List of winners of English Football League One and predecessors

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.

Football League Third Division (1920-1921)

Season	Winner	Runner-Up (not promoted)
1920-21	Crystal Palace	Southampton

Football League Third Division South/Football League Third Division North (1921-1958)

Season	North		South
	Winner	Runner-Up (not promoted)	Winner	Runner-Up (not promoted)
1921-22	Stockport County	Darlington	Southampton	Plymouth Argyle
1922-23	Nelson	Bradford Park Avenue	Bristol City	Plymouth Argyle
1923-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale	Portsmouth	Plymouth Argyle
1924-25	Darlington	Nelson	Swansea City	Plymouth Argyle
1925-26	Grimsby Town	Bradford Park Avenue	Reading	Plymouth Argyle
1926-27	Stoke City	Rochdale	Bristol City	Plymouth Argyle
1927-28	Bradford Park Avenue	Lincoln City	Millwall F.C.	Northampton Town
1928-29	Bradford City	Stockport County	Charlton Athletic	Crystal Palace
1929-30	Port Vale	Stockport County	Plymouth Argyle	Brentford
1930-31	Chesterfield	Lincoln City	Notts County	Crystal Palace
1931-32	Lincoln City	Gateshead	Fulham	Reading
1932-33	Hull City	Wrexham	Brentford	Exeter City
1933-34	Barnsley	Chesterfield	Norwich City	Coventry City
1934-35	Doncaster Rovers	Halifax Town	Charlton Athletic	Reading
1935-36	Chesterfield	Chester City	Coventry City	Luton Town
1936-37	Stockport County	Lincoln City	Luton Town	Notts County
1937-38	Tranmere Rovers	Doncaster Rovers	Millwall	Bristol City
1938-39	Barnsley	Doncaster Rovers	Newport County	Crystal Palace
1939-40	Competition abandoned due to World War II
1940-41	No competition due to World War II
1941-42	No competition due to World War II
1942-43	No competition due to World War II
1943-44	No competition due to World War II
1944-45	No competition due to World War II
1945-46	No competition due to World War II
1946-47	Doncaster Rovers	Rotherham United	Cardiff City	Queens Park Rangers
1947-48	Lincoln City	Rotherham United	Queens Park Rangers	AFC Bournemouth
1948-49	Hull City	Rotherham United	Swansea	Reading
1949-50	Doncaster Rovers	Gateshead	Notts County	Northampton Town
1950-51	Rotherham United	Mansfield Town	Nottingham Forest	Norwich City
1951-52	Lincoln City	Grimsby Town	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
1952-53	Oldham Athletic	Port Vale	Bristol Rovers	Millwall
1953-54	Port Vale	Barnsley	Ipswich Town	Brighton & Hove Albion
1954-55	Barnsley	Accrington Stanley	Bristol City	Leyton Orient
1955-56	Grimsby Town	Derby County	Leyton Orient	Brighton Hove & Albion
1956-57	Derby County	Hartlepool United	Ipswich Town	Torquay United
1957-58	Scunthorpe United	Accrington Stanley	Brighton & Hove Albion	Brentford

Football League Third Division (1958-1992)

Season	Winner	Runner Up	Also Promoted	Playoff Winner
1958-59	Plymouth Argyle	Hull City
1959-60	Southampton	Norwich City
1960-61	Bury	Walsall
1961-62	Portsmouth	Grimsby Town
1962-63	Northampton Town	Swindon Town
1963-64	Coventry City	Crystal Palace
1964-65	Carlisle United	Bristol City
1965-66	Hull City	Millwall
1966-67	Queens Park Rangers	Middlesbrough
1967-68	Oxford United	Bury
1968-69	Watford	Swindon Town
1969-70	Leyton Orient	Luton Town
1970-71	Preston North End	Fulham
1971-72	Aston Villa	Brighton and Hove Albion
1972-73	Bolton Wanderers	Notts County
1973-74	Oldham Athletic	Bristol Rovers	York City
1974-75	Blackburn Rovers	Plymouth Argyle	Charlton Athletic
1975-76	Hereford United	Cardiff City	Millwall
1976-77	Mansfield Town	Brighton and Hove Albion	Crystal Palace
1977-78	Wrexham	Cambridge United	Preston North End
1978-79	Shrewsbury Town	Watford	Swansea City
1979-80	Grimsby Town	Blackburn Rovers	Sheffield Wednesday
1980-81	Rotherham United	Barnsley	Charlton Athletic
1981-82	Burnley	Carlisle United	Fulham
1982-83	Portsmouth	Cardiff City	Huddersfield Town
1983-84	Oxford United	Wimbledon	Sheffield United
1984-85	Bradford City	Millwall	Hull City
1985-86	Reading	Plymouth Argyle	Derby County
1986-87	A.F.C. Bournemouth	Middlesbrough		Swindon Town
1987-88	Sunderland	Brighton and Hove Albion		Walsall
1988-89	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield United		Port Vale
1989-90	Bristol Rovers	Bristol City		Notts County
1990-91	Cambridge United	Southend United	Grimsby Town	Tranmere Rovers
1991-92	Brentford	Birmingham City		Peterborough United

