• paddyo@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Well, we had a real battle on our hands, but once again being the only league club in Kent has paid off.

  • EssexHaze@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Essex football is in a poor place right now. I mean, it was never in an especially remarkable place, but I’d like to see one or both of the clubs return to the Championship at some point.

  • Rc5tr0@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    What is the black and gold badge between Villa and Leicester? I recognize almost all of the badges on here but that one.

    • TheKingMonkey@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Leamington. Warwickshire is one of those counties that lost a lot of its population to boundary changes, historically it would include Aston Villa, Birmingham City and Coventry City. Warwickshire’s cricket stadium (Edgbaston) is very much in Birmingham.

      If you are into video games, the windmill on the badge of Leamington FC is the same one as you jump through in a car in Forza Horizon 4, which was made by a studio based in Leamington Spa. Sadly it’s had no sails on for at least 18 months, I think the owner got pissed off with people going up there to do social media shit and leaving looking like a tip on a daily basis.

      • scrandymurray@alien.topB
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        For those that don’t know, loads of counties were created in the 60s/70s (can’t remember exactly) to better represent the growth of cities. So we saw West Midlands (basically Birmingham + Wolverhampton), Tyne and Wear (Newcastle + Sunderland), Greater Manchester, Merseyside (Liverpool and The Wirral) and Greater London all get carved out of the historic counties (Middlesex actually just got almost entirely consumed by London).

        Obligatory Map Men link

        • TheKingMonkey@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          It was the mid 1960s for London and the mid 70s for Birmingham. I think the rest of the country was also mid 70s.

  • Danzard@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Relegated to National League south and still the biggest team in Somerset. Big up the Yeovil.

    • Lambchops_Legion@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I’m watching through the Winter King series, and it’s clear the fine people of Somerset have more important things anyway, like defend the Kingdom of Dumnonia against the invading Saxons

  • backtothefuckyeah@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Do you have a text/spreadsheet version of this? Is love to see the different levels all the teams are at, also there are a few badges I don’t recognise

  • dame_sansmerci@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    This is fascinating and delightful, and I am now obsessed with the absolute unit in the Hereford club badge.