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699:Lincoln City
651:Lincoln City
627:World War II
616:World War II
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1210:Switzerland
1133:Netherlands
330:were later
269:Durham City
173:with clubs
1577:Categories
1552:Montenegro
1525:Yugoslavia
1407:B Division
1173:Division A
1128:Montenegro
1113:Luxembourg
1093:Kazakhstan
956:Federation
935:Azerbaijan
796:References
459:Stoke City
435:Darlington
388:Champions
237:Darlington
151:(3 titles)
1545:Macedonia
1353:Southwest
1325:Rhineland
1108:Lithuania
723:Port Vale
663:Hull City
531:Hull City
495:Port Vale
315:joining.
265:Ashington
261:Southport
179:relegated
90:Promotion
1559:Slovenia
1475:Scotland
1447:Portugal
1393:Connacht
1332:Saarland
1195:Slovenia
1190:Slovakia
1180:Scotland
1158:Portugal
1068:Leinster
971:Bulgaria
906:football
779:See also
735:Barnsley
603:Barnsley
543:Barnsley
341:and the
305:Rochdale
228:and the
1538:Croatia
1517:Wrexham
1367:Central
1304:Bavaria
1291:Germany
1281:Finland
1246:England
1241:Belgium
1220:Ukraine
1163:Romania
1123:Moldova
1075:Munster
1057:Iceland
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1042:Germany
1037:Georgia
1027:Finland
1017:Estonia
1012:England
1007:Denmark
992:Bohemia
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930:Austria
925:Albania
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394:1921–22
273:Wrexham
257:Walsall
133:1957–58
54:England
51:Country
35:Founded
1422:Israel
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1382:Greece
1311:Berlin
1286:France
1234:Former
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1205:Sweden
1185:Serbia
1168:Russia
1153:Poland
1148:Norway
1103:Latvia
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