A national third tier of English league football was established in 1958-59, as the Third Division. This followed on from the regional third tier that had been established in the south in 1920 and the north in 1921. In 1992, with the departure of the First Division clubs to become the Premier League, the third tier became known as the Second Division. Since 2004 it has been known as Football League One.
Total titles won by town or city
clubs have been champions, from a total of towns and cities. Most have come from the North of England or the Midlands, except for London's Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Millwall and Queens Park Rangers plus Plymouth Argyle, Norwich City, Ipswich Town and Portsmouth.
Town or city |
Number of titles |
Clubs |
London |
14
|
Brentford (1), Charlton Athletic (1), Chelsea (2), Crystal Palace (2), Fulham (2),Millwall (1), Queens Park Rangers (1), Tottenham Hotspur (2) West Ham United (2) |
Manchester |
7
|
Manchester City (7), Manchester United (2) |
Birmingham |
6
|
Aston Villa (2), Birmingham City (4) |
Leicester |
6
|
Leicester City (6) |
Sheffield |
6
|
Sheffield Wednesday (5), Sheffield United (1) |
Liverpool |
5
|
Liverpool (4), Everton (1) |
Nottingham |
5
|
Notts County (3), Nottingham Forest (2) |
Sunderland |
5
|
Sunderland (5) |
Derby |
4
|
Derby County (4) |
Plymouth |
4
|
Plymouth Argyle (4) |
Stoke-on-Trent |
4
|
Stoke City (2) Port Vale (2) |
Bolton |
3
|
Bolton Wanderers (3) |
Ipswich |
3
|
Ipswich Town (3) |
Leeds |
3
|
Leeds United (3) |
Norwich |
3
|
Norwich City (3) |
Preston |
3
|
Preston North End (3) |
West Bromwich |
3
|
West Bromwich Albion (3) |
Burnley |
2
|
Burnley (2) |
Grimsby |
2
|
Grimsby Town (2) |
Newcastle |
2
|
Newcastle United (2) |
Wolverhampton |
2
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) |
Blackburn |
1
|
Blackburn Rovers (1) |
Blackpool |
1
|
Blackpool (1) |
Bradford |
1
|
Bradford City (1) |
Bristol |
1
|
Bristol City (1) |
Bury |
1
|
Bury (1) |
Coventry |
1
|
Coventry City (1) |
Huddersfield |
1
|
Huddersfield Town (1) |
Luton |
1
|
Luton Town (1) |
Oldham |
1
|
Oldham Athletic (1) |
Oxford |
1
|
Oxford United |
Portsmouth |
1
|
Portsmouth (1) |
Reading |
1
|
Reading (1) |
- A.F.C. Bournemouth (1)
Aston Villa F.C. (1)
Barnsley F.C. (3)
Birmingham City F.C. (1)
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. (1)
- Bradford City A.F.C. (1)
- Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. (1)
- Brentford F.C. (2)
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. (2)
Bristol City F.C. (3)
Bristol Rovers F.C. (2)
- Burnley F.C. (1)
- Bury F.C. (2)
- Cambridge United F.C. (1)
- Cardiff City F.C. (1)
- Carlisle United F.C. (1)
- Charlton Athletic F.C. (2)
- Chesterfield F.C. (2)
- Coventry City F.C. (2)
- Crystal Palace F.C. (1)
- Darlington F.C. (1)
- Derby County F.C. (1)
Doncaster Rovers F.C. (3)
- Fulham F.C. (2)
Grimsby Town F.C. (3)
- Hereford United F.C. (1)
Hull City A.F.C. (3)
- Ipswich Town F.C. (2)
- Leyton Orient F.C. (2)
Lincoln City F.C. (3)
- Luton Town F.C. (2)
- Mansfield Town F.C. (1)
- Millwall F.C. (3)
- Nelson F.C. (1)
- Newport County A.F.C. (1)
- Northampton Town F.C. (1)
- Norwich City F.C. (1)
- Nottingham Forest F.C. (1)
- Notts County F.C. (2)
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. (2)
- Oxford United F.C. (2)
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. (4)
- Port Vale F.C. (2)
Portsmouth F.C. (3)
- Preston North End F.C. (2)
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. (2)
Reading F.C (3)
- Rotherham United F.C. (2)
- Scunthorpe United F.C. (2)
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. (1)
- Southampton F.C. (2)
- Southend United F.C. (1)
- Stockport County F.C. (2)
- Stoke City F.C. (2)
- Sunderland A.F.C. (1)
Swansea City A.F.C. (3)
- Swindon Town F.C. (1)
Tranmere Rovers F.C. (1)
- Watford F.C. (2)
Wigan Athletic F.C. (1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (2)
Wrexham F.C. (1)
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