View Full Version : North of England vs South of England
musicl
01 Jan 2006, 06:28 PM
This is a bit of a random thread. Who has the better teams. The North of England or the South of England?
Liverpool, Man Utd, Newcastle, Bolton.......
Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham.......
leg_breaker
01 Jan 2006, 09:17 PM
Considering no southern team has ever won the European Cup, you'd have to say the north. Not to mention that before Abramovich, the league has been dominated by northern teams.
qazwsx
02 Jan 2006, 01:52 AM
Considering Chelsea have by far the best team in England this season and last. My vote is for south.
Kukilon
02 Jan 2006, 04:48 AM
Easily the North. If you only look at this season it is probably a tie though.
musicl
02 Jan 2006, 06:09 AM
Considering no southern team has ever won the European Cup, you'd have to say the north. Not to mention that before Abramovich, the league has been dominated by northern teams.Are Birmingham and Nottingham north or south?
Prenn
02 Jan 2006, 09:50 AM
Are Birmingham and Nottingham north or south?
If you really have to put them as one or the other then they have more in common with the north.
ronaldo90
04 Jan 2006, 05:17 PM
man u have won the league 15 times , liverpool have won it 18 times, chelsea 2 times :D , not sure about arsenal , but it isnt many. north england are clearly better :)
Toon³
04 Jan 2006, 05:22 PM
If you really have to put them as one or the other then they have more in common with the north.
In that they hate London and the surrounding area?
It's not just football that the North is better at. It's everything. Ever.
Colm
04 Jan 2006, 07:53 PM
If you really have to put them as one or the other then they have more in common with the north.Birmingham giographicly (if thats how you spell it) would be part of Southern England even though place looks more like a northern city. Nottingham on the other hand would be considered north.
jimi hendrix
04 Jan 2006, 08:27 PM
id would have said north maybe a few years back. but now i think its about even. p.s if it wasnt for a certain russian spurs would be a challenger for the title! maybe not this season but would have been soon. aint never gonner happen now though is it :mad:
mis-e-one
05 Jan 2006, 02:39 AM
Historically, you probably have to say northern teams.
The only southern team with a genuine tradition of winning the league is Ars*nal. Spurs and Chelsea have only won it twice.
In recent times, the best teams are southern. Southern teams probably will win the league three times in a row now.
Even then, it's only certain parts of the north that are successful. North Eastern teams hardly win trophies. Yorkshire teams generally are crap. It's only the North West that has been consistently successful.
Toon³
05 Jan 2006, 09:26 AM
Historically, you probably have to say northern teams.
The only southern team with a genuine tradition of winning the league is Ars*nal. Spurs and Chelsea have only won it twice.
In recent times, the best teams are southern. Southern teams probably will win the league three times in a row now.
Even then, it's only certain parts of the north that are successful. North Eastern teams hardly win trophies. Yorkshire teams generally are crap. It's only the North West that has been consistently successful.
5 leagues, 6 FA cups and a UEFA cup.
Colm
05 Jan 2006, 10:00 AM
5 leagues, 6 FA cups and a UEFA cup.4 leagues, don't include 2nd division titles.
2 leagues, 8 fa cups, 3 league cups, 2 Uefa cups, 1 cup winners cup
:D
mis-e-one
05 Jan 2006, 10:19 AM
5 leagues, 6 FA cups and a UEFA cup.
Newcastle haven't won a major trophy since the 1960's. Sunderland haven't since the 70's. Middlesbrough's Carling Cup win was their first ever trophy. North Eastern football is shite, period.
minorthreat
05 Jan 2006, 10:38 AM
Only 21 of 106 championships have gone to teams in the south of England, and 13 of those have been won by Arsenal. There's no question that the north, and specifically the northwest, is historically more dominant.
(As a side note, looking at the lists of former champions really makes you wonder what the hell happened to Aston Villa, let alone Everton.)
Toon³
05 Jan 2006, 07:09 PM
4 leagues, don't include 2nd division titles.
2 leagues, 8 fa cups, 3 league cups, 2 Uefa cups, 1 cup winners cup
:D
Still more leagues than you.
jimi hendrix
05 Jan 2006, 10:53 PM
Still more leagues than you.
enjoy that then...... because the past is the only thing you jordis will be thinking about.............. for a very long time ;)
Toon³
06 Jan 2006, 03:53 AM
enjoy that then...... because the past is the only thing you jordis will be thinking about.............. for a very long time ;)
I have to say, what on earth is a Spurs fan daring to talk about a club looking to the past.
jimi hendrix
06 Jan 2006, 11:23 AM
I have to say, what on earth is a Spurs fan daring to talk about a club looking to the past.
er...... 4th in the league european football beckans......... :cool:
Toon³
06 Jan 2006, 11:28 AM
er...... 4th in the league european football beckans......... :cool:
6th January 1996 Newcastle United 1st in Premiership 12 points clear.....don't start gloating until the end of the season.