The Evolution of The Football League 1888-1915

1888-89
One Division, 12 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Accrington
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Derby County
Everton
Notts County
Preston North End
Stoke
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1889-90
One Division, 12 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Burnley
		Derby County
		Notts County
		Stoke
1890-91
One Division, 12 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Sunderland	Stoke	Burnley	Bootle
		Notts County	Darwen
			Grimsby Town
			Newton Heath
			Sunderland Albion
1891–92
One Division, 14 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Darwen		Accrington	Ardwick
Stoke		Aston Villa	Nottingham Forest
		Derby County	Newton Heath
		West Bromwich Albion	Sunderland Albion
1892–93
2 Divisions, 28 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Ardwick		Accrington	Liverpool Caledonian
Bootle		Stoke	Middlesbrough / Ironopolis combined
Burslem Port Vale			Newcastle East End
Burton Swifts*
Crewe Alexandra
Grimsby Town
Lincoln City
Newton Heath
Northwich Victoria
Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United*
Small  Heath
Walsall Town Swifts
The Wednesday
*Failed election before the expansion to 2 divisions
1893-94
2 Divisions, 31 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Liverpool	Accrington (resigned)	Burslem Port Vale	Doncaster Rovers
Middlesbrough Ironopolis	Bootle (resigned)	Crewe Alexandra	Loughborough Town
Newcastle United		Lincoln City
Rotherham Town		Walsall Town Swifts
Woolwich Arsenal
1894-95
2 Divisions, 32 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Burton Wanderers	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	Crewe Alexandra	Blackpool
Bury	Northwich Victoria	Manchester City (formerly Ardwick)	Loughborough Town
Leicester Fosse		Rotherham Town	Rossendale United
1895-96
2 Divisions, 32 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Loughborough Town	Walsall Town Swifts	Burslem Port Vale	Blackpool
		Crewe Alexandra
		Lincoln City
1896-97
2 Divisions, 32 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Blackpool	Burslem Port Vale		Fairfield
Gainsborough Trinity	Crewe Alexandra		Glossop North End
Walsall Town Swifts	Rotherham Town		Luton Town
			Macclesfield
			Tottenham Hotspur
1897-98
2 Divisions, 32 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Luton Town	Burton Wanderers	Lincoln City	Burslem Port Vale
		Burton Swifts	Crewe Alexandra
			Fairfield
			Glossop North End
			Millwall Athletic
			Nelson
1898-99
2 Divisions, 36 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Barnsley		Lincoln City	Bristol City
Burslem Port Vale		Loughborough Town	Nelson
Glossop North End
New Brighton Tower
1899-1900
2 Divisions, 36 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Chesterfield	Darwen	Barnsley	Doncaster Rovers
Middlesbrough	Loughborough Town	Kettering
	Luton Town		Stalybridge Rovers
1900-01
2 Divisions, 36 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Blackpool	New Brighton Tower (resigned)	Burton Swifts	Crewe Alexandra
	Walsall Town Swifts	Stockport County	Darwen
			Doncaster Rovers
			Southport Central
			Stalybridge Rovers
1901-02
2 Divisions, 36 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Bristol City		Chesterfield Town	Walsall Town Swifts
Doncaster Rovers		Gainsborough Trinity
		Stockport County
1902-03
2 Divisions, 36 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Bradford City	Doncaster Rovers	Burnley	Crewe Alexandra
		Stockport County	Southport Central
			West Hartlepool
			Willington Athletic
1903-04
2 Divisions, 36 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Doncaster Rovers	Stockport County	Glossop North End	Crewe Alexandra
		Leicester Fosse
1904-05
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Chelsea	Doncaster Rovers	Port Vale (formerly  Burslem Port Vale)
Clapton Orient
Hull City
Leeds City
Stockport County
1905-06
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Burton United (in 1901 Burton Swifts & Burton Wanderers  merged )	Oldham Athletic
		Chesterfield Town	Wigan Town
		Clapton Orient
1906-07
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Fulham	Burton United	Chesterfield Town	Bradford Park Ave
Oldham Athletic	Port Vale	Lincoln City	Rotherham Town
			Salford United
			Wigan Town
1907-08
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Bradford Park Ave	Lincoln City	Chesterfield Town	Burton United
Tottenham Hotspur	Stoke	Grimsby Town	Southport Central
			Queens Park Rangers*
			Rotherham County*
			*withdrew
1908-09
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Lincoln City	Chesterfield Town	Blackpool	Stoke
			Rotherham County
1909-10
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Huddersfield Town	Grimsby Town	Birmingham City (formerly Small Heath)	Chesterfield Town
			Hartlepools United
			Stoke
1910-11
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Grimsby Town	Lincoln City	Barnsley	Burton Town
			Cardiff City
			Chesterfield Town
			Crewe Alexandra
			Croydon Common
			Darlington
			Hartlepools United
			Macclesfield
			Merthyr Town
			Port Vale
			Portsmouth
			Rochdale
			Rotherham Town
			St Helen's Town
			South Liverpool
			South Shields Adelaide
			Southend United
			Southport Central
			Walsall
1911-12
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Lincoln City	Gainsborough Trinity	Leeds City	Cardiff City
			Chesterfield Town
			Doncaster Rovers
			Newcastle City
1912-13
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Blackpool	Chesterfield Town
		Stockport County	Darlington
			Gainsbrough Trinity
			Nelson*
			South Shields
			Stalybridge Celtic
			*withdrew
1913-14
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Lincoln City	Chesterfield Town
		Nottingham Forest	Darlington
			Gainsborough Trinity
			South Liverpool
			South Shields
			Stoke
1914-15
2 Divisions, 40  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Stoke	Glossop North End	Leicester Fosse	Chesterfield
			Darlington
			South Shields