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Post by duckling on Jan 25, 2018 19:08:29 GMT
If history is any indication, there will almost certainly be a club that climbs the ranks from the 4th tier all the way up to the Premier League. It could be a club currently in League Two or lower, or a club that drops down there before climbing up. In addition, what do you think will be the next 1st to 4th tier club?
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Post by scfc75 on Jan 25, 2018 19:19:52 GMT
Port Va...... No, I can't even say it.
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Jan 25, 2018 19:24:22 GMT
MK Dons
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jan 25, 2018 19:24:33 GMT
Fylde FC will be the next non league side to reach the Championship.
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Jan 25, 2018 19:28:42 GMT
Only last season Portsmouth were in the 4th tier, they'll find their way back to the top-flight in time (And then nodoubt find their way back down again) Coventry are another who, at some point, will find their way back up the leagues. I'd love to see Notts County do it aswell, great local away day. If Luton ever get their new ground sorted they could be another to climb up the leagues. Baring those clubs I think only Swindon have spent time in the past in the top-flight?
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Post by wagsastokie on Jan 25, 2018 19:30:02 GMT
Hopefully they will be going from first to oblivion Plastic wankers
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Post by raythesailor on Jan 25, 2018 19:39:36 GMT
Hi Duckling. Unfourtaintly the climb from the fourth tier to the top is now almost impossible although should be the aspiration of all clubs.
The ideal standard set out in 60/70s of a pyramid system unfortunay began to disintegrate with the advent of the Premier Lge.
Not only clubs, players but even Referees and what we used to call linesmen but know assistant referees, have fallen foul of this breakdown in the system of progression
To attain the guidey heights of running the line in first division football was a major achievement, and meant you were already a major experinced Referee in non Lge senior level football. Today’s assistants can not possibly have had that expearince.
As for clubs it will always be next to impossible unless some mega millionaire is prepared to risk all or part of his or her fortune, over a considerable number of years, try to bring a club up.
The most recent example I can think of is the now struggling Burton Albion.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jan 25, 2018 19:44:24 GMT
Hi Duckling. Unfourtaintly the climb from the fourth tier to the top is now almost impossible although should be the aspiration of all clubs. The ideal standard set out in 60/70s of a pyramid system unfortunay began to disintegrate with the advent of the Premier Lge. Not only clubs, players but even Referees and what we used to call linesmen but know assistant referees, have fallen foul of this breakdown in the system of progression To attain the guidey heights of running the line in first division football was a major achievement, and meant you were already a major Referee in non Lge senior level football. Today’s assistants can not possibly have had that expearince. As for clubs it will always be next to impossible unless some mega millionaire is prepared to risk all or part of his or her fortune, over a considerable number of years, try to bring a club up. The most recent example I can think of is the now struggling Burton Albion. Swansea? Hull? Bournemouth? Bournemouth were on -17 points in League 2 just 10 years ago.....
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Post by salopstick on Jan 25, 2018 19:47:50 GMT
Only last season Portsmouth were in the 4th tier, they'll find their way back to the top-flight in time (And then nodoubt find their way back down again) Coventry are another who, at some point, will find their way back up the leagues. I'd love to see Notts County do it aswell, great local away day. If Luton ever get their new ground sorted they could be another to climb up the leagues. Baring those clubs I think only Swindon have spent time in the past in the top-flight? Bradford Blackpool Leeds
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 20:30:39 GMT
Only last season Portsmouth were in the 4th tier, they'll find their way back to the top-flight in time (And then nodoubt find their way back down again) Coventry are another who, at some point, will find their way back up the leagues. I'd love to see Notts County do it aswell, great local away day. If Luton ever get their new ground sorted they could be another to climb up the leagues. Baring those clubs I think only Swindon have spent time in the past in the top-flight? Bradford Blackpool Leeds Barnsley
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Post by stokebloke on Jan 25, 2018 20:57:28 GMT
Bradford Blackpool Leeds Barnsley Oldham
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 21:26:15 GMT
Salford City
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Post by rawli on Jan 25, 2018 21:39:19 GMT
Stoke City
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Post by robstokie on Jan 25, 2018 21:41:58 GMT
What about Newport? 12 points adrift of safety last march, survived after a home-town hero came in and pulled off the great escape, now just outside the play-offs and with a big earner at home to the Spurs on Saturday.
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Post by samba :) on Jan 25, 2018 21:49:27 GMT
Bradford Blackpool Leeds Barnsley Blackpool are the ultimate footballing yoyo
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 22:14:21 GMT
I remember back in the 60's that Northampton Town went from the then 4th Division up to Division 1 and then slipped all the way back down to the 4th Division all within a decade. Carlisle Utd did a similar rise and fall but their decline took a little longer.
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Post by raythesailor on Jan 25, 2018 22:20:45 GMT
Port Va...... No, I can't even say it. A post in jest I suspect, but let us explore it. In the good old days it would not have been impossible to imagine that a div 4 Port Vale on the rise could have met a Stoke city( or numerous other now established Prem Lge clubs) on the decline. Can this Hopefully happen today, as it did in the 40/50/&60’s ,I suspect not. why is that? I would suggest ; Money, Greed, and the lack of development of local talent in favour of attempting to buy success at the expense of many things that we once valued and have now forgot. Had a few so signing off.
