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The English Football League One, known as Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes or simply League One is a professional football league in England. EFL One is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third-tier overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League and the EFL Championship and is contested by 24 clubs.
The 2024–25 EFL League One, (referred to as the Sky Bet League One due to sponsorship reasons), is the 21st season of the EFL League One under its current title, and the 33rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 9 August 2024, and will end in May 2025.
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League.
A 2020 study by broadcaster Sky Sports showed the average reign for departing managers in the 2019–20 season was an all-time low of 423 days. [1] Simon Weaver is currently the longest-serving manager in the top four divisions, [ 2 ] having managed Harrogate Town since May 2009, though eleven of those years were outside the EFL.
As a result at the top is the single division of the Premier League (level 1, which is often referred to as the "top flight"), containing 20 clubs. Below the Premier League is the English Football League (EFL) (formerly 'the Football League'), which is divided into three divisions of 24 clubs each: The Championship (level 2), League One (level ...
The 2020–21 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of Football League One under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format.
Several League Cup ties and the First Division match between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday were screened live on Pay-TV, available only in Westminster and Sheffield, in the 1966-67 season. Television coverage was threatened in 1983 by a bid from Telejector, to screen live League football exclusively in pubs, bars and clubs.
In 1993, the Premier League was formed, [22] a move which caused the third-tier league to be renamed as the Second Division. [23] In 2004, the Second Division was re-branded as Football League One, [24] before the League's adoption of English Football League (EFL) led to a 2016 renaming as the EFL League One. [25]