What do these eight clubs have in common?

Henry Irving

Addickted

Chris Farnell has tried to buy them all?

ForeverAddickted

They all have red or white in in their badge? 

Chizz

They are all football clubs. 

rananegra

Highest league placing is 2nd?

paulie8290

Well there is a trophy in the middle, so its gotta be something about all losing finalists, but it cant be The Fa Cup because we have won that 

guinnessaddick

paulie8290 said:

Well there is a trophy in the middle, so its gotta be something about all losing finalists, but it cant be The Fa Cup because we have won that 

The trophy is the football league trophy, which we won in 2000.

Rock Spectacle

Won that trophy in the second tier but never in the top flight? 

moutuakilla

That's the Championship trophy isn't it?

thai malaysia addick

They were all in the same division some time in the 1980s

Henry Irving

rananegra said:

Highest league placing is 2nd?

Correct.

ForeverAddickted

Damn... Was going to go with that as the answer

I presumed that Blackpool had maybe won the League with Stanley Matthews so went and checked it out and couldnt see anything about them either winning the League or finishing second so didnt post

jimmymelrose

I can honestly say that I got the answer in less than three seconds.

It was the trophy picture in the middle that gave it away.

Chippycafc

All crap.