Of the 12 founding members of the Football League 8 will be in the Championship for 2026-27.

Only the original big city clubs of Aston Villa and Everton remain in the Premier League.

No founder members in League One, but Notts County and the reformed Accrington in League Two.

All the Championship clubs were in the Football League in 1926-27, and here are their positions in that season.

Division- position club:

1-4 Bolton Wanderers, 1-5 Burnley, 1-6 West Ham United,, 1-8 Sheffield United, 1-12 Derby County, 1-14 Cardiff City, 1-17Birmingham City, 1-18 Blackburn Rovers, 1-22 West Bromwich Albion, 2-1 Middlesbrough, 2-2 Portsmouth, 2-6 Preston North End, 2-12 Swansea Town (now City), 2-13 Southampton, 2-15 Wolverhampton Wanderers, 3S-1 Bristol City, 3N-1 Stoke City, 3S-3 Millwall, 3N-11 Lincoln City, 3S-13 Charlton Athletic, 3N-13 Wrexham, 3S-14 Queens Park Rangers, 3S-16 Norwich City, 3S-21 Watford.

On 30/07/2026 at 17:23, L/H White said:

That's made me ill thanks

Relegate us ffs

Tuesday 8 September 2026, Bolton Wanderers v West Ham United, 8pm, live on Sky Sports Football

Will WHUFC John appear on here this season?

Don’t interpret this as we are ok as we are, definitely not. It would be naive to suggest we are close to a side that can comfortably compete in the Championship.

We are all desperate to see who these incomings will be, that can propel us forward.

However, talk of us being no better in any area is also wide of the mark. There is still plenty to be positive about and which wasn’t in place this time last year.

• FH and SS are another year along the line of building us up to compete at a higher level.

• The defensive line has been re-shaped. Early signs are good. We’ve addressed the area that was a weakness last year.

• They’ve also consistently been playing together in pre-season, building relationships and partnerships.

• Compared to blooding a questionable U-21, we have an experienced keeper who has played at this level before.

• Rodrigues is a massive plus. A proper pre-season behind him and one where he has excelled and looks like he can be our creative impetus this season.

• We’ve got added Investment into the club.

• There’s a confidence among the players and squad, now that they have a promotion behind them, and a belief that they can prove themselves as Championship players.

• We are in the Championship, and competing, in our mini-league against sides who potentially, could be facing bigger problems than us.

Still a way to go, but it’s a good foundation from which to continue to build on for our 26-27 season in the Championship.

Wasn't aware itv had games

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

Wasn't aware itv had games

Had some last season

Watched a bit of Boro v Millwall

Did have a hangover though and couldn't be arsed moving

Millwall v West Ham Southampton v Portsmouth Burnley v Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City v West Ham

Could call it "The big fight night".

Boro v Southampton, West Bro v Wolves, Wolves v Stoke, Swansea v Cardiff still to be arranged.

Looking at matches switched for Sky, we do seem to have come off badly in terms of the number of games moved, pre-Jan. I'm not including West Ham etc which were midweek anyway and we aren't inconvenienced by having it on TV. But games rearranged from a normal 3pm KO, for TV.

5 homes (compared to 1 each for Blackburn and QPR). Only Sheff U got more (6).

We have 7 in total, compared to 4 for Bristol, Pompey, QPR, Swansea. The most is 8 - Boro, Sheff U and Wolves.

We got away with only 2 aways switched (some have 5) but 3 teams including Burnley only 1.

We should expect a lot of Saturday 3pm home games in 2027 to redress the balance.

Edited August 4Aug 4 by Johnnyrotten