Your Premier League

Paully D

If you had the choice of choosing 20 teams to compete in the Premier League, who would you pick?

Mine would be:

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
QPR
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur

There's a few sides I've had to leave out that I'm sure a lot will say I should have included (such as West Ham United, West Brom and Wolves) but I've tried to go for a good mix of history, tradition and a few decent derbies too!

It's a lot harder to pick just 20 than I thought it would be.

everdead.ie

Paully D wrote: »

If you had the choice of choosing 20 teams to compete in the Premier League, who would you pick?

Mine would be:

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
QPR
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur

There's a few sides I've had to leave out that I'm sure a lot will say I should have included (such as West Ham United, West Brom and Wolves) but I've tried to go for a good mix of history, tradition and a few decent derbies too!

It's a lot harder to pick just 20 than I thought it would be.

Severe Lack of Bolton, Southampton and West Ham would switch out Derby/PNE/QPR for the above trio

mike65

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester Utd
Newcastle Utd
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wolves

Sadly no room for Pompey or Soton which is wrong.

Liverpool + 19 conference teams.

Should be in with a chance of the title then

Would be nice to see Crawley in the CL too !

GavRedKing

As there is no criteria to be met or restrcitions outlined in the OP, my 20 would be :

Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Man Utd
Man City
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Villareal
Valencia
AC Milan
Inter Milan
Juventus
Lyon
Marseille
FC Bayern
Werder Bremen
Shaktar Donetsk
Ajax
Porto
Benefica

:pac:

OhNoYouDidn't

Celtic
Chester FC
Brentfrod
Exeter
FCUM
AFC Wimbledon
Cambridge City
Enfield Town
Scarborough
Telford
Aylesbury United
Chelmsford City
Dagenham and Redbridge
Enfield Town
Lewes
Runcorn
Heybridge
Bromsgrove
Fischer FC

gavredking

gavredking wrote: »

As there is no criteria to be met or restrcitions outlined in the OP, my 20 would be :

Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Man Utd
Man City
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Villareal
Valencia
AC Milan
Inter Milan
Juventus
Lyon
Marseille
FC Bayern
Werder Bremen
Shaktar Donetsk
Ajax
Porto
Benefica

:pac:

Quality.

4 aways games a year = 4 week long holidays = no missus !

GavRedKing

rarnes1 wrote: »

Quality.

4 aways games a year = 4 week long holidays = no missus !

I'd imagine the missus would like the idea of a holiday to the glamour games and going to the warmer cities but she wont like the away trip to the Ukraine in December :P

massdebater

Arguements can be made for loads of clubs but for the love of god, Wimbledon have to be in it

Neil3030

I like goals, so:

Real Madrid
Barcelona
Manchester United
Arsenal
AFC Wulfrunians
Bewdley Town
Bromyard Town
Bustleholme
Cradley Town
Darlaston Town
Dudley Sports
Dudley Town
Goodrich
Gornal Athletic
Lye Town
Shifnal Town
Stafford Town
Wednesfield
Wolverhampton Sporting Community
Wolverhampton Casuals

cson

gavredking wrote: »

As there is no criteria to be met or restrcitions outlined in the OP, my 20 would be :

Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Man Utd
Man City
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Villareal
Valencia
AC Milan
Inter Milan
Juventus
Lyon
Marseille
FC Bayern
Werder Bremen
Shaktar Donetsk
Ajax
Porto
Benefica

:pac:

I can't see any benefica in having Benefica in that league tbh. Better off with Braga. :cool:

UpTheSlashers

With just English teams:

Accrington Stanley - Who are they?
Arsenal - Style of play.
Blackpool - Fans and Holloway
Chelsea- Recent success
Cheltenham - The Horses.
Everton
FCUM - Id like to see these up there in a few years to see how their relationship with MU developes.
Leeds - History.
Liverpool - There'll be war on here if I dont put them in, 5 ECs and 18 leagues.
Man United - History and Fergie.
Newcastle Utd - My own team, dont think many others would begrudge them.
Nott. Forest - History
Porstmouth
Reading - Long, Hunt and Harte
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Utd
Stoke City - Style of play and Tony Pulis.
Southampton
Sunderland - For Tyne-Wear derbies
Tottenham Hotspur - Good fans, nice club.

Nalz

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

With just English teams:
tottenham Hotspur - Good fans, nice club.

I would agree bit a couple of guys from london have told me a few stories. They're west ham an Chelsea fans

OhNoYouDidn't

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

Tottenham Hotspur - Good fans, nice club.

Worst (or is that best?) hoolies in London and have been for quite a while.

tim_holsters

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Worst (or is that best?) hoolies in London and have been for quite a while.

What makes you say this?

Paully D

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Worst (or is that best?) hoolies in London and have been for quite a while.

West Ham is a much scarier away day IMO.

