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Discard Midlands and London clubs and focus on clubs on the south, South coast and East Anglia and I wonder why these regions have never been really massive in football terms
I know Ipswich won the Uefa cup, fa cup and went close to winning the league in the late 70 /early 80s but have never been firmly established as a top team in the country.
The Bristol clubs have always languished in lower leagues despite having huge catchment areas
The likes of Torquay , Exeter , Plymouth , Bournemouth have never been big.
Portsmouth can point to a fa cup win under Harry Redknapp but never capitalised on the millions spent on them in the 2000s
Southampton throughout my childhood were always in the top flight but always in the lower reaches. The move to St Mary's hasn't seen them kick on
One thing that's always mentioned with regards to Sunderland is players don't want to move because of its location with regards to London.
But all the above mentioned have that so why are none constant success story storys.
Is it finances ? But Bristol city , Bournemouth and Portsmouth all have billionaire owners........what's your reasons?
I know Ipswich won the Uefa cup, fa cup and went close to winning the league in the late 70 /early 80s but have never been firmly established as a top team in the country.
The Bristol clubs have always languished in lower leagues despite having huge catchment areas
The likes of Torquay , Exeter , Plymouth , Bournemouth have never been big.
Portsmouth can point to a fa cup win under Harry Redknapp but never capitalised on the millions spent on them in the 2000s
Southampton throughout my childhood were always in the top flight but always in the lower reaches. The move to St Mary's hasn't seen them kick on
One thing that's always mentioned with regards to Sunderland is players don't want to move because of its location with regards to London.
But all the above mentioned have that so why are none constant success story storys.
Is it finances ? But Bristol city , Bournemouth and Portsmouth all have billionaire owners........what's your reasons?