List of winners of English Football League One and predecessors

A national third tier of English league football was established in 1959, as the Third Division. This followed on from the regional third tier that had been established in the south in 1920 and the north in 1921. In 1992, with the departure of the First Division clubs to become the Premier League, the third tier became known as the Second Division. Since 2004 it has been known as Football League One.

Football League Third Division (1920-1921)

Season	Winner!Runner-Up (not promoted)
1920-21>Crystal Palace\|Southampton

Football League Third Division South/Football League Third Division North (1921-1958)

Season	North		South
	Winner	Runner-Up (not promoted)	Winner!Runner-Up (not promoted)
1921-22	Stockport County	Darlington	Southampton	Plymouth Argyle
1922-23	Nelson	Bradford Park Avenue	Bristol City	Plymouth Argyle
1923-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale	Portsmouth	Plymouth Argyle
1924-25	Darlington	Nelson	Swansea City	Plymouth Argyle
1925-26	Grimsby Town	Bradford Park Avenue	Reading	Plymouth Argyle
1926-27	Stoke City	Rochdale	Bristol City	Plymouth Argyle
1927-28	Bradford Park Avenue	Lincoln City	Millwall F.C.	Northampton Town
1928-29	Bradford City	Stockport County	Charlton Athletic	Crystal Palace
1929-30	Port Vale	Stockport County	Plymouth Argyle	Brentford
1930-31	Chesterfield	Lincoln City	Notts County	Crystal Palace
1931-32	Lincoln City	Gateshead	Fulham	Reading
1932-33	Hull City	Wrexham	Brentford	Exeter City
1933-34	Barnsley	Chesterfield	Norwich City	Coventry City F.C.
1934-35	Doncaster Rovers	Halifax Town	Charlton Athletic	Reading
1935-36	Chesterfield	Chester City	Coventry City	Luton Town
1936-37	Stockport County	Lincoln City	Luton Town	Notts County
1937-38	Tranmere Rovers	Doncaster Rovers	Millwall	Bristol City
1938-39	Barnsley	Doncaster Rovers	Newport County	Crystal Palace
1939-40	Competition abandoned due to World War II
1940-41	No competition due to World War II
1941-42	No competition due to World War II
1942-43	No competition due to World War II
1943-44	No competition due to World War II
1944-45	No competition due to World War II
1945-46	No competition due to World War II
1946-47	Doncaster Rovers	Rotherham United	Cardiff City	Queens Park Rangers
1947-48	Lincoln City	Rotherham United	Queens Park Rangers	AFC Bournemouth
1948-49	Hull City	Rotherham United	Swansea	Reading
1949-50	Doncaster Rovers	Gateshead	Notts County	Northampton Town
1950-51	Rotherham United	Mansfield Town	Nottingham Forest	Norwich City
1951-52	Lincoln City	Grimsby Town	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
1952-53	Oldham Athletic	Port Vale	Bristol Rovers	Millwall
1953-54	Port Vale	Barnsley	Ipswich Town	Brighton and Hove Albion
1954-55	Barnsley	Accrington Stanley	Bristol City	Leyton Orient
1955-56	Grimsby Town	Derby County	Leyton Orient	Brighton Hove & Albion
1956-57	Derby County	Hartlepool United	Ipswich Town	Torquay United
1957-58	Scunthorpe United	Accrington Stanley	Brighton Hove & Albion	Brentford United

Football League Third Division (1958-1992)

Season	Winner
1958-59	Plymouth Argyle
1959-60	Southampton
1960-61	Bury
1961-62	Portsmouth
1962-63	Northampton Town
1963-64	Coventry City
1964-65	Carlisle United
1965-66	Hull City
1966-67	Queens Park Rangers
1967-68	Oxford United
1968-69	Watford
1969-70	Leyton Orient
1970-71	Preston North End
1971-72	Aston Villa
1972-73	Bolton Wanderers
1973-74	Oldham Athletic
1974-75	Blackburn Rovers
1975-76	Hereford United
1976-77	Mansfield Town
1977-78	Wrexham
1978-79	Shrewsbury Town
1979-80	Grimsby Town
1980-81	Rotherham United
1981-82	Burnley
1982-83	Portsmouth
1983-84	Oxford United
1984-85	Bradford City
1985-86	Reading
1986-87	A.F.C. Bournemouth
1987-88	Sunderland
1988-89	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1989-90	Bristol Rovers
1990-91	Cambridge United
1991-92	Brentford

Football League Second Division (1992-2004)

Season	Winner
1992-93	Stoke City
1993-94	Reading
1994-95	Birmingham City
1995-96	Swindon Town
1996-97	Bury
1997-98	Watford
1998-99	Fulham
1999-00	Preston North End
2000-01	Millwall
2001-02	Brighton & Hove Albion
2002-03	Wigan Athletic
2003-04	Plymouth Argyle

Football League One (2004-)