Twenty teams, of course. 92 professional football clubs in the pyramid if I’m not mistaken, but what would be the PL that you would love to see if you could curate your own?
Several factors to consider, like PL staples of your childhood who you feel just ‘belong’ in the PL, great rivalries, teams you have a personal affinity to etc.
Mine would be:
Manchester United (obviously)
Liverpool (people always say things like they would love to see them relegated, but we’d miss them if they wasn’t around.
Leeds United (great rivals, games with meaning)
Arsenal (as a London red, they have always been my main rivals in a way)
Tottenham Hotspur (always liked them. Always associated them with being a fairly unthreatening, but entertaining side).
West Ham United (I’m an East Londoner, great stadium too)
Milwall FC (just because of the team above. Quite simply for the plot, those two games a season would stop the city)
Leyton Orient (my second team, local side)
Newcastle United (great fanbase, great entertainers in the 90s)
Sunderland (just a team that should be in the PL, and I love the Newcastle rivalry. Was between them and Middlesbrough, both for the same reasons, had to choose one)
Blackburn Rovers (just a proper PL team. Former winners, localish rivals, and good PL pedigree and heritage)
Wrexham (for the plot)
Aston Villa (proper PL team, historic stadium)
Bristol City (someone gotta represent for the West Side)
Bolton Wanderers (local derby for United, were generally always hanging around the PL when I was growing up)
Southampton (another who are just a traditional PL side)
Portsmouth (always seemed to have some character about them, and I like a South Coast rivalry)
Everton (they could really have missed out, I have generally always found them fairly inconsequential. Even their local rivalry is rubbish and one-sided, and they have, over 30 odd PL years, generally always been one of the more unwatchable teams. Still, someone needs to buy our United rejects)
Sheffield Wednesday (another nostalgia pick, I prefer them to their Blades, had some memorable players from my childhood like the Di Canio/Carboni partnership too)
Derby County (someone needs to lose 5-0 to us)
Several factors to consider, like PL staples of your childhood who you feel just ‘belong’ in the PL, great rivalries, teams you have a personal affinity to etc.
Mine would be:
Manchester United (obviously)
Liverpool (people always say things like they would love to see them relegated, but we’d miss them if they wasn’t around.
Leeds United (great rivals, games with meaning)
Arsenal (as a London red, they have always been my main rivals in a way)
Tottenham Hotspur (always liked them. Always associated them with being a fairly unthreatening, but entertaining side).
West Ham United (I’m an East Londoner, great stadium too)
Milwall FC (just because of the team above. Quite simply for the plot, those two games a season would stop the city)
Leyton Orient (my second team, local side)
Newcastle United (great fanbase, great entertainers in the 90s)
Sunderland (just a team that should be in the PL, and I love the Newcastle rivalry. Was between them and Middlesbrough, both for the same reasons, had to choose one)
Blackburn Rovers (just a proper PL team. Former winners, localish rivals, and good PL pedigree and heritage)
Wrexham (for the plot)
Aston Villa (proper PL team, historic stadium)
Bristol City (someone gotta represent for the West Side)
Bolton Wanderers (local derby for United, were generally always hanging around the PL when I was growing up)
Southampton (another who are just a traditional PL side)
Portsmouth (always seemed to have some character about them, and I like a South Coast rivalry)
Everton (they could really have missed out, I have generally always found them fairly inconsequential. Even their local rivalry is rubbish and one-sided, and they have, over 30 odd PL years, generally always been one of the more unwatchable teams. Still, someone needs to buy our United rejects)
Sheffield Wednesday (another nostalgia pick, I prefer them to their Blades, had some memorable players from my childhood like the Di Canio/Carboni partnership too)
Derby County (someone needs to lose 5-0 to us)
