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1. What was the lowest margin the Football League was ever won by?
2. Who were the first team to win three titles in one decade?
3. Which two teams were the first to win a 'cross-double' - that is, one team won the League but were runners-up in the FA Cup, and the other team won the FA Cup but came second in the League.
4. Who won the first league title?
5. Which club were the first, and so far the only, team to win the F.A. Cup at non-league level, and for a bonus point, at which round did they lose the next season?
6. Which club was the first to win the F.A. Cup and play all their games in London?
7. Which club played in the League from the end of the Great War until the early 60's and never made it into the First Division? (This club had two names over this period, you only need one.)
8. How many teams made up the first ever Football League?
9. Which team were the first to win the League three times in a row?
10. Which club retained the league title for the duration of World War 1 AND World War 2 due to suspension of the league?
11. Which club have won the most League titles?
12. Which Scotsman was the main character in the founding of the League?
13. Which club, from 1921 to 1992, played in Division Four every season but four?
14. Which team holds the record number of relegations [11]?
15. Which team were promoted from Division Four up to Division One... and then back down again - in one decade?
16. No team has won all 6 league titles: Div 1, 2, 3, 4, 3N and 3S, but which is the only club to have won five of them?
17. When did the Football League change from 2 up/down to 3 up/down?
18. Which club were top of the league when football was suspended due to World War 2?
Hardest question in the quiz ALERT!!
19. What was the largest win in the Football League in the first season, and who was involved?
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