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| | The Football Association Leagues |
 | | On April 17th 1888 at “The Royal Hotel” in Manchester, 'The Football League' was founded. |
 | | In the history of the football league there have been one-hundred-thirty-one different league clubs. |
 | | Up to the end of Season 2004-05, between them they had played, 168,052 fixtures, (including expunged results, Season 1939-40, test matches and play-offs), scoring a total of 497,316 goals, (that is 308,191 by the home side and 189,125 by the away side). |
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