Dont be at yourself

Liverpool - my team
Everton - their rivals
Man United - their rivals
Arsenal - decent football
Chelsea - decent football, rivals
Newcastle - good for drama, decent football
Leeds - for the history, good for drama
Spurs - decent football
Wimbledon - for the fans
Stoke - for the fans
Notts Forest - for the history
Aston Villa - for the history
Wolves - decent Irish contingent
West Ham - for the youth academy, relegation scraps
QPR - for old times' sake
Southampton - for old times' sake
Norwich - for old times' sake
Coventry - for old times' sake
Sheff Wed - for old times' sake
Derby = for the lulz

OhNoYouDidn't

tim_holsters wrote: »

What makes you say this?

Because they are. Generally accepted.

tim_holsters

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Because they are. Generally accepted.

May I ask generally accepted by whom?

SRFC90

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Cardiff
Chelsea
Everton
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Nottingham Forest
QPR
Stoke
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
Watford
West Ham

everdead.ie

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Because they are. Generally accepted.

I can onlyassume you don't know much about London because the two best behaved sets of Fans come from North London West Ham, Chelsea and Millwall all have much more issues with fans.

Pauleta

Man Utd
Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Spurs
West Ham
Millwall
Leeds
Villa
West Brom
Birmingham
Wolves
Newcastle
Sunderland
Middlesboro
Everton
Liverpool
Stoke
Nottingham Forrest
AFC Wimbledon

tim_holsters

AFC Wimbledon.

Interesting choice Pauleta. I also am a hater of the franchise.

Pauleta

tim_holsters wrote: »

AFC Wimbledon.

Interesting choice Pauleta. I also am a hater of the franchise.

More for nostalgia reasons but now that i think about it, i think i would have Bolton ahead of them if they did not live up to the old Wimbledon

tim_holsters

Fair enough.

I thought your post was in part an expression of disgust at the aberration that is the MK Dons.

yahoo_moe

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

Arsenal - Style of play.

Stoke City - Style of play and Tony Pulis.

Interesting...

yahoo_moe

I don't think anyone would argue with Arsenal, Spurs, United, City, Everton, Liverpool or Aston Villa (7 in all).

My other 13 would be:

West Ham (surprised anyone would leave them out really)
Newcastle
Leicester
Huddersfield
Wolves
Norwich
Cardiff
Nottingham Forest
Ipswich
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton
Middlesboro

I'd have the Trevor-Sinclair-volleying, pre-millionaire-owners era QPR and the real Wimbledon in a heartbeat but both of those clubs are gone, alas. I'd also love to have a Burnley/Swindon/Oldham in there but can't quite figure out who to ditch.

Sunderland and Fulham are probably my most high-profile absentees. I actually quite like Sunderland but they've gone down too many times to make it into my ultimate PL. That's probably harsh in a thread started by a Sunderland fan but there you go...

Paully D

yahoo_moe wrote: »

Sunderland and Fulham are probably my most high-profile absentees. I actually quite like Sunderland but they've gone down too many times to make it into my ultimate PL. That's probably harsh in a thread started by a Sunderland fan but there you go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMyAh-8XtR8

jdooley28

Cardiff
Swansea
Millwall
Leeds
Blackpool
Arsenal
Man Utd
Man City
Spurs
Liverpool
QPR
Celtic
Rangers
Everton
Nott'm Forest
Blackburn
West Ham
Newcastle
Middlesboro
Any LOI team

markesmith

gavredking wrote: »

As there is no criteria to be met or restrcitions outlined in the OP, my 20 would be :

Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Man Utd
Man City
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Villareal
Valencia
AC Milan
Inter Milan
Juventus
Lyon
Marseille
FC Bayern
Werder Bremen
Shaktar Donetsk
Ajax
Porto
Benefica

:pac:

:slobber:

Hold on, no Spurs?

My twenty:
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Cardiff
Chelsea
Coventry
Derby
Everton
Leeds
Liverpool
Man City
Man United
Newcastle
Notts Forest
Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton
Sunderland
Tottenham
West Ham
Wimbledon!

K-9

Liverpool
Everton
Manchester United
Manchester City

Chelsea
Arsenal
Spurs
West Ham

Aston Villa
Forest
County
Wolves
Birmingham City

Swansea
Leeds
Blackburn
Derby

Bolton
Burnley
Newcastle United

eagle eye

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Derby County
Everton
Leeds United
Leicester City
Middlesborough
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Preston North End
QPR
Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City
Sunderland
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers

UpTheSlashers

Trilla wrote: »

I would agree bit a couple of guys from london have told me a few stories. They're west ham an Chelsea fans

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Worst (or is that best?) hoolies in London and have been for quite a while.

Just going on my own (admittedly limited) experience.

UpTheSlashers

yahoo_moe wrote: »

Interesting...

Its not often you can get excited when a team has a throw. And i didnt say their style was technically good, I just like watching them.

Woody_FX

I'd like to see the Crazy Gang back. Stoke play the same Football but lack the personality of that team.

recyclebin

I'd put Sheffield Wednesday back in there. I remember watching waddle playin for them when rte used to show matches on the Saturday.

Can't believe both Sheffield teams will be playin league 1 next season.

Diabhal Beag

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Bolton
Blackpool
Birmingham
Charlton
Chelsea
Everton
Leeds
Liverpool
Man City
Man United
Newcastle
Norwich
QPR
Stoke
Southampton
West Brom
Spurs
Wigan