Football League One guide - teams, titles, logo, league map

Description:

Formed for the 1920-21 season after the Football League absorbed a large number of teams from the semi-pro Southern League. A year later a similar number of teams from the North of England joined and two separate third divisions were created - North and South. The two were merged for the 1958-59 season to create a nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. After the creation of the breakway Premier League in 1992 the Third Division was renamed the Second Division and before the 2004-05 season it changed name again to Football League One. Whatever the name it is the third tier of professional football in England.

2009-10 Football League One Map:

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Format:

The 24 teams play each other twice (home and away) for a total of 46 games. The season begins in early August and runs to early May with no winter break. The top two teams are automatically promoted to the Football League Championship while the teams finishing 3rd to 6th enter a playoff to determine one further promotion spot. The bottom four clubs are automatically relegated to Football League Two.

Total Third-Tier English Football Championships:

4 Plymouth Argyle

3 Barnsley FC
3 Bristol City
3 Doncaster Rovers
3 Grimsby Town
3 Hull City
3 Lincoln City
3 Millwall
3 Portsmouth FC
3 Reading FC
3 Swansea Town/Swansea City

2 Bradford City FC
2 Brentford
2 Brighton & Hove Albion
2 Bristol Rovers
2 Bury
2 Charlton Athletic
2 Chesterfield
2 Coventry City
2 Fulham FC
2 Ipswich Town FC
2 Leyton Orient/Orient
2 Luton Town
2 Notts County
2 Oldham Athletic
2 Oxford United
2 Port Vale
2 Preston North End
2 Queen's Park Rangers
2 Rotherham United
2 Scunthorpe United
2 Southampton FC
2 Stockport County
2 Stoke City
2 Watford FC
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

1 AFC Bournemouth
1 Aston Villa
1 Birmingham City FC
1 Blackburn Rovers
1 Bolton Wanderers
1 Bradford Park Avenue
1 Burnley FC
1 Cambridge United
1 Cardiff City FC
1 Carlisle United
1 Crystal Palace
1 Darlington
1 Derby County
1 Hereford United
1 Leicester City
1 Mansfield Town
1 Nelson
1 Newport County
1 Northampton Town
1 Norwich City FC
1 Nottingham Forest
1 Shrewsbury Town
1 Southend United
1 Sunderland AFC
1 Swindon Town
1 Tranmere Rovers
1 Wigan Athletic
1 Wrexham