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On April 17th 1888 at “The Royal Hotel” in Manchester, 'The Football League' was founded. The first format was one Division containing twelve clubs. The Current format is four Divisions containing a total of ninety-two clubs. In the history of the football league there have been one-hundred-thirty-three different league clubs. Up to the end of Season 2005-06, between them they had played, 170,088 fixtures, (including expunged results, Season 1939-40, test matches and play-offs), scoring a total of 502,377 goals, (that is 311,078 by the home side and 191,299 by the away side). Further details of the development of the leagues over the years are to be found in:-
The History Of English Football.