Left For Dead
Winger
I think its a really good point regarding players, socioeconomics applies to players too, at the end of the day London lower league clubs have a bigger pool of players to choose from locally, but also have more competition for fans, and more competition to keep their good players. IMHO Brentford are a Championship club because they are London based, they pick up all the u23s that get rejected from Chelsea academy, Fulham academy, Arsenal academy etc etc.
If the North East was the same as London socioeconomically, you'd be in a place where Newcastle were pushing Champions League every season, Sunderland were going for the Everton cup, Boro was a top half Premier League team every season and Hartlepool, Grimsby and Gateshead were pushing Championship.
I agree with that- access to youth players not the same here