May 30, 20232 yr 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?
May 30, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, MoJames said: Wait there was an English league before the Premier League? City fans: "No"
May 30, 20232 yr 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.
May 30, 20232 yr 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
May 30, 20232 yr 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
May 30, 20232 yr Because everything was different before and after. The TV deals and money changed everything.
May 31, 20232 yr 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.
May 31, 20232 yr 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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