League Level I

History

The Football League was founded in 1888 by clubs in the North and Midlands in search of regular fixtures. It became Division 1 (D1) in 1892 with the addition of Division 2. The clubs in Division 1 broke away from the Football League in 1992 to form the Premier League (PL).

The list of champions in all these incarnations is as follows: Manchester United (20), Liverpool (19), Arsenal (13), Everton (9), Manchester City (9), Aston Villa (7), Chelsea (6), Sunderland (6), Newcastle United (4), Sheffield Wednesday (4), Blackburn Rovers (3), Huddersfield Town (3), Leeds United (3), Wolverhampton W (3), Burnley (2), Derby County (2), Portsmouth (2), Preston North End (2), Tottenham Hotspur (2), Ipswich Town (1), Leicester City (1), Nottingham Forest (1), Sheffield United (1), West Bromwich A (1).

All-time Table

There is an all-time Level I table covering completed seasons from 1888 and an all-time Premier League table just covering seasons from 1992.

Summary of Results

PL W D L GF GA GD P3/PL
TOTAL 114 32 23 59 136 186 −50 1.044
HOME 57 23 12 22 71 78 −7 1.421
AWAY 57 9 11 37 65 108 −43 0.667

Results by Opponent

PL W D L GF GA GD P3
1 West Ham United 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10
2 Fulham 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10
3 Newcastle United 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 10
4 Manchester City 6 3 0 3 6 5 +1 9
5 Middlesbrough 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
6 Wigan Athletic 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7
7 Everton 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7
8 Derby County 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
9 Sheffield United 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
10 Sunderland 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6
11 Bolton Wanderers 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6
12 Charlton Athletic 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
13 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
14 Liverpool 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4
15 West Bromwich A 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
16 Aston Villa 6 1 0 5 6 10 −4 3
17 Tottenham Hotspur 6 1 0 5 9 15 −6 3
18 Swansea City 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
19 Queens Park Rangers 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
20 Blackburn Rovers 4 0 2 2 6 9 −3 2
21 Chelsea 6 0 2 4 7 12 −5 2
22 Manchester United 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2
23 Stoke City 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
24 Norwich City 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
25 Watford 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
26 Portsmouth 4 0 1 3 5 12 −7 1
27 Southampton 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
28 Arsenal 6 0 0 6 5 20 −15 0

Summary of Seasons

PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
8 2006-07 (PL) 38 16 7 15 52 47 +5 55
18 2007-08 (PL) 38 10 6 22 41 66 −25 36
19 2012-13 (PL) 38 6 10 22 43 73 −30 28