your perfect league one

[Indian Dan]

Surely having been through the same with Oxford, you appreciate how sweet it is seing them slum it in semi professional football. I enjoy the derbies but im enjoying this so so so much more! I hope they never return to the league.

I agree to some extent, but when it eventually came to locking horns again the build up was fantastic.

The results not so much!

 

[SF_]

I'd love to see Blackpool in the Conference, i'd happily go a few years without the derby for that to happen.

 

[devilofajob]

A more southern biased league would be nice -

1. AFC Wimbledon
   
2. Wycombe
   
3. Luton
   
4. MK Dons
   
5. Gillingham
   
6. Millwall
   
7. Orient
   
8. Colchester
   
9. Southend
   
10. Oxford
    
11. Brentford
    
12. Brighton
    
13. Coventry
    
14. Notts County
    
15. Burton
    
16. York (good day out or week-end)
    
17. Portsmouth
    
18. Cambridge
    
19. Exeter
    
20. Plymouth
    
21. Walsall
    
22. Northampton
    
23. Chesterfield
24. Crawley

 

[LongEatonPie]

Plenty of local trips should be feasible, even discounting those Premier League ever presents. Chuck in a seaside trips, London games and a couple of randoms & you're about there.

1. Derby
2. Mansfield
3. Notts County
4. Nottingham Forest
5. Sheffield Wed
6. Sheffield United
7. Rotherham
8. Doncaster
9. Barnsley
10. Leicester
11. Lincoln
12. York
13. Leeds
14. Stockport
15. Torquay
16. Blackpool
17. Fulham
18. QPR
19. Norwich
20. Grimsby
21. Birmingham
22. Macclesfield
23. Stoke City

I agree with this, so from henceforth this is the law.

 

[JonBCFC]

I'd love to see Blackpool in the Conference, i'd happily go a few years without the derby for that to happen.

You may get your wish they way they're going!

 

[Westbars_Spireite]

I agree with this, so from henceforth this is the law.

You want the same selection?

 

[Saddlerrad]

Good job most of you don't want us here...we are going down shortly!

 

[LongEatonPie]

You want the same selection?

Yeah pretty much, not sure about Macclesfield but hey may as well throw a complete random in there.

 

[Westbars_Spireite]

As the crow flies it's not much more than thirty miles from here and the sort of place you can take over. Had a laugh going before even if we've seemingly lost each time.

 

[Cardsfan]

We aren't getting into League 1 anytime soon but if we get into League 2 next year, we could have 16 teams within 2 hours drive

 

[Scumarmy.]

Good job most of you don't want us here...we are going down shortly!

I forgot about you lot. You can have Crewe Alexandra's place in my list.

 

[Bottega Don]

1. Scunthorpe
2. Bury (Hallam Hope)
3. Grimsby
4. Lincoln
5. Doncaster
6. Hull
7. York
8. Chesterfield
9. Mansfield
10. Notts County
11. Nottingham Forest
12. Sheffield Wednesday
13. Sheffield United
14. Brentford (Best London trip)
15. Leyton Orient (2nd best London trip)
16. Leeds
17. Burton
18. Barnsley
19. Huddersfield
20. Wigan
21. Bradford
22. Rotherham
23. Derby
24. Wolves

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Nice to see so many of you miss us, or want to play us, but fuck off yeah, League One is well below our natural level.

 

[Ninety Per Cent]

Scunthorpe
Lincoln
Boston
Gainsborough
Burton
Walsall
Notts Co

Local Derbies and away trips

Then
Oldham(as previous mentioned)
Hartlepool
Carlisle
Exeter
Yeovil

I'll think of some more later

 

[Ciderup]

So, City fans, would you prefer to play/not to play Rovers on a semi regular basis?

Seems a bit pointless having a city rival you never get to play.

Sums up our near neighbours then! There is no point in them existing but to hate us.

 

[Crewelad87]

Anybodys list that doesn't include Oldham should be classed null and void.

League 1 without Oldham isn't league 1.

 

[joethegill]

Anybodys list that doesn't include Oldham should be classed null and void.

League 1 without Oldham isn't league 1.

But it's a hideous away day....

