List of football clubs in England and Wales by year formed

List of football clubs in England and Wales by year formed, as of the 2011/2012 season playing in the top five divisions of English football.

Year	Club
1862	Notts County F.C.[1]
1863	Stoke City F.C.[2]
1865	Nottingham Forest F.C.[3]
1866	Chesterfield F.C.[note 1][4]
1867	Sheffield Wednesday F.C.[5]
1870	Rotherham United F.C. as Rotherham Town[6]
1871	Reading F.C.[7]
1872	A.F.C. Telford United as Wellington Parish Church Institute,[8] Kettering Town F.C.[9]
1873	Colchester United F.C. as Colchester Town F.C.[10]
1874	Aston Villa F.C.,[11] Bolton Wanderers F.C. as Christ Church F.C.,[12] Macclesfield Town F.C.,[13] Wrexham F.C.[14]
1875	Birmingham City F.C. as Small Heath Alliance,[15] Blackburn Rovers F.C.[16]
1876	Middlesbrough F.C[17]., Port Vale F.C.[18]
1877	Blackpool F.C. as Victoria F.C.,[19] Crewe Alexandra F.C.,[20] Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. as St Luke's[21]
1878	Everton F.C. as St. Domingo's,[22] Grimsby Town F.C as Grimsby Pelham,[23] Ipswich Town F.C.,[24] Manchester United F.C. as Newton Heath,[25] West Bromwich Albion F.C. as West Bromwich[26]
1879	Doncaster Rovers F.C.,[27]Fulham F.C.,[28] Sunderland A.F.C. as Sunderland and District Teachers A.F.C.,[29]Swindon Town F.C.[30]
1880	Kidderminster Harriers F.C.,[31] Manchester City F.C. as St Marks Church[32]
1881	Leyton Orient F.C.,[33] Preston North End F.C.,[34] Southport F.C.,[35] Watford F.C. as Watford Rovers[36]
1882	Barnet F.C. as Woodville F.C,[37] Burnley F.C.,[38] Queens Park Rangers F.C. as St Judes,[39] Tottenham Hotspur F.C. as Hotspur F.C.[40]
1883	Bristol Rovers F.C. as The Black Arabs,[41] Coventry City F.C. as Singers F.C.,[42] Darlington F.C.,[43] Stockport County F.C. as Heaton Norris Rovers[44]
1884	Derby County F.C.,[45] Leicester City F.C. as Leicester Fosse,[46] Lincoln City F.C.,[47] Tranmere Rovers F.C. as Belmont F.C.[48]
1885	Bury F.C.,[49] Luton Town F.C.,[50] Millwall F.C.,[51] Southampton F.C.[52]
1886	Arsenal F.C. as Dial Square,[53] Plymouth Argyle F.C.,[54] Shrewsbury Town F.C.[55]
1887	Barnsley F.C.,[56] Cheltenham Town F.C.,[57] Wycombe Wanderers F.C.[58]
1888	Walsall F.C.[59]
1889	Bath City F.C. as Bath A.F.C.,[60] Brentford F.C.,[61] Forest Green Rovers F.C.,[62] Milton Keynes Dons F.C. as Wimbledon Old Central F.C.[note 2],[63] Sheffield United F.C.[64]
1890	A.F.C. Bournemouth as Boscombe St. Johns[65]
1891	Accrington Stanley F.C.[66]
1892	Liverpool F.C.[67], Newcastle United F.C.[68]
1893	Gillingham F.C. as New Brompton F.C.[69], Oxford United F.C. as Headington United[70]
1894	Bristol City F.C. as Bristol South End F.C.[71] Stevenage F.C.[72]
1895	Oldham Athletic F.C. as Pine Villa[73], West Ham United F.C. as Thames Ironworks F.C.[74], Yeovil Town F.C. as Yeovil Casuals[75]
1896	Crawley Town F.C.[76]
1897	Mansfield Town F.C.[77], Northampton Town F.C.[78]
1898	Braintree Town F.C.[79], Portsmouth F.C.[80]
1899	Cardiff City F.C. as Riverside F.C.[81], Scunthorpe United F.C.[82], Torquay United F.C.[83]
1901	Barrow A.F.C.[84], Brighton and Hove Albion F.C.[85]
1903	Bradford City F.C.[86]
1904	Carlisle United F.C.[87], Exeter City F.C.[88], Hull City F.C.[89]
1905	Charlton Athletic F.C.[90], Chelsea F.C.[91], Crystal Palace F.C.[92]
1906	Southend United F.C.[93]
1907	Rochdale A.F.C.[94]
1908	Fleetwood Town F.C.[95], Hartlepool United F.C.[96], Huddersfield Town A.F.C.[97], York City F.C.[98]
1909	Cambridge United F.C.[99]
1912	Newport County A.F.C.[100], Swansea City F.C.[101]
1919	Leeds United A.F.C[note 3][102]
1920	Morecambe F.C.[103]
1924	Hereford United F.C.[104]
1926	Aldershot Town F.C.[105]
1930	Gateshead F.C. as Gateshead A.F.C.[106]
1932	Wigan Athletic F.C.[107]
1933	Tamworth F.C.[108]
1934	Peterborough United F.C.[109]
1946	Ebbsfleet United F.C. as Gravesend and Northfleet[110]
1950	Burton Albion F.C.[111]
1959	Alfreton Town F.C.[112]
1992	Dagenham and Redbridge F.C.[113]
2002	A.F.C. Wimbledon[114]
2007	Hayes & Yeading United F.C.[115]

Notes

1. ^ It is currently a disputed issue whether Chesterfield F.C. formed in 1866 or 1867 see http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10435~897585,00.html for more information.
2. ^ It is a point of dispute if Milton Keynes Dons F.C. can be classed as the same football club or whether they are a new club. See Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes
3. ^ Leeds United A.F.C could be said to be formed as Leeds City F.C. in 1904, but there is now another non league club playing under that name see http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/leedscityfc/a/history-9194.html and http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/leeds_city_history/index.php

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