First Division was replaced by the Football League Championship prior to the start of the 2004/05 season.

Contents

1 Teams

2 Previous First Division champions

2.1 Winners of the old format First Division (1889-1992)
2.2 Winners of the new format First Division (1993-2004)

Teams

There were 24 teams in the First Division. At the end of each season the top two teams, together with the winner of the play-offs between the teams which finished in 3rd-6th position, were promoted to the Premier League and are replaced by the three teams that finished at the bottom of the Premier League. Similarly the three teams that finished at the bottom of the First Division were relegated to the Second Division and replaced by the teams which finished 1st, 2nd, and won the 3rd-6th place play-off winners, in that division.

Previous First Division champions

Winners of the old format First Division (1889-1992)

Year	Winner
1889	Preston North End
1890	Preston North End
1891	Everton
1892	Sunderland
1893	Sunderland
1894	Aston Villa
1895	Sunderland
1896	Aston Villa
1897	Aston Villa
1898	Sheffield United
1899	Aston Villa
1900	Aston Villa
1901	Liverpool
1902	Sunderland
1903	The Wednesday
1904	The Wednesday
1905	Newcastle United
1906	Liverpool
1907	Newcastle United
1908	Manchester United
1909	Newcastle United
1910	Aston Villa
1911	Manchester United
1912	Blackburn Rovers
1913	Sunderland
1914	Blackburn Rovers
1915	Everton
1916-19	League suspended due to World War I
1920	West Bromwich Albion
1921	Burnley
1922	Liverpool
1923	Liverpool
1924	Huddersfield Town
1925	Huddersfield Town
1926	Huddersfield Town
1927	Newcastle United
1928	Everton
1929	Sheffield Wednesday
1930	Sheffield Wednesday
1931	Arsenal
1932	Everton
1933	Arsenal
1934	Arsenal
1935	Arsenal
1936	Sunderland
1937	Manchester City
1938	Arsenal
1939	Everton
1940-46	League suspended due to World War II
1947	Liverpool
1948	Arsenal
1949	Portsmouth
1950	Portsmouth
1951	Tottenham Hotspur
1952	Manchester United
1953	Arsenal
1954	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1955	Chelsea
1956	Manchester United
1957	Manchester United
1958	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1959	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1960	Burnley
1961	Tottenham Hotspur
1962	Ipswich Town
1963	Everton
1964	Liverpool
1965	Manchester United
1966	Liverpool
1967	Manchester United
1968	Manchester City
1969	Leeds United
1970	Everton
1971	Arsenal
1972	Derby County
1973	Liverpool
1974	Leeds United
1975	Derby County
1976	Liverpool
1977	Liverpool
1978	Nottingham Forest
1979	Liverpool
1980	Liverpool
1981	Aston Villa
1982	Liverpool
1983	Liverpool
1984	Liverpool
1985	Everton
1986	Liverpool
1987	Everton
1988	Liverpool
1989	Arsenal
1990	Liverpool
1991	Arsenal
1992	Leeds United

Winners of the new format First Division (1993-2004)

Year	Winner
1993	Newcastle United
1994	Crystal Palace
1995	Middlesbrough
1996	Sunderland
1997	Bolton Wanderers
1998	Nottingham Forest
1999	Sunderland
2000	Charlton Athletic
2001	Fulham
2002	Manchester City
2003	Portsmouth
2004	Norwich City

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Previous First Division champions

Winners of the old format First Division (1889-1992)

Winners of the new format First Division (1993-2004)

Teams