Conman14 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Me and some mates fancy doing a FM challenge where we take a club in a city who haven't got, or indeed never have had, a Football League team. So I need some ideas as to cities we could choose from. Some ideas I've had include Salford, Wakefield and Poole. Dudley is one too I believe... Any more ideas would be great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerhgrrrrrr Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Me and some mates fancy doing a FM challenge where we take a club in a city who haven't got, or indeed never have had, a Football League team. So I need some ideas as to cities we could choose from.Some ideas I've had include Salford, Wakefield and Poole. Dudley is one too I believe... Any more ideas would be great I would like to know thelargest City not to have a top football league (Prem/Old Div 1) side it used to be Hull City Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri916 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Bath City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar2010 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Looking at the list on wiki Dudley is the biggest but you could argue its part of the bigger Birmingham/Midlands area. Aside from that then Poole seems to be the answer with Telford, Slough & Gloucester getting mentions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebirds4life Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Gloucester, Worcester, Telford, ermm Canterbury?.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I think Telford is the largest not to have had one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
potemkin125 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 The Vatican lol. Start one in Italy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
av3ry Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I would like to know thelargest City not to have a top football league (Prem/Old Div 1) side it used to be Hull City Largest city to never have a top flight team is Plymouth. Pretty sure I've read somehwere that Wakefield is the largest city thats never had a Football League team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krald Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Telford isnt classed as a "city" afaik, despite its population. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerhgrrrrrr Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Largest city to never have a top flight team is Plymouth.Pretty sure I've read somehwere that Wakefield is the largest city thats never had a Football League team. Yep thatl be it. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
o JaY Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Bedfordshire doesn't have a Football League team since Luton got relegated in 2009. Nearest league teams would be Watford / Stevenage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bababui Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky323 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Skegness also, I did a similar thing on LMA 2007 way back, but I created London FC and Glasgow City!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Things Could Get Messi Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Skegness also, I did a similar thing on LMA 2007 way back, but I created London FC and Glasgow City!! I live there but we only have a population of around 30k (including surrounding villages) so it would be hard to get attendances very high plus we all support teams from all over the place because most of us have either moved here from elsewhere or just support the big teams. Salford is very close to where Manchester United play so again that would be hard to get anybody really interested. I would say that Worcester is one of biggest places to not have a league team with a population of around 96k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky323 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 use this: http://www.ukcities.co.uk/populations/ my uncle lives near Worcester, he doesn't like footy though so he wouldn't go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolsgold Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Biggest city to never have a Premier League team has to be Bristol surely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnbob Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 lincoln, chester, colchester??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Pretty sure I've read somehwere that Wakefield is the largest city thats never had a Football League team. Correct according to the list that Clarky linked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krald Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Well can't trust that list entirely, often there's a big difference between considered "city" population and actual population, I mean the nottingham city boundaries are weird, and dont count several major attatched districts, meaning the population on that list is less than half the "real" figure. In my eyes at least, then again, the whole city/town definition is sketchy too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggles Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Biggest city to never have a Premier League team has to be Bristol surely. Bristol has had a team in the top-flight before, just not the Premier League. Same thing I suppose. The largest city never to have had a top-flight football team is Plymouth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_numbers Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The Vatican lol.Start one in Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City_national_football_team They have a national team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 St. Albans City! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Some ideas I've had include Salford. Old Trafford is in Salford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vane Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Looking at the list on wiki Dudley is the biggest but you could argue its part of the bigger Birmingham/Midlands area.Aside from that then Poole seems to be the answer with Telford, Slough & Gloucester getting mentions. Yep, my home city of Gloucester must be one of the largest and oldest free standing cities never to have had a league club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Lead Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 as someone has already said Wakefield is the largest city to not have a professional football team, closest it got was Emley in the early noughties i believe. I know this because i live in Wakefield Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2k8 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well its Wakefield but Lancaster hasn't had a league team either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerching Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Old Trafford is in Salford. No its not. It is in the Borough of Trafford which is neither in Salford or Manchester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnbob Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 so is wakefield bigger than lincoln,chester and colchester??? Well its Wakefield but Lancaster hasn't had a league team either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 The normal answer is Dudley... Lincoln, Chester and Colchester have all had professional football teams. Two of them currently do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnbob Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 The normal answer is Dudley...Lincoln, Chester and Colchester have all had professional football teams. Two of them currently do. SORRY thought the question was top division team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 London? The City itself probably doesn't even have a team.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawaad Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 London?The City itself probably doesn't even have a team.... erm London has many teams :-s just doesnt have a team named after the City Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 largest city to not have/never have a football league team delhi !!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 shanghai technically havent had a team in the football league// jus sayin but yeah... dudley i thought Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoreTore Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 erm London has many teams :-s just doesnt have a team named after the City He's referring to City of London... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themodelcitizen Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Warrington maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2k8 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Dudley isn't seen as a city though but as a part of Birmingham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Best city not to have a football league team - St. Albans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Dudley isn't seen as a city though but as a part of Birmingham You're right that Dudley is not a city but you're wrong that you say it is a part of Birmingham. It is a town in it's own right and was unsuccessful in an attempt to gain city status this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bababui Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Milton Keynes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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