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21 Counties with only 1 English league club

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  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Cheshire and lancashire
  • WestSussexAddick
    WestSussexAddick Posts: 1,219
    Leuth said:

    isn't Brighton in West Sussex

    Brighton is East Sussex. Another one on it's own.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,623
    Cambridgeshire
    Peterborough
    East Yorkshire
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    Leuth said:

    Buckinghamshire have only ever had Wycombe I think

    MK Dons
  • theeenorth
    theeenorth Posts: 2,277
    Leuth said:

    Cumbria only has one

    Although Barrow and Workington would like to get back.
  • charltonnick
    charltonnick Posts: 3,063
    Lincoln - Lincs
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    Depends what you use as your definition of a county

    The historical counties inc. Middlesex, Rutland, Huntingdonshire still exist

    Local government shifts in the 60s and 70s messed with units of regional identity that has stood for a thousand years in order to break governance into different shapes.

    Cumbria is a dirty word. The historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland that were butchered and replaced by it live on in the form of various local institutions like the Westmorland gazette and Cumberland sausages

    Middlesex lives on through its cricket team

    And on and on

  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    Berkshire - Reading
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    charltonnick said:

    Lincoln - Lincs

    Grimsby
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    iainment said:

    Has Cornwall had a league club?

    Nope... Truro City is their closest attempt so far (Conference South)
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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Herefordshire don't have a league club.
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,866
    PopIcon said:

    charltonnick said:

    Lincoln - Lincs

    Grimsby
    Scunthorpe

  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    WoodsideValley said:

    Throwing this one out there..... Kent (Gillingham). I could be wrong, I'm not sober...

    Keep drinking - you are spot on!
    Maidstone were in the league weren't they ?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    se9addick said:

    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    WoodsideValley said:

    Throwing this one out there..... Kent (Gillingham). I could be wrong, I'm not sober...

    Keep drinking - you are spot on!
    Maidstone were in the league weren't they ?
    Yeah Keith Peacock managed them in Division Three (or was it Division Four at the time) prior to them going bust
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    edited November 2016
    Oxfordshire - Oxford Utd (formerly known as Headington)
    Gloucestershire - Cheltenham Utd
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    Shropshire - Shrewsbury Town
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    edited November 2016
    You've got Swansea City in West Glamorgan

    Newport County are the only club from Gwent whilst Cardiff City are the only League team in Mid-Glamorgan
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Rutland doesn't have a football league team.
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    C_A_F_C said:

    PopIcon said:

    charltonnick said:

    Lincoln - Lincs

    Grimsby
    Scunthorpe

    And in the past there were Boston and Gainsborough Trinity
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    Dorset has only ever had Bournemouth, which was originally in Hampshire but got moved.

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    killerandflash said:

    Surrey? Were Palace once a Surrey club?

    Surrey are currently without a league club
    Not sure they have ever had one, though Woking got close?
    I meant that where Palace are the cesspit of eternal damnation in South Norwood used to be part of Surrey before 1963? I'm not sure where exactly the London boundary was beforehand
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    What about AFC Wimbledon in terms of Surrey clubs?
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    Chizz said:

    I said Middlesex

    If Middlesex still existed, it would have loads - Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Fulham, Brentford, QPR and historically Millwall when they were north of the river.

    Just as if we went back to pre-1889 boundaries we would be in Kent, West Ham and Orient in Essex and Wimbledon and the Spanners in Surrey. (The Nigels are still in Surrey in their own minds hence why their main rival is from Sussex)
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    smudge7946 said:

    Cheshire and lancashire

    Even with places going to Greater Manchester and Merseyside, there are still loads in Lancs - Accrington, Preston, Fleetwood, Morecambe and our fellow sufferers Blackpool and Blackburn.

    Cheshire has Crewe and has had Macclesfield, Chester, Northwich and Altrincham.
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    North Yorks currently has none - previously had York and Scarborough
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    ForeverAddickted said:

    What about AFC Wimbledon in terms of Surrey clubs?

    Both the current Wimbledon and former Wimbledon were only league clubs when Wimbledon was part of Greater London though
  • redlanered
    redlanered Posts: 2,195
    rananegra said:

    Chizz said:

    I said Middlesex

    If Middlesex still existed, it would have loads - Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Fulham, Brentford, QPR and historically Millwall when they were north of the river.

    Just as if we went back to pre-1889 boundaries we would be in Kent, West Ham and Orient in Essex and Wimbledon and the Spanners in Surrey. (The Nigels are still in Surrey in their own minds hence why their main rival is from Sussex)
    Correct. Orient & W. Ham were still in Essex up to 1964, hence the trivia question about Essex once having had 2 clubs in the top division (for 1 season when the Os got promoted). Spurs were still a Middlesex club when they won the double in the early 60s.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    Does The Isle of Man count?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    edited November 2016
    SoundAsa£ said:

    Does The Isle of Man count?

    I guess not as they have their own League and none of them are part of the English League System

    Actually they do have County Status under us... But dont think there has ever been a side to play over here as they'd be a bit like Guernsey playing in the Non-League system at the moment
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Interestingly enough Northumberland doesn't have any English football league clubs, but it does have one Scottish one. Berwick Rangers.

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