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2 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Trivial thing that makes me Surly: Why do we segment the "Premier League" from the rest of 100 years of English football? 

Wait there was an English league before the Premier League?

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14 minutes ago, MoJames said:

Wait there was an English league before the Premier League?

City fans: "No"

2 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Trivial thing that makes me Surly: Why do we segment the "Premier League" from the rest of 100 years of English football? 

Same reason the NFL kind of forgets about the pre-Super Bowl era.

1 hour ago, Cheeseweasel said:

City fans: "No"

City and Chelsea: 3 pre-EPL titles; 12 EPL titles

Liverpool and Everton: 1 EPL title*; 26 pre-EPL titles

* COVID season

3 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Trivial thing that makes me Surly: Why do we segment the "Premier League" from the rest of 100 years of English football? 

good question - i guess the brits distinguish the Prem era from everything that came before the same way we tend to think about College titles with the AP poll and Minnesota in '36

or the superbowl era onward

Because everything was different before and after. The TV deals and money changed everything.

14 hours ago, midtown said:

Because everything was different before and after. The TV deals and money changed everything.

I look forward to comparing the Premier League stats with The Oil League stats.

On 5/30/2023 at 10:02 AM, Cheeseweasel said:

Trivial thing that makes me Surly: Why do we segment the "Premier League" from the rest of 100 years of English football? 

because 99% of us here have no relationship to the rest of those 100 years. None.

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i would start one but my club is not in the Premier League. Would feel wrong.

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