The Football league first division 1892-1992 was the top flight in english football it fist began i 1888 when Aston Villa director Charlie Fossey decide to creat a compitition were the best teams in the country could play each other and the one team with the most wins was the best team in england. It originally consisted of a single division of 12 clubs (Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke (now Stoke City), West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers) , simply known as The Football League. When the League admitted additional members from the rival Football Alliance in 1892, it was split into two divisions; the original League was expanded (the two best Alliance members joining) and renamed