Football League Clubs
Below are listed the member clubs of The Football League for the 2012–13 season. In total there have been 141 Football League members. Originally the bottom club(s) of the bottom division(s) had to seek reapplication each year, which was voted by all the other members. Clubs occasionally exploited this by banding together to vote a weaker team in. Walsall holds the record for the most reapplications for the Football League. Former Football League clubs include all 20 of the current members of the Premier League along with various relegated, removed or defunct clubs. Although the competition is primarily for English clubs, one of the sides competing in 2012–13 is from Wales—Cardiff City.
| Championship | League One | League Two |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | Bournemouth | Accrington Stanley |
| Birmingham City | Brentford | Aldershot Town |
| Blackburn Rovers | Bury | Barnet |
| Blackpool | Carlisle United | Bradford City |
| Bolton Wanderers | Colchester United | Bristol Rovers |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Coventry City | Burton Albion |
| Bristol City | Crawley Town | Cheltenham Town |
| Burnley | Crewe Alexandra | Chesterfield |
| Cardiff City | Doncaster Rovers | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| Charlton Athletic | Hartlepool United | Exeter City |
| Crystal Palace | Leyton Orient | Fleetwood Town |
| Derby County | Milton Keynes Dons | Gillingham |
| Huddersfield Town | Notts County | Morecambe |
| Hull City | Oldham Athletic | Northampton Town |
| Ipswich Town | Portsmouth | Oxford United |
| Leeds United | Preston North End | Plymouth Argyle |
| Leicester City | Scunthorpe United | Port Vale |
| Middlesbrough | Sheffield United | Rochdale |
| Millwall | Shrewsbury Town | Rotherham United |
| Nottingham Forest | Stevenage | Southend United |
| Peterborough United | Swindon Town | Torquay United |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Tranmere Rovers | Wimbledon |
| Watford | Walsall | Wycombe Wanderers |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Yeovil Town | York City |
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