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.

3 hours ago, Dimron said:

London Stadium will be a new ground.

Some of us haven’t forgotten the League Cup game there ☠️ 

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Any spares for Burnley? 

Burnley's a shithole, you should stay at home!

It's a shame that Spurs didn't come down, superleague my arse, & would have been a new ground but it's a consolation that world cup winners West Ham are down, the Essex tits with their wanky cross arms sign.

The downside is that it's an awful away ground now whereas Upton Park was one of the best.

1 hour ago, Spider said:

We’d need 14 players.

mid table is probably optimistic, playoffs borderline insane, 21st and above the result we all would take right now.

Hull went from stopping up on goal difference to going up via the play offs a season later whilst under a transfer embargo 

Cant be that hard 

 

Wrexham is the only new ground for me. Probably end up being first or last of the season just to make the scramble even worse.

4 hours ago, Spider said:

We’d need 14 players.

mid table is probably optimistic, playoffs borderline insane, 21st and above the result we all would take right now.

I wouldn't take 21st right now

consolidate and stay up of course yes, but hope not to see us in a relegation scrap of any type

with the manager, new players and board presumably ready to set up a level, definitely got some momentum to keep going

plenty teams in recent years done well after promotion - Sunderland, Ipswich, Sheff Utd, Luton - and Hull just showed there are other ways to get up than having lots of cash

 

Momentum with the right management and backing can go a long way. I (hope this won’t return to haunt me) am confident we will be better than 4th bottom. Cheeky cup run? Why not… we’re Bolton Wanderers; we’re never dull 

Teams who go up in this division tend to stay up. Remember someone will financially implode like they do every season. Nothing to fear

Some quality in that league.I had a laugh at a comment from a Middlesbrough fan on social media on Sunday night congratulating Bolton and asking if the Sweet Green Tavern was still open.MIami will remember that one.It must be pre war since Bolton, West Ham and Millwall were in the same league.Lets see who's taking liberties on each others manors

14 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

Some quality in that league.I had a laugh at a comment from a Middlesbrough fan on social media on Sunday night congratulating Bolton and asking if the Sweet Green Tavern was still open.MIami will remember that one.It must be pre war since Bolton, West Ham and Millwall were in the same league.Lets see who's taking liberties on each others manors

Remember the league cup 1/4 final down at Upton Park… we were in the Boleyn pub at 5pm the West Ham lads rocked up later spat there dummies out said we were taking liberties, no aggro just a row of 3 vans with slashed tyres after the match… was a tad unfriendly in the ground, no segregation and sat on seat over aisle were 2 Frank Bruno lookalikes… kept my celebrations down to a bare minimum. 

 

 

21 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Remember the league cup 1/4 final down at Upton Park… we were in the Boleyn pub at 5pm the West Ham lads rocked up later spat there dummies out said we were taking liberties, no aggro just a row of 3 vans with slashed tyres after the match… was a tad unfriendly in the ground, no segregation and sat on seat over aisle were 2 Frank Bruno lookalikes… kept my celebrations down to a bare minimum. 

 

 

I remember getting spat at when Super John scored a pen

46 minutes ago, tomski said:

Remember someone will financially implode like they do every season. Nothing to fear

from what I read on that forum the other night, Blackburn seem to think it might be them next

1 minute ago, Zico said:

from what I read on that forum the other night, Blackburn seem to think it might be them next

They’ve been doing this for the last 15 years! 😂

Out of all the fixtures, this is the one I’m most looking forward to.

3 minutes ago, desperado said:

They’ve been doing this for the last 15 years! 😂

Out of all the fixtures, this is the one I’m most looking forward to.

What I’d give to see Blackburn away first game of the season. Sun out, 7k Bolton fans, we’re on a full upper whilst they’re exactly the opposite - start next season where we left off this one.

9 hours ago, Traf said:

Burnley's a shithole, you should stay at home!

It really is a shit hole Burnley. It's like the like the land that time forgot. Done Burnley many times and really not arsed if I don't get a ticket for that one.

37 minutes ago, Zico said:

from what I read on that forum the other night, Blackburn seem to think it might be them next

Re-sign Dapo?

48 minutes ago, Arrested development said:

It really is a shit hole Burnley. It's like the like the land that time forgot. Done Burnley many times and really not arsed if I don't get a ticket for that one.

It’s like Bolton. Fucking rank in the built up areas but some of the countryside as you drive beyond the fringes is the best in England.

24 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Re-sign Dapo?

nah, been and gone

1 hour ago, Zico said:

from what I read on that forum the other night, Blackburn seem to think it might be them next

Fingers crossed

20 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Can make plans safe in the knowledge the weekends are free!

Also got that new 2 weekend break thing starting next season in September/October.

No going out of the FA Cup in round one, or even round two.

39 minutes ago, burnden said:

Some nice little clusters there, but fuck Norwich.

24 minutes ago, Traf said:

Some nice little clusters there, but fuck Norwich.

Was just thinking 

the same 

29 minutes ago, Traf said:

Some nice little clusters there, but fuck Norwich.

Swansea will take some persuasion 

Done Sheff Utd and Derby far too many times but usually a good day out 

13 hours ago, jmjhb said:

Don't know, it feels different this time. Last time was a brief respite from a decade of diminishing returns, we spent nothing and stayed up.

I was just too young for the Rioch era but I'm guessing it feels similar to that; certainly I would equate it to when we went up in the Big Sam era.

Not disagreeing, but the first two seasons up there were nailbiters.

The Rioch era was proper build up days with very good players being joined by others & a steady climb. It does have that potential.

Trouble is, & these are easy words to say, I don’t like the Premiership & have little desire to go for it.