b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nFootball League First Division\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nFootball League First Division a reprezentat cea mai important\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaentrecere fotbalistic\xc4\x83 intern\xc4\x83 din Anglia dup\xc4\x83 fuziunea a Football Alliance cu Football League \xc3\xaen anul 1892.\n_START_SECTION_\nIstoric\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nUrm\xc3\xa2nd procedurile jurdice ale forului englez de fotbal FA Football Association, Football League a fondat\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen anul \xc3\xaen 1888 dup\xc4\x83 mai multe \xc3\xaentruniri ini\xc8\x9biate de c\xc4\x83tre pre\xc8\x99edintele clubului Aston Villa Football Club (Birmingham), William McGregor._NEWLINE_Primul sezon a \xc3\xaenceput la 8 spetembrie 1888 \xc8\x99i a reunit 12 cluburi din regiunile Midlands \xc8\x99i Northern England: Accrington Football Club, Aston Villa FC, Blackburn Rovers FC, Bolton Wanderers FC, Burnley FC, Derby County FC, Everton FC, Notts County FC, Preston North End FC, Stoke Football Club. (redenumit Stoke City FC \xc3\xaen 1928), West Bromwich Albion FC \xc8\x99i Wolverhampton Wanderers FC._NEWLINE_La sf\xc3\xa2r\xc8\x99itul primului sezon, 1888-99, Preston North End Football Club a cucerit primul titlu de campioni._NEWLINE_Concomitent cu Football League mai exista o competi\xc8\x9bie, Football Alliance prezidat\xc4\x83 de John Holmes, pre\xc8\x99edintele clubului The Wednesday (Sheffield)._NEWLINE_\xc3\x8en 1892, cele dou\xc4\x83 competi\xc8\x9bii au fuzionat cre\xc3\xa2ndu-se astfel o competi\xc8\x9bie mai puternic\xc4\x83 ierarhizat\xc4\x83 pe dou\xc4\x83 e\xc8\x99aloane: Football League First Division (care cuprinde majoritatea echipelor din Football League \xc8\x99i cele mai puternice trei echipe din Football Alliance) \xc8\x99i Football League Second Division (majoritatea din "Football Alliance").'