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Your ideal 20 team Premier League

Just for a bit of fun.....

To me the Premier League was in its heyday between 1995-2005: Man Utd and Arsenal were at their best and had a real rivalry, there wasn't a top 6 so everyone else could beat everyone else, football kits had design instead of all this template nonsense, all this money hadn't entered the game yet so transfer fees were still modest, and the league still had a British core, with only real foreign talent in teams. Oh, and Charlton were there too.....

There were also some big teams with history and large fan bases which are no longer in the Premier League. Sure, teams like Bournemouth, Brighton, Huddersfield, Cardiff, Burnley, Palace have all earned their current places in the Premier League, but it's a shame that big teams such as Leeds, Forest, Villa etc. aren't there right now.

With that in mind, what is your ideal 20 team Premier League? You can only choose teams who have been there before (there's 49 to choose from - have a go at this quiz if you fancy it https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/premierleaguealltime?t=soccer).

Mine:

1. Arsenal
2. Aston Villa
3. Blackburn
4. Bolton
5. Charlton
6. Chelsea
7. Everton
8. Fulham
9. Leeds
10. Leicester
11. Liverpool
12. Man City
13. Man Utd
14. Newcastle
15. Nottingham Forest
16. Sheffield Wednesday
17. Southampton
18. Spurs
19. Sunderland
20. West Ham

Comments

  • Arsenal
    Aston Villa
    Blackburn Rovers
    Charlton Athletic
    Chelsea
    Coventry City
    Everton
    Leeds United
    Leicester City
    Liverpool
    Manchester City
    Manchester United
    Newcastle United
    Nottingham Forest
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Southampton
    Sunderland
    Tottenham Hotspur
    Wimbledon
    West Ham United
  • This is far too much effort for this time in the morning sorry :)
  • Leuth said:

    Millwall

    Suppose someone has to be relegated
  • @Leuth I thought Thamesmead had gone bust?

    Mine
    Arsenal
    Aston Villa
    Brighton (and not the Stripey Nigels!)
    Burnley
    Charlton
    Chelsea
    Everton
    Ipswich
    Leeds
    Leicester
    Liverpool
    Man City
    Man Utd
    Newcastle
    Pompey
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Sunderland
    Spurs
    West Brom
    West Ham
  • Surprising that only 6 clubs have played in every PL season. I did the quiz, only missed one (a sloppy error)

    Arsenal
    Aston Villa
    Blackburn
    Charlton
    Chelsea
    Everton
    Fulham or QPR
    Leeds
    Leicester
    Liverpool
    Manchester City
    Manchester United
    Middlesbrough
    Newcastle
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Southampton
    Sunderland
    Tottenham Hotspur
    West Brom
    West Ham
  • I brought Thamesmead back because I could
  • edited January 2019
    I’d base it on atmospheric grounds, away day quality and spaced out geographically as much as history etc:

    Arsenal
    Aston Villa
    Blackpool - weekender
    Bournemouth - see Blackpool
    Cardiff City - token welsh
    Charlton Athletic
    Chelsea
    Crystal Palace - south London derbies are fun
    Everton
    Fulham - it’s nice once a season to not be in a shithole
    Leeds United - love em or hate em good day out
    Liverpool
    Man City
    Man United
    Newcastle United
    Nottingham Forest - hooters
    Portsmouth - guaranteed away win
    Sheffield United - needs a Sheffield club
    Tottenham Hotspur
    West Ham United

    Notable absentees;

    Wolves, most unwelcoming place for away supporters because you can’t go in any pubs.
    Sheffield Wednesday, prefer United.
    Brighton, awkward to get to and yawwwnn.
    Southampton, meh.
    Derby, crap away day.
    Leicester, clappers.
    Watford, dull.
  • 1. Charlton
    2. Man Utd
    3. Blackburn
    4. Arsenal
    5. Chelsea
    6. Man City
    7. Leicester
    8. Southampton
    9. West Ham
    10. Spurs
    11. Aston Villa
    12. West Brom
    13. Nottingham Forest
    14. Derby
    15. Everton
    16. Newcastle
    17. Sunderland
    18. Leeds
    19. Sheffield Wednesday
    20. Wolves
  • 1. Charlton Athletic - obviously
    2. Manchester United - can't have a Premier League without them
    3. Sheffield United - great away day and good fans
    4. Bradford City - Local one for me, good club too
    5. Sunderland - 1998 replay every year
    6. Bournemouth - good club, soft spot for them
    7. Leyton Orient - local derby
    8. Norwich City - good club, good fans
    9. Brighton - so they can take six points off Palace
    10. Portsmouth - good club, good fans and an easy three points on the road
    11. Blackpool - their fans deserve it. Only if Oyston is out though.
    12. Notts County - oldest club in the Football League, so a must
    13. Fulham - best London away day? Only if they ditch the neutral section though.
    14. Everton - great club, shame they're leaving Goodison, proper football ground
    15. West Bromwich Albion - good way day, good fans
    16. Preston North End - with their history, they have to be there
    17. Yeovil Town - just so I can have a better away day than the infamous drenching
    18. West Ham United - just for one year to be relegated
    19. Millwall - just for one year to be relegated
    20. Crystal Palace - just for one year to be relegated....on zero points
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  • Ross said:

    With that in mind, what is your ideal 20 team Premier League? You can only choose teams who have been there

  • C_A_F_C said:

    No one has mentioned Carlisle? Where are we supposed to win the league?

