Football League One

Football League One

Countries	England
Founded	2004 1992–2004 (as Division Two) 1958–1992 (as Division Three) 1921–1958 (as Division Three North/South) 1920–1921 (as Division Three)
Number of teams	24
Levels on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Championship
Relegation to	League Two
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup Football League Cup Football League Trophy
Current champions	Brighton & Hove Albion (2010–11)
TV partners	Sky Sports BBC (Highlights Only)
Website	Official website
2011–12 Football League One

Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Npower League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.

Football League One was introduced for the 2004–05 season. It was previously known as the Football League Second Division and prior to the advent of the Premier League, the Football League Third Division.

Structure

There are 24 clubs in Football League One. Each club plays every other club twice (once at home and once away). Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, goals scored, an aggregate of the results between two or more clubs (ranked using the previous three criteria) and, finally, a series of one or more play-off matches.

At the end of each season the top two clubs, together with the winner of the play-offs between the clubs which finished in 3rd–6th position, are promoted to Football League Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the bottom of that division.

Similarly, the four clubs that finished at the bottom of Football League One are relegated to Football League Two and are replaced by the top three clubs and the club that won the 4th–7th place play-offs in that division.

Media coverage

Sky Sports currently show live League One matches with highlights shown on BBC One on their programme called The Football League Show, which also broadcasts highlights of Football League Championship and Football League Two matches. The show is available on the red button the following Sunday until midday and is available on iPlayer all the following week. Highlights of all games in the Football League are also available to view separately on the BBC website. In Sweden, TV4 Sport has the rights of broadcasting from the league. A couple of league matches during the season of 09/10 including play-off matches and the play-off final to the Championship were shown.

Football League One clubs 2011–12

The following 24 clubs are competing in League One during the 2011–12 season.

Club	Finishing position last season
Bournemouth	6th
Brentford	11th
Bury	2nd promoted from League Two
Carlisle United	12th
Charlton Athletic	13th
Chesterfield	1st promoted from League Two
Colchester United	10th
Exeter City	8th
Hartlepool United	16th
Huddersfield Town	3rd
Leyton Orient	7th
Milton Keynes Dons	5th
Notts County	19th
Oldham Athletic	17th
Preston North End	22nd relegated from Championship
Rochdale	9th
Scunthorpe United	24th relegated from Championship
Sheffield United	23rd relegated from Championship
Sheffield Wednesday	15th
Stevenage	6th promoted via play-offs from League Two
Tranmere Rovers	18th
Walsall	20th
Wycombe Wanderers	3rd promoted from League Two
Yeovil Town	14th

Winners of Football League One

Season	Winner	Runner-Up	Promoted Play-Off Winner
2004–05	Luton Town	Hull City	Sheffield Wednesday
2005–06	Southend United	Colchester United	Barnsley
2006–07	Scunthorpe United	Bristol City	Blackpool
2007–08	Swansea City	Nottingham Forest	Doncaster Rovers
2008–09	Leicester City	Peterborough United	Scunthorpe United
2009–10	Norwich City	Leeds United	Millwall
2010–11	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southampton	Peterborough United.

For past winners at this level before 2004, see List of winners of English Football League One and predecessors.

Play-off results

Main article: Football League One play-offs

Season	Semifinal (1st Leg)	Semifinal (2nd Leg)	Final
2004–05	Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Brentford Hartlepool United 2–0 Tranmere Rovers	Brentford 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Hartlepool United (Hartlepool won 6–5 on penalties, AET)	Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 Hartlepool United AET
2005–06	Barnsley 0–1 Huddersfield Town Swansea City 1–1 Brentford	Huddersfield Town 1–3 Barnsley Brentford 0–2 Swansea City	Barnsley 2–2 Swansea City (Barnsley won 4–3 on penalties, AET)
2006–07	Yeovil Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic 1–2 Blackpool	Nottingham Forest 2–5 Yeovil Town AET Blackpool 3–1 Oldham Athletic	Blackpool 2–0 Yeovil Town
2007–08	Southend United 0–0 Doncaster Rovers Leeds United 1–2 Carlisle United	Doncaster Rovers 5–1 Southend United Carlisle United 0–2 Leeds United	Leeds United 0–1 Doncaster Rovers
2008–09	Scunthorpe United 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Millwall 1–0 Leeds United	Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Scunthorpe United (Scunthorpe won 7–6 on penalties, AET) Leeds United 1–1 Millwall	Scunthorpe United 3–2 Millwall
2009–10	Swindon Town 2–1 Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town 0–0 Millwall	Charlton Athletic 2–1 Swindon Town (Swindon won 5–4 on penalties, AET) Millwall 2–0 Huddersfield Town	Millwall 1–0 Swindon Town
2010–11	Bournemouth 1-1 Huddersfield Town Milton Keynes Dons 3-2 Peterborough United	Huddersfield Town 3-3 Bournemouth (Huddersfield won 4-2 on penalties, AET) Peterborough United 2-0 Milton Keynes Dons	Huddersfield Town 0-3 Peterborough United

Relegated teams

Season	Clubs
2004–05	Torquay United, Wrexham, Peterborough United, Stockport County
2005–06	Hartlepool United, Milton Keynes Dons, Swindon Town, Walsall
2006–07	Chesterfield, Bradford City, Rotherham United, Brentford
2007–08	Bournemouth, Gillingham, Port Vale, Luton Town
2008–09	Northampton Town, Crewe Alexandra, Cheltenham Town, Hereford United
2009–10	Stockport County, Wycombe Wanderers, Southend United, Gillingham
2010–11	Swindon Town, Plymouth Argyle, Bristol Rovers, Dagenham and Redbridge

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004–05	Stuart Elliott	Hull City	27
	Dean Windass	Bradford City
2005–06	Freddy Eastwood	Southend United	23
	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United
2006–07	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	30
2007–08	Jason Scotland	Swansea City	24
2008–09	Simon Cox	Swindon Town	29
	Rickie Lambert	Bristol Rovers
2009–10	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	31
2010–11	Craig Mackail-Smith	Peterborough United	27

Football League One stadiums 2010–11

Home Club	Stadium Name	Capacity
Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	39,812
Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111
Huddersfield Town	Galpharm Stadium	24,554
Milton Keynes Dons	stadium:mk	22,000
Notts County	Meadow Lane	21,300
Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	19,500
Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park	16,789
Carlisle United	Brunton Park1	16,980
Swindon Town	County Ground	15,728
Peterborough United	London Road	15,460
Brentford	Griffin Park1	12,763
Bristol Rovers	Memorial Stadium1	12,010
Walsall	Banks's Stadium	11,300
Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	10,624
Rochdale	Spotland	10,249
Colchester United	Colchester Community Stadium	10,000
AFC Bournemouth	Dean Court	9,600
Yeovil Town	Huish Park1	9,600
Leyton Orient	Brisbane Road	9,271
Brighton & Hove Albion	Withdean Stadium2	8,850
Exeter City	St. James Park1	8,830
Hartlepool United	Victoria Park1	7,691
Dagenham & Redbridge	Victoria Road1	6,078

¹This ground contains terracing

²Not a football-specific ground

Notes and references

See also

• 1920–21 (as Football League Division Three)
• 1921–22 & 1957–58 (as Football League Division Three North/South)
• 1958–59 & 1992–93 (as Football League Division Three)
• 1992–93 & 2003–04 (as Football League Division Two)

External links

• Football League One official site
• Football League One clubs' locations