1888-Top Level Success in the EFL

The first “top” level was created in 1888, 65 clubs have made it. What clubs have been most successful? Where are they today? See below…..

PL=Premier League, C=The Championship, 1=League 1, 2=League 2, X=Out of the EFL

These teams have never been in the top league but are currently in the EFL.

The Championship

  • Plymouth Argyle

    Rotherham United

League 1

Bristol Rovers

  • Burton Albion

  • Cambridge United

  • Cheltenham Town

  • Exeter City

  • Fleetwood Town

  • Lincoln City

  • Peterborough Untd

  • Port Vale

  • Shrewsbury Town

  • Stevenage

  • Wyncombe Wanderers

League 2

  • Barrow

  • Colchester United

  • Crawley Town

  • Crewe Alexandra

  • Doncaster Rovers

  • Forest Green Rovers

  • Gillingham

  • Harrogate Town

  • Mansfield Town

  • Milton Keynes Dons

  • Morecambe

  • Newport County

  • Salford City

  • Stockport County

  • Sutton United

  • Tranmere Rovers

  • Walsall

  • Wrexham

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