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GrimRob
February 1, 2024, 3:28pm

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A football club isn't a business, not really. It is in that they have accounts and shareholders but normal businesses don't have fans. The closest thing is maybe a pop band, but even then people transfer their loyalty between bands and support many bands at once. Or cars, most people have just one at a time, but not many people swear allegiance to Mercedes for life!

The extraordinary thing is if you look at the league tables from 100 years ago it's largely the same names as you see today and even the big clubs then are largely biggish now. Nothing else is like it, even bands are usually soon forgotten when their founders either die or disband. Or sectors with long-standing firms like banks/car manufacturers/newpapers/fashion/luxury brands.


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'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.  
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Imagine losing a title by such fine margins!

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In the final match of the season, Cardiff faced Birmingham in the reverse fixture at St Andrew's while Huddersfield hosted Nottingham Forest. A win for Cardiff would guarantee the club its first title regardless of Huddersfield's result while a draw would leave Huddersfield needing to win by three goals to win the title on goal average.[33] Cardiff's match remained goalless for 70 minutes when the side were awarded a penalty after a goal-bound header from Gill was blocked on the line by the hand of Birmingham defender Eli Ashurst. Regular penalty taker Jack Evans had suffered misses in previous months and Gill was reluctant to take responsibility.[39] Top scorer Len Davies instead stepped up to take the penalty, the first senior attempt in his career,[40] but he sent a tame effort at the opposition goalkeeper who saved comfortably. Despite the miss, Cardiff were still on course to win the league title as Huddersfield led Forest by a single goal. However, in the final 20 minutes, Huddersfield scored a further two goals to win the match 3–0 and overtake Cardiff to win the title on goal average by 0.024 of a goal. The result remains the narrowest margin of victory ever recorded in the top tier of English football.[41][42][43] It was also the first time the championship had ever been decided by the method of goal average.[44]


Love this end note though

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In the dressing room at the end of the match, the Cardiff players signed a congratulatory telegram that was sent to Huddersfield.[39]
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Here we go with the Bash B Corps again, FFS, does it really matter?
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Buirnley, the reporter must have had a pint or two.


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Buirnley, the reporter must have had a pint or two.



We’d only have known if grimbsy had been in that league


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And your scotch eggs are fu(king vile
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Buirnley, the reporter must have had a pint or two.



We’d only have known if grimbsy had been in that league


Rose is on fire

And your scotch eggs are fu(king vile
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Buirnley, the reporter must have had a pint or two.



It’s written in local accent.


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A football club isn't a business, not really. It is in that they have accounts and shareholders but normal businesses don't have fans. The closest thing is maybe a pop band, but even then people transfer their loyalty between bands and support many bands at once. Or cars, most people have just one at a time, but not many people swear allegiance to Mercedes for life!

The extraordinary thing is if you look at the league tables from 100 years ago it's largely the same names as you see today and even the big clubs then are largely biggish now. Nothing else is like it, even bands are usually soon forgotten when their founders either die or disband. Or sectors with long-standing firms like banks/car manufacturers/newpapers/fashion/luxury brands.


Interesting to note that table from 100 years ago is mainly made up of Northern and Midlands teams with a sprinkling of London teams.

Compare that with today's Premier League table which is mainly Midlands and Southern team with the odd sprinkling of Northern teams.

Most likely down to the heavy industry in the North 100 years ago, now most of the money is all congregated in and around London.

Still, at least we have Boris's 'levelling up' campaign to even that out somewhat... oh wait!
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Quoted from GrimRob
A football club isn't a business, not really. It is in that they have accounts and shareholders but normal businesses don't have fans. The closest thing is maybe a pop band, but even then people transfer their loyalty between bands and support many bands at once. Or cars, most people have just one at a time, but not many people swear allegiance to Mercedes for life!

The extraordinary thing is if you look at the league tables from 100 years ago it's largely the same names as you see today and even the big clubs then are largely biggish now. Nothing else is like it, even bands are usually soon forgotten when their founders either die or disband. Or sectors with long-standing firms like banks/car manufacturers/newpapers/fashion/luxury brands.


Yeah but some business’s  can lose  all their customers very quickly by saying the wrong thing , ask Gerald Ratner
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