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The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isle of Man also competing.
List of football league clubs in the top four tiers of English football (i.e. the Premier League and the English Football League), as of the 2023–24 season, by year formed. To provide a consistent methodology, the year used is that published by the clubs themselves.
The club was a part of the early English football history and marked the shift when clubs with working-class background started to become significant. They played in The Combination 1888-1889 and Football Alliance 1889-1891 before being a member of the Football League in 1891.
Our following diagram provides a detailed overview of the first 11 tiers of the English Football Pyramid, from the Premier League down to the 11th level of Non-League Football Divisions. After the diagram, read on for more details about EFL Pyramid Structure.
This is a list of Soccer clubs that compete within the leagues and divisions of the men's English Soccer league system as far down as Level 10, that is to say, six divisions below the English Soccer League. Also included are clubs from outside England that play within the English system (suitably highlighted).
This list includes every manager currently managing a club in the Premier League and the EFL in order of the date that they were appointed. Some managers may have had more than one spell in charge at their current club.
History. The Football League was established as a way to organize the fast-growing football activity in England. In the 1880s, the fixtures were often chaotic and a central organization was needed. The initiative was taken by William McGregor, an industrialist located in Birmingham and club dirrector of Aston Villa.
