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Bill Turianski — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:03:19 -0000

Yeah, I know, that was boneheade of me to presume all the clubs who won the FA Cup in the 19th Century were defunct. I deleted this chart from my site, and made a new one, which included a re-wording, in that section of the chart that listed the 19th Century FA Cup winners. The list is now titled 'Defunct and Non-League Clubs which won the FA Cup in the 19th Century.' Here's the post from November 6, 2008.
http://billsportsmaps.com/?p=1447

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Kellow — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:56:12 -0000

Bet the Old Etonians, Old Cathusians, Royal Engineers and Oxford University would be delighted to look at this chart and find out that they are now defunct. Think you'll find all four of them still alive and well, if not exactly challenging for major honours.

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Villan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:35:23 -0000

Dave Winter - you are a clown!!

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betsy's bolton bum baster — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:04:06 -0000

i wish villa would come back to prominence. they could be on the brink but they could also end up selling all their stars. england's 2nd city needs a contender.

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kkfla737 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:01:48 -0000

Great post! If you want competitive soccer where any side can win check out some of the leagues in Latin America, many of which are in season now. Those leagues despite having some clubs that are richer than others always seem to provide some semblance of balance. The same can be said for the Mexican League. Santos Laguna and Atlante are the past two champions. Say what? Not America, Chivas or Pachuca. Yup, it doesn't get more competitive than that. Now Juarez will compete in the Primera next year and they are right over the border from El Paso so I think I'll check out a match.

BTW, a canard exists in this country that MLS is world's most competitive league. Not so. I'll be detailing this in a blog post later this week, but MLS is only considered competitive because so many MLS fans only follow two leagues closely: MLS and the PL and yes compared to the PL, MLS is very competitive. But in MLS tweleve seasons, 10 of the championships have been won by just three franchises. Now in the PL it would be 12 of 12, but MLS in reality is not that much more competitive, despite the claims it is.

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Phil McThomas — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:47:07 -0000

I have a related post that discussed the situation since the 70's.

Even though Liverpool dominated for two decades, there were still plenty of other teams that placed in the top-4 (around 10 different teams in each five-year block).

http://soccershout.com/2008/03/28/premeir-leagu...

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SixFlags — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:20:19 -0000

@Dave Winter....Well played Sir...If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to let me know.

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billmapguy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:04:18 -0000

Gaffer,
Thanks for featuring one of my posts. It's funny, because I woke up this morning, an hour ago, thinking about this chart, and wondering if I should update it...guess what I will be doing this week !
-Billmapguy.

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Dave Winter — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:57:16 -0000

Villa Suck!

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Soccer Writer — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:39:03 -0000

I've been following the League intently over the last decade and I have heard a lot of good things about Nottingham Forest teams of the past. Surprising to see them not in the Top 10 !

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preavin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:06:09 -0000

liverpool has to buy robby keane because he and fernando torres can compete each other