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The 2019–20 seasonwas the 140th season of competitive association football in England. The season was suspended 13 March 2020[1][2]due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the first time that an entire football season was suspended since the 1939-40season was abandoned due to the onset of World War II.
- 2019–20 English Football League
The 2019–20 season was the 121st season of the English...
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The 2019–20 Premier League was the 28th season of the...
- 2019–20 English Football League
The 2019–20 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format. Leeds United won the title, with West Bromwich Albion following in second.
- History of The Men's Game
- Men's League System
- Men's Cup Competitions
- Most Successful Men's Clubs
- UEFA Qualification
- National Teams
- Women's Football
- Stadiums
- Disasters
- Seasons
Middle Ages
Football was played in England as far back as medieval times. The first written evidence of a football match came in about 1170, when William Fitzstephenwrote of his visit to London, "After dinner all the youths of the city goes out into the fields for the very popular game of ball." He also went on to mention that each trade had their own team, "The elders, the fathers, and the men of wealth come on horseback to view the contests of their juniors, and in their fashion sport with the young me...
19th century developments
The 19th century saw the codification of the rules of football at several public schools, with those of Rugby School (first published 1845) and Eton College (first published 1847) being particularly influential, in addition to those of Harrow, Winchester and Shrewsbury. The need for alumni of different public schools to be able to play against each other resulted in several sets of "compromise laws", often known as Cambridge rules, being drawn up at the University of Cambridgebetween the 1830...
Early 20th century: Expanding the league
The League expanded over the next 25 years as football boomed in England, from one division of twelve clubs in 1888, to two divisions by the 1892–93 season, with a total of 28 clubs and with the gradual addition of more clubs, a total of 40 by 1905–06. It remained at 40 until the league was suspended after the 1914–15 season with the outbreak of World War I. During this time clubs from the North and Midlands dominated, with Aston Villa, Sunderland, The Wednesday (later renamed Sheffield Wedne...
The English Football League, established in 1888 as The Football League by Aston Villa director William McGregor and renamed "English Football League" in 2016, was the first professional football league in the world. Since its founding, however, many other leagues have been founded in England. Sunday leagues are played each weekend by clubs, the st...
There are several cup competitions for clubs at different levels of the football pyramid. The two major cup competitions are the FA Cup and the EFL Cup, with the winners of the FA Cup qualifying for the UEFA Europa League and winners of the EFL Cup qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League. 1. The FA Cup, first held in 1871, is the oldest na...
The most successful men's football club of all time are Liverpool with a total of 69 competitive honours, closely followed by Manchester United with 67 honours. The next two most successful are Arsenal and Chelsea. In the all-time league table since 1888–89, Liverpool are once again the most successful club in terms of points achieved. This is foll...
From the 2015–16 season, the various permutations allow for a maximum of five English clubs to qualify for the UEFA Champions League and five for the UEFA Europa League. From the 2018–19 season, the top four clubs in Europe's four highest ranked leagues qualify directly to the group stages. These leagues are currently England, Germany, Italy, and S...
The England national football team represents England in international football. It is one of the two oldest national football teams in the world, the other one being Scotland. England is one of only eight national teams to have won the World Cup and did this in 1966. They are one of the more prominent teams on the global stage, rarely dropping out...
The first recorded women's football match in England was more than 100 years ago. Women's football was very popular for many years, but it was stopped by a ban made by the Football Association from 1921 to 1962.[why?] Women's football in England is organised into a pyramid system similar to the men's game. It has seven tiers, with the FA Women's Su...
Capacity
Wembley Stadium is the national stadium in England. It is also the largest stadium in the country with a capacity of 90,000. It is owned by the FA and stages England home matches, the FA Cup final and semi-finals, English Football League Cup final, English Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, FA Vase as well as the Promotion play-off finals of the English Football League and the Conference National. Old Trafford with a capacity of 76,212 is the largest club stadium, with the Tottenham Hotspur S...
Ownership
Some clubs moved out of their old stadiums into newly developed council built and owned stadiums, where they are tenants. Clubs include Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium, which is owned by Doncaster Council, and Hull City at the KC Stadium, which is owned by Hull City Council. Coventry City's home ground of the Ricoh Arena was a council-built stadium originally owned jointly by City Council and the Alan Edward Higgs Charity, but it has since been purchased by the rugby union club Wasps.
Visiting all league club stadiums
The 92 Clubis a society, to be a member of which, a person must attend a football match at the stadium of every current Premier League and Football League club in England and Wales.
The following articles detail the major results and events in each season since 1871–72, when the first organised competition, the FA Cup, was created. Seasons in italicsare wartime seasons, when official national competition was suspended, although regional football continued.
The 2019-20 season started on 10 August 2019 and ended on 26 July 2020. [4] It is the first Premier League season to have a mid-season break and also the first season to use VAR. [5] [6] [7] Liverpool won the league (their first Premier League title and 19th English top flight title).
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. 0–9. 2019–20 Premier League (1 C, 5 P) 2019–20 EFL Championship (1 C, 2 P) 2019–20 EFL League One (1 C, 2 P) 2019–20 EFL League Two (1 C, 2 P) 2019–20 National League (2 P) F. 2019–20 English Football League (4 C, 8 P)
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