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Could you not re-do the football league and have an up to date version of the old format. Have a Southern League and a northern league and play each other 4 times?
Would you miss trips to Middlesboro, Blackburn and Preston or any on those northern places? Would this be better for the environment and costs to fans and clubs or is it far too radical and dull? Any particular reason this system was abolished in the late 50s?
The Third North & South was scrapped purely because the economic reasons for introducing the regionalised divisions in the 20s was less apparent by the boom years (in economic terms) of the late 50s.
I have a better idea, scrap promotion to the PL, let the six or so clubs in the championship join the PL so they can have two divisions, introduce a sensible salary cap for the rest of us and play in a competition on a level playing field.
Just an Idea — Football League format. on 14:59 - Feb 3 by CamberleyR
The Third North & South was scrapped purely because the economic reasons for introducing the regionalised divisions in the 20s was less apparent by the boom years (in economic terms) of the late 50s.
Road building and better transport - both vehicles and infrastructure - must also have had a part to play?
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Just an Idea — Football League format. on 17:17 - Feb 3 with 1986 views
Just an Idea — Football League format. on 16:24 - Feb 3 by loftboy
I have a better idea, scrap promotion to the PL, let the six or so clubs in the championship join the PL so they can have two divisions, introduce a sensible salary cap for the rest of us and play in a competition on a level playing field.
Who are "the six or so clubs"
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Just an Idea — Football League format. on 17:24 - Feb 3 with 1967 views
Just an Idea — Football League format. on 17:17 - Feb 3 by QPR_John
Who are "the six or so clubs"
The ones that are breaking the bank to get to th eland it milk and honey, it wasn’t a precise guess but I would say Leeds WBA Forest Derby Wednesday Possibly Stoke
Controversial I know but I can’t see any of those clubs accepting not getting the chance to play in the PL. or would they comply with a salary cap. Alternitaly promote those that finished top 6 but offer the clubs a chance to stay and offer their place to the next highest. Not going to happen in a million years but hey ho
Just an Idea — Football League format. on 17:24 - Feb 3 by loftboy
The ones that are breaking the bank to get to th eland it milk and honey, it wasn’t a precise guess but I would say Leeds WBA Forest Derby Wednesday Possibly Stoke
Controversial I know but I can’t see any of those clubs accepting not getting the chance to play in the PL. or would they comply with a salary cap. Alternitaly promote those that finished top 6 but offer the clubs a chance to stay and offer their place to the next highest. Not going to happen in a million years but hey ho
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What if Stoke go down? Would you give them special dispensation and have them raised from League One to the Premier League?
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Just an Idea — Football League format. on 18:27 - Feb 3 with 1920 views
Though the total miles travelled goes down it will go up for some clubs near the divide. Think they had this issue in the Conference N/S where it just so happened teams in Essex or something ended up being North due to the spread of teams.
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Just an Idea — Football League format. on 19:51 - Feb 3 with 1790 views
I can see this for leagues 1 and 2, make the championship a PL2, 2 up auto and one thru p/offs and 3 down. make the league cup for league teams ( no PL sides)
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Just an Idea — Football League format. on 20:28 - Feb 3 with 1761 views
The problem before was when a Southern team went up and a Northern team went down and vice versa ( not the gay Italian) the following year. A Midlands club was changing division every year.
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Just an Idea — Football League format. on 20:47 - Feb 3 with 1714 views
Just an Idea — Football League format. on 19:46 - Feb 3 by daveB
how does promotion work with this? Champions go up and playoff winners of North and South meet?
It's a nice idea but think it's a bit of a non starter
I think you'd go top team from North and South go up automatic and then 2nd in North play third in South and vice versa in play-off semi finals with the winners meeting at Wembley in the final.
I get the Midlands teams might be worse off traveling south but with HS2 in a few years, no probs.
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Just an Idea — Football League format. on 11:20 - Feb 4 with 1487 views
It's a nice idea in theory but it doesn't really address the issue of the Championship being a real slog, you're still only playing two fewer games than you do now even though you'd be travelling less for away games. In an ideal world the Championship would be playing 38 games in a twenty team division or at a push the old 42 games with twenty two teams.
A shorter season with fewer teams in the division than currently would eliminate nearly all those long midweek away trips which I'm sure the players hate. Not sure how this would be achieved though without reducing the 72 teams currently in the football league. Maybe increase the number and have four divisions of twenty by introducing eight teams from the National League?
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