Football / Cities Facts

Following on from the fact posted in the Devon Derby thread - Plymouth being the biggest city in England to have never had a top flight team (courtesy of JamesWales)

I was wondering what other similar facts people on here may have.

Two I know of.

Largest city to have never had a football league team?

And largest city to have never had a Premier League team?

Feel free to have a go at answering.

I’m sure someone that either already knows the answers, or decides to google it, will answer them pretty quickly on here. 😁

Any others?

I assume Wakefield, but maybe 100 years ago they had a team in the league for a year or two.

Second one has to be Bristol surely?

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Originally Posted by Cardiff-Cal

Following on from the fact posted in the Devon Derby thread - Plymouth being the biggest city in England to have never had a top flight team (courtesy of JamesWales)

I was wondering what other similar facts people on here may have.

Two I know of.

Largest city to have never had a football league team?

And largest city to have never had a Premier League team?

Feel free to have a go at answering.

I’m sure someone that either already knows the answers, or decides to google it, will answer them pretty quickly on here. 😁




Any others?

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As Canton Kev says, Bristol surely has to be the largest city to have never had a Premier League team?

I've read before that Bedford is certainly one of the largest places to have never had a league team. Would have been Milton Keynes before I guess?

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

I've read before that Bedford is certainly one of the largest places to have never had a league team. Would have been Milton Keynes before I guess?

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Dudley is bigger

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Originally Posted by Dorcus

Dudley is bigger

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Without wanting to be too pedantic, the OP did say "city". Neither Bedford nor Dudley is a city.

Is there a city in England that hasn't had a Football League team? I'm not sure there is.

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

Without wanting to be too pedantic, the OP did say "city". Neither Bedford nor Dudley is a city.

Is there a city in England that hasn't had a Football League team? I'm not sure there is.

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Gloucester City.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Gloucester City.

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That's a good shout. :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

That's a good shout. :thumbup:

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Lichfield
Truro
Wells
Worcester
Durham
Wakefield probably the biggest by population

Preston hovered around the upper Championship for a few years with us before our first promotion, without ever going up, so could be them?
Of course they used to be a regular in the top division before football was invented.

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

That's a good shout. :thumbup:

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I used to live in Gloucestershire and I think their clam to fame used to be being the club from the largest city that had never played league football. But I think Wakefield reformed fairly recently.

Bath has never had a football league team.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

I used to live in Gloucestershire and I think their clam to fame used to be being the club from the largest city that had never played league football. But I think Wakefield reformed fairly recently.

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They used to be real bad boys

Worcester?

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Originally Posted by Der Kaiser

Bath has never had a football league team.

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What a shower!

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Originally Posted by Der Kaiser

Bath has never had a football league team.

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Let that sink in.

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Originally Posted by Lord Worcester

Worcester?

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Sauce?

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Originally Posted by Der Kaiser

Bath has never had a football league team.

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All their best talent gets tapped up

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Originally Posted by Canton Kev

All their best talent gets tapped up

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They've always been a bit hot and cold