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  1. Website. efl .com /competitions /efl-league-one. Current: 2024–25 EFL League One. The English Football League One, known as Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes or simply League One in England, is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third-tier overall in the English football league system .

    • History
    • About The System
    • Structure
    • Promotion and Relegation Rules For The Top Eight Levels
    • Cup Eligibility
    • The System
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    The world's first association football league, named simply The Football League, was created in 1888 by Aston Villa's club director William McGregor. It was dominated by those clubs who had supported professionalism. The twelve founding members were six from Lancashire (Accrington, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Everton and Preston No...

    The system consists of a pyramid of leagues, bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. A certain number of the most successful clubs in each league can rise to a higher league, whilst those that finish the seasonat the bottom of their league can be sent down a level. In addition to sporting performance, promotion is usually conti...

    At the top is the single division of the Premier League (level 1, which is often referred to as the "top-flight"), containing 20 clubs. Below the Premier League is the English Football League (EFL) (formerly 'the Football League'), which is divided into three divisions of 24 clubs each: The Championship (level 2), League One (level 3), and League T...

    Being members of a league at a particular level also affects eligibility for Cup, or single-elimination, competitions. 1. FA Cup: Levels 1 to 10 2. EFL Cup: Levels 1 to 4 3. EFL Trophy: Levels 3 to 4 (16 U21 teams from clubs in Levels 1 and 2 compete since 2016–17) 4. FA Trophy: Levels 5 to 8 5. FA Vase: Levels 9 to 10 6. FA Inter-League Cup: Level...

    Level one in the pyramid, the top division of English football, is run by the Premier League (which gives its name to the competition in that division), the winners of which are regarded as the champions of England. Levels two to four are run by the English Football League. Together, these four divisions make up what is known as "league football". ...

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