Erik ten Hag won his first major trophy during his first season at Manchester United when the club beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the EFL (Carabao) Cup final. [2]Manchester City won their third league title in a row, becoming the 5th club to achieve this feat. They also won the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup, matching Manchester United's treble achievement 24 years prior to this win.
Erling Haaland of Manchester City broke the Golden Boot record as he scored 36 goals, breaking Mohammed Salah's record of 32 goals for Liverpool in 2017/18. [3] Seven years after winning the league and two years after winning the FA Cup, Leicester City were relegated after nine years in the top flight.
Manchester City won the Premier League title earning the nickname "The Centurions", the first club to win the top flight title with 100 points. During the season, they broke multiple all-time Premier League and Top Division records. [5]
In EFL League One, the two offshoot clubs of Wimbledon, phoenix club AFC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes Dons, end the 2017–18 season with different fates: AFC Wimbledon survived while MK Dons were relegated to League Two. This meant that the 2018–19 season would be the first in which AFC Wimbledon would play in a higher division than MK Dons.
Chelsea won the FA Cup, beating Manchester United 1-0.
2017
Arsène Wenger became the most successful manager in FA Cup history, winning his 7th FA Cup. Arsenal reclaimed the record for the most FA Cup titles with 13.
Arsenal failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997.
Chelsea won their fifth Premier League title, and sixth English title, achieving a record of 30 wins in Antonio Conte's first season in English football.
Tottenham Hotspur played their final season at White Hart Lane after nearly 120 years at the stadium. Spurs beat Manchester United 2-1 on the final match there, with Harry Kane scoring the last goal for Tottenham at this ground and Wayne Rooney becoming the final goalscorer there. The club planned to use Wembley Stadium while their new stadium was being built within White Hart Lane's footprint.
2016
The Football League was renamed to the English Football League, with all of the leagues and cup competitions it organizes including "EFL" in their titles.
Leicester City won the top tier title of English football for the first time in history, just 8 years after their relegation to the 3rd tier.
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy became the first player to score in 11 consecutive appearances in Premier League history.
Defending champions Chelsea sacked manager José Mourinho in December while in 16th place and eventually failed to qualify for European football, for the first time in two decades, finishing 10th - the lowest position for a Premier League holder. This record stood for only one year, as Leicester City finished 12th the following season. Eden Hazard, the previous season's PFA Players' Player of the Year, did not score a league goal until late April.
Manchester United sacked manager Louis van Gaal despite winning the FA Cup, after a poor league season that saw the club miss out on next season's Champions League. Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was appointed in his place.
AFC Bournemouth were promoted to the top flight for the first time after winning the Championship, just eight years after they were in administration and barely survived in the Football League.
2014
May 19: Louis van Gaal was confirmed as the manager of Manchester United. Former interim manager Ryan Giggs was named as his assistant, and confirmed his retirement as a professional football player at the age of 40, after nearly a quarter of a century during which he played 963 games and won an English record of 22 major trophies.[6]
Arsenal won the FA Cup, their first major trophy in 9 years.
Wigan Athletic won the FA Cup for the first time, but were relegated from the Premier League, becoming the first FA Cup winners to be relegated the same season as their Cup win.
Manchester City won the Premier League title ahead of rivals Manchester United on goal difference, their 3rd overall English league win, and became the first team relegated from the Premier League to win the title. This was also their first English league title success since 1968.
Manchester City won the 130th FA Cup Final beating Stoke City 1–0 at Wembley, claiming a major trophy after 36 years.
Birmingham City claimed the second major trophy in their history after defeating Arsenal in the League Cup Final. Despite that, however, they were relegated on the final day of the league season.
On Saturday, February 5, there were 41 goals in 8 Premier League games which is the record for a single day in the Premier League since it became a 20-team division. The results were Aston Villa 2–2 Fulham, Everton 5–3 Blackpool, Manchester City 3–0 West Brom, Newcastle 4–4 Arsenal, Stoke 3–2 Sunderland, Tottenham 2–1 Bolton, Wigan 4–3 Blackburn, Wolves 2–1 Manchester United.
