#1 Before the Premier League, it was the Football League
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The Premier League has been around for just 25 years since it kicked off on 15 August 1992. Considering England has been playing footballs for aeons, how do they have such a young league? Spain's La Liga has been around since 1929 and the Italian Serie A is well over a century old, so what is it that England did?
Before the Premier League was established as the first division of English football, they had what was known as the Football League which has been around since 1888! The Football League was designed as a pyramid, starting from the first to the fourth division where all professional football clubs participated based on their performance.
Aston Villa director, William McGregor took it upon himself to write to the heads of all the clubs and figure out a system where they could decide all their own fixtures and bring some semblance of order to the sport. Their first meeting was held the night before the FA Cup Final in March 2, 1888 and the Football League was subsequently formed and named as such the next month.
