If English football moved to USA

[Toby Gymshorts]

If English football moved to USA

beak wrote:

Chelsea nick New York

I was thinking they'd move to Utah and become the Utah Blues.

Nah, Southampton's territory innit.

Beaten to the punch.

[ad hoc]

If English football moved to USA

Arsenal would exist and would be pretty much everywhere, no? Certainly in the homes of all NRA members for a start

[beak]

If English football moved to USA

Antonio Pulisao wrote:

Chelsea nick New York

I was thinking they'd move to Utah and become the Utah Blues.

Nah, Southampton's territory innit.

[tee rex]

If English football moved to USA

Exeter would have a famous academy, producing fine young men destined for great things. So, no change there.

[anton pulisov]

If English football moved to USA

Chelsea nick New York

I was thinking they'd move to Utah and become the Utah Blues.

[anton pulisov]

If English football moved to USA

Pietro Paolo Virdis wrote: And finally for now, Blackpool gets pissed off at the whole idea then make a shock move to Cork, Ireland

Brilliant, they wouldn't even have to change their name.

[Cal Alamein]

If English football moved to USA

A good chunk of the early tulsa roughnecks were ex derby county.

I am very impressed PPV. That took some serious thought and time.

[ursus arctos]

If English football moved to USA

That was the United Soccer Association.

By the time the USA merged with the NPSL to form the original NASL, the "import teams" were gone.

[Diable Rouge]

If English football moved to USA

Not to mention early NASL, when many British clubs decamped to America during the Summer of Love.

[ursus arctos]

If English football moved to USA

Queens Park Rangers expand the league north with home stadium in Toronto

Has also happened (check out MJ District East at bottom).

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

If English football moved to USA

Things you learn here

[ursus arctos]

If English football moved to USA

Crystal Palace Maryland become Crabs

Y'know, this actually happened.

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

Same names but on the US map and using state nicknames

Chelsea nick New York
Manchester City bound for the “Nutmeg state” Connecticut and change to Manchester Nutmegs
Manchester United New Hampshire and become Manchester Granite
Southampton Pennsylvania become Quakers
Arsenal wouldn't exist
Neither would Tottenham
Liverpool would play it's derby games against Southampton in Pennsylvania, the Keystone State and upon arrival change their name to Keystone Kops.
Swansea Massachusetts become Pilgrims
Newcastle Maine or possibly Washington become Lumbers in Maine or Apples in Washington
Stoke would be bought by a crazy businessman from North Carolina and change its name to Stokesdale become Stokesdale Turpentine
Everton would have its home in Missouri become Bellwethers
Aston Villa New York and derby against Chelsea
West Bromwich are no more
Crystal Palace Maryland become Crabs
Sunderland end up in Vermont become Green Mountains
Burnley aren't allowed but can move to Victoria, Australia instead
Hull Massachusetts become Hull Baked Beans
Queens Park Rangers expand the league north with home stadium in Toronto
Leicester can have a pick between Massachusetts, New York or North Carolina become Codfish, Excelsiors or Tar Heels

Bournemouth Michigan become Wolverines
Derby Kansas become Sunflowers
Ipswich South Dakota become Coyotes
Middlesbrough Kentucky become Bluegrass
Brentford South Dakota become Blizzards
Watford make a swift change to Watfordsburg and are sold to Pennsylvania become Watfordsburg Toll Boths
Norwich Vermont without a nick
Wolverhampton is grinded down and made into a road in Ohio
which Sheffield Wednesday use to get to their home ground where they go under the name Buckeye’s
Blackburn join Burnley in Victoria, Australia and the new jungle league forming
Cardiff expand the league west to California and call themselves Golden State Cardiff
Birmingham Alabama are called Lizards
Nottingham Maryland are now Nottingham Oysters
Charlton Massachusetts are Codfish
Huddersfield are grinded to dust and scraped out as a lane in Zionsville, Indiana
Bolton Massachusetts are late for any good nickname and adopt the name Bolton Buggers
Reading Pennsylvania call themselves Liberty
Fulham joins Huddersfield and Wolves in the grinder, becomes street in Minnesota
Brighton can pick between New York and Michigan, call themselves Brighton Empire or Mittens
Rotherham becomes a drive in Texas
Leeds Alabama become Dixiehearts
Millwall Michigan forget to register a nick
Wigan is scraped out as a drive in Maryland
And finally for now, Blackpool gets pissed off at the whole idea then make a shock move to Cork, Ireland