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I managed 14 of the 21.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43874634

Where are Swindon?

Presently 9th in League 2???  ;)

They are on the list on that game as they were one of the 14 I did get!

Shouldn't Wimbledon be on the list?

No

I suppose AFC Wimbledon are an entirely new club, whilst possibly the BBC are correctly showing that Franchise should not form the legacy of the original Wimbledon!

No Cardiff or Swansea? & Franchise should be in there whether we like it or not!

IIRC AFC Wimbledon are now accepted by both clubs to be the legitimate successor club, part of the "peace treaty" deal they struck a few years back

 Load of bollocks.... the real interest is in teams who've been in the Prem and dropped to Div 4... thrice.

 See we're exclusive...  Blackpool, Bradford City, Pompey and Cov have done it once.

 But they have excuse of being basket case clubs par excellence.  Blackpool, have the Oystens... Bantams, had Trafford Heginbotham and then Geffrey Richmond, Pompey a whole string of dodginess. Cov, Sisu.

I think with Diamandis, Holt and co not to mention JedCo we could put in our own case for entry into the Basket Case Cup

Did you type in "Franchise"?

These are sides who've been in the Prem and fallen to Div 3.... not been in Div 3, gone up and not been back....yet.

And therefore sort of bypassed Div 3 on their way to non league.

That makes more sense. & resulted in me totally fucking up my attempt at the quiz!

No, I presumed it would just auto-correct!

That's fair enough but it doesn't change the fact that Franchise were the actual club that played in the PL. Sentiment shouldn't really come into it!

I have just looked at every table since the Premier League started and definitely didn’t come across M.K Dons at any point?

Franchise started off in Div 3. They've been nowhere near the Prem...

My point is they clearly replaced Wimbledon within the overall structure. I know where you're both coming from & what the general consensus is but ultimately the old Wimbledon are now Franchise in the sense that they took their place in the league.

Took their place.... but ultimately not their club.

The old Wimbledon are now AFC Wimbledon. Franchise stole their place in the league, they didn't earn the history. That stays with Wimbledon

Anyway, I got 16.

Whilst on the subject of Franchise. They’ve been relegated tonight. Shame.

Barring a GD miracle.

Sentimentally, yes. Technically, not. I hate it as much as everybody else but AFC Wimbledon & Wimbledon aren't the same club.

The one bright spot in an appalling season. Their customers are quite fond of us if I remember correctly?

As for the quiz, I think I got 5. I got pissed off when it accepted Bolton but not Swindon, and I'm sure I spelt Sheffield Wednesday right considering I used predictive text. Bunch of cunts.

So from the promotion chasing teams from League One in 2014/5, Franchise went to the Championship and are now in League Two with us. Chesterfield lost to Preston at home on the night we won at Sheffield Utd and are now Non League. Shows how quickly a club can unwind from a seemingly successful position.

...and Blades are in a comfortable position in the championship and Preston could still sneak in the play offs. A certain Billy Bodin could well be a Premier League player next season. Wasn't long ago he was playing for Turkey Utd and deemed not quite developed enough for us. Torquay will be playing in the National League South next season.

Football. It's a funny old game.

I did that today and one I missed was Man City....I don't remember them in third tier after the premiership.

The last 10 minutes or so if that Play-Off Final against Gillingham was glorious chaos.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_Final

Love stuff like this.

Fairly easy considering I reckon we’ve played 18 of the 21 teams in L1 ourselves.
Man City and Blackburn being the exceptions

List questions are always trickier than you think.... I recently had one in a quiz name the 32 players (football not cricket) with one cap for England in the 21st century.

Seth Johnson is certainly one.

Franny Jeffers and David Nugent both with 100% goals to games ratio.

Michael Ricketts 😎

Kevin Davies?

Tom Heaton? Chris Kirkland? Trying not to cheat but I reckon there are a couple of keepers. Butland and Pickford maybe?

Joe lewis

Barton? Ricky Lambert?

 There's some proper shit....  of those mentioned, Davies, Kirkland, Ricketts, Jeffers, Nugent, S Johnson, Barton are all correct. Heaton and Pickford already up to 2. Lambert got quite a few and scored 3 goals.

 There's also a few who could yet add

Ball, Gardener, Shawcross, Barton, Bowyer

David Dunn, Alan Thompson.

Ex loanee Ryan Mason, Martin Kelly

More recent ones is where I’d struggle.

Fucking hell; Jay Bothroyd got a cap didn’t he?

Wilfred Zaha

Zaha got more than 1... all others, yes.  Steven Caulker probably won't add to his 1, I don't spose Fraizer Campbell or Carl Jenkinson will either. Let alone Jay Rodriguez, John Ruddy but perhaps an outside chance for James Ward-Prowse.

Lewis Cook, Jack Cork, Harry Winks or Dominic Solanke possibly.

Who the fuck is Martin kelly

You'll be telling me you don't know who Jon Flanagan is next.

...or Harry Winks

By my reckoning - the player with the shortest international career of all time for England

Matt Jarvis got a cap whilst at Wolves.

Jay Rodriguez got 1 cap

Danny Wallace?

A one cap wonder but back in 85/86.  I have trouble with years myself.  85/86 tends to stick in my mind though.

It's about 8 months old but this is probably right up our street. You have eight minutes.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/quiz-can-you-name-all-31-england-one-cap-wonders-last-20-years (https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/quiz-can-you-name-all-31-england-one-cap-wonders-last-20-years)

oh and before I take this quiz I'll say Chris Kirkland might be one. Charlie Austin nearly made the list had he come on for England.

Abraham, loftus cheek?