As our stay in the PL lengthens I'm beginning to warm to the whole concept of 'football was invented in 1992'. It makes our top-flight record better (37th as opposed to 47th if we go back to 1888), and if Palace get relegated soon it will be easier for us to catch them!I'm so glad football was invented in 1992. What did we do without it ?
Interestingly although the PL was invented in 1992 and the common belief is that it's much harder to get into than the old 1st division, 50 clubs have been in the PL at some stage. If we go back to the real birth of the top division (1888/89) the number of clubs who have been in the top flight between 1888 and 2023 is only 65, i.e. only 15 different names in nearly a 100 years. I thought the difference would be much higher.