Chelsea became the seventh team to win the league and FA Cup double, scoring a record 108 Premier League goals in the process.
Chester City, the Conference team relegated from The Football League last year, went out of business after 125 years in existence. They were reformed as Chester F.C. and will initially compete in a regional division.
Manchester United became the first team to win three consecutive top division titles on more than one occasion, which equaled Liverpool's long-standing record of 18 league titles. They also win the third Football League Cup of their history but lose 2–0 to FC Barcelona of Spain in the UEFA Champions League final.
Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese forward, became the most expensive footballer in the world when Manchester United sold him to Real Madrid for £80 million.
After being deducted a record 30 points for financial irregularities before the start of the season, Luton Town were relegated to the Conference, becoming the first club to fall to that level after three successive relegations.
2008
Portsmouth defeated Cardiff City 1–0 in the FA Cup final, winning the competition for the first time in 49 years, the longest gap between two FA Cup wins for the same club.
In early September, both Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley resigned from their Premier League management jobs at Newcastle and West Ham, respectively, citing boardroom interference in transfers. In the same week, Dimitar Berbatov completed a move to Manchester United against the wishes of the Tottenham Hotspur board. Manchester City were purchased by the Abu Dhabi United Group and on the same day broke the transfer record by purchasing Robinho of Brazil for £32million – slightly exceeding the £30.75million that their city rivals paid for Berbatov.
Three clubs started the Football League Two season with points deductions. Both Rotherham United and AFC Bournemouth began the season on -17 points after exiting administration without using a Company Voluntary Agreement. Luton Town started on -30 points after a 20-point deduction due to exiting administration without using a CVA and a 10-point deduction due to illegal agent payments during transfers. This 30-point deduction doubled the previous record for points deduction imposed on a club set in 2007.
Manchester United won the Premier League for the 10th time and overall 17th English League championship. It is also the tenth title for manager Sir Alex Ferguson (now the longest serving manager in English football with 22 years of unbroken service at the club) and Ryan Giggs, the only player to have collected title medals with all 10 of their championship-winning sides since 1993.
The 2008 UEFA Champions League final was the first all-English club final in European Cup history, and after 120 minutes, Manchester United defeated Chelsea on penalties after a 1–1 draw in Moscow, Russia.
Leicester City were relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time in their 124-year history.
Steve McClaren was fired from his position as England manager after failing to qualify for the 2008 Euros – the first time in 24 years that England have failed to qualify for the European Championships.
Manchester United won the Premiership for the ninth time under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Chelsea won a cup double, claiming the FA Cup in the first final back at the recently completed Wembley Stadium. The match finished 1–0 with Didier Drogba scoring the only goal in the last minute of extra-time. Ryan Giggs set a new record for the most appearances in FA cup finals. However, he could not beat Mark Hughes' record for the most finals won by one player. The victory by Chelsea stopped Manchester United from winning the Double.
Leeds United entered administration on May 4 after a number of years struggling with the debt incurred by previous boards, thus incurring a 10-point deduction for the 2006–07 season, resulting in them being relegated to the third tier for the first time, but this was not the last of them. Two months later, on August 4, the club was sold without a C.V.A., as required by league rules.[8] As a consequence, Leeds were hit with the biggest point deduction yet in English professional football history (until Luton's 30 point penalty a year later), starting the 2007–08 League One season on -15.
Boston United entered administration in the final minutes of the league season to take a 10-point deduction in the 2006–07 season. They were relegated two divisions to the Conference North.
Chelsea became League Cup champions after defeating Arsenal 2–1 at the Millennium Stadium in Wales. This was also the last major English Cup Final to be played at the Millennium Stadium before the move back to Wembley Stadium after its completion.
Charlton Athletic became the first Premiership club to change their shirt design mid-season due to the collapse of former sponsors Allsports.
