List of Football League teams

This List of Football League teams includes teams that have played in the Football League from its formation in 1888 to the present day. It shows the area the team represents and also where the area in which the home ground is situated differs.

Team	Representing		Notes
Team	Town	County	Notes
Aberdare Athletic	Aberdare	Glamorgan
Accrington	Accrington	Lancashire
Accrington Stanley	Accrington	Lancashire
Aldershot	Aldershot	Hampshire
Aldershot Town	Aldershot	Hampshire
Arsenal	Woolwich	Kent	^[1]
Ashington	Ashington	Northumberland
Aston Villa	Aston	Warwickshire
Barnet	Barnet	Hertfordshire
Barnsley	Barnsley	Yorkshire
Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	Lancashire
Birmingham City	Birmingham	Warwickshire
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Lancashire
Blackpool	Blackpool	Lancashire
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	Lancashire
Bootle	Bootle	Lancashire
Boston United	Boston	Lincolnshire
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Hampshire
Bradford City	Bradford	Yorkshire
Bradford Park Avenue	Bradford	Yorkshire
Brentford	Brentford	Middlesex
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton & Hove	Sussex
Bristol City	Bristol	Somerset	^[2]
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Gloucestershire	^[3]
Burnley	Burnley	Lancashire
Burton Albion	Burton-on-Trent	Staffordshire
Burton Swifts	Burton-on-Trent	Staffordshire
Burton United	Burton-on-Trent	Staffordshire
Burton Wanderers	Burton-on-Trent	Staffordshire
Bury	Bury	Lancashire
Cambridge United	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Glamorgan
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Cumberland
Charlton Athletic	Charlton	Kent
Chelsea	Chelsea	Middlesex	^[4]
Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire
Chester City	Chester	Cheshire
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Derbyshire
Colchester United	Colchester	Essex
Coventry City	Coventry	Warwickshire
Crawley Town	Crawley	Sussex
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Cheshire
Crystal Palace	Crystal Palace	Surrey
Dagenham & Redbridge	Dagenham	Essex
Darlington	Darlington	County Durham
Darwen	Darwen	Lancashire
Derby County	Derby	Derbyshire
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Yorkshire
Durham City	Durham	County Durham
Everton	Liverpool	Lancashire
Exeter City	Exeter	Devon
Fleetwood Town	Fleetwood	Lancashire
Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth	Gloucestershire
Fulham	Fulham	Middlesex
Gainsborough Trinity	Gainsborough	Lincolnshire
Gateshead	Gateshead	County Durham
Gillingham	Gillingham	Kent
Glossop	Glossop	Derbyshire
Grimsby Town	Grimsby	Lincolnshire	^[5]
Halifax Town	Halifax	Yorkshire
Harrogate Town	Harrogate	Yorkshire
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	County Durham
Hereford United	Hereford	Herefordshire
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Yorkshire
Hull City	Hull	Yorkshire
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Suffolk
Kidderminster Harriers	Kidderminster	Worcestershire
Leeds City	Leeds	Yorkshire
Leeds United	Leeds	Yorkshire
Leicester City	Leicester	Leicestershire
Leyton Orient	Clapton	Middlesex	^[6]
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Lincolnshire
Liverpool	Liverpool	Lancashire
Loughborough	Loughborough	Leicestershire
Luton Town	Luton	Bedfordshire
Macclesfield Town	Macclesfield	Cheshire
Maidstone United	Maidstone	Kent
Manchester City	Manchester	Lancashire
Manchester United	Manchester	Lancashire
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire
Merthyr Town	Merthyr Tydfil	Glamorgan
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Yorkshire
Middlesbrough Ironopolis	Middlesbrough	Yorkshire
Millwall	Millwall	Middlesex	^[7]
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Buckinghamshire	^[8]
Morecambe	Morecambe	Lancashire
Nelson	Nelson	Lancashire
New Brighton	New Brighton	Cheshire
New Brighton Tower	New Brighton	Cheshire
Newcastle United	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Northumberland
Newport County	Newport	Monmouthshire
Northampton Town	Northampton	Northamptonshire
Northwich Victoria	Northwich	Cheshire
Norwich City	Norwich	Norfolk
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire
Notts County	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Lancashire
Oxford United	Oxford	Oxfordshire
Peterborough United	Peterborough	Northamptonshire	^[9]
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Devon
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Hampshire
Port Vale	Burslem	Staffordshire
Preston North End	Preston	Lancashire
Queens Park Rangers	Park Royal	Middlesex
Reading	Reading	Berkshire
Rochdale	Rochdale	Lancashire
Rotherham County	Rotherham	Yorkshire
Rotherham Town	Rotherham	Yorkshire
Rotherham United	Rotherham	Yorkshire
Rushden & Diamonds	Rushden	Northamptonshire	^[10]
Salford City	Salford	Lancashire
Scarborough	Scarborough	Yorkshire
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Lincolnshire
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Yorkshire
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Yorkshire
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	Shropshire
Southampton	Southampton	Hampshire
Southend United	Southend-on-Sea	Essex
Southport	Southport	Lancashire
South Shields	South Shields	County Durham
Stalybridge Celtic	Stalybridge	Cheshire
Stevenage	Stevenage	Hertfordshire
Stockport County	Stockport	Cheshire
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	Staffordshire
Sunderland	Sunderland	County Durham
Swansea City	Swansea	Glamorgan
Swindon Town	Swindon	Wiltshire
Thames	West Ham	Essex
Torquay United	Torquay	Devon
Tottenham Hotspur	Tottenham	Middlesex
Tranmere Rovers	Tranmere	Cheshire
Walsall	Walsall	Staffordshire
Watford	Watford	Hertfordshire
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	Staffordshire
West Ham United	West Ham	Essex
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	Lancashire
Wigan Borough	Wigan	Lancashire
Wimbledon	Wimbledon	Surrey
AFC Wimbledon	Wimbledon	Surrey	^[11]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Staffordshire
Workington	Workington	Cumberland
Wrexham	Wrexham	Denbighshire
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Somerset
York City	York	Yorkshire

Notes

↑ Woolwich Arsenal moved to Highbury, Middlesex and were renamed simply Arsenal
↑ Bristol City's home ground is in that part of the city south of the Avon
↑ Bristol Rovers' home ground is in that part of the city north of the Avon
↑ Chelsea's home ground is in Fulham, Middlesex
↑ Grimsby Town's home ground is in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
↑ Clapton Orient moved to Leyton, Essex and were renamed Leyton Orient
↑ Millwall moved to New Cross, Surrey in 1910 before moving to Bermondsey, also in Surrey, in 1993.
↑ Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and were renamed Milton Keynes Dons
↑ Peterborough's home ground is in that part of the city south of the Nene in Huntingdonshire
↑ Rushden & Diamonds' home ground was in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire
↑ AFC Wimbledon's home ground was in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey until 2020

[1] Woolwich Arsenal moved to Highbury, Middlesex and were renamed simply Arsenal

[2] Bristol City's home ground is in that part of the city south of the Avon

[3] Bristol Rovers' home ground is in that part of the city north of the Avon

[4] Chelsea's home ground is in Fulham, Middlesex

[5] Grimsby Town's home ground is in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire

[6] Clapton Orient moved to Leyton, Essex and were renamed Leyton Orient

[7] Millwall moved to New Cross, Surrey in 1910 before moving to Bermondsey, also in Surrey, in 1993.

[8] Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and were renamed Milton Keynes Dons

[9] Peterborough's home ground is in that part of the city south of the Nene in Huntingdonshire

[10] Rushden & Diamonds' home ground was in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

[11] AFC Wimbledon's home ground was in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey until 2020

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