| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? 17:10 - Aug 23 with 7689 views | Cedar_Room |
Given that this Friday's game marks 100 years in the football league, it got me thinking about how unique this feat actually was. So a question to stimulate the brain cells - out of the current 92 football league clubs - how many have also been continuously in the football league for the past 100 years?
The answer I got was actually a fair bit lower than I expected. |  | | |  |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 17:19 - Aug 23 with 5885 views | EllDale |
Do you count the ones who have dipped in and out of the Premier League over the years?
Clubs like Blackpool, Hull, Reading, Cardiff, Oldham? |  | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 17:30 - Aug 23 with 5847 views | Cedar_Room |
I'm counting all 92 clubs currently in the Prem, Championship, Leagues 1 and 2. So I'm counting being in the Prem as still being in the football league. So its a question of how many of the current 92 have at some point been non-league and/or entered the football league after we did | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 17:40 - Aug 23 with 5809 views | Cedar_Room |
ah but this doesn't account for the teams who were formed before 1921 but didn't join the league until after 1921.
Believe me I searched around for an answer to this question and couldn't find it listed anywhere.
You also have to know which current football league clubs have at one point or another been relegated to the conference, and which started in non league and only joined after 1921.
There were a lot more than I thought. | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 17:58 - Aug 23 with 5745 views | TVOS1907 |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 17:40 - Aug 23 by Cedar_Room |
ah but this doesn't account for the teams who were formed before 1921 but didn't join the league until after 1921.
Believe me I searched around for an answer to this question and couldn't find it listed anywhere.
You also have to know which current football league clubs have at one point or another been relegated to the conference, and which started in non league and only joined after 1921.
There were a lot more than I thought. |
Any teams who joined the league after 1921 haven't yet been in it for 100 years. |  |
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| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:21 - Aug 23 with 5673 views | Cedar_Room |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 17:58 - Aug 23 by TVOS1907 |
Any teams who joined the league after 1921 haven't yet been in it for 100 years. |
That's why you're the stat man!
The link you provided listed the year a club was formed - that isn't the same as the year they first played in the football league. For example it lists Macclesfield Town as forming in 1876. They didn't play in the football league until 1997 (current status: none existence). | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:31 - Aug 23 with 5627 views | TVOS1907 |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:21 - Aug 23 by Cedar_Room |
That's why you're the stat man!
The link you provided listed the year a club was formed - that isn't the same as the year they first played in the football league. For example it lists Macclesfield Town as forming in 1876. They didn't play in the football league until 1997 (current status: none existence). |
Correct, which is why I said you could work it out from that link by eliminating clubs that don't fit the criteria, ther than that link being the definitive answer. | |
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| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:36 - Aug 23 with 5599 views | Cedar_Room |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:31 - Aug 23 by TVOS1907 |
Correct, which is why I said you could work it out from that link by eliminating clubs that don't fit the criteria, ther than that link being the definitive answer. |
I've already worked it out, was just supposed to be a bit of fun to see if anyone else could.
That link helps with years formed but not with league placings over 100 years. I found that part much more difficult to track down. | | | |
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| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:37 - Aug 23 with 5598 views | 442Dale |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:31 - Aug 23 by TVOS1907 |
Correct, which is why I said you could work it out from that link by eliminating clubs that don't fit the criteria, ther than that link being the definitive answer. |
Started clicking on each team - can then check year elected to league on their own Wikipedia page - easy enough, but stopped as wanted a brew. |  |
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| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 19:27 - Aug 23 with 5467 views | jonahwhereru |
I’ll enter the spirit of it. Just going off memory I can name 20 teams that either come / come back into the league in my lifetime. There are probably others that don’t qualify on the 1921 criteria but my top of the head offer is 72.
Some examples of not meeting the criteria: Cambridge, Wycombe, the Dons x 2,Lincoln, Carlisle
Cedar Room, at some stage give us your answer when the thread has run it’s course. | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 19:33 - Aug 23 with 5431 views | pioneer |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 17:30 - Aug 23 by Cedar_Room |
I'm counting all 92 clubs currently in the Prem, Championship, Leagues 1 and 2. So I'm counting being in the Prem as still being in the football league. So its a question of how many of the current 92 have at some point been non-league and/or entered the football league after we did |
looking at the league tables for 1921-22 i make it 56 on a quick look. | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 19:36 - Aug 23 with 5423 views | YadHoDale |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 19:27 - Aug 23 by jonahwhereru |
I’ll enter the spirit of it. Just going off memory I can name 20 teams that either come / come back into the league in my lifetime. There are probably others that don’t qualify on the 1921 criteria but my top of the head offer is 72.