Alan Shearer retired two weeks early following a knee injury. After a professional career that lasted almost 20 years, the former England and Newcastle captain bowed out as the Premiership's leading goal scorer of all time with 260 goals in 441 games but only one trophy, the 1994–95 Premiership title with Blackburn.[10]
Sunderland were relegated from the Premiership, and broke the record that had been set by Stoke City 21 years earlier for the lowest points accumulated, ending the season with just 15 points. They also matched Stoke's record low of just three wins.
Reading were promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history, after winning the Football League championship with a professional league record of 106 points.
Liverpool defeated West Ham 3–1 on penalties in the 125th FA Cup final after the game finished 3–3 in normal time. It was the last FA Cup game at the Millennium Stadium before Wembley re-opens.
The players of Aston Villa issued a joint statement, critical of chairman Doug Ellis. It was the first time such a statement had been formally issued to the press by a collective of players of an English football club.
In their first season as a top division club and only their 28th in the professional leagues, Wigan Athletic finished tenth (having spent much of the season in the top five) and were League Cup runners-up to Manchester United who had defeated them 4–0 in the final.
Oxford United, the 1986 League Cup winners and members of the First Division from 1985 to 1988, became the first former winners of a major trophy to be relegated to the Conference.
Chelsea won the Premier League title setting a new Premier League record for fewest goals conceded (15) and most points attained (95).
Arsenal became the first team to win the FA Cup on penalties, defeating Manchester United in the shootout after a goalless draw.
George Best, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers in the history of Manchester United and the footballing world, died from a kidney infection aged 59.[11]
EvertonstrikerWayne Rooney, still only 18, became the world's most expensive teenager when he signed for Manchester United in a transfer deal which could eventually rise to £25 million from an initial £20 million.
Carlisle United, who had spent one season in the First Division during the 1970s, became the first former members of the top flight to be relegated to the Conference after 76 years of league membership. They went down with York City, who have played in the Football League for 75 years and eliminated several clubs (notably Arsenal, Manchester United and Everton) from the top flight in cup competitions.
Brian Clough, the legendary manager who had guided Derby County to a First Division title and Nottingham Forest to league and European glory, died of stomach cancer aged 69.
Sunderland confirmed themselves as statistically the worst team in the Premiership era after they were relegated with a record low of 4 wins, 19 points and 21 goals.
On March 16, a First Division match between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion degenerated into one of the most violent in English football history, featuring multiple on-field assaults and ending with abandonment when United, trailing 3–0 at the time, were left with 6 players. This match entered English football lore as the Battle of Bramall Lane.
Everton became the first team to have spent 100 seasons in the top flight of English football.
The FA approved the plan of Wimbledon to move to Milton Keynes. The move was extremely unpopular with the club's fans, who formed a breakaway club called AFC Wimbledon. The new club was playing at a much lower level (Combined Counties League) than the original one, who were competing in Division One, but the new Wimbledon club was soon enjoying a higher attendance.
Brighton & Hove Albion became only the seventh club in English football history to win back-to-back promotion championships after winning the 2001–02 League One title (having won the 2000–01 League Two title the season before).
David Rocastle, who had won a League Cup and two league championships with Arsenal as well as never being on the losing side in his 14 England appearances, died of cancer aged 33.
Paul Vaessen, who had famously scored the winning goal for Arsenal against Juventus at the Stadio Comunale in the second leg of a Cup Winners' Cup semi-final on 23 April 1980 (the first time an English club had beaten Juventus in Turin), died of a drug overdose at the age of 39. He was leading a troubled life since injury had resulted in his premature retirement from football in 1983 aged just 21. He was known as "a forgotten hero" as his death gained no media coverage at all, announcements of Paul's death in his local free newspaper omitted the fact that he had formerly been a footballer and merely labeled him a "local addict".
Coventry City suffered relegation from the Premiership after 34 successive seasons of top-flight football.
Fulham were promoted to the Premiership, becoming the first club since the Premier League's formation to make their way from Division Three (now League Two) to the top flight.
