north v south

[sonicyouth]

[Reg Smeeton]

There used to be a proper Southern League before the Great War, we won the last version in 1913/14

1    SWINDON TOWN    
2    Crystal Palace    
3    Northampton Town    
4    Reading    
5    Plymouth Argyle    
6    West Ham United    
7    Brighton and Hove Albion
8    Queens Park Rangers    
9    Portsmouth    
10    Cardiff City    
11    Southampton    
12    Exeter City    
13    Gillingham    
14    Norwich City    
15    Millwall Athletic    
16    Southend United    
17    Bristol Rovers    
18    Watford    
19    Merthyr Town    
20    Coventry City

These were the teams...there was also a SL 2 which contained the likes of Wycombe Wanderers, Pompey, Swansea, Luton, Brentford, Newport County, Walsall and even for a while Stoke City.

Problem was there was nowhere to go promotion wise as the FL was a norvern closed shop who cherry picked some southern wealthy clubs like Arsenal, Spurs, Fulham and Chelsea.

Our friends from Headington who like to big up their history, were nowhere to be seen in southern football, football in O*ford meant City a resolutely amateur outfit, and therefore not interested in professional football.

Of the teams in SL1 13/14, you have to feel a bit for Merthyr.....finished by the 1926 General Strike and its aftermath of economic depression.

[janaage]

The books were better than the TV series, although it made a star of Patrick Swayze.

Almost worked, but that was North and South. Remember watching that years ago, primarily because one of the female actresses was quality.

[Gnasher]

Almost worked, but that was North and South. Remember watching that years ago, primarily because one of the female actresses was quality.

I'm just pleased it got a response! My sense of humour seems to be on a different (lower) level to the rest of the planet 

[Costanza]

Almost worked, but that was North and South. Remember watching that years ago, primarily because one of the female actresses was quality.

North & South with Swayze was better than the 90's kids show 'No Sweat' featuring the sensational Alex Harvey 'North and South'.