    Selhurst, last day.
  • Arsenal
    Man Utd
    Man City
    Liverpool
    Everton
    Spurs
    Leeds
    Sheff Wed
    Charlton
    Forest
    Derby
    Chelsea
    Blackburn
    Burnley
    Villa
    Newcastle
    Birmingham
    West Brom
    Sunderland
    Wolves
  • rananegra said:

    @Leuth I thought Thamesmead had gone bust?

    Mine
    Arsenal
    Aston Villa
    Brighton (and not the Stripey Nigels!)
    Burnley
    Charlton
    Chelsea
    Everton
    Ipswich
    Leeds
    Leicester
    Liverpool
    Man City
    Man Utd
    Newcastle
    Pompey
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Sunderland
    Spurs
    West Brom
    West Ham

    Brighton every time over Palace, Brighton have been good friends to us and the National league is too good for Palace
  • edited January 2019
    Arsenal
    Chelsea
    Man U
    Liverpool
    Spurs
    Man City
    ________________________ Have to have the big 6
    Charlton
    Newcastle
    Sunderland
    Leeds
    Sheffield U
    Birmingham (over Villa)
    Norwich
    Cardiff
    Portsmouth
    Blackburn
    Notts Forest
    Bradford
    Fulham
    Everton

    A good mix there, not too bothered about london derbies as we dont really do that well. Also hatred for Millwall and Palace far override anything unless we had guranteed 6 points every season.

    Edit- I would probably lose a few of the top 6 but dont think it would feel right in the grand scheme of things.
  • edited January 2019
    1. Us, obviously.
    Good away days:
    2. Fulham
    3. Portsmouth
    4. Blackpool (and crap owner solidarity)
    5. Newcastle
    6. Brighton
    7. Bournemouth
    8. Villa (good balti pies)

    Reasonably likeable fans:
    9. Everton
    10. Sunderland
    11. West Brom (and my Grandpa was a fan)
    12. Norwich
    13. Spurs (just find they have more likeable fans than Chelsea or Arsenal)
    14. Leicester
    15. Sheffield United
    16. Manchester City

    'It wouldn't feel right without'/feels special beating:
    17. Manchester United
    18. Arsenal
    19. Liverpool I suppose, though was tempted to say f**k them.

    20. Leeds, I work up there a lot and so would be interesting.

    Feels fine without Chelsea.
  • C_A_F_C said:

    No one has mentioned Carlisle? Where are we supposed to win the league?

    Selhurst, last day.
    The Valley. New Year's Day.
  • Any of the above, minus Arsenal, who, if they ever got relegated would rival my kids being born for Best Day of My Life.
  • See a lot of people say that they miss Forest, Leeds etc but if they did come up and were playing each other on Super Sunday the novelty would wear off quickly for a lot of neutrals after one season.

    And that’s not the fault of those clubs, but down to the fact that the Premier League is so lop sided that it feels as though the majority of matches have very few footballing stakes.
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  • Crap, unpopular reasons below...

    Charlton (obvs)
    Arsenal (my late dad's team)
    Newcastle (good away day)
    Wigan (used to live near there)
    Sheffield United (used to live near there)
    Bolton Wanderers (used to live near there)
    Swansea (debating whether to have a Welsh team but they're better than Cardiff and their players always did me good in fantasy football!)
    Brighton & Hove Albion (gotta have a South Coast trip and fellow Palace haters)
    Leicester (just deserve a place on the basis they won the league against all odds)
    Everton (the team actual Scousers support, not morons from Surrey)
    Bristol City (away day)
    Reading (not too far away)
    Maidstone (local team)
    Bromley (local team)
    Hartlepool (great nickname, great fans, deserve a break)
    Palace & Millwall (just for the derbies more than anything)
    Watford (close by)
    Plymouth (need a team down that way)
    Colchester (Essex team needed I guess?)

    Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham - I just don't care. The game needs less money in it so I pruned some of the big money teams to give others a chance.

    West Ham - might have been included if they hadn't nicked a stadium from the taxpayers. Boycott.

    Otherwise I've lived in several places across the North and have had good days/nights out in certain places.

    Footballing reasons didn't really come into it, considering this is a hypothetical top 20, assuming that all the teams play a vaguely similar standard of football (except Palace and Millwall who are still shit).
  • cafctom said:

    See a lot of people say that they miss Forest, Leeds etc but if they did come up and were playing each other on Super Sunday the novelty would wear off quickly for a lot of neutrals after one season.

    And that’s not the fault of those clubs, but down to the fact that the Premier League is so lop sided that it feels as though the majority of matches have very few footballing stakes.

    Slightly more interesting than Boro v Blackburn or something though.
  • SO bored of Norwich and West Brom
  • Cannot be arsed with that Prem shite. Probably catch half a dozen MOTDs a year and only if Palarse get gubbed...

    If we can get back up to the Championship and stay competitive that'll do moi.
  • Stig said:

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    Millwall first team to be relegated following heavy defeat at The Valley. Palace to be relegated on goal difference following heavy defeat at Charlton on last day of the season.

    The stuff dreams are made of.
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