Les Sealey, who had kept goal for Manchester United in their FA Cup triumph of 1990 and the European Cup Winners' Cup triumph of 1991, died of a heart attack aged 43.
England lost 1–0 to Germany in their opening qualifier for the 2002 World Cup, in a game that was also the last game at Wembley Stadium before it closes its doors after 77 years for a complete revamp. The goal was scored by Dietmar Hamann.
Sir Stanley Matthews, legendary former England, Blackpool and Stoke City winger, died after a short illness at the age of 85.
The new home of Welsh football is the 72,000-seat Millennium Stadium, which stands on the site of Cardiff Arms Park, and will host all English cup finals and playoff finals until Wembley is reopened.
Arsenal equaled Manchester United's record of two league championship and FA Cupdoubles in their first full season under the management of Frenchman Arsène Wenger, who was also the first foreign manager to win the English top flight.
England went out of the World Cup in the round of 16 in France after losing on penalties to Argentina following a 2–2 draw.
Charlton Athletic won promotion to the Premier League by defeating Sunderland 7–6 on penalties after a 4–4 draw in the Division One playoff final at Wembley.
1997
After captaining Manchester United to their fourth Premiership title in five seasons and 11th English League championship overall, Eric Cantona announced his retirement as a player at the age of 30.
Ruud Gullit became the first foreign manager to win an English trophy after his Chelsea side defeated Middlesbrough 2–0 in the FA Cup final to end their 26-year trophy drought.
Middlesbrough experienced a unique season. They lost in both domestic cup finals and had a 3-point deduction imposed for postponing a Premiership fixture at short notice seeing them relegated in second from bottom place – so they finished in the last two of all three major English competitions.
Alan Shearer was ruled out of football for seven months after suffering a broken ankle in a pre-season game.
Brighton & Hove Albion, FA Cup runners-up 14 years ago, avoided relegation to the Conference by drawing 1–1 away with Hereford United, who went down instead, on the last day of the Division Three season.
Billy Bremner, legendary Leeds United captain of the 1960s and 1970s, died of a heart attack aged 54.
1996
Manchester United won second league championship and FA Cupdouble. Following taunts that "You win nothing with kids", the young team responded by achieving something that no English team has done before.
Kenny Dalglish became the third manager to win the English league with different clubs after Blackburn Rovers clinched the Premiership title to top the English league for the first time since 1914.
Manchester United became only the fourth club in the 20th century to win the league championship and FA Cupdouble. They achieved this triumph just four months after the death of former manager Sir Matt Busby at the age of 84. They were denied an unprecedented 'treble' by Aston Villa, who defeated them in the final of the League Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur were found guilty of financial irregularities dating back to the 1980s and handed the most severe punishment in the history of English football: a £600,000 fine, 12 league points deducted and a one-year ban from the FA Cup. The points deduction and the FA Cup ban were later quashed but the fine was increased to a new record of £1.5million.
Liverpool's famous Spion Kop was demolished to make way for a new all-seater stand, as was Aston Villa's Holte End, as standing accommodation was banned from Premier League stadiums.
1993
Manchester United won the inaugural Premiership title to end their 26-year wait for the league championship. They strengthened themselves for the defense of their big prize by paying a British record fee of £3.75million for Nottingham Forest's young Irish midfielder Roy Keane.
Brian Clough retired as manager of Nottingham Forest after 18 years in charge, and went out on a low note as Forest were relegated from the Premier League.
Norwich City finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the UEFA Cup, where they famously eliminated FC Bayern Munich in the second round before being beaten by Inter Milan in the next round.
Newcastle United were promoted back to the top flight after a four-year exile.
Blackburn Rovers, back in the top flight for the first time since the 1960s, made Alan Shearer England's most expensive footballer by paying Southampton £3.5million for his services.
Liverpool won the FA Cup for the fifth time in their centenary year.
Aldershot, who had been struggling to stay afloat for two years, finally went out of business on 25 March. Maidstone United followed suit on 17 August after their financial crisis left them with no option but to quit the Football League.
