Subject: Your Premiership

I've just been watching the Man Utd vs Leeds game, and as much as I didn't like Leeds when in the Prem, I feel it's a shame that they are not there. The energy & atmosphere that came from teams like Leeds, Newcastle, Sheff Wed, Forest etc, I feel, is not replaced by Wigan, Burnley, Portsmouth, Bolton etc.

So that got me thinking. Which 20 teams would I like to see in the Premiership? Which would make the best premiership?.

Here is my 20. It's based on English football history (it includes the winner of the top league in all from all but ~9 seasons), biased by my age, and also trying to give the Premier league a good geographical mix. I also tried to reinstate some derbies & grudge matches missing currently, when instead we get Wigan vs Bolton watched by 12 people.

So here it is. Non current Premiership teams with reasons.

The ones already in the Prem!

1. Arsenal.
2. Aston Villa
3. Blackburn Rovers
4. Chelsea
5. Everton
6. Liverpool
7. Manchester United
8. Manchester City
9. Sunderland
10. Tottenham Hotspur
11. West Ham United
12. Wolverhampton Wanderers


The ones that were not…that I'd promote...and why..

13. Bristol City -Probably the most controversial! Personal bias. I grew up near Bristol. The South West / South Wales should have a Prem club. Bristol City or Cardiff City? Bristol!
14. Derby County -Solid top-tier team & double league winners in 1970s. Guaranteed 6pts for forest in the Prem
15. Ipswich -A great regional team. At their peak at the same time as forest, so probably my bias. Although oddly I prefer Norwich who didn't make it...
16. Leeds United -Triple previous league winners, Large city, big team, one we liked to hate!
17. Newcastle United- Large city, big team, good attacking football, underachievers
18. Nottingham Forest-Previous league winners, solid top tier team in 80’s and 90’s. European cup double
19. Sheffield Wednesday-Multiple previous league winners, big city, old club
20. Sheffield United-Previous league winners, big city, old club, creates another great Derby

What do you think???. To get some further discussions going here are the teams that did not make it!

The prem teams I dropped

Hull City
Wigan Athletic
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Fulham
Birmingham City



And the Football League clubs that I considered, but missed out…

West Brom
Southampton
Norwich City
Cardiff City
Leicester City
Middlesborough



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Current:
1. Arsenal
2. Aston Villa
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Manchester City
6. Everton
7. Blackburn Rovers
8. Sunderland
9. Tottenham Hotspur
10. West Ham United
11. Birmingham City
12. Chelsea
13. Fulham

Football League clubs:
14. Newcastle United
15. Ipswich Town
16. Nottingham Forest
17. Southampton
18. Leicester City
19. Bradford City
20. Leeds United

Near misses
Cardiff City
Swansea City
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Watford
Charlton Athletic
Derby County

1 Arsenal
2 Leeds
3 Liverpool
4 Everton
5 Nottingham forest
6 West ham
7 Chelsea
8 Man u
9 stoke city
10 Newcastle
11 Tottenham Hotspur
12 Barnsley
13 Middlesbourgh
14 Blackburn
15 Leicester
16 Aston villa
17 Wolves
18 Charlton
19 sheffield united
20 Derby

Hmm. Barnsley. I guess they are your controversial one - although probably less controversial than Bristol City!

1. Newcastle
2. Stoke
3. Everton
4. Chelsea
5. Liverpool
6. Arsenal
7. Man utd
8. Man city
9. Villa
10. Birmingham
11. Tottenham
12. Sunderland
13. Fulham
14. Leeds
15. Forest
16. Derby
17. Leicester
18. Norwich
18. Ipswich
20. Southampton

No West Ham but teams like Fulham.....hmm

also contreversial, no man city in mine. hmm

I'm the only person wth Bradford City? Why is that?

Looking at the lists i have to agree with you guys.....Except Man Utd.

I would have them relegated to league 2.....

I'm surprised noone has gone for Coventry in theirs.

I totally forgot them. Funny thing was that I went to Warwick university and Cov was our "local" team, and so I watched many a dismal game with them normally scoring 0. If my memory isn't dodgy, I think Ian Rush may have scored for Liverpool against them. (His 2nd time with them).

that brown strip they had in the 80's killed their chances...

yeah, west ham are small time, although i did consider them instead of ipswich. I like the atmosphere at Fulham

Not sure about that but I remember Jan Molby scored a hat-trick of penalties against Coventry City in the 80s.

Yeah ok small time. :/

I think the Saints when they were at the Dell should be on the list, but not now they are at St. Monkey's...