The original league saw twelve teams become the founding members of the Football League in 1888–89: Accrington, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Everton, Preston North End, Aston Villa, Derby County, Notts County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
[1] Three of the teams (Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Aston Villa) also played in the first Premier League season in 1992–93, but Notts County missed out, finishing in the relegation zone in 1991–92.
[4] Nine clubs have reached double figures of league titles, with Liverpool and Manchester United leading the chasing pack.
[5] Luton Town have technically also won four different divisions, albeit one of these was the National League (the first tier of English non-league football) in 2014.
Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United in 1898, Bury and Notts County in 1905 and Chelsea (alongside Arsenal) in 1919 were also elected to the top flight.
[8] Arsenal, still to this day, have the unenviable record as being the only club who have never earned their place in the top flight, through their league position, after being elected in the 1919–20 season.
[9] Holding the record of continuous seasons, Arsenal are some way ahead of other clubs who have suffered relegation.
Tottenham Hotspur also spent a season in the Second Division; similarly to Manchester United, it is the only time they have been outside the top flight since 1950.
The 1998–99 season saw Manchester City earn promotion from Division 2 (currently known as League One), after winning a penalty shootout against Gillingham in the play-off final.
Manchester United went 41 years without the top title, but that time period includes two world wars, with eleven seasons lost.
Arsenal, meanwhile, are currently in their longest period without a league title since first becoming English champions in 1931, with their last triumph coming in 2004.
These tables list the clubs that have won honours an English record number of times.