Eight years after retiring as a player, Kevin Keegan returned to football as manager of Newcastle United and saved them from Second Division relegation.
Gary Lineker retired from international football with 48 goals to his name for England – just one goal short of the record set by Bobby Charlton. He also called time on his career in England, joining Nagoya Grampus of Japan.
England were eliminated from Euro 92 in the group stages after losing their final group game 2–1 to host nation Sweden.
After a slow start to the new Premier League campaign which put their league title hopes under serious doubt, Manchester United paid Leeds United £1.2million for French striker Eric Cantona in hope of winning a title race which by late November was led by the likes of Aston Villa and Norwich City.
Paul Gascoigne joined Lazio of Italy in a £5.5million move from Tottenham Hotspur.
Dean Saunders became the most expensive player in English footballer when he was transferred from Derby County to Liverpool in a £2.9million deal.
Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup for a record eighth time, defeating Nottingham Forest 2–1 in the final, but midfielder Paul Gascoigne was ruled out for a year with a knee injury suffered early in the game.
Barnet were promoted to the Football League as Conference champions.
Kenny Dalglish resigned as Liverpool manager on 22 February, and returned to football as manager of Second Division side Blackburn Rovers on 12 October following the club's takeover by wealthy local entrepreneur Jack Walker.
England reached the semi-finals of the World Cup before losing to eventual winners Germany on penalties after a 1–1 draw. Manager Bobby Robson resigned after the competition to take charge of Dutch side PSV Eindhoven and was succeeded by Aston Villa manager Graham Taylor, who in turn was replaced by Czech coach Jozef Venglos – the first manager in the top flight of English football from outside of the British Isles.
AFC Bournemouth director Brian Tiler, a former Aston Villa player, was killed in a car crash. Manager Harry Redknapp was also involved in the crash but survived.
Play-off finals became one-legged matches played at Wembley. In the Second Division, Swindon Town defeated Sunderland 1–0 but stayed in the Second Division after being found guilty of financial irregularities, with Sunderland being promoted in their place.
Manchester United won their first major trophy under the management of Alex Ferguson, defeating Crystal Palace 1–0 in the FA Cup final replay after drawing the first match 3–3.
Peter Shilton retired from international football at the age of 40, having kept goal a record 125 caps for the country.
Manchester United and Arsenal were, respectively, deducted one and two points, for a 21-man brawl involving their players on the pitch – the first and, so far, the only instance in English league history where a team was docked points for player misconduct.
Arsenal won the league championship for the first time in 18 years, with Michael Thomas scoring in the final minute of the final game of the season, securing a 2–0 away win over nearest rivals Liverpool to claim the title on goals scored, with both teams goal difference being equal.
Liverpool went on to win the FA Cup with a 3–2 extra-time victory over Everton at Wembley. Ian Rush, who scored twice in the 1986 all-Merseyside final triumph, does so again.
John Lyall's 15-year reign as West Ham manager came to an end after they were relegated from the First Division.
Newport County went out of business on 27 February and were then expelled from the Football Conference for failing to fulfill their fixtures.
Alex Ferguson made a series of big-money signings for Manchester United in his latest attempt to win them their first league title since 1967, paying a total of more than £7 million for Mike Phelan, Neil Webb, Paul Ince, Gary Pallister and Danny Wallace.
Liverpool wrapped up their seventeenth league title after losing just two league games in a 40-game season.
Wimbledon defeated Liverpool 1–0 to win the FA Cup in one of the most dramatic finals seen at Wembley. The triumph came at the end of Wimbledon's 11th season as a Football League club and only their second as First Division members.
Lincoln City, the first club to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League, regained their league status at the first attempt by clinching the Football Conference title.
Paul Gascoigne, 21-year-old Newcastle United midfielder, became England's first £2-million footballer when he signed for Tottenham Hotspur.
Shortly after Gascoigne's transfer, the national transfer fee record was broken again when Everton paid £2.2 million for West Ham United striker Tony Cottee.
