The oldest professional football clubs in England
Aston Villa were one of the 12 clubs who took part in the inaugural Football League season of 1888/89(Image credit: Getty Images)English footballâs history goes back more than 150 years, and some of its current professional clubs have been around for just as long.
Here, we run through the oldest of the bunch â including most of the Football Leagueâs original 12-team line-up.
Between them, theyâve won nearly 50 top-flight titles â and a few of them have even gone on to be crowned champions of Europe.
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Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open…
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