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Like any of us give a ****

 

I have another poser for Man Utd fans. Why don’t you support your local team?

 

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Lovely touch from Spurs manager Ange

 

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Just as I was about to type that west ham are losing at home to Bačka Topola 0 - 1 an own goal makes it 1 - 1 65ish mins gone. What makes it amusing is that Bačka Topola is a village in Serbia with a population of less then 15,000

 

And as quick as that its now 2 - 1

 

Interesting read
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/sep/21/orban-serbia-hungary-tsc-west-ham-europa-league

 

Match for elitists and no one else then.

 

Dick advocaat
Of ex sunderland manager fame
As a pundit on dutch tv last night

At half time az alkmaar were winning 3 nil and he said their bosnian opponents are a mockery of the competition and shouldnt be in europe

The bosnian team won 4-3

 

Link to Shelbourne v Cork if anyone's interested.

cdn.livetv706.me/webplayer.php?t=ifr&c=2219525&lang=en&eid=153577690&lid=2219525&ci=45&si=1

 

Just watched a pod cast with Lineaker , Shearer and Richards. Question came in “ which manager outside the Prem do you see going further in the future “ McKenna at Ipswich came up first then Liam R if given time was a future Prem manager.

 

Did they explain why Phil Brown never got the England job?

 

Yeah the FA didn’t like his shoes..

 

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I've had some time on my hands over the last day or so, so looked into this properly. Division Four was established in the 1958/59 season, since then 94 clubs have played in the fourth tier under its various names. Of those 94, 32 clubs have also played in Division One/Premier League since WW2.

In that time, there have been 58 players that have played for one club in all four divisions. The first five to achieve this played for Northampton Town in the 1965/66 season, the most recent were Pelly Mpanzu and Luke Berry at Luton Town this season (there are two more current Luton Town players, Dan Potts and James Shea, yet to make their PL debuts who would also qualify).

The teams with the most players on the list are Wimbledon (eight) and Swansea City (eleven).

As well as the four players who achieved this feat for the Tigers in 2008/09 season, there are four other players on the list with Hull City connections - Terry Dolan (achieved the feat at Huddersfield Town), Keith Edwards (at Sheffield United across two spells), Kevin Gage (at Wimbledon) and Glyn Hodges (also at Wimbledon).

 

Technically appearances were possible for one club in all four divisions prior to 58/59. Teams in the midlands could be moved between 3rd Div North and 3rd Div South, to even up the divisions after clubs were relegated from 2nd Div.

 

Coventry were the only club to have played in every division including Div3 North and South, First Division and PL as far as I know..

 

that's true, although the regional third divisions were equal, so there wasn't a way to ascend or descend three levels within the league.