Ian Rush returned to Liverpool after an unsuccessful season at Juventus in Italy for £2.8 million—the third time in the space of a few weeks that the record fee paid by an English club was broken.
Mark Hughes returned to Manchester United after two years away for a fee of £1.8 million.
Portsmouth were relegated to the Second Division a year after promotion.
1987
Tottenham manager David Pleat resigned after rumors in the media alleged that he had been involved in a vice ring. He was replaced by Terry Venables.
Coventry City won the first major trophy in their history by defeating Tottenham Hotspur (who were unbeaten in their previous seven finals) 3–2 in the FA Cup final.
Everton won their ninth league title despite adversity, struggling with massive injuries all season but still managing to win the league by 11 clear points.
Lincoln City became the first English club to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League after the re-election system was scrapped. They were replaced by Conference champions Scarborough.
Liverpool won the league championship and FA Cupdouble in Kenny Dalglish's first season as player-manager, after Everton threw away their large advantage in the closing weeks of the season.
Liverpool sold Ian Rush to Juventus of Italy for £3.2 million, but kept him for a season on loan.
Wimbledon, who had joined the Football League just nine years earlier, were promoted to the First Division, completing a four-year rise from the Fourth Division.
Swindon Town, Fourth Division champions, set a new Football League record of 102 points.
Wolverhampton Wanderers suffered a third successive relegation and fell into the Fourth Division but were saved from going out of business by a new takeover deal, as were Middlesbrough after being relegated to the Third Division.
West Ham United finished a club-best third in the league, just four points behind champions Liverpool.
Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson was sacked in November after a poor start to the season and was instantly replaced by successful Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson.
1985
Everton won their eighth league title with five league games to spare. They then took their foot off the gas, losing three of their last five matches but still setting a club record points total.
56 spectators were burned to death and more than 200 were injured in a fire at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium on 11 May.
39 spectators, most of them Italian, were trampled to death in rioting on the terraces of the Heysel Stadium at the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.[12] Despite the carnage, the match was played, and Juventus won 1–0. The tragedy resulted in a five-year ban on English clubs from European competition, with a six-year ban on Liverpool.
Everton established themselves as one of the strongest club sides in Europe after winning the league championship with four matches to spare and adding the Cup Winners' Cup to their trophy cabinet.
Anton Johnson was banned from football for life after it was revealed that he had illegally taken control of two football clubs (Southend United and Rotherham United) at the same time and had also mishandled the finances of both clubs.
Oxford United were promoted to the top flight after claiming the Second Division championship, just a year after winning the Third Division championship in 1984, becoming the only club to have won two consecutive championships on the way to the top flight.
A 14-year-old boy was crushed to death by a collapsed wall when Leeds United fans rioted during the last game of the Second Division season at Birmingham City, but media coverage and public attention of the tragedy were overshadowed as it occurred on the same afternoon as the Bradford City fire.
Harry Catterick, who managed Everton to league title glory in 1963 and 1970 as well as an FA Cup triumph in 1966, died from a heart attack while watching their FA Cup quarter-final win over Ipswich Town at Goodison Park.
1984
Liverpool became the first English club to win three major competitions in the same season when they won the league championship, the League Cup, and the European Cup in Joe Fagan's first season as manager.
Bob Paisley retired after nine years as Liverpool manager. He finished on a high with the league championship and League Cup, bringing his tally of major prizes to an English record of 21. His successor was 62-year-old coach Joe Fagan.
Manchester United chairman Louis Edwards, 65, died of a heart attack weeks after being accused of financial irregularities by ITV. Control of the club passed to his son Martin.
West Ham defeated Arsenal in the FA Cup final to become the third Second Division team in eight years to win the trophy, thanks to a Trevor Brooking goal.
One of Nottingham Forest's key players in the European triumph was Trevor Francis, who, four months earlier, had signed from Birmingham City and became Britain's first million-pound footballer.
Danny Blanchflower's short-lived and unsuccessful reign as manager of Chelsea came to an end after the club suffered relegation to the Second Division.
