The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the FA Premier League.

The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2004-2005 season. It replaced the Football League First Division. According to Deloitte's, in 2004-05 it was the richest non-top flight football division in the world, and the sixth richest division in Europe, after the top leagues in England, Italy, Germany, Spain and France, with combined club revenues of £306 million. First fall in Premiership wages, BBC News, 31 May 2006, reporting on Deloitte's review of football finance in 2004-05.

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There are 24 teams in the Football League Championship. Each team plays the other 23 twice (once at home, once away) and is awarded three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. From these points a league table is constructed. At the end of each season the top two teams, together with the winner of the play-offs between the teams which finished in 3rd-6th position, are promoted to the FA Premier League and are replaced by the three teams that finished at the bottom of that league. (One exception to this was in 1995, when the FA Premier League reduced its numbers to 20. In that year, only two teams were promoted, the top team, plus the winner of the play offs between places 2nd-5th.) Similarly the three teams which finished at the bottom of the Football League Championship are relegated to Football League One and are replaced by the teams which finished 1st, 2nd, and won the 3rd-6th place play-off in that division.

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I love yankees fans almost as much as ! love the yankees :) RT @ToureX: I'm not going to the Yankee championship parade. I'll go next year.
veganindigo (veganindigo) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:51:58 -0000
I love yankees fans almost as much as ! love the yankees :) RT @ToureX: I'm not going to the Yankee championship parade. I'll go next year.
Sam Kane's on deck with your World Championship Ice Racing tix on Licks @ 11 coming up on the Fox @ Work!
957TheFox (95.7 The Fox) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:16 -0000
Sam Kane's on deck with your World Championship Ice Racing tix on Licks @ 11 coming up on the Fox @ Work!
Baseball's Parity Problem: In the wake of the Yankees' 27th and most recent World Series championship two days .. http://bit.ly/FJy5n
BR_Yankees (Bleacher Report) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:00 -0000
Baseball's Parity Problem: In the wake of the Yankees' 27th and most recent World Series championship two days .. http://bit.ly/FJy5n
I'm not going to the Yankee championship parade. I'll go next year.
ToureX (Toure) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:49:47 -0000
I'm not going to the Yankee championship parade. I'll go next year.
My boy was gettin it in on stage @ the Championship parade
Giz81 (Getit Samuels) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:55 -0000
My boy was gettin it in on stage @ the Championship parade
loved seeing the yankees championship parade,unsure why A-Rod looked like a vintage rapper, then I saw he was accompanied by Jay Z UGHHHHHH
Magicwanda10 (Wanda LaRusso) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:55 -0000
loved seeing the yankees championship parade,unsure why A-Rod looked like a vintage rapper, then I saw he was accompanied by Jay Z UGHHHHHH

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