Our series of posts this week has analysed the various impacts geography can have on the fortunes of soccer clubs. To round things off, we thought we would examine a cross section of eight cities, towns and city regions which can be said to be under performing in football terms and which may or may not have the potential to rise to Championship status or above. Back in 2010, we picked out Peterborough United, Swansea and Cardiff Cities, Notts County and Doncaster as having Premier League potential and while the inclusion of the Rovers now embarrasses us, we predicated our…
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Geographies of Football: New Towns on the Rise
In January, Matt Bruce described the progress of the Football League’s New Town clubs as ‘faltering’ since joining the 92, but this past week may go down as the one in which their vanguard arrived for real. As Milton Keynes Dons and Stevenage confirmed their play-off berths in League 1, a nail reducing victory at Accrington saw Crawley Town finally confirm a spot in English football’s Tier Three for next season. While the creation of the new towns of England is a narrative particular to a time and a place, the trio are far from alone – if ageing extras from the film Gregory’s…
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