Erratic_Latic Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Rochdale are deservedly making the headlines for winning their first promotion in 41 years, which sounds like a hell of a long time - but we ourselves have only had one promotion in the last 36 years which I think it's easy to forget. It got me thinking about how many clubs there are in the league that are starved of promotion success. So here's a question for the anoraks - which club has gone the longest without winning a promotion? Obviously we have to exclude Premiership clubs from this. I can't be arsed to look it all up on Google but my starter for 10 is Coventry City - 1967. Anyone beat that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) Arsenal 1919 leaps to mind. Seem to recall reading that it was a fix, confused by WWI, match fixing at the end of the 1915 season and Spurs getting relegated in favour of the Arse! Edited April 23, 2010 by opinions4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhamoafc Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 He said excluding Premiership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erratic_Latic Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Arsenal 1919 leaps to mind. They are a Premiership club which we're excluding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 BRISTOL CITY Division Two Champions (1) 1905-06 Division Three South Champions (3) 1922-23 1926-27 1954-55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) They are a Premiership club which we're excluding. Anyone would think I didn't read the orginial post correctly. Clutching at straws, they weren't Premiership back then <sneaks off before anybody else notices> Edited April 23, 2010 by opinions4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Is the same Bristol City who were promoted to the Championship a couple of years back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Is the same Bristol City who were promoted to the Championship a couple of years back? Nope. Its the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 When was the last time Southampton got promoted as they were top flight for a while weren't they? Leeds probably beat our record too since they got promoted the year before we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 grimsby town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 When was the last time Southampton got promoted as they were top flight for a while weren't they? Leeds probably beat our record too since they got promoted the year before we did. Didn't Leeds beat us in the play-offs a few years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 grimsby town Promoted in 1998. Not quite got there yet have we bob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Didn't Leeds beat us in the play-offs a few years ago? Lost to Charlton in the final. Corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchie82 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Promoted in 1998. Not quite got there yet have we bob? Give it up Bob, Monty Burns has more chance of getting a lob on than you have of posting something worth reading today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Give it up Bob, Monty Burns has more chance of getting a lob on than you have of posting something worth reading today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erratic_Latic Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 When was the last time Southampton got promoted as they were top flight for a while weren't they? I think they were a Div 2 side when they won the cup in 1976, so must have had a promotion since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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