 

[TTOCS]

So basicaly you lot want regionalised divisions like the old days?

Suits me not to go North.

 

[RavenBish]

Anything without us in it.

 

[Camborne Gills]

For an exile like me

1. Plymouth (decent ground, first ever away game)
2. Torquay (localish , covered terrace)
3 Exeter (easy to reach)
4. Yeovil (despite crap transport)
5 Bristol City
6 Bristol Rovers
7 Cardiff
8 Newport
9 Cheltenham
10 Forest Green
11 Portsmouth
12 Havant & W
13 Eastleigh
14 Brentford
15 Leyton O
16 Watford
17 Millwall
18 Charlton
19 Maidstone
20 Dartford
21 Fulham
22 Reading (all geographical)
23 Peterborough (somewhere up north)
and er........................................
24 The Swine

 

[Camborne Gills]

I appreciate that it would involve a few promotions/relegations but so what, I can dream cant I?

 

[Crewelad87]

I don't understand people that would want an all northern or southern league. Obviously I'd prefer more northern/Midlands games than southern but the odd long haul away game is what its all about, no better feeling than winning at Southend on a Tuesday night (although if you lose, thongs don't get much worst) I'd certainly hate being in a regionalised league.

 

[GFCSludge]

I'd certainly hate being in a regionalised league.

I wouldn't.

There's absolutely nothing positive to be said for us in playing the likes of Crewe or Scunthorpe or Oldham, and I'm certain most would say the same about playing the likes of us or Colchester. I'd much rather play some relatively local sides, save on expenses and have some decent away turnouts at Priestfield for a change.

I appreciate that a lot of fans like the set up the way it is, but I reckon regionalised lower divisions would provide at least moderate cost savings for cash-strapped clubs in terms of travel and accommodation and generate a few extra bums on seats in the ground.

 

[Camborne Gills]

Absolutely. It is difficult enough as it is, without playing in something that resembles the old Third Division North currently, and it will get worse next season.

 

[THE LAST WALTZ]

I think the problem has just been exaggerated somewhat this season with it being such a northern/midland league.
I would hate a regionalised league as I enjoy a long away day ooop north.
Freezing weather, flat caps, even flatter beer, tripe and chips with gravy, what more could you want from an away day.
It would be nice to have a balance between local games and longer trips though.

 

[Crewelad87]

I think everyone prefers to have more local than not, and I do feel for teams like the Gills this season, most home games I can imagine are flat as a pancake and its a pain travelling 2 hours plus every other weekend. But the local games are more for the match day experience (atmosphere, local rivalry ect) where as a good long journey is a full on day out (sometimes a weekend), that's the way I see it anyway.

 

[joethegill]

I think if you took out trips to Scunthorpe, Fleetwood and Rochdale, and replaced them with Brentford, Southend and Millwall for example, then this league wouldn't look nearly as unappealing to us southerners. Pretty fine line, but I'm definitely in the 'no to regionalisation' camp.

 

[Luke_ciderhead]

A regionalised bottom 2 divisions would look something like this. Hmmm, good or bad? I'd quite enjoy playing in that southern division, not the least because we'd absolutely steamroller it even more than we are this league 1.

North
Accrington
Barnsley
Bradford
Burton
Bury
Carlisle
Chesterfield
Crewe
Doncaster
Fleetwood
Hartlepool
Mansfield
Morecambe
Notts County
Oldham
Port Vale
Preston
Rochdale
Scunthorpe
Shrewsbury
Sheff Utd
Tranmere
Walsall
York

South
AFC Wimbledon
Bristol City
Cambridge
Crawley
Cheltenham
Colchester
Coventry
Dagenham
Exeter
Gillingham
Leyton Orient
Luton
MK Dons
Newport
Northampton
Oxford
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Southend
Stevenage
Swindon
Wycombe
Yeovil

 

[Cardsfan]

18 of those Southern ones could be in League Two next year, with the possibility of two more from the conference.

 

[Crewelad87]

18 of those Southern ones could be in League Two next year, with the possibility of two more from the conference.

Its very much looking like a very Northern league 1, very southern league 2 next season. Feel sorry for the clubs stuck in the wrong league.