Football League Second Division (1992-2004)

Season	Winner	Runner Up	Playoff Winner
1992-93	Stoke City	Bolton Wanderers	West Bromwich Albion
1993-94	Reading	Port Vale	Burnley
1994-95	Birmingham City	Brentford (not promoted)	Huddersfield Town
1995-96	Swindon Town	Oxford United	Bradford City
1996-97	Bury	Stockport County	Crewe Alexandra
1997-98	Watford	Bristol City	Grimsby Town
1998-99	Fulham	Walsall	Manchester City
1999-00	Preston North End	Burnley	Gillingham
2000-01	Millwall	Rotherham	Walsall
2001-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading	Stoke City
2002-03	Wigan Athletic	Crewe Alexandra	Cardiff City
2003-04	Plymouth Argyle	Queens Park Rangers	Brighton & Hove Albion

Football League One (2004-)

Season	Winner	Runner Up	Playoff Winner
2004-05	Luton Town	Hull City	Sheffield Wednesday
2005-06	Southend United	Colchester United	Barnsley
2006-07	Scunthorpe United	Bristol City	Blackpool
2007-08	Swansea City	Nottingham Forest	Doncaster Rovers
2008-09	Leicester City	Peterborough United	Scunthorpe United
2009-10	Norwich City	Leeds United	Millwall
2010-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southampton	Peterborough United

List of Titles by Club

• Plymouth Argyle F.C. (4)
• Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. (3)
• Barnsley F.C. (3)
• Bristol City F.C. (3)
• Doncaster Rovers F.C. (3)
• Grimsby Town F.C. (3)
• Hull City A.F.C. (3)
• Lincoln City F.C. (3)
• Millwall F.C. (3)
• Portsmouth F.C. (3)
• Reading F.C (3)
• Swansea City A.F.C. (3)
• Brentford F.C. (2)
• Bristol Rovers F.C. (2)
• Bury F.C. (2)
• Charlton Athletic F.C. (2)
• Chesterfield F.C. (2)
• Coventry City F.C. (2)
• Ipswich Town F.C. (2)
• Fulham F.C. (2)
• Leyton Orient F.C. (2)
• Luton Town F.C. (2)
• Norwich City F.C. (2)
• Notts County F.C. (2)
• Oldham Athletic A.F.C. (2)
• Oxford United F.C. (2)
• Port Vale F.C. (2)
• Preston North End F.C. (2)
• Queens Park Rangers F.C. (2)
• Rotherham United F.C. (2)
• Scunthorpe United F.C. (2)
• Southampton F.C. (2)
• Stockport County F.C. (2)
• Stoke City F.C. (2)
• Watford F.C. (2)
• Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (2)
• Aston Villa F.C. (1)
• Blackburn Rovers F.C. (1)
• Birmingham City F.C. (1)
• Bolton Wanderers F.C. (1)
• A.F.C. Bournemouth (1)
• Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. (1)
• Bradford City A.F.C. (1)
• Burnley F.C. (1)
• Cambridge United F.C. (1)
• Cardiff City F.C. (1)
• Carlisle United F.C. (1)
• Crystal Palace F.C. (1)
• Darlington F.C. (1)
• Derby County F.C. (1)
• Hereford United F.C. (1)
• Leicester City F.C. (1)
• Lincoln City F.C (1)
• Mansfield Town F.C. (1)
• Nelson F.C. (1)
• Newport County A.F.C. (1)
• Northampton Town F.C. (1)
• Nottingham Forest F.C. (1)
• Shrewsbury Town F.C. (1)
• Southend United F.C. (1)
• Sunderland A.F.C. (1)
• Swindon Town F.C. (1)
• Tranmere Rovers F.C. (1)
• Wigan Athletic F.C. (1)
• Wrexham F.C. (1)

References

• "Past Winners of the Football League". http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/PastWinners/0,,10794,00.html. Retrieved 2006-08-14. 
• Playfair Football Annual, various editions