Notes

Leagues

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all top 4 tier matches ever played 1888-2016

Keys: FL = Football League; PL = Premier League

1888/9-1891/2 FL Division 1
1892/3-1914/5 FL Divisions 1 & 2
1919/20 FL Divisions 1 & 2
1920/21 FL Divisions 1, 2 & 3
1921/22-1938/9 FL Divisions 1, 2, 3a North & 3b South
1939 FL Divisions 1, 2, 3a North & 3b South (truncated season)
1946/7-1957/8 FL Divisions 1, 2, 3a North & 3b South
1958/9-1991/2 FL Divisions 1, 2, 3 & 4

Start of Premier League (PL)

1992/3-2004/5 PL, FL Divisions 1, 2 & 3
2004/5-2015/6 PL, FL Championship, FL Divisions 1 & 2

Dataset includes:

teams that dropped out half way through a season:

1919 Leeds City
1931 Wigan Borough
1961 Accrington Stanley
includes 1919 Port Vale who replaced Leeds City mid-season
The truncated 1939/40 season

Team Names used in the file are those that are currently used: e.g. Small Heath are Birmingham City, Ardwick are Manchester City, etc.

The modern Accrington Stanley are 'Accrington' to distinguish from original Accrington Stanley and earlier Accrington FC

Originally adapted from https://github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Data Fixes / Erros

Correct in 1939-40 fix New Brighton mistake (New Hove Albion => New Brighto), see https://github.com/footballcsv/england/pull/3/commits/a3085f018f6e45b035687d061c2bd3d53300ee89.