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Sorry but I'm cr@p at stats and stuff. So we tried to work out........

 

What teams have :

 

i) Been in the Premiership since season 1

ii) Been promoted into the Premiership and stayed there?

 

Ta if you can help.

Posted
Sorry but I'm cr@p at stats and stuff. So we tried to work out........

 

What teams have :

 

i) Been in the Premiership since season 1

ii) Been promoted into the Premiership and stayed there?

 

Ta if you can help.

 

The Premier League started in 1992/3 - and consisted of 22 teams -

 

The first seven teams have been in the Premier League all of the time -

 

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Chelsea

Everton

Liverpool

Manchester United

Tottenham Hotspur

 

The next three teams - although founder members have been relegated - and promoted back into the Premier League.

 

Manchester City

Blackburn Rovers

Middlesbrough

 

The following 12 teams are currently outside the Premier League -

 

Coventry City

Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Oldham Athletic

Queens Park Rangers

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Wimbledon

 

As you know the Premier League now consists of 20 teams - so the remaining 10 teams have been promoted into it and are still currently there -

 

Birmingham

Bolton

Derby

Fulham

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Reading

Sunderland

West Ham

Wigan

Posted

Sluffy.... I don't know where you found this.. but thanks! I just need to go armed with this to the pub tonight......

 

Cheers

Posted

Sluffy - the Wimbledon answer. Are Milton Keynes the official holder of the Wimbledon history and achievements or is it AFC Wimbledon or has it not been resolved?

Posted
The Premier League started in 1992/3 - and consisted of 22 teams -

 

Birmingham

Bolton

Derby

Fulham

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Reading

Sunderland

West Ham

Wigan

 

Out of that lot, aren't Newcastle the only team to have gone up and stayed up ?

Posted
Out of that lot, aren't Newcastle the only team to have gone up and stayed up ?

 

 

Fulham

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Reading

Wigan

 

None of them have ever been relegated from the Prem.

Posted
Fulham

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Reading

Wigan

 

None of them have ever been relegated from the Prem.

 

Hopefully at least two of those will drop out this year !!!!

 

Cheers!!

Posted
There can't be many left who have been in the Premier at all, and are now not in it.

 

I count

 

Swindon

Bradford

Charlton

 

Not forgetting Barnsley....just like watching Brazil! :blink:

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Sluffy - the Wimbledon answer. Are Milton Keynes the official holder of the Wimbledon history and achievements or is it AFC Wimbledon or has it not been resolved?

 

It looks like it is AFC Wimbledon that claims to be the official holders of the Wimbledon history.

 

The following link is from the AFC Wimbledon website - dating back to 1894 and shows the history of the club - including the FA Cup win in 1987/88 -

 

http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/honours.php?...id=7&squad=

 

The MK Dons official website as no history section and information going back only to 2002/3 -

 

http://www.mkdons.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Goa...0210420,00.html

 

So I guess AFC Wimbledon is the continuation of the old Wimbledon club.

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It looks like it is AFC Wimbledon that claims to be the official holders of the Wimbledon history.

 

The following link is from the AFC Wimbledon website - dating back to 1894 and shows the history of the club - including the FA Cup win in 1987/88 -

 

http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/honours.php?...id=7&squad=

 

The MK Dons official website as no history section and information going back only to 2002/3 -

 

http://www.mkdons.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Goa...0210420,00.html

 

So I guess AFC Wimbledon is the continuation of the old Wimbledon club.

 

That's just rubbish, it's like those FC United clowns claiming to have won the European Cup twice. MK Dons kept the players' registrations and the league membership, they are Wimbledon.

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That's just rubbish, it's like those FC United clowns claiming to have won the European Cup twice. MK Dons kept the players' registrations and the league membership, they are Wimbledon.

 

After a bit of further checking it would appear that the following is what happened -

 

Wimbledon move to Milton Keynes (and take the clubs history with them).

 

The fans stay in Wimbledon and start AFC Wimbledon.

 

About nine months after the move Wimbledon changes its name to MK Dons.

 

MK Dons then voluntarily agree to give AFC Wimbledon any cups / memorabilia it has - and agree that AFC Wimbledon has full claim to the history of the 'old' Wimbledon.

 

So in summary MK Dons are the true continuation of Wimbledon but they have given up their rights to the history of the club - which have been given to AFC Wimbledon - and as far as they are concerned they have no history from before the time they started in Milton Keynes. Whereas AFC Wimbledon considers itself to be the 'continuation' of the club that had always been based in (or close to) Wimbledon - and so claims it's history goes back to 1894.

 

I hope that makes it a bit clearer!

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