English Top Flight Football History

Historical Comparison     Team-by-Team Grid
London Northwest Northeast+Yorkshire Midlands+Others Arsenal
Chelsea
Tottenham
West Ham Blackburn
Everton
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United Leeds United
Newcastle United
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland Aston Villa
Leicester City
Nottingham Forest
West Brom
Wolves
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Relegation can include zero to four teams.
European qualification has varied from one to four teams (excluding bans).
After the point structure switch in the early 1980s, the top four teams (greens) are separated from the other teams in the top half of the table (blue) whether or not that rank includes progression to the top European competition.
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