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 Championship

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!Season
!Winner
!Runner-Up*
!Playoff Winner
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|1892-93||Birmingham City||Sheffield United
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|1893-94||Liverpool||Birmingham City
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|1894-95||Bury||Notts County
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|1895-96||Liverpool (2)||Manchester City
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|1896-97||Notts County||Manchester United
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|1897-98||Burnley||Newcastle United
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|1898-99||Manchester City||Glossop North End
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|1899-1900||Sheffield Wednesday||Bolton Wanderers
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|1900-01||Grimsby Town||Birmingham City
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|1901-02||West Bromwich Albion||Middlesbrough
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|1902-03||Manchester City (2)||Birmingham City
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|1903-04||Preston North End||Arsenal
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|1904-05||Liverpool (3)||Bolton Wanderers
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|1905-06||Bristol City||Man United
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|1906-07||Nottingham Forest||Chelsea
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|1907-08||Bradford City||Leicester City
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|1908-09||Bolton Wanderers||Tottenham Hotspur
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|1909-10||Manchester City (3)||Oldham Athletic
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|1910-11||West Bromwich Albion (2)||Bolton Wanderers
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|1911-12||Derby County||Chelsea
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|1912-13||Preston North End (2)||Burnley
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|1913-14||Notts County (2)||Bradford Park Avenue
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|1914-15||Derby County (2)||Preston North End
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|1915-19||League suspended due to World War I
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|1919-20||Tottenham Hotspur||Huddersfield Town
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|1920-21||Birmingham City (2)||Cardiff City
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|1921-22||Nottingham Forest (2)||Stoke City
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|1922-23||Notts County (3)||West Ham United
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|1923-24||Leeds United||Bury
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|1924-25||Leicester City||Manchester United
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|1925-26||Sheffield Wednesday (2)||Derby County
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|1926-27||Middlesbrough||Portsmouth
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|1927-28||Manchester City (4)||Leeds United
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|1928-29||Middlesbrough (2)||Grimsby Town
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|1929-30||Blackpool||Chelsea
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|1930-31||Everton||West Bromwich Albion
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|1931-32||Wolverhampton Wanderers||Leeds United
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|1932-33||Stoke City||Tottenham Hotspur
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|1933-34||Grimsby Town (2)||Preston North End
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|1934-35||Brentford||Bolton Wanderers
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|1935-36||Manchester United||Charlton Athletic
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