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Most London teams in prem or old 1st div

dartfordgent
dartfordgent Posts: 885
edited October 2011 in General Charlton
Was chatting with mate trying to remember one most london games we must have played in one season then two
higest number of london teams in any one season in top flight we gave up as memory useless anyone have a clue

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  • adrian
    adrian Posts: 760
    Being a stats weirdo, I can tell you the season 1989-1990 was the one with most London teams in the old 1st division: 8
    Spurs 3rd,  Arsenal 4th, Chelsea 5th, Wimbledon 8th, Q.P.R 11th, Palace 15th, Charlton 19th and Millwall 20th.  
  • redlanered
    redlanered Posts: 2,226
    Yep, Adrian has nailed it.  I can't believe that W Ham could ever imagine being the 9th-best team in London....
  • THEMCA
    THEMCA Posts: 575
    When we were in the premium I think we played Chelsea, Arsenal, West ham, Fulham, Palace, Spurs that's only 6 but that's not a bad return from one city
  • THEMCA
    THEMCA Posts: 575
    Obviously not including the mighty Addicks so 7
  • THFC6061
    THFC6061 Posts: 495
    Talking of London teams, what's your view of Watford?

    I tend to class them as a London team because they are located well within the M25 London Orbital Motorway and they have a London Underground station.

    But technically, they are in Hertfordshire.


  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,201
    edited October 2011
    Talking of London teams, what's your view of Watford?

    I tend to class them as a London team because they are located well within the M25 London Orbital Motorway and they have a London Underground station.

    But technically, they are in Hertfordshire.


    They're not a London team. I would probably allow Brentford and Barnet though.
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    But aren't we technically in Kent?
  • cliveg
    cliveg Posts: 188
    No. Not technically nor legendarily.
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 4,059
    Brentford and Barnet are clearly London teams, especially Brentford which isn't much further out of town than us. THEMCA - West Ham and Palace weren't up the same season - the one year Palace were up and we sent them down, they had beaten West Ham in the play off final the year before to win promotion
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    But aren't we technically in Kent?
    Lol, dont start this one again

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  • adrian
    adrian Posts: 760
    Watford fans don't consider themselves  Londoners and their big rivals are Luton.  Barnet and Brentford are unquestionably London.
  • redlanered
    redlanered Posts: 2,226

    This reminds me of the old triva question:  "when did Essex have 2 clubs in the top division" (i.e. Prem or old Div 1)?

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The answer is 1962, when both W Ham & Orient were in Div 1.  before 1964, both of these were still in Essex

  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    Off topic, but I liked the question ''When was the hottest October temperature recorded in March'', March being the town with the highest October temperature until Gravesend beat it this week.
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,932
    Brentford do not have a London postcode (TW? ???) - Same as Sunbury
  • redlanered
    redlanered Posts: 2,226
    Brentford do not have a London postcode (TW? ???) - Same as Sunbury

    yes but only because the Post Office lives in the past and believes that Middlesex still exists...it's in the London Borough of Hounslow
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 45,001
    edited October 2011
    Until around 1899 when the London County Council were formed and original postcodes were designated, I do believe West Ham was in Middlesex. Same as Brentford.

    Well, waddyaknow?

    ;)
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,804
    Off topic, but I liked the question ''When was the hottest October temperature recorded in March'', March being the town with the highest October temperature until Gravesend beat it this week.
    As I live in Gravesend, I've often wondered why it's so frequently listed as the hottest place in the country. I'm told it's because the guys who measure are based there on the thames (something to do with the port authority or something on the riverside). As this equiptment isn't based in every town, this give Gravesend the advantage over the likes of Dartford or Chatham which might actually be hotter.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,934
    'South London Party that could so easily end in tears'

    I still remember that headline from the back page of The South London Press at the start of the 89/90 season.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Brentford do not have a London postcode (TW? ???) - Same as Sunbury
    yet ealing does but its further out than brentford

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