RANK

CLUB

COUNTRY

YEAR

1

Sheffield FC

England

1857

2

Hallam

England

1860

3

Notts County

England

1862

4

Stoke City

England

1863

5

Royal Engineers

England

1863

6

Brigg Town

England

1864

7

Wrexham

Wales

1864

8

Nottingham Forest

England

1965

9

Cambridge University AFC

England

1866

10

Chesterfield

England

1867

11

Queen’s Park

Scotland

1867

12

Sheffield Wednesday

England

1867

13

Kilmarnock

Scotland

1869

14

Abingdon Town

England

1870

15

Maidenhead United

England

1870

16

Marlow

England

1870

17

Stranraer

Scotland

1870

18

Old Etonians

England

1871

19

Oxford University AFC

England

1871

20

Reading

England

1871

21

Southall

England

1871

22

Uxbridge

England

1871

23

Dumbarton

Scotland

1872

24

Rangers

Scotland

1872

25

Arthurlie

Scotland

1874

26

Aston Villa

England

1874

27

Bolton Wanderers

England

1874

28

Grantham Town

England

1874

29

Greenock Morton

Scotland

1874

30

Hamilton Academical

Scotland

1874

31

Heart of Midlothian

Scotland

1874

32

Birmingham City

England

1875

33

Hibernian

Scotland

1875

34

Newtown AFC

Wales

1875

35

Chirk AAA

Wales

1876

36

Falkirk

Scotland

1876

37

Kjøbenhavens Boldklubb

Denmark

1876

38

Middlesbrough

England

1876

39

Old Carthusians

England

1876

40

Partick Thistle

Scotland

1876

41

Romford

England

1876

42

Clyde

Scotland

1877

43

St Mirren

Scotland

1877

44

Wolverhampton Wanderers

England

1877

45

Alloa Athletic

Scotland

1878

46

Everton

England

1878

47

Grimsby Town

England

1878

48

Ipswich Town

England

1878

49

Manchester United

England

1878

50

Royal Albert

Scotland

1878