List of football clubs in England and Wales by year formed
List of football clubs in English football league system, as of the 2016–17 season, who are playing in the top four divisions of English football.
| Year | Club(s) |
| 1862 | Notts County (Oldest club in the current Football League) |
| 1863 | Stoke City |
| 1865 | Nottingham Forest |
| 1867 | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1871 | Reading |
| 1874 | Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers |
| 1875 | Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers |
| 1876 | Middlesbrough, Port Vale |
| 1877 | Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra, Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1878 | Everton, Grimsby Town, Ipswich Town, Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion |
| 1879 | Doncaster Rovers, Fulham, Sunderland, Swindon Town |
| 1880 | Manchester City, Preston North End |
| 1881 | Leyton Orient, Watford |
| 1882 | Burnley, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1883 | Bristol Rovers, Coventry City |
| 1884 | Derby County, Leicester City |
| 1885 | Bury, Luton Town, Millwall, Southampton |
| 1886 | Arsenal, Plymouth Argyle, Shrewsbury Town |
| 1887 | Barnsley, Cheltenham Town, Wycombe Wanderers |
| 1888 | Barnet, Walsall |
| 1889 | Brentford, Sheffield United |
| 1892 | Liverpool, Newcastle United |
| 1893 | Gillingham, Oxford United |
| 1895 | Oldham Athletic, West Ham United, Yeovil Town |
| 1896 | Crawley Town |
| 1897 | Bristol City, Mansfield Town, Northampton Town |
| 1898 | Portsmouth |
| 1899 | Bournemouth, Cardiff City, Scunthorpe United |
| 1901 | Brighton & Hove Albion, Exeter City |
| 1902 | Norwich City |
| 1903 | Bradford City |
| 1904 | Carlisle United, Hull City |
| 1905 | Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Crystal Palace |
| 1906 | Southend United |
| 1907 | Rochdale |
| 1908 | Fleetwood Town, Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town |
| 1912 | Cambridge United, Newport County, Swansea City |
| 1919 | Chesterfield, Leeds United |
| 1920 | Morecambe |
| 1925 | Rotherham United |
| 1932 | Wigan Athletic |
| 1934 | Peterborough United |
| 1937 | Colchester United |
| 1950 | Burton Albion |
| 1968 | Accrington Stanley |
| 1976 | Stevenage |
| 2002 | Wimbledon |
| 2004 | MK Dons (Youngest club in the current Football League) |
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