st.cronin Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 If this is posted in the wrong forum, please move it. I am trying to compile a list of teams such as Pro Vercelli, Morton, Stade Riems - fallen "semi-giants," so to speak. All three of those teams spent some time as a power in their top division, but today is lounging in obscurity far from the top. I am especially looking for some examples in South America and Mexico. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartans5 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 What do you plan on doing with these teams? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
st.cronin Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Restore them to their rightful place in the football universe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rudd Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I believe the first European champions to fall to their country's third tier were Nottingham Forest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwhitearmy Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Leeds were good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 When were Morton any good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wegason Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Ahem, The Fallen Giant Challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Ahem,The Fallen Giant Challenge Haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 You'll want to have a look on Wikipedia. Look at the past league and cup winners lists of those countries, particularly in earlier years, and see which of them you don't recognise, and so check out if they're still exisitng in the lower divisions today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRM2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 In Belgium: Union SG They still hold the third most championship titles an used to get decent results in international tournaments (pre WWI, WWII). I guess you could find a whole bunch of clubs in the former USSR / DDR (Carl-Zeiss Jena) / ... that couldn't cope with capitalism (or without state-sponsorship) and have declined since the fall of the iron curtain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Bear Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Best English examples are probably Preston North End and Huddersfield Town - the former the first double winners, the latter the first team to win three league titles in a row. In Germany, Rot Weiss Essen are former league winners (and a big city club) who've been nowhere near the top for decades. Dynamo Berlin are probably the most extreme example of the phenomenon CRM2009 mentions, along with Dukla Prague in the Czech Republic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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