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After some thinking 5 must be Swindon Town.
The last one I'll never get without googling unless you mean premier league which I think was Brian Deane from Sheffield United.
 
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midlifecrisis said:
After some thinking 5 must be Swindon Town.
The last one I'll never get without googling unless you mean premier league which I think was Brian Deane from Sheffield United.
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Not prem, league and first ever league was the English one. Clue, Polly Nichols!
 
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Wanderer said:
It is Everton, and 2. Is The ****, they started in the old Division Two, won promotion and never got relegated.


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Hate to question the QM but Everton were relegated in 1930 but came straight back as winners in 31 and again in 51 where they stayed until coming back in 54. They are the longest team in the top flight with 114 years but Arsenal have the most consecutive years currently 90, however they were relegated in 1913 so Q2 is not them
 
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zagatoes30 said:
Hate to question the QM but Everton were relegated in 1930 but came straight back as winners in 31 and again in 51 where they stayed until coming back in 54. They are the logest team in the top flight with 114 years but Arsenal have the most consecutive years currently 90, however in their D2 days they were relegated in 1913 so Q2 is not them
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I concur, I was just going off (flawed) memory to keep the thread going!

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NP, being an Everton fan you have to look for positives and have the longest league history is one that is unlikely to be beaten. I have a mate who is an Arsenal fan, I know but surprisingly he is a nice guy, and he constantly reminds me that their consecutive history is better than ours.
 
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The only English team never to have played outside the top flight is Accrington who resigned from the football league after being relegated in 1893.
 
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WRT 4. It was the subject of a bit of research a while back, as the scorer was wrongly credited as the first for over a century.

Local research was done at the towns hosting the venues and it was found that not only did teams kick off at different times according to local postcards newspapers etc, but also most kicked off even later due to travel delays etc from away teams and supporters. Quite fascinating actually....


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Seem to remeber that the Southern League was older than the football league, or maybe the Isthmian league (the amatuer Southern League) but still don't know who scored first...No doubt he didn't have a number on his back but played as a Forward...
 
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