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Post by duckling on Jan 25, 2018 22:43:45 GMT
Hi Duckling. Unfourtaintly the climb from the fourth tier to the top is now almost impossible although should be the aspiration of all clubs. The ideal standard set out in 60/70s of a pyramid system unfortunay began to disintegrate with the advent of the Premier Lge. Not only clubs, players but even Referees and what we used to call linesmen but know assistant referees, have fallen foul of this breakdown in the system of progression To attain the guidey heights of running the line in first division football was a major achievement, and meant you were already a major Referee in non Lge senior level football. Today’s assistants can not possibly have had that expearince. As for clubs it will always be next to impossible unless some mega millionaire is prepared to risk all or part of his or her fortune, over a considerable number of years, try to bring a club up. The most recent example I can think of is the now struggling Burton Albion. Swansea? Hull? Bournemouth? Bournemouth were on -17 points in League 2 just 10 years ago..... Brighton and Huddersfield as well have been in the 4th tier in the last 15-20 years.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2018 6:47:29 GMT
Swansea? Hull? Bournemouth? Bournemouth were on -17 points in League 2 just 10 years ago..... Brighton and Huddersfield as well have been in the 4th tier in the last 15-20 years. Burnley were in the 4th Division as "recently" as the 1990-91 season.
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Post by thedarkknight on Jan 26, 2018 7:01:06 GMT
Hi Duckling. Unfourtaintly the climb from the fourth tier to the top is now almost impossible although should be the aspiration of all clubs. The ideal standard set out in 60/70s of a pyramid system unfortunay began to disintegrate with the advent of the Premier Lge. Not only clubs, players but even Referees and what we used to call linesmen but know assistant referees, have fallen foul of this breakdown in the system of progression To attain the guidey heights of running the line in first division football was a major achievement, and meant you were already a major Referee in non Lge senior level football. Today’s assistants can not possibly have had that expearince. As for clubs it will always be next to impossible unless some mega millionaire is prepared to risk all or part of his or her fortune, over a considerable number of years, try to bring a club up. The most recent example I can think of is the now struggling Burton Albion. Swansea? Hull? Bournemouth? Bournemouth were on -17 points in League 2 just 10 years ago..... Yeah, and Bournemouth also had a "mega millionaire" or a billionaire to be precise. They proceeded to spend more money than the whole of league 1 & 2 combined to get promoted to the championship, where they again spent plenty of cash. If you look into it, they are not actually the fairy tale story people would have you believe.
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Post by walrus on Jan 26, 2018 7:09:06 GMT
Bradford are looking a decent bet for promotion to the Championship this year. That would put them one promotion away from going first to fourth tier and back again since the turn of the millennium.
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Post by stevetheboater on Jan 26, 2018 8:07:06 GMT
Hopefully not, but quietly cross my fingers for AFC Wimbledon to do it one day.
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Post by cousindupree on Jan 26, 2018 10:17:35 GMT
Fylde FC will be the next non league side to reach the Championship. Yes an interesting call. I was invited to a corporate day last Dec for the Wigan FA Cup tie. I was very impressed with all aspects of the club and expect them to certainly be playing tier 3 or tier 4 in the next five years. Mill Farm is a great modern stadium with a top notch sports bar....SCFC take note. Whether they have the fan base to progress any higher is questionable, however their rise in status considering that they were playing in the NW Counties league less than 8 years ago is very impressive.
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Post by podolipotter on Jan 26, 2018 10:50:06 GMT
Fylde ( is old English for field) - since Boxing Day have won 6 out of their 7 games drawing the other one and scoring 20 goals while conceding only 5 in the process. Danny Rowe, their CF is the National league top scorer with 16 goals and the team is now 6th in the league holding a play-off position. Who knows, while Blackpool struggle under their ownership battles, some supporters may well seek solace at Mill Farm instead. Goaarn Fylde.
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Post by cooper67 on Jan 26, 2018 11:17:15 GMT
Fylde ( is old English for field) - since Boxing Day have won 6 out of their 7 games drawing the other one and scoring 20 goals while conceding only 5 in the process. Danny Rowe, their CF is the National league top scorer with 16 goals and the team is now 6th in the league holding a play-off position. Who knows, while Blackpool struggle under their ownership battles, some supporters may well seek solace at Mill Farm instead. Goaarn Fylde. That includes knocking 6 past the leaders Macclesfield.
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Post by Northy on Jan 26, 2018 11:39:35 GMT
I was watching BBC Look East last night in a hotel and their chairman was on, he is determined to get that 30K stadium full and is keeping on putting money into it. MK Dons were my thoughts. MK has been announced as a new centre for computer coding, which should attract new people to the area (albeit they may have allegiances elsewhere) but it is a big enough as has a population of 230k
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Post by BuzzB on Jan 26, 2018 11:43:04 GMT
Salford City?
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Jan 26, 2018 11:55:35 GMT
Salford
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Post by Gifton on Jan 26, 2018 11:59:57 GMT
Fylde FC will be the next non league side to reach the Championship. There was on old man on my estate called Peter who came from Fylde. He was known locally as Pete o' Fylde. He was brutally lynched during a misunderstanding... I'll get me coat...
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Jan 26, 2018 12:49:23 GMT
I was watching BBC Look East last night in a hotel and their chairman was on, he is determined to get that 30K stadium full and is keeping on putting money into it. MK Dons were my thoughts. MK has been announced as a new centre for computer coding, which should attract new people to the area (albeit they may have allegiances elsewhere) but it is a big enough as has a population of 230k Exactly my thoughts as well.
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