Brighton & Hove Albion were promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history.
1978
Newly promoted Nottingham Forest won the league title and League Cup for the first time in their history. As of 2021–22, they remain the last newly promoted club to become league champions.
Tottenham Hotspur, back in the First Division after a one-year absence, signed two Argentine World Cup winners – Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricardo Villa – for a combined fee of £750,000.
Liverpool became the first British club to retain the European Cup by defeating FC Bruges 1–0 at Wembley, thanks to a Kenny Dalglish strike.
Peter Houseman, who played in Chelsea's FA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup winning teams of 1970 and 1971, was killed in a car crash near Oxford at the age of 31, along with his wife.
Derby County, in Dave Mackay's first full season as manager, won their second league title in four years, adding to the 1972 championship which had been won by Mackay's predecessor, Brian Clough.
Carlisle United, who had topped the 1974–75 First Division after three games, were relegated after failing to put together a consistent run of good form in their first season as a top-division club.
Manchester United were promoted back to the First Division one season after losing their top-flight status.
Aston Villa re-established themselves as a top English side by winning the League Cup and gaining promotion to the First Division in the same season.
1974
The Football Association scrapped the distinction between professional and amateur players, leading to no more UK teams being entered for the Olympics.
Manchester United were relegated to the Second Division for the first time since the 1930s. Their fate was sealed when former player Denis Law scored the winning goal for Manchester City at Old Trafford with his final touch in league football. However, Birmingham City's victory would have condemned United to relegation regardless of the outcome of their game.
The Football League announced that three clubs, instead of two, would be relegated from the First and Second Divisions from the end of the 1973–74 season onward, with three clubs being promoted to the Second and Third Divisions. The four-up, four-down system between the Third and Fourth Divisions would continue.
Hereford United ended their first season as a Football League club by winning promotion from the Fourth Division.
1972
Stoke City won the League Cup, recording the first major trophy in their history.
Derby County, managed by 37-year-old Brian Clough, won the first league championship in their history.
Manchester United won the league championship – their fifth under Matt Busby and their seventh of all time, as well as their last for the next 26 years, until the formation of the Premier League.
GoalkeeperHarry Gregg left Manchester United after 10 years, during which he established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the English game, but with no medals to show for it: he had missed the 1963 FA Cup final due to injury and had not played enough games to qualify for a medal when United won the league in 1965 and 1967.
Coventry City, managed by Jimmy Hill, won the Second Division championship and were promoted to the First Division for the first time in their history.
1911 FA Cup winners Bradford City finish second from bottom in the Fourth Division and have to seek re-election in order to preserve their Football League place.
Aston Villa played Rotherham United in the first-ever League Cup final. The second leg of the final is withheld until the 1961–62 season due to fixture congestion.
Manchester City sell 21-year-old Scottish striker Denis Law to Torino of Italy in the first £100,000 deal involving a British club.
Terry Bly scores 52 league goals for Peterborough United as they complete their first league season as Fourth Division champions.
1960
Burnley overcome a spirited challenge of 106-goal Wolves to win the league championship.
Wolves compensate for their league championship disappointment by overcoming Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup final.
Oldham Athletic, league runners-up 45 years earlier, finish second from bottom in the Fourth Division but retain their league status after the Football League's members vote for Gateshead to go down and Midland League champions Peterborough United to go up for the 1960–61 season.
In an incident known as the Munich air disaster, eight Manchester United players die and two more have their careers ended by injury after a plane crash at Munich-Riem Airport. Manager Matt Busby is badly injured and spends two months in hospital recovering from multiple injuries.
Wolves win the league championship for the second time and qualify for the European Cup for the first time.
Sunderland are relegated from the First Division for the first time, having been in the top division every season since joining the Football League in 1890.
Aston Villa beat Manchester United 2–1 in the FA Cup final to win the trophy for a record seventh time. Their victory denies United the double, meaning Villa are still the last team to achieve the feat, back in 1896–97.
