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League Championship

Great Britain · Sport / Football. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

23Records
1901–2005Date range
15Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1901

Tom Watson1901

Liverpool · Sport / Football

Guides Liverpool to the club's first Football League title.

1906

Tom Watson1906

Liverpool · Sport / Football

Leads Liverpool to another league championship.

1938

Edris Albert "Eddie" Hapgood1938

London · Sport / Football

Captain of the Arsenal League Championship winning team

1951

Bill Nicholson1951

Sport / Football

Part of the legendary "push and run" Tottenham team which won the league championship in the 1950-51 season

1954

John "Jock" Stein1954

Sport / Football

Captains Celtic to their first League championship since 1938

1966

Bill Shankly1966

Liverpool · Sport / Football

Guides Liverpool to another league title.

John "Jock" Stein1966

Sport / Football

Celtic are crowned Scottish champions for the first time since 1954

1968

Willie Carlin1968

Sport / Football

After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylors management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football)

Brian Clough1968

Sport / Football

After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylors management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football)

Dave Mackay1968

Sport / Football

After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylors management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football)

John "Jock" Stein1968

Glasgow · Sport / Football

Celtic win the League and League Cup for the third season in a row

Peter Taylor1968

Sport / Football

After signing Dave Mackay and Willie Carlin, Clough and Taylors management led Derby to become Champions of the Football League First Division (then the highest echelon of English football)

1969

John "Jack" Charlton1969

Sport / Football

Leeds finally get their hands on the League championship, with Charlton proving a rock at the back as the team lost just two games all season

John "Jock" Stein1969

Sport / Football

Celtic win another domestic treble, their second in three years

1970

John "Jock" Stein1970

Sport / Football

Stein leads Celtic to a League and League Cup double; they also finish runners-up in the Scottish Cup

1972

Brian Clough1972

Sport / Football

Derby win the League Campionship for the 1st time in their history

1973

Bill Shankly1973

Liverpool · Sport / Football

Leads Liverpool to the league title in the 1972-73 season.

1977

Joseph Kevin Keegan1977

Sport / Football

Keegan is instrumental in Liverpool's charge towards a double of League championship and European Cup

1978

Brian Clough1978

Sport / Football

Crowned champions of the First Division, finishing seven points clear of nearest challengers Liverpool. Clough becomes the first manager since Herbert Chapman to win the English Championship with two different clubs

1988

Glenn Hoddle1988

Sport / Football

Joins AS Monaco alongside George Weah and fellow Englishman Mark Hateley and immediately inspires the club to the 1988 Ligue 1 championship

1990

Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish1990

Liverpool · Sport / Football

Guides Liverpool to the club's eighteenth top-flight title.

1992

Alexander Chapman Ferguson1992

Sport / Football

Man Utd win the 1st League Championship since 1967

2005

Frank James Lampard2005

Sport / Football

Winner of the Premier League with Chelsea

Names involved

Alexander Chapman FergusonBill NicholsonBill ShanklyBrian CloughDave MackayEdris Albert "Eddie" HapgoodFrank James LampardGlenn HoddleJohn "Jack" CharltonJohn "Jock" SteinJoseph Kevin KeeganKenneth Mathieson DalglishPeter TaylorTom WatsonWillie Carlin

Provenance

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