mlfc Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11453267/Which-is-Englands-greatest-footballing-city.html Interesting article - all subjective of course - and Sheffield does better than I expected #3 for pre-war #6 overall #18 when adjusted for population Always above Leeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potlegs Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 A very interesting article - well written and not pretending to be scientific/factual given the variables that can come into such a 'table' , thanks for sharing mlfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheff71 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Interesting piece, but their weighting system hits the Sheffield clubs at the peak of their powers, pre-1945. I think the total of League Trophies is wrong (we had one, and i'm sure the owls had 4?, but their total was 4), and by not including top flight seasons before 1945, the blades didn't leave the top flight until around 1933, and the owls were regularly up there too. Would've been interesting to see if we were a little higher if they were rated equally. The fact they chose to double the values from 1992, just as Man Utd entered their great period, suggests they wanted Manchester to finish higher than Liverpool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 That was an interesting read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 The other thing they've done to ensure Manchester ends higher is take the council population, rather than the municipal area that they were talking about earlier. Going by that rule Manchester United should be in Salford... Pretty arbitrary these sorts of tables, only one real football city in the UK and that is Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSiSi Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Why did they double after '92? Is it something to do with the start of the Premier League, or did that start earlier? My memory fails me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 it is the PL SiSiSi, like I said, arbitrary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMan Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Surely Manchester should be docked points as most of their fans come from population of London don't they? ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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