Would be funny if Palace went down but I'd rather have them in the same league as us.
West Ham, Everton & Leeds out of that bunch.
West Ham, Everton & Leeds out of that bunch.
They have been promoted.Well my first choices would be Arsenal (let the entitled so-and-sos find out what it's like to have to try to get promoted - something they've never done) and Chelsea (how many reasons do you want!) - but that ain't going to happen, sadly.
Actually I don't mind Everton - or Dyche - at all, but as they've been in the top division for longer than I can remember, perhaps it would be good to see them with the biggest, most expensive stadium in the Championship. Same with West Ham - their massive tax-payer funded council house of a stadium would be funny in the 2nd. tier too.
So, Everton and West Ham for me - don't really care who the third one is. Oh, OK then - Leeds!
They have never won promotion. They were invited back to the 1st. division to take the place of Leeds City, who'd been kicked out for financial irregularities. Completely unsuspiciouslly, they then gave the the errant Leeds City manager a noce job managing ......... Arsenal.They have been promoted.
1. You said Arsenal had never been promoted, they have.They have never won promotion. They were invited back to the 1st. division to take the place of Leeds City, who'd been kicked out for financial irregularities. Completely unsuspiciouslly, they then gave the the errant Leeds City manager a noce job managing ......... Arsenal.
No, nothing funny at all ..................................
This.Everton , Leeds and palace .
I really hope so. Every animal should be dead before cooking it and serving it up as food.I’ll very much agree with the above, except it’s the term “tinpot” I don’t like to use. Nothing wrong with small struggling clubs, over the years I’ve been passionate for Peacehaven & Telscombe over the years, we fix holes in the ceiling with gaffer tape and the chilli we feed the away team post match is made from an animal that doesn’t exist anymore
Correct about Port Vale. Arsenal didn't win promotion though. They were invited to rejoin the first division, not from a promotion winning position. Shysters!1. You said Arsenal had never been promoted, they have.
2. I think it was Port Vale who took over from Leeds City.
3. Everything else is spot on.
They were invited at the expense of Spurs. The funny thing is the Arsenal chairman gave a speech on how they should be promoted instead of Spurs, Wolves (forget third team ) on why they should be promoted. His argument was that Arsenal had been in the league longer therefore should be promoted forgetting that Wolves ( and the third team i forget) had been in the league from the start.Correct about Port Vale. Arsenal didn't win promotion though. They were invited to rejoin the first division, not from a promotion winning position. Shysters!
Yeh, I've got a book on the history of the Football League too (the excellent Bryon Butler one) - and Arsenal still shouldn't have been 'promoted'! They didn't return to the 1st. division on merit - shysters! (as was Herbert Chapman!)They were invited at the expense of Spurs. The funny thing is the Arsenal chairman gave a speech on how they should be promoted instead of Spurs, Wolves (forget third team ) on why they should be promoted. His argument was that Arsenal had been in the league longer therefore should be promoted forgetting that Wolves ( and the third team i forget) had been in the league from the start.
I had an encyclopedia of English football as a kid that gave the league tables from the start and i could not work out why Arsenal who finished 5th went up and Spurs 4th did not so looked it up. Hard to do in the days of no internet.
Plymouth?If Southampton and Bournemouth go, that would mean Portsmouth weren't the only non top flight south coast team, which would be a shame.
Everton and Leeds for the lols, not sure after that. Bournemouth perhaps. Fed up with only getting about 1000 tickets because their ground is shit.