Some examples of not meeting the criteria: Cambridge, Wycombe, the Dons x 2,Lincoln, Carlisle
Cedar Room, at some stage give us your answer when the thread has run it’s course. |
I'll guess 56 of the current 92 (including Port Vale who were expelled and readmitted one summer for being naughty). |  | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 19:37 - Aug 23 with 5416 views | TVOS1907 |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 18:36 - Aug 23 by Cedar_Room |
I've already worked it out, was just supposed to be a bit of fun to see if anyone else could.
That link helps with years formed but not with league placings over 100 years. I found that part much more difficult to track down. |
It was an excellent question. I only posted the link to show it might be more logical than you think to work out which teams are on the list. | |
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| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 20:24 - Aug 23 with 5341 views | fermin |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 19:37 - Aug 23 by TVOS1907 |
It was an excellent question. I only posted the link to show it might be more logical than you think to work out which teams are on the list. |
If you exclude clubs who have ever been in the Premier League I reckon it reduces to 10. |  | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 21:21 - Aug 23 with 5213 views | pioneer |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 20:24 - Aug 23 by fermin |
If you exclude clubs who have ever been in the Premier League I reckon it reduces to 10. |
and if you exclude clubs who have ever been in the second tier that leaves….. | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 21:23 - Aug 23 with 5206 views | Cedar_Room |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 20:24 - Aug 23 by fermin |
If you exclude clubs who have ever been in the Premier League I reckon it reduces to 10. |
by my calculations if you exclude all the teams who have played in the Prem then you are left with 13 (including Rochdale). That would be another interesting question to see who can name them all.... | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 21:30 - Aug 23 with 5178 views | pioneer |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 21:21 - Aug 23 by pioneer |
and if you exclude clubs who have ever been in the second tier that leaves….. |
No takers yet?
Well we are in a group of…..1 | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 21:33 - Aug 23 with 5169 views | pioneer |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 19:33 - Aug 23 by pioneer |
looking at the league tables for 1921-22 i make it 56 on a quick look. |
Correction 55…i think. | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 22:51 - Aug 23 with 5047 views | fermin |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 21:23 - Aug 23 by Cedar_Room |
by my calculations if you exclude all the teams who have played in the Prem then you are left with 13 (including Rochdale). That would be another interesting question to see who can name them all.... |
My 10 are Preston, Rotherham, Port Vale, Bristol City, Crewe, Walsall, Rochdale, Plymouth, Northampton and Gillingham.
What are the other 3? | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 23:07 - Aug 23 with 5021 views | TVOS1907 |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 22:51 - Aug 23 by fermin |
My 10 are Preston, Rotherham, Port Vale, Bristol City, Crewe, Walsall, Rochdale, Plymouth, Northampton and Gillingham.
What are the other 3? |
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| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 23:36 - Aug 23 with 4990 views | YadHoDale |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 22:51 - Aug 23 by fermin |
My 10 are Preston, Rotherham, Port Vale, Bristol City, Crewe, Walsall, Rochdale, Plymouth, Northampton and Gillingham.
What are the other 3? |
Exeter and Millwall have been in the league 100 years. Exeter, like Dale, are proud lower division lurkers, whilst I think Millwall's latest spell in the top flight was just before the Premiership. Rotherham only have 96 years as they were founded by merger of Rotherham County and Thornhill Utd in about 1925,whilst Gillingham were out of the league from 1938-1950. | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 00:45 - Aug 24 with 4929 views | Knowlesy |
Exeter were in the conference for a period of time relatively recently. Pretty sure they won't have 100 years consecutively. |  | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 07:32 - Aug 24 with 4810 views | YadHoDale |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 00:45 - Aug 24 by Knowlesy |
Exeter were in the conference for a period of time relatively recently. Pretty sure they won't have 100 years consecutively. |
Forgot about that, yet remembered Luton/Cambridge/Brovers all had a year or two out. Senility beckons... | | | |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 08:22 - Aug 24 with 4777 views | tony_roch975 |
| who else has 100 continuous years in the football league? on 23:36 - Aug 23 by YadHoDale |
Exeter and Millwall have been in the league 100 years. Exeter, like Dale, are proud lower division lurkers, whilst I think Millwall's latest spell in the top flight was just before the Premiership. Rotherham only have 96 years as they were founded by merger of Rotherham County and Thornhill Utd in about 1925,whilst Gillingham were out of the league from 1938-1950. |
Exeter had 5 years in the Conference | |
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