Stanley Matthews retires from international football at the age of 42, but continues his club career with Blackpool.
Charlton Athletic turn the tables on Huddersfield Town during the final 20 minutes of a Second Division fixture by turning a 5–1 deficit into a 7–6 lead.
Manchester United win the league championship with a reshaped side containing mostly young players including Duncan Edwards (19), David Pegg (20), Albert Scanlon (20) and Mark Jones (22). They become England's first representatives in the European Cup, in the competition's second season, as the previous league champions Chelsea were blocked from entering the inaugural tournament by the Football Association.
38-year-old Stanley Matthews is instrumental in turning Blackpool's 3–1 deficit into a 4–3 victory against Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup final, ending his 20-year hunt for a major trophy. The final is still widely known as the 'Matthews Final', despite the fact that his teammate Stan Mortensen scored a hat-trick in the game.
Arsenal win a record-breaking seventh league title with a superior goal difference over Preston North End, who also have 54 points and have not won the league title since 1890.
A major shock in the first round as five-time Cup winners, and First Division staple, Blackburn Rovers, are unexpectedly beaten by the amateurs of Corinthian F.C. at the Crystal Palace.
Newcastle United beat Aston Villa to win the FA Cup in what became known as the "Rainy Day Final" due to the weather and pitch conditions.
1923
Liverpool win a second consecutive league championship, a fourth in total.
Bolton Wanderers defeat West Ham United 2–0 in the first FA Cup final to be held at Wembley. The match kicked off 44 minutes late due to overcrowding – there was an estimated 200,000 fans in attendance, and it was not until a police constable on a white police horse helped clear the pitch that the match took place. As a result, the match is now known as the White Horse Final.
Aston Villa centre-half Tommy Ball is shot dead by his neighbour in November thus becoming the only Football League player to have been murdered.[16]
Leeds City are expelled and dissolved by the football league after financial irregularities including the payment of players during the First World War. In its place, a new club is formed, Leeds United.
1915
Everton win the final league title before league football is suspended because of the First World War.
FA Cup Final: Sheffield United 3–0 Chelsea.
Sheffield United F.C. win the FA Cup.
1914
Blackburn Rovers win their second league title and their second in three seasons.
Aston Villa win the league championship for a record sixth time.
Brighton & Hove Albion, champions of the Southern Football League, defeat Aston Villa, Football League champions, to win the 1910 FA Charity Shield, their only top-flight honor to date.
Chelsea Football Club is founded at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), Fulham Road, London, on 14 March and, like Bradford City in 1903, are immediately elected to the league.
West Bromwich Albion defeat Aston Villa in the FA Cup final. There are suspicions over the performance of Villa keeper Jimmy Warner. His pub is burned down by a mob and he never plays for the club again.
Assistant referees are first introduced as linesmen.
1890
Luton Town player Frank Whitby becomes the first professional player in the south of England on 15 December, earning five shillings per week.
1880s
1889
Preston North End complete the first season of the Football League as unbeaten champions. They also become the first team to win the 'double', gaining the FA Cup without conceding a goal.
First floodlit football match played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 14 October 1878 in front of an attendance of 20,000.
Newton Heath LYR Football Club was formed by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath (later known as Manchester United Football Club).
St. Domingo's FC is formed, later changing its name (in November 1879) to Everton.
First "goalkeepers", and transition from "dribbling game" to "passing game" is seen in club matches in Sheffield and London.
A match between England and Scotland, finishes in a 1–0 win for England at the Kennington Oval in London. This was the first match between the nations but is not recognized as being the first international (see 1872).
First use of referee. During a match in Rochdale, between the Bodyguards club and the Fearnaught club[20]
1820s
1823
First description of a pass comes from Suffolk.[21][22] In this Moor describes a team ball game with goals in which a player who can not advance further "throws the ball [he must in no case give it] to some less beleaguered friend more free and more in breath than himself". Although this description refers to throwing, Moor tells us that the game was at other times a football one: "Sometimes a large football was used; the game was then